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[upper right corner: 1] The first Case [underlined] which I am desired to expres my judgmt [t is superscripted] in, is this, [underlining: Whether to ?] Whether it is not possible for the Divel to impose on the im [crossed out: m]aginations of persons bewitched and to cause them to beleive yt [t is superscripted] an Inocent, yea that a pious person does torment them = when ye [e superscripted] Divl [l superscripted] himself doth it, or whether Satan may not appear in the Shape of a pious & Inocent as well as in the Shape of a nocent & wicked person to afflict such as suffer - by Diabolical molestations? The [underlined: Answer] to the Question must be [underlined: Affirma tive]. Let the following Arguments bee duely= weighed in the Ballance of the Sanctuary. Argum. 1. Ther are Severall Scriptures from which wee may infer the possibility of what is affirmed. 1. Wee find [underlined: that the Divel by the instigation of the witch at Endor ap= =peard in the Likeness of the Prophet Samuel]. I am not Ignorant that some have offered that which if it were proved would evert this ar= gumt [t is superscripted] viz: that it was the true and not [crossed out: the] a de= lusive Samuel which the witch brought to converse with Saul. Of this Opinion are