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Nothing is more pleasing to the malice of those wicked Spirits then to see inocents wrong'd. And the powr of the Enemy is such that having anew obtaind a divine concession to use his arts, he does this and much more then this amounts unto. We know by Scripture Revealation, that the Sorcerers of Egypt by their Inchantments caused many untrue and delusive representations before Pharoh and his Servts, Ex. 9.11, 12. & 8. 9. & we read of the [underlined: working of Satan with all powr and signs & Lying wonders] 2 Thes. 2. 9 his art is beyond wt the wisest of men may pretend unto. he ^has perfect Skill in Opticks and can therfore cause that to be visible to one which is not so to another: and things also to appear far otherwise than they are. he has likewise the art of Limning in the perfection of it & knoweth what may be done by Colours. It is an od passage which I find in the c6)

[underlined: Acta Eruditorum] [margin note: c6)  A. 1690- p.113] printed at [underlined: Lipsick] that about thirty two years agoe an Indigent Merchant at [underline:Lyons] in [underline:France] was instructed by a Demon that with water of Borax he might colour  Taffeties so as to cause them to glisten and look very gay.  Hee sees to the naturall causes and reasons of things - whereby he is able to produce wonderfull Effects.  So that if he doth not form the shape of an inocent person afflicting Others it is not for want of either will or powr.  They that affirm that God nevr did or ever will permit him thus to doe -- alledge that tis inconsistent, with the Righteu.