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She declares he doth therefore mention it, that so Judges might be cautelous in their proceedings in cases of this nature in as much as the Devil doth often in that way intangle innocent persons & bring them into great troubles. His words are (t) [underlined: have historian ideo recito ut Judicus in Imjnsmodi casibus canti Sint Diabolus enim hac via Saepe immientibus intidiatur.]. He confirms w^t he saith by Reciting a passage out of [underlined: Albertus Gran- zius] who writes that the Devil was seen in the shape of a noble man to come out of the Empress her chamber. But to clear her Innocency, she (according to the Superstitious [underlined: Ordeals] then in fashion) walked blindfold over a great many glowing hot Irons without touching any of them. (u) (mr [underlined: Roetius] in his disputation of [underlined: Spectres] proposath that question whither the Devil may not untruly personate a godly man & answers in the Affirmative. And withall adds that it is a Sufficient argument (ad hominem) to Answer the Papists with their own histories, w^ch give instances of Satans appearing in the figure of Saints, nay of Christ himself & in his discourse concerning the [underlined: Operations of Daemons] (w) he hath the like problem whither ye Devil may not possibly put on the shape of a true Believer, a Real Saint, not only of Such as are dead, but still living; & Answers, [underlined: Quidni?] why not. It is bee true Popish [underlined: Casuists] (x) do generally incline to the Negative in the Question. Nevertheless the instance of [underlined: Germanus] w^o saw a compa -ny of honest people Represented by the Devils as if they had ben feasting together when they were Really asleep in their beds, doth a little puzzle them so as they are necessitated to take up with this conclusion (y) [underlined: that by an extraordinary permission of God Innocent persons may be Represented by Satan in the Nocturnal Conventicles of witches.] And if so, much more as afflicting bewitched persons. [underlined: Delrio] gives an Account of an Innocent Monk whose Reputation was endangered by a Demons appearing in his shape. He writes more like a Divine than Jesuites use to do when he saith (z) [underlined: it is not absolutely to be denied bu that ye Devils may exhibit the forms of Innocent persons if God permit it, who when he doth permit, usually]

[Margin notes:]

(t) de Spectris p. 86. 87.

(u) disp. Setect[?] vol. 1. p. 1008

(w) p. 949.

(x)Tyraus de apparitioni- bus. lib. 2 cap. 14.

(y) Bringfeldins de confessio- nibus Pagarium. p. 183. 191.

(z) disquis. Magic. lib. 2. [?] 12. p. 143