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Some of the Jewish Rabbies (a) & some Chrisan Doctors (b) and many Late Popish (c) authors amongst whom _Corn-a-Lapide (d) is most Elaborate. but that it was a [underlined] Demon [underlined] representing Samuel hath been Evinced by Learned and Orthodox Writers Especially by _Peter Martyr_, (f) _Balduinus_, ([crossed out letter]) _Lavater_, & our in= comparable (g) _John Rainold_. I shall not here insist on hearing of that, Especially considering that (h) elsewhere I have done it. Only lett me now add that ye witch said to Saul I [word crossed out] see [underlined] Elohim.[underlined] (i.e) [underlined]a God[underlined] (for the whole Context shews that a Single person is intended) [underlined] ascend= ing out of the Earth [underlined]; 1 Sam^ll [illegible] 13. the Divel would be worshipped as a God and Saul now that ^hee was become a [underlined] Necromancer [underlined] must bow to him. Moreover, had it been the true Samuel from Heaven Reprehend= ing Saul, thers great reason to think that he would not only have reproved him for his sin in not exe= cuting judgem^t on the Amalekites as in vs. 18. but for his wickedness in Consulting w^th familiar Spirits; for which Sin it was in Speciall that he dyed Chron.10.15 but in as much as ther is not one word to testifie ag^st that abomination wee may conclude that twas not real Sam^el that appeard to Saul. and if it were the Divel in his likeness the argument seems very

strong, that if the Divel may appear in the forme of 

a Saint in glory much more is it possible for him to put on the likness of the most pious & inocent saint on

[Notes in the margins]:

(a) R. Saadia, R. Eleazar, R: Athias, Lyrzanus, Sic & Joseph (b) Ambrose & Hierom Basil, Nazianzen. (c) Thom[a]s, Tostatus, Suarez, Cajetan. (d) In Ecclesiastic. cap. 46 vs. 23. (f) In 2 Cor. 11 p. 555 (g) In libr. Apocryph. (h) Remark. provid. p. 211