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The conclufion therefore of this Ifagoge Is the fame which we have above already fpoken of, That even as there is one God, from whence is all good ; and one fin, to wit , difo- bedience, againft the will of the commanding God, From whence comes all evil ; fo that thefearofGod is the Beginning of allwifdom, and the profit of all Magick ; for obedience to the will ofGod,followeth the fear of God ; and afeer this, do follow theprefenceofGodandofthc holy Spirited the miniftery of the holy Angels, and all good things out of the inexhauftible treafures of God.

But unprofitable and damnable Magick arifeth from this ; where we lofe the fear of God out of our hearts, and faffer fin to reign in us, there the Prince of this world, the God of this world beginneth,and fecteth up his kingdom in fteadof holy things, in fuch as he findeth profitable for his kingdom; there,even as the fpider taketh the flye which falleth into his web, fo Satan fpreadeth abroad his nets^nd taketh men with the fnares of covet oufnefs, until he fucketh him, and draw- eth him to eternal fire : thefe he cherifheth and advanceth on high, that their fall may be the greater.

Courteous Reader, apply thy eyes and minde to the facred and profane Hiftories,& to thofe things which thou feeftdaily to be done in the world 5 and thou (halt finde all things full of Magick,according to a two-fold Science,good andevil, which that they may be the better difcemed, we will put he**, .leir divifion and fubdivifion, for the conclufion of thefe Ifagoges j wherein every one may contemplate,what is to be followed, and which to be avoided, and how far it is to belabored for by every one,to a competent end of life and living. Sci-

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