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more then once or twice. Nor is it Ordinary for Demons to Steal money out of mens pocket & purses or wine and .Cyder out of their Cellars. Yet Some Such [illegible] have their been among ourSelves. It is not usuall for Providence to permitt a Divel to Come from Hell and to throw fire on the Top of Houses and to Cause whole Townes to be burnt to ashes therby. Ther would (it must be confessed) be no Living in the world, if Evill Angell Should be permitted to doe this when ever they had a mind to is Nevertheless, Author, worthy of Creditt [illegible] us that this has Sometime happened. Both Erasmus & [illegible] Write that the Towne of [Schiltack?]] in Germany was in the moneth of April 1533 Set on fire by the Divel and burnt to the ground in an Hours Space. Tis also reported by Sigibert [A?] and others, that some Cottages and [illegible] in a Towne Called Bingen were fired by a wicked [illegible]. That Spitefull Demon Said it was for the impietic, of Such aman whom no named that he was Sent to [illegible] them. The Poor man so Satisfie his ] neighbours who were Ready to Stone him Carried an Hott Iron in his hand but Receiving no [hiert? therby,], no way. Judged to bee inȏcent. It is not Ordinary for a Divel upon the Dying Curse of a Servant to have a Commission from Heaven to [illegible] and torment a bloody Cruel [maister?]. Yet such a thing may possibly come to pass. Ther is a