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might be the Cause of those possessions we read of in the Gospel, and [carot] those the Devils have been immitted into the bodies of miserable Creatures by Magicians & witches, Histories & Experienc doe abundantly testi= fie. [crossed out word?] _Hierom_ (h) Relakes concerning a certain vir= gin that a young man whose amours she despi= sed, prevailed with a Magician to send an Evil Spir= it into her by means wherof she was strangly besotted. It is Reported of Simon Magus (i) that after he had used an Hellish Laerafico to be re= venged on some that had called him a great witch he caused infernal spirits to Enservito them. Many confessing Witches have acknowledged that they were the cause of such & such persons being possessed by Evil angels as (k) _Thyre iy_ and Others have ob= served. Now no credit it is to be given to what Demons in such as are Obsessed, shall say Our Saviour by his own unerring Example hath [crossed out word] taught us not to receive the Divels Testimony in anything. The Paists are Justly condemned for bringing Diaboli call testimony to confirm the Principles of their Religion. _Peter Cotton_ the Jesuite (l) Enquired of a Divel in a possessed person what was the Dearest Scripture to prove purgatory. At the Time Fr. Lu thur died, all the Possessed people in the _Motherlands_ wer Quiet. The Divel in them said because Luthor had been a great friend of theirs, & they [carot] owed [crossed out word: ought] him that respect as to goe as far as _Germany_ to his funerall. Another time when ther was some talk of