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and makes others seem to be what they are not. He represents evil men as good & good men as evil. The Angels of Heaven (who are Angels of Light) love Faith and Righteousness; the Devil will seem to do so too, and does therefore lay before men excellent good principles & echoes them (as did Theodore Maillot) to practice many things which by the Law of Righteousness they are obliged unto, thereby more effectually to deceive. Is it not strange that he has some- times intimated to his more devoted servants that if they would have familiar conversation with him they must be careful to keep themselves from Enormous Sins, and pray constantly for Divine Protection? But so hath he trans- formed himself into an Angel of Light, as (B)Boissardus showeth. He has frequently appeared unto men pretending himself to be a good Angel, so to Anatolius of Old, & the Late Instances of Dr Dee & Keller are famously known. How many deluded enthusiasts in former and latter times have been imposed on by Satan visibly appearing to them, pre- tending to be a good angel. And moreover, he may be said to transform himself into an Angel of Light, because of his appearing in the form of holy men who are the children of Light. You in

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