King James: Daemonologie (1597 First Edition)

on God, as in a mirror (as the good angels do), he being forever debarred from the favorable presence and countenance of his Creator. He gains knowledge only by one of these two means: either as being worldly-wise and taught by continuous experience ever since the creation, he judges by the likelihood of things to come according to similar things that have passed before, and by natural causes in respect to the changes original: "vicissitude" of all worldly things; or else by God employing him in a task original: "turne", and so he is forewarned of it. This appears to have been the case in this instance, and we find the very same thing in Micah’s original: "Micheas" prophetic discourse to King
1 Kings 22

Ahab original: "Achab". But to prove my first proposition—that there can be such a thing as witchcraft and witches—there are many more places in the Scriptures than this (as I said before).

First, in the Law of God, it is plainly prohibited.
Exodus 22

But it is certain that the Law of God speaks nothing in vain, nor does it lay curses or enjoin punishments upon shadows, condemning something as evil which has no essence or "being," as we call it.

Secondly, it is plain where wicked Pharaoh’s wise men imitated
Exodus 7 & 8

a number of Moses’ miracles to harden the tyrant’s heart thereby.

Thirdly, did not Samuel say to Saul that *disobedience is as the sin
1 Samuel 15

of witchcraft?* To compare something to a thing that did not exist would be far too absurd.

Fourthly, was not Simon Magus a man of that craft?
Acts 8

And fifthly, what about she who had the spirit of Python original: "spirit of Python"; a reference to the girl with a spirit of divination or "pythoness" in Acts 16:16?
Acts 16

Besides these, there are innumerable other places that would be tedious original: "irkesom" to recite.

CHAPTER II.