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15 [underlined: Juell] Saith of him that he ^must ingeniously confess that he never understood Solomons proverbs [crossed out word] ^untill [underlined: Lavater] Expounded them to him. That book of his [underlined: de Spectris] has been Published in Latin Greek, ^high and Low Dutch, French, Italian. The [Lear=] ned [underllined: Zanchy] (+)Speakes highly of it, professing that he had read it both with Pleasure and pro= fitt. [underlined: Voetius] (a) takes notice of that passage we have [crossed out word: illegible] Quoted out of [underlined: Lavater] as a thing- memorable. Some Popish Authors argue that the Divel cannot personate the such as an [crossed out 1 word] Inocent do= ing an act of Witchcraft because then he might as well represent them Committing [crossed out: Self] murder and If so then would there be no Living in the world. But I turn the Argument against them. [crossed out word:and] Hee may (as the mentioned instances Prove) perso- nate honest men as doing other Evils. And no Solid Reason can be given why he may not as well personate them under the notion of witches as under the notion of Theeves, Murderers, & Idola= tors. As for the objection that then ther would be no Living in the world, we shall consider that un= der the next Argument. Argument 3. If Satan may not represent one that is not a Covenant Servant of his as affecting= those that are [crossed out: affected] bewitched or possessed, then tis because he wants either will, or Power to doe this, or because God will never permitt him to doe so. No man but a Saducee doubts of the Ill will of Divells.

[In Margin: (+)Epistol. 2 (a)in dispute de Magia. p. 525]