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A saint or a brute the certain necessity and excellency of holiness, &c. ...…
A saint or a brute the certain necessity and excellency of holiness, &c. ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by R.W. for Francis Tyton, 1662
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Quer. 20. Dost thou believe that spirits in borrowed shapes have oft appeared unto men, and in voio•s spoken to them, to draw them to sin, or to perdition? If thou do believe it, thou mayest easily believe that there is a Hell which they are so busy to persuade us to, and a Heaven of which they would deprive us. If thou believe not that there have been such Apparitions, I am able to give thee undeniable testimonies. Read what I have said in my Treatise against Infidelity of this. Read Remigius, Bodin, Dan•us, Mallets Maleficorum, &c. of Witches; and Read a little Book called The Devil of Mascon, where is abundant testimony of his Vocal conference, for about a quarter of a year together, in the house of a godly Minister in a populous City, before Papists, Protestants, and all. Many I could give you that were done here at home.
Quer. 20. Dost thou believe that spirits in borrowed shapes have oft appeared unto men, and in voio•s spoaken to them, to draw them to sin, or to perdition? If thou do believe it, thou maist easily believe that there is a Hell which they are so busie to perswade us to, and a Heaven of which they would deprive us. If thou believe not that there have been such Apparitions, I am able to give thee undenyable testimonies. Read what I have said in my Treatise against Infidelity of this. Read Remigius, Bodin, Dan•us, Malle•s Maleficorum, &c. of Witches; and Read a little Book called The Devil of Mascon, where is abundant testimony of his Vocal conference, for about a quarter of a year together, in the house of a godly Minister in a populous City, before Papists, Protestants, and all. Many I could give you that were done here at home.
In these twenty Questions I have but endeavoured to prepare you to Believe, by showing you the very Light of Nature: But it is a lively faith in the word of God that effectually prevaileth against Infidelity: and therefore next let us come to that. I will not so much lose my time as to cite particular Texts of Scripture, for that which is the very work and drift of the Scripture. But because thou canst have no shift in the world for thy Brutish unbelief, but by denying the Scripture to be the Word of God, I refer thee to that which I have written in the Books forementioned to prove it: And at this time shall add to what is there said, but these few Questions.