The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

First, Worshipping of the Devil, whether in direct seeking unto him, conjuring and invocating of him, or in Devilish means, though pretending other causes.

First, Worshipping of the Deuill, whether in direct seeking vnto him, coniuring and inuocating of him, or in Deuillish meanes, though pretending other causes.

To the first, refer all using of the help of an unclean spirit, wherewith one is possessed, or of some Familiar; As the Maiden, which in the ^cActs having a spirit of divination, got her Masters much advantage with divining. Of these the ^fProphet speaketh, Thy voice shall be out of the ground, like him that hath a spirit of divination, and thy talking shall whisper out of the dust. Secondly, Sorcery and Necromancy, where the Devil is sought unto in the form of some dead man, as in the Story of the Witch ^gof Endor, who raised up the Devil in the likeness of Samuel, like an old man lapped in a Mantel: for that it was not the true Samuel, but a mere illusion of Satan; beside many other, this one reason doth evince, for that God had ^hrefused to answer Saul by Prophets, such as Samuel was. To the second belong Sooth-saying, and Divination; by flying of Birds, looking into beasts entrails, as the King of Babel did, Ezech. 21. 21. who consulted with Idols, and looked into the liver. Star-gazing, Charms, Mumbling of words, casting of Figures, &c. MOSES, Deut. 18. 10, 11. hath all these together, Let none be found among you that useth Witchcraft, or is a regarder of times, or a marker of the flying of Fowls, or a Sorcerer, or a Charmer, or that consulteth with spirits, or a Soothsayer, or that asketh counsel at the dead. Where the pretence of doing good, which some Object, doth no whit lessen the sin, seeing the glory