to the most curious sorte, in the formes he will oblish himselfe, to
enter in a dead bodie, and there out of to giue such answers, of the euent
of battels, of maters concerning the estate of commonwelths, and such like
other great questions: yea, to some he will be a continuall attender, in
forme of a Page: He will permit himselfe to be conjured, for the space of
so many yeres, ether in a tablet or a ring, or such like thing, which they
may easely carrie about with them: He giues them power to sel such wares
to others, whereof some will bee dearer, and some better cheape; according
to the lying or true speaking of the Spirit that is conjured therein. Not
but that in verie deede, all Devils must be lyars; but so they abuse the
simplicitie of these wretches, that becomes their schollers, that they
make them beleeue, that at the fall of _Lucifer_, some Spirites fell in
the aire, some in the fire, some in the water, some in the lande: In which
Elementes they still remaine. Whereupon they build, that such as fell in
the fire, or in the aire, are truer then they, who fell in the water or in
the land, which is al but meare trattles, & forged by the author of al
deceit. For they fel not be weight, as a solide substance, to stick in any
one parte: But the principall part of their fal, consisting in qualitie,
by the falling from the grace of God wherein they were created, they
continued still thereafter, and shal do while the latter daie, in wandring
through the worlde, as Gods hang-men, to execute such turnes as he
employes them in. And when anie of them are not occupyed in that, returne
they must to their prison in hel (as it is plaine in the miracle that
CHRIST wrought at _Gennezareth_) (M13) therein at the latter daie to be
all enclosed for euer: and as they deceiue their schollers in this, so do
they, in imprinting in them the opinion that there are so manie Princes,
Dukes, and Kinges amongst them, euerie one commanding fewer or mo Legions,
and impyring in diuers artes, and quarters of the earth. For though that I
will not denie that there be a forme of ordour amongst the Angels in
Heauen, and consequentlie, was amongst them before their fall; yet, either
that they bruike the same sensine; or that God will permit vs to know by
damned Deuils, such heauenlie mysteries of his, which he would not reueale
to vs neither by Scripture nor Prophets, I thinke no Christiane will once
thinke it. But by the contrarie of all such mysteries,