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the Shape and habitt of Eminent ministers of God. So did he to appear to m^r _Earl_ of _Colcheser_ in the Sikeness of m^r _Liddal_, an Holy man of God. and to the Turkish Chaous Babtized at _London_ anno= [1608?] Pretending to be m^r _Dury_ an Exellent minister of Christ. and how often hath he pretended to be the Apostle Saul or Seteror 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_ glorious=ly arrayed as if he had been Christ. So Likewise to (s) _Secundelley_ & to another Saint who Suspecting it was Satan transforming himself into an Angell of Light; had this Expression. _If I may see Christ in= Heaven tis enough. Desire not to See him ^in this world_ whereupon the _Spectre_ vanished. It has been related of _Luther_ that After he had been fasting and praying in his Studdy the Divel comes and pretends to be Christ, but _Luther_ saying a=way thou confounded Divel I acknowledge no Christ but what is m 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] _Omnia transformat selsim miracularerum_[decorative mark] A third scripture to our purpose is that in Rev. 12, 10, wher the Divel is cal'd _the accuser of the Brethrn_. Such is the malice and Impudence of the Divel as that he does accuse good men of

[In Margin: (t)bert. dr of essex Carfax papatus. L. 2. S. 2. r) suss. [illegible] in [?bil] appearing s) Ignaccious in compendio maleficarum p. 342.