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the Shape and habitt of Eminent ministers of God. So did he to appear to m^r Earl [underlined] of Colcheser [underlined] in the likeness of m^r Liddal [underlined], an Holy man of God. and to the Turkish Chaons Babtized ^at London [underlined] anno= 1608(?) Pretending to be m^r Dury [underlined] an Exellent mini ster of Christ. and how often hath he pretended to be the Apostle Paul or Peter or Some celebrated (t) - Saint? Ecclesiasticall histories abound with in= stances of that nature. Yea Sometimes he has trans= figured himself into the form of Christ. It is repor= ted that he appeared to (r) Saint Martin [underlined] glorious= ly arrayed as if he had been Christ. So Likewise to (s) Secundellus [underlined] & to another Saint who Suspecting it was Satan transforming himself into an Angell of Light; had this Expression. [underlined: If I may see Christ in= Heaven tis enough Desire not to See him ^in this world whereupon the Spectre [underlined] vanished. It has been related of Luther [underlined] that After he had been fasting and praying in his Studdy the Divel comes and pretends to be Christ, but Luther [underlined] saying a= way thou confounded Divel I acknowledge no Christ but what is in my Bible, nothing more was seen thus then the Divel is able (by divine permission) to change himself into what form or figure he pleaseth. [decorative mark] [underlined: Omnia transformat selsim miracularerum] [decorative mark] A third scripture to our purpose is that in Rev. 12, 10, wher the Divel is cal'd [underlined: the accuser of the Brethren]. Such is the malice and Impudence of the Divel as that he does accuse good men of

[In Margin: (t)bert. dr of essex Causa papabus. L. 2. S. 2. r) suss. [illegible: frealy?] in [?bil] appearing s) Ignacious in compendium maleficarum p. 342.