Of the Nature of Spirits. j^y
ihe^had a fword drawn prefenr by him , wherewith he ex- pelled and drove away the fpirits from the blood of his fa- crifice. And in the hxth of Virgil, when the Sybil led </£- ntAs into hell, flie faith thus :
Pfocnl, O prccul ejlebrofaw',
��7#£ invade viam, vagwajj eripe ferrum.
PhileftrAttts wricetb, that he compelled ApHonim,* fpirir, obvious to him and his companions, to flight , with contu- melies and direful imprecations j iliac the viiion making a noife, and with great horrour vaniflied away from them. Very many do much commend a Perfume of Calamint, Pio- ny, Mint, Palma Chrifii, and ParQey,_to be ufed in this cafe. Many do keep prefent with them Red Coral, Mugwort, Hy- pericon, Rue, or Vervin, for this purpofc. Some do life for this bufinefs the tinkling of keys , founding of confecrated bells, or the terrible ratling of Armour.
Poll. I have fomecimes heard from our Elders, that they chara- made them Sigils inferibed with Pentagones ; by vcrtue ^ cri do whereof, the fpirits might be expelled and driven away. * u ? c - ***? What fayft thou to thefe? *" n "'
Ca/f. Avtrrois writing againft Algazclus , affirmeth fuch Chara- things ro be almofl nothing worth , unlefs to them that have &"* avail confederated with the fpirits. If therefore AverroU faith the nor> truth, how then can the devils kingdom (land, divided againft itfelf?
Poll. But we read that Solomon, a lingular man with God, did make fuch Sigils.
C*ft, We do read truely that Solomon did make them ; but ir was at fuch time when he worlhipped Idols , and not when he was in the ftate of falvation. Ttrtullian ofFcreth a more certain Antidote then all the former, and exhorteth us, as Job, rhe mod ftrong champion of God, to fight againft all the aflaults of temptations : he admonifheth us to be clothed with the (liken garment of Honefty, the purple robe of Modefty and Shamefac'dncfs » and the cloak of Patience :
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