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         Lloyd, David, 1635-1692.
      
       
         
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             Wonders no miracles, or, Mr. Valentine Greatrates gift of healing examined upon occasion of a sad effect of his stroaking, March the 7, 1665, at one Mr. Cressets house in Charter-house-yard : in a letter to a reverend divine, living near that place.
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           WONDERS
           NO
           MIRACLES
           ;
           OR
           ,
           Mr.
           Valentine
           Greatrates
           GIFT
           of
           HEALING
           EXAMINED
           ,
           Upon
           occasion
           of
           a
           Sad
           Effect
           of
           his
           
             Stroaking
             ,
             March
          
           the
           7.
           1665.
           at
           one
           Mr.
           Cressets
           house
           in
           Charter-House-Yard
           .
        
         
           In
           a
           Letter
           to
           a
           Reverend
           Divine
           ,
           living
           near
           that
           place
           .
        
         
           1
           COR.
           12.
           9.
           10.
           
        
         
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           to
           another
           the
           GIFT
           of
           HEALING
           .
        
         
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           To
           another
           the
           Working
           of
           Miracles
           .
        
         
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           to
           another
           discerning
           of
           Spirit
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Sam.
             Speed
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Rainbow
           in
           Fleetstreet
           .
           1666.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
         
         
           Wonders
           no
           Miracles
           ;
           OR
           ,
           Mr.
           
             VALENTINE
             GREATRATES
          
           Gift
           of
           Healing
           Examined
           ,
           Upon
           occasion
           of
           a
           Sad
           Effect
           of
           his
           
             Stroaking
             ,
             Mar.
          
           the
           7.
           1665.
           at
           one
           Mr.
           Cressets
           house
           in
           Charter-House-Yard
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           WHen
           I
           consider
           in
           how
           many
           respects
           ,
           the
           world
           is
           now
           under
           the
           sad
           Judgement
           ,
           of
           being
           given
           over
           to
           beleeve
           a
           Lies
           ,
           because
           it
           receiveth
           not
           the
           Christian
           truth
           ,
           in
           the
           Love
           and
           Power
           of
           it
           :
           Errours
           and
           Impostures
           ,
           as
           a
           b
           Great
           man
           observeth
           ,
           being
           at
           once
           the
           Sins
           and
           Punishments
           of
           the
           later
           Ages
           of
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           When
           I
           read
           that
           some
           pretensions
           in
           the
           last
           times
           ,
           will
           almost
           deceive
           the
           very
           c
           Elect
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           one
           of
           those
           Elect
           writing
           to
           his
           Brethren
           ,
           hath
           left
           this
           as
           the
           greatest
           Caveat
           amongst
           them
           ,
           
             Beloved
             ,
             beleeve
             not
             every
             Spirit
             ,
          
           but
           d
           try
           the
           Spirits
           whether
           they
           be
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           And
           adde
           to
           all
           these
           ,
           those
           sad
           words
           2
           Thes.
           2.
           7.
           
           
           That
           the
           Mystery
           of
           iniquity
           doth
           already
           work
           ;
           only
           ,
           he
           who
           now
           Letteth
           ,
           will
           Let
           ,
           until
           he
           be
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           way
           ,
           and
           then
           shall
           that
           wicked
           one
           be
           revealed
           ,
           even
           he
           whose
           coming
           is
           after
           the
           working
           of
           Satan
           ,
           with
           all
           power
           and
           signs
           ,
           and
           LYING
           WONDERS
           ,
           and
           with
           all
           deceiveableness
           of
           unrighteousness
           in
           them
           that
           perish
           .
        
         
           When
           I
           reflect
           on
           the
           state
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           now
           so
           parrallel
           to
           that
           it
           was
           4000
           years
           agoe
           ,
           especially
           in
           one
           particular
           ,
           viz.
           that
           it
           is
           immersed
           in
           Fancy
           ,
           Imagination
           and
           Lust
           ,
           which
           are
           all
           Inter-woven
           with
           its
           Phylosophy
           ,
           its
           Religion
           ,
           Worship
           ,
           Doctrine
           ,
           Discipline
           and
           Government
           ,
           so
           far
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           as
           subject
           to
           Diabolical
           Impressions
           ,
           leading
           to
           Atheism
           ,
           now
           towards
           the
           end
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           to
           such
           as
           led
           to
           Polutheism
           ,
           then
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           it
           :
           I
           do
           not
           so
           much
           admire
           your
           Caution
           in
           complying
           with
           the
           Vulgar
           apprehensions
           of
           this
           late
           
             Gift
             of
             Healing
          
           ,
           so
           much
           cryed
           up
           amongst
           us
           ;
           as
           I
           do
           others
           unwillingness
           to
           comply
           with
           your
           Cantion
           ;
           so
           much
           more
           strange
           is
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           generallity
           should
           allow
           such
           groundless
           ,
           and
           ill
           contrived
           pretences
           ,
           than
           that
           any
           man
           should
           scruple
           then
           ;
           were
           not
           we
           in
           England
           ,
           famous
           almost
           to
           a
           Proverb
           ,
           for
           our
           folly
           ,
           
             in
             reference
          
           to
           
             Prodigies
             and
             Prophesies
          
           ;
           and
           a
           People
           that
           would
           make
           it
           necessary
           ,
           that
           as
           it
           was
           one
           condition
           in
           the
           Judges
           of
           the
           Sanedrim
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           be
           skilled
           in
           Magick
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           detect
           and
           Judge
           others
           for
           it
           ;
           so
           it
           should
           be
           one
           in
           our
           Councils
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           
             be
             expert
          
           in
           the
           works
           of
           Nature
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           understand
           what
           is
           above
           it
           .
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           Seriously
           ,
           since
           there
           is
           not
           a
           greater
           confirmation
           of
           what
           God
           speaks
           ,
           than
           what
           he
           doth
           ;
           and
           
           so
           no
           greater
           evidence
           of
           Religions
           proceeding
           from
           God
           ,
           than
           Miracles
           wrought
           by
           God.
           And
           there
           being
           no
           ordinary
           way
           of
           conveighing
           the
           evidence
           of
           divine
           Truth
           into
           the
           mindes
           of
           Men
           ,
           but
           by
           a
           concurrence
           of
           a
           divine
           power
           set
           before
           their
           eyes
           to
           confirm
           that
           Truth
           .
           The
           World
           is
           not
           capable
           of
           diving
           into
           the
           depth
           of
           Religious
           Mysteries
           ;
           so
           shallow
           ,
           narrow
           ,
           and
           dark
           are
           mens
           capacities
           and
           intellectuals
           ,
           and
           so
           apt
           are
           men
           to
           suspect
           impostures
           in
           things
           of
           subtilty
           ,
           reason
           and
           mystery
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           must
           have
           plain
           confirmations
           of
           those
           mysteries
           before
           their
           senses
           ,
           which
           they
           think
           will
           not
           deceive
           them
           ;
           so
           true
           is
           it
           ,
           what
           that
           excellent
           person
           observes
           .
           The
           world
           being
           to
           be
           taught
           of
           God
           ,
           must
           be
           taught
           with
           actions
           ,
           which
           they
           can
           trust
           ,
           and
           not
           with
           words
           ,
           wherewith
           they
           may
           be
           deceived
           ;
           and
           hence
           Miracles
           ,
           or
           the
           performance
           of
           matters
           above
           the
           reach
           of
           Nature
           ,
           hath
           been
           alwaies
           looked
           on
           as
           the
           greatest
           testimony
           to
           divine
           authority
           ,
           and
           revelation
           .
        
         
           
             For
             the
             course
             of
             nature
             being
             settled
             by
             an
             omnipotent
             power
             ,
             and
             all
             Agents
             acting
             by
             the
             force
             of
             that
             power
             ;
          
           whosoever
           in
           doing
           wonders
           ,
           altereth
           the
           course
           of
           nature
           ,
           is
           esteemed
           to
           have
           the
           Divine
           presence
           going
           along
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           Since
           I
           say
           ,
           the
           working
           of
           Miracles
           ,
           and
           performing
           things
           above
           the
           course
           of
           Nature
           ,
           hath
           been
           looked
           upon
           by
           mankinde
           ,
           since
           God
           hath
           made
           use
           of
           men
           to
           act
           in
           his
           name
           ;
           here
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           the
           best
           evidence
           of
           Gods
           presence
           going
           along
           with
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           fairest
           credentials
           for
           their
           Message
           ,
           and
           the
           greatest
           argument
           for
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           Religion
           ;
           by
           them
           at
           several
           times
           published
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           
           God.
           As
           it
           is
           certainly
           of
           very
           dangerous
           consequence
           ,
           to
           Counterfeit
           the
           Kings
           Seal
           ,
           by
           which
           all
           Acts
           of
           State
           are
           confirmed
           ,
           and
           made
           authentickly
           known
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           to
           pretend
           to
           Gods
           Seal
           ,
           whereby
           he
           doth
           convincingly
           make
           known
           his
           will
           in
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           all
           the
           Kings
           Leige
           People
           ,
           should
           beware
           of
           conniving
           at
           the
           one
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           a
           mis-understanding
           ,
           likely
           thereby
           to
           grow
           between
           the
           King
           and
           the
           People
           ;
           none
           then
           being
           able
           to
           discern
           what
           is
           really
           the
           Kings
           Act
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           not
           ;
           what
           they
           should
           obey
           ,
           and
           what
           they
           should
           not
           ;
           as
           they
           would
           not
           be
           guilty
           of
           mis
           prision
           of
           Treason
           against
           the
           Government
           ,
           so
           all
           Gods
           people
           should
           be
           very
           cautious
           in
           allowing
           the
           other
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           a
           mis-understanding
           between
           God
           and
           their
           Souls
           ;
           none
           in
           case
           of
           such
           Counterfeits
           ,
           being
           able
           to
           discern
           what
           is
           really
           confirmed
           to
           be
           Gods
           will
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           only
           pretended
           so
           ,
           what
           is
           a
           Religion
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           a
           chear
           .
        
         
           Whence
           really
           there
           cannot
           chuse
           but
           ensue
           these
           two
           sad
           things
           .
           viz.
           
        
         
           1
           An
           opportunity
           in
           distracted
           and
           divided
           Times
           ,
           to
           broach
           strange
           and
           dangerous
           Opinions
           .
           For
           if
           a
           man
           can
           but
           prevail
           with
           the
           People
           ,
           to
           beleeve
           that
           God
           assists
           him
           ,
           to
           Effect
           new
           and
           extraordinary
           things
           ;
           he
           may
           easily
           perswade
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           God
           inspires
           him
           to
           speak
           new
           and
           extraordinary
           Opinions
           ;
           when
           they
           see
           God
           in
           what
           he
           doth
           ,
           they
           will
           easily
           believe
           he
           is
           in
           what
           he
           saith
           ;
           and
           where
           they
           observe
           omnipotence
           ,
           there
           they
           will
           believe
           infallability
           :
           and
           if
           the
           man
           saith
           now
           ,
           
             I
             received
             a
             voice
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             bidding
             me
             Cure
             all
             Diseases
          
           ;
           he
           
             may
             if
             this
             take
          
           ,
           say
           anon
           ,
           
             I
             am
             Commissioned
             by
             a
             Voice
             from
          
           
           
             Heaven
             ,
             to
             reduce
             the
             World
             to
             the
             unity
             of
             the
          
           Roman
           
             Church
             ,
             to
             teach
             the
             infallability
             of
             the
             Pope
             ,
             to
             reveal
             a
             Messiab
             to
             come
             ,
             a
             fifth
             Monarchy
             ,
             and
             what
             not
             ?
          
           Thus
           a
           the
           Arrians
           pretended
           Miracles
           by
           the
           infinite
           power
           of
           Christ
           ,
           to
           confirm
           the
           denial
           of
           his
           Deity
           (
           Menander
           to
           blinde
           his
           followers
           ,
           would
           restore
           their
           sight
           .
           Basilides
           stroaked
           and
           deluded
           the
           multitude
           .
           Cerinthus
           and
           Ebion
           performed
           as
           strange
           things
           as
           they
           taught
           .
           Valentinus
           and
           Heracleon
           ,
           first
           set
           up
           with
           new
           Cures
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           with
           new
           Opinions
           .
           
             Marcus
             Carpocrates
          
           and
           Cerdon
           were
           Magicians
           first
           ,
           and
           then
           Hereticks
           .
           
             Apelles
             ,
             Severus
             ,
             Tatianus
          
           ,
           and
           Montanus
           ,
           first
           had
           the
           gift
           of
           Healing
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           that
           of
           Prophesying
           .
           
             Sabellius
             ,
             Samosatenus
             ,
             Photinus
             ,
             Macedonius
             ,
             Apollinaris
             ,
          
           had
           some
           thing
           singular
           in
           their
           practise
           ,
           before
           they
           had
           any
           thing
           Novel
           in
           their
           Opinions
           .
           The
           Donatists
           and
           Luciferians
           ,
           pretended
           to
           do
           things
           above
           other
           Christians
           ,
           before
           they
           set
           up
           a
           separation
           from
           them
           .
           The
           Nestorians
           and
           Eutichians
           ,
           got
           reputation
           by
           their
           converse
           with
           a
           bad
           Spirit
           ,
           before
           they
           durst
           deny
           the
           being
           of
           the
           
             good
             one
          
           .
        
         
           All
           the
           sixteen
           false
           Christs
           ,
           that
           obtruded
           themselves
           upon
           the
           world
           ,
           pretended
           to
           our
           Saviours
           Miracles
           ,
           before
           his
           person
           ;
           Mahomet
           had
           two
           Masters
           ,
           a
           Magician
           and
           a
           Priest
           ;
           and
           the
           three
           first
           century
           of
           his
           prevalency
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           were
           called
           the
           
           Magical
           ages
           .
           The
           Church
           of
           Rome
           challenged
           the
           power
           of
           doing
           Miracles
           ,
           ever
           since
           she
           would
           be
           thought
           Infallible
           ;
           ever
           ushering
           in
           her
           strange
           Doctrines
           with
           strange
           performances
           ;
           and
           amusing
           the
           people
           ,
           especially
           here
           in
           England
           ,
           with
           the
           feats
           of
           one
           Seminary
           Priest
           ;
           thereby
           to
           prepare
           them
           the
           
           more
           readily
           to
           embrace
           the
           delusions
           of
           all
           ,
           no
           less
           than
           fifty
           seven
           Miracle-Mongers
           of
           that
           Gang
           ,
           being
           detected
           in
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
          
           ,
           and
           Ireland
           ,
           within
           these
           fifty
           years
           ;
           and
           the
           Papists
           urging
           their
           power
           
           of
           working
           Miracles
           ,
           as
           one
           of
           the
           most
           famous
           notes
           of
           their
           Church
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           say
           no
           more
           ,
           the
           first
           Heretick
           since
           Christs
           time
           ,
           was
           Simon
           the
           Magician
           ,
           of
           whom
           it
           s
           said
           ,
           that
           he
           opposed
           the
           truth
           ,
           with
           the
           same
           artifices
           that
           Jannes
           and
           Jambres
           withstood
           Moses
           ;
           so
           true
           is
           that
           antient
           observation
           of
           the
           knowing
           a
           
             Tertullian
             ,
             Maxima
          
           
           
             haereticorum
             cum
             magis
             ,
             circulatoribus
             &
             curiositati
             deditis
             commercia
             :
          
           and
           that
           ,
           
             Magiam
             esse
             haereticarū
             opinionum
             auctricem
          
           ;
           that
           there
           was
           alwaies
           a
           great
           correspondence
           between
           the
           Hereticks
           ,
           that
           had
           a
           design
           to
           impose
           upon
           mens
           understandings
           ,
           and
           Conjurers
           ,
           that
           could
           put
           a
           cheat
           upon
           mens
           senses
           ;
           knowing
           well
           that
           if
           they
           could
           take
           the
           senses
           with
           strange
           performances
           ,
           poor
           men
           that
           cannot
           examine
           the
           bottome
           of
           things
           ,
           will
           tamely
           yield
           their
           intellects
           to
           their
           strange
           tenets
           .
        
         
           It
           being
           a
           generally
           allowed
           observation
           ,
           made
           first
           by
           St.
           Jerome
           ,
           that
           the
           Devil
           being
           discharged
           out
           of
           the
           Heathen
           Temples
           ,
           and
           Oracles
           took
           up
           with
           the
           Hereticks
           Conventicles
           and
           Oratories
           ,
           playing
           those
           Legerdemains
           of
           late
           ,
           to
           support
           Heresies
           among
           the
           too
           curious
           Christians
           ,
           that
           pry
           unto
           things
           
             that
             they
             have
             not
             seen
          
           ;
           that
           they
           used
           of
           old
           among
           the
           looser
           sort
           of
           mankinde
           ,
           to
           keep
           up
           Polutheism
           with
           .
        
         
           
             Whence
             the
             early
             caveat
          
           ,
           Deut.
           13.
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           3.
           
           If
           there
           arise
           among
           you
           a
           Prophet
           ,
           or
           a
           Dreamer
           of
           Dreams
           ,
           and
           giveth
           thee
           a
           fign
           or
           a
           wonder
           ,
           and
           the
           fign
           or
           the
           
           wonder
           come
           to
           pass
           ,
           whereof
           he
           spake
           unto
           thee
           ,
           saying
           ,
           Let
           us
           go
           after
           other
           Gods
           ;
           thou
           shalt
           not
           hearken
           to
           him
           ,
           for
           the
           Lord
           your
           God
           proveth
           you
           :
           
             So
             just
             it
             is
             with
             God
             to
             try
             peoples
             faithfulness
             to
             ,
             and
             stedfastness
             in
             the
             truth
             ,
             by
             Diabolical
             Wonders
             ,
             leading
             them
             to
             error
             .
          
        
         
           So
           good
           a
           Caution
           is
           that
           of
           Gerson
           ,
           upon
           the
           different
           pretences
           of
           Miracles
           among
           the
           Papists
           themselves
           ,
           to
           carry
           on
           their
           different
           okpinions
           and
           factions
           ;
           one
           side
           pretending
           Miracles
           for
           their
           Opinion
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           for
           the
           contrary
           ,
           *
           
             That
             in
             this
             old
             Age
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             in
             this
             last
             hour
             ,
             and
             time
             so
             near
             Antichrists
             Revelation
             ,
             it
             s
             not
             to
             be
             marvelled
             at
             ,
             if
             the
             world
             ,
             like
             a
             doating
             old
             man
             ,
             be
             abused
             by
             illusions
             and
             fantasies
             :
          
           And
           so
           excellent
           is
           Dr.
           Fields
           observation
           ,
           that
           there
           being
           but
           two
           waies
           to
           confirm
           Religion
           ;
           the
           Testimony
           of
           Gods
           Spirit
           to
           the
           heart
           ,
           called
           usually
           Gods
           privy
           Seal
           ;
           and
           the
           Testimony
           of
           his
           Miracles
           to
           the
           Eye
           ,
           called
           his
           broad
           Seal
           :
           There
           cannot
           be
           a
           wider
           door
           opened
           for
           all
           the
           fallacies
           Satan
           would
           put
           upon
           mankinde
           ,
           than
           the
           pretences
           of
           the
           first
           by
           the
           Enthusiast
           ,
           and
           the
           second
           by
           the
           Juggler
           :
           There
           being
           no
           greater
           Testimony
           likely
           to
           be
           given
           to
           the
           truth
           ,
           than
           that
           they
           Counterfeit
           for
           falshood
           ,
           viz.
           the
           Testimony
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           can
           neither
           deceive
           nor
           be
           deceived
           ,
           confirming
           it
           by
           inspiration
           ,
           or
           operation
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           sad
           things
           ,
           but
           the
           second
           consequences
           of
           these
           pretences
           is
           sadder
           ;
           for
           men
           deluded
           by
           these
           juggles
           of
           false
           Miracles
           ,
           are
           shaken
           in
           their
           belief
           of
           true
           ones
           ;
           and
           as
           by
           the
           first
           appearance
           of
           any
           pretended
           Wonders
           ,
           they
           may
           bee
           cajoled
           to
           embrace
           some
           errors
           ;
           so
           upon
           the
           discovery
           of
           the
           
           bottome
           of
           them
           ,
           they
           are
           ready
           to
           cast
           off
           all
           truth
           ,
           and
           because
           they
           finde
           themselves
           imposed
           on
           once
           ,
           their
           short
           reasonings
           cannot
           satisfie
           them
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           have
           been
           abused
           alwaies
           ,
           and
           therefore
           saith
           the
           excellent
           Mr.
           Stillingfleet
           ;
           
             It
             is
             no
             wonder
             Atheism
             should
             be
             such
             a
             thriving
             Plant
             in
             Italy
             ,
             nay
             ,
             under
             ,
             if
             not
             within
             the
             walls
             of
             Rome
             it self
             ,
             where
             inquisitive
             persons
             do
             daily
             see
             the
             jugglings
             and
             impostures
             of
             Priests
             ,
             in
             their
             pretended
             Miracles
             ;
             and
             from
             thence
             are
             brought
             to
             look
             upon
             Religion
             its
             self
             as
             a
             meer
             imposture
             ,
             and
             to
             think
             no
             Pope
             so
             Infallible
             ,
             as
             he
             that
             said
             ,
             
               Quantum
               nobis
               profuit
               ,
               haec
               de
               Christo
               fabula
               ?
            
          
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           By
           this
           time
           you
           see
           you
           are
           not
           the
           only
           Person
           ,
           that
           look
           upon
           rash
           pretenders
           to
           ,
           and
           rash
           believers
           of
           Miracles
           in
           these
           daies
           ,
           as
           dangerous
           ,
           upon
           the
           two
           great
           accounts
           of
           letting
           in
           errors
           among
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           discovery
           of
           the
           pretenders
           ,
           of
           letting
           out
           the
           people
           to
           Atheism
           ;
           and
           so
           are
           not
           singular
           in
           your
           compassion
           and
           pity
           towards
           this
           poor
           Nation
           ,
           for
           their
           so
           easie
           compliance
           with
           every
           thing
           ,
           that
           pretendeth
           to
           Novelty
           or
           Wonder
           ;
           being
           not
           so
           much
           concerned
           ,
           as
           you
           use
           to
           say
           ,
           for
           this
           nine
           daies
           Wonder
           of
           Greatrates
           which
           carrieth
           with
           it
           its
           own
           discovery
           ,
           as
           for
           the
           opportunity
           and
           temptations
           offered
           to
           more
           subtle
           persons
           to
           work
           upon
           an
           unstable
           people
           to
           more
           dangerous
           purposes
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           while
           we
           are
           preparing
           a
           just
           account
           of
           Miracles
           ,
           Prophesies
           ,
           Visions
           ,
           Impulfes
           ,
           &c.
           to
           Antidote
           and
           pr●●●nt
           those
           impostures
           ,
           likely
           to
           be
           obtruded
           upon
           the
           world
           ,
           in
           these
           last
           and
           worst
           daies
           ;
           when
           it
           is
           thought
           that
           the
           Devils
           
             time
             being
             short
          
           ,
           and
           the
           commission
           expiring
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           
           to
           deceive
           the
           Nations
           ,
           his
           diligence
           and
           artifices
           are
           improved
           :
           take
           this
           short
           accout
           of
           this
           Mr.
           Greatrates
           .
        
         
           
             An
             Account
             of
             Mr.
             
               Valentine
               Greatrates
            
             ,
             and
             his
             Performances
             .
          
           
             
               SIR
               ,
            
          
           
             THe
             man
             it
             seems
             being
             bred
             up
             in
             loose
             times
             ,
             
             and
             a
             more
             loose
             way
             ,
             
               a
               Souldier
            
             ,
             having
             prostituted
             
               his
               understanding
            
             to
             a
             variety
             of
             Opinions
             and
             Errors
             ,
             for
             he
             hath
             been
             in
             his
             time
             of
             most
             of
             the
             Factions
             that
             were
             lately
             extant
             ;
             and
             now
             pretends
             himself
             a
             Latitude-man
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             one
             that
             
               being
               of
               no
               Religion
               himself
               ,
               is
               indifferent
               what
               Religion
               others
               should
               be
               of
            
             ;
             hath
             either
             a
             design
             to
             be
             even
             with
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             to
             deceive
             others
             ,
             as
             well
             he
             dwelling
             with
             delusions
             ,
             may
             think
             others
             have
             deceived
             him
             :
             Or
             ,
             which
             I
             had
             rather
             believe
             (
             for
             I
             would
             feign
             hope
             that
             the
             man
             is
             not
             a
             plain
             Impostor
             )
             being
             unsettled
             in
             his
             mind
             ,
             and
             possibly
             in
             the
             turn
             of
             times
             discontented
             as
             to
             his
             Fortune
             ,
             is
             troubled
             with
             Fancies
             and
             Imaginations
             ,
             which
             he
             takes
             to
             be
             Impulses
             ;
             and
             indeed
             it
             is
             not
             so
             much
             a
             wonder
             to
             me
             ,
             that
             one
             should
             pretend
             these
             Impulses
             ,
             as
             that
             half
             the
             Nation
             doth
             not
             ,
             since
             they
             have
             been
             so
             given
             over
             to
             Fantasies
             and
             inward
             suggestions
             ,
             having
             lost
             almost
             the
             faculty
             ,
             principles
             ,
             and
             exercise
             of
             Reason
             .
          
           
             How
             possible
             it
             is
             for
             a
             man
             ,
             especially
             in
             an
             age
             of
             Fantasies
             as
             a
             Learned
             man
             calleth
             this
             ,
             to
             be
             wrought
             by
             his
             Imagination
             to
             a
             belief
             of
             strange
             
             Abilities
             in
             himself
             ;
             may
             easily
             be
             discerned
             by
             Mirandulaes
             Discourse
             
               de
               Imaginatione
            
             ,
             c.
             8
             where
             he
             saith
             ,
             1.
             
             That
             by
             the
             predominancy
             of
             a
             melancholique
             humor
             (
             for
             humors
             give
             complexion
             to
             a
             vulgar
             Fancy
             ,
             )
             2.
             
             By
             the
             imposture
             of
             the
             senses
             :
             3.
             
             By
             the
             strength
             of
             the
             passions
             ,
             that
             have
             a
             great
             command
             over
             this
             faculty
             .
             4.
             
             By
             the
             ministry
             of
             evil
             Angels
             ,
             who
             can
             easily
             cast
             into
             the
             Fancy
             strange
             and
             false
             species
             ,
             with
             such
             subtilty
             as
             shall
             easily
             gain
             them
             plausible
             credit
             ,
             and
             admittance
             .
             5.
             
             By
             the
             influence
             of
             a
             mans
             Starres
             .
             6.
             
             By
             hereditary
             imaginations
             .
             7.
             
             By
             sad
             Necessity
             .
             8.
             
             By
             windy
             meats
             ,
             and
             want
             of
             due
             Evacuations
             .
             9.
             
             By
             sor
             did
             dwellings
             and
             manner
             of
             life
             ,
             with
             thick
             Air.
             10.
             
             By
             idleness
             and
             solitariness
             .
             11.
             
             By
             lying
             a
             bed
             and
             sleeping
             .
             12.
             
             By
             grief
             ,
             fear
             ,
             envy
             ,
             disgrace
             ,
             faction
             ,
             revenge
             ,
             &c.
             a
             man
             may
             become
             an
             Enthusiast
             .
             So
             easie
             it
             is
             for
             these
             or
             the
             like
             causes
             to
             stir
             up
             a
             mans
             humors
             ,
             and
             those
             humors
             to
             work
             upon
             the
             Fancy
             :
             And
             by
             the
             many
             Instances
             hereof
             throughout
             the
             World
             ,
             as
             1.
             
             The
             Jew
             that
             did
             so
             really
             imagine
             he
             could
             raise
             the
             dead
             ,
             that
             he
             killed
             himself
             in
             order
             to
             the
             experiment
             .
             2.
             
             The
             Graecian
             that
             went
             upon
             a
             Vision
             2400
             miles
             to
             cure
             the
             Emperour
             of
             his
             deafness
             that
             had
             been
             in
             his
             Grave
             four
             years
             .
             3.
             
             The
             Italian
             that
             came
             by
             an
             impulse
             to
             France
             ,
             to
             restore
             light
             to
             the
             blind
             ,
             and
             lost
             both
             his
             Eyes
             .
             4.
             
             The
             French-man
             that
             heard
             a
             Voice
             speaking
             to
             him
             ,
             
               to
               make
               a
               man
               without
               a
               woman
               ,
            
             and
             endeavoured
             it
             seven
             years
             .
             5.
             
             The
             Dutch-woman
             ,
             that
             imagined
             she
             could
             be
             with
             Childe
             when
             she
             pleased
             without
             knowing
             a
             man.
             6.
             
             The
             People
             that
             imagine
             they
             must
             sell
             all
             ,
             and
             live
             on
             Aire
             ,
             till
             Famine
             hath
             made
             them
             wiser
             .
             7.
             
             The
             man
             that
             kept
             
             his
             Children
             ,
             as
             they
             died
             of
             the
             Sickness
             ,
             unburied
             till
             they
             stunk
             ,
             in
             hope
             of
             a
             Resurrection
             .
             8.
             
             The
             German
             that
             went
             ,
             as
             he
             said
             ,
             by
             Inspiration
             to
             cure
             the
             Duke
             of
             Tuscany
             of
             the
             Sciatica
             ,
             by
             breathing
             on
             him
             ,
             and
             died
             a
             Prisoner
             in
             Legorn
             .
             9.
             
             The
             Spaniard
             that
             went
             upon
             a
             Vision
             600
             miles
             to
             cure
             the
             Duke
             of
             Venice
             of
             the
             Gout
             ,
             and
             dyed
             himself
             of
             it
             ,
             in
             Irons
             .
             10.
             
             The
             Physician
             that
             thought
             he
             could
             make
             man
             immortal
             and
             died
             himself
             before
             fifty
             .
             11.
             
             The
             Sussex
             man
             that
             talked
             of
             Visions
             to
             his
             Minister
             ,
             who
             advised
             him
             to
             send
             for
             the
             Physician
             ,
             the
             Vision
             being
             no
             more
             than
             the
             effect
             of
             a
             feaverish
             distemper
             .
             12.
             
             The
             Venetian
             that
             undertook
             to
             live
             without
             food
             ,
             and
             the
             tenth
             day
             heard
             a
             Voyce
             saying
             to
             him
             ,
             Arise
             and
             eat
             two
             Egges
             .
             Not
             to
             mention
             hundreds
             more
             of
             the
             same
             infirmity
             ,
             too
             much
             imposed
             on
             by
             their
             Imaginations
             ,
             and
             the
             impresssions
             made
             by
             the
             Devil
             ,
             
               Qui
               miscet
               se
               atrae
               bili
               &
               phantasiae
               ,
            
             or
             their
             distemper
             thereupon
             ,
             which
             you
             may
             see
             in
             the
             Authors
             quoted
             in
             the
             *
             Margin
             .
          
           
             It
             being
             so
             possible
             ,
             that
             the
             man
             is
             really
             possessed
             with
             an
             importunate
             Imagination
             that
             he
             should
             perform
             these
             Cures
             he
             pretends
             to
             ,
             let
             us
             condition
             whether
             the
             Attempt
             hath
             any
             thing
             more
             in
             it
             than
             Imagination
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             And
             to
             deal
             plainly
             with
             you
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             the
             very
             
             time
             of
             the
             pretence
             is
             suspicious
             ,
             it
             being
             a
             time
             of
             great
             Expectations
             among
             all
             men
             ,
             and
             of
             strange
             Impressions
             upon
             very
             many
             ;
             the
             very
             imagination
             
             of
             strange
             alterdtions
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             makes
             strange
             alterations
             upon
             mens
             thoughts
             and
             spirits
             ;
             it
             's
             no
             wonder
             ,
             when
             all
             men
             look
             or
             a
             year
             of
             Miracles
             ,
             that
             one
             man
             should
             attempt
             to
             begin
             it
             .
          
           
             Besides
             that
             ,
             since
             the
             true
             Wonder
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Restauration
             ,
             evidencing
             the
             presence
             of
             God
             with
             his
             Person
             and
             Government
             ;
             the
             men
             of
             Mr.
             Greatrates
             party
             have
             spent
             their
             time
             in
             venting
             and
             dispersing
             false
             Prodigies
             ,
             to
             delude
             men
             into
             an
             Opinion
             of
             the
             displeasure
             of
             God
             against
             both
             :
             and
             those
             that
             look
             narrowly
             into
             things
             ,
             are
             apt
             to
             suspect
             ,
             that
             Mr.
             Greatrates
             being
             concerned
             ,
             that
             the
             reports
             of
             Miracles
             and
             Prodigies
             did
             not
             work
             upon
             us
             ,
             imagined
             he
             might
             promote
             the
             cause
             further
             ,
             and
             perform
             Miracles
             himself
             .
             It
             is
             a
             dull
             thing
             to
             tell
             strange
             things
             only
             to
             amuse
             people
             ,
             when
             men
             can
             doe
             strange
             things
             to
             convince
             them
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             *
             suspition
             prevaileth
             the
             more
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             first
             instance
             wherein
             this
             man
             discovered
             his
             gift
             ,
             I
             mean
             the
             curing
             of
             the
             †
             Kings-evil
             :
             A
             Cure
             that
             though
             entailed
             on
             the
             Kings
             of
             England
             since
             Edward
             the
             Consessor
             ,
             and
             looked
             on
             as
             a
             gracious
             Gift
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             Gods
             Vicegerents
             hand
             should
             cure
             that
             malady
             which
             Gods
             hand
             hath
             inflicted
             ;
             it
             being
             as
             probable
             that
             there
             should
             be
             a
             healing
             virtue
             in
             the
             highest
             sort
             of
             animals
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             in
             the
             lowest
             sort
             of
             vegitables
             ;
             confessed
             by
             our
             a
             Adversaries
             ;
             whereof
             one
             being
             cured
             by
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             ,
             acknowledged
             her
             Authority
             when
             he
             selt
             her
             Power
             ,
             and
             derived
             to
             the
             Kings
             of
             
               France
               ,
               per
               aliquam
            
             b
             Propaginem
             ,
             
             by
             a
             sprig
             of
             right
             ,
             derived
             from
             the
             Primitive
             
             power
             of
             our
             English
             Kings
             ,
             under
             whose
             jurisdiction
             most
             b
             of
             the
             French
             Provinces
             were
             once
             subjected
             .
             A
             cure
             I
             say
             ,
             though
             so
             Generally
             owned
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             honour
             of
             his
             Sacred
             Majesty
             of
             Great
             Brittain
             ;
             yet
             cavilled
             at
             by
             the
             more
             morose
             sort
             of
             people
             ,
             as
             superstitious
             in
             the
             Ceremonies
             used
             about
             it
             ;
             I
             mean
             ,
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             the
             Collect
             ,
             the
             Angel
             ,
             the
             Cross
             ,
             the
             Belief
             required
             ,
             notwithstanding
             that
             it
             is
             well
             known
             ,
             that
             our
             Kings
             can
             heal
             by
             a
             bare
             stroake
             ,
             without
             these
             circumstances
             ,
             which
             are
             rather
             arguments
             of
             the
             devotion
             of
             the
             great
             Personage
             that
             heals
             ,
             than
             means
             necessarily
             influencing
             upon
             the
             people
             that
             are
             healed
             ;
             and
             as
             ordinary
             in
             the
             manner
             of
             performing
             it
             ;
             for
             say
             they
             ,
             we
             need
             not
             run
             to
             Miracles
             ,
             or
             to
             the
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             and
             occult
             qualities
             ,
             for
             the
             pretended
             Wonder
             of
             c
             Healing
             the
             
               Kings
               Evil
               ;
               It
               s
               only
               the
               power
               of
               Fancy
               ,
               say
               they
               ,
               and
               Imagination
               ;
               for
               when
               the
               poor
               Patient
               (
               who
               perchance
               feldome
               heard
               of
               ,
               and
               never
               saw
               a
               King
               before
               )
               shall
               behold
               his
               Royal
               Hand
               dabling
               in
               a
               puddle
               of
               putrifaction
               ,
               and
               with
               a
               charitable
               confidence
               ,
               rubbing
               ,
               smoothing
               ,
               chafing
               those
               loathsome
               Kernels
               [
               which
               I
               may
               call
               clouds
               of
               carruption
               ,
               dissolved
               oftentimes
               into
               a
               feculent
               shower
               ]
               I
               say
               ,
               when
               the
               sick
               man
               shall
               see
               an
               Hand
               so
               humble
               of
               an
               Arm
               so
               high
               ,
               such
               condiscention
               in
               a
               King
               ,
               to
               stroak
               ;
               that
               soar
               ,
               at
               which
               meaner
               Persons
               would
               stop
               their
               Nostrils
               ,
               shut
               their
               Eyes
               ,
               or
               turn
               their
               faces
               ;
               this
               raiseth
               ,
               erecteth
               ,
               enthroneth
               the
               Patients
               fancy
               ,
               summoning
               his
               Spirits
               to
               assist
               Nature
               with
               their
               utmost
               might
               ,
               to
               encounter
               the
               Disease
               with
               greater
               advantage
               .
            
          
           
             And
             certainly
             (
             might
             a
             Melancholly
             ,
             or
             a
             discontented
             man
             think
             )
             any
             man
             may
             work
             upon
             the
             imagination
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Princes
             ;
             and
             finding
             it
             feasible
             by
             
             one
             or
             two
             experiments
             ,
             hee
             with
             other
             cunning
             peoples
             suggestions
             ,
             might
             set
             up
             an
             Healing
             power
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             King
             ;
             levelling
             his
             Gift
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             they
             would
             his
             Office
             ;
             with
             a
             design
             ,
             that
             when
             it
             appeared
             he
             could
             do
             no
             more
             than
             other
             men
             ,
             he
             should
             be
             no
             more
             than
             other
             men
             :
             yea
             ,
             and
             when
             parity
             of
             reason
             led
             them
             to
             attempt
             in
             other
             Diseases
             ,
             what
             with
             some
             success
             they
             had
             begun
             in
             the
             
               Kings
               Evil
            
             ,
             they
             might
             not
             only
             out-do
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             but
             be
             in
             a
             fair
             way
             to
             give
             Laws
             to
             the
             world
             .
          
           
             5
             
               For
               mark
               the
               ground
               of
               this
               mans
               attempts
               ,
               and
               he
               tells
               you
               in
               his
               Letter
               to
               the
               L.
               Bishop
               of
            
             Chester
             ,
             that
             
             he
             had
             a
             voyce
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             assuring
             him
             first
             that
             he
             had
             a
             power
             to
             cure
             the
             Kings
             Evil
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             cure
             all
             Diseases
             ;
             that
             he
             could
             not
             be
             quiet
             untill
             be
             had
             undertaken
             it
             :
             And
             that
             a
             Woman
             unknown
             to
             him
             ,
             had
             a
             Vision
             to
             come
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             that
             hereupon
             ,
             notwithstanding
             he
             was
             dissuaded
             by
             his
             Friends
             from
             the
             practice
             ,
             and
             jeared
             out
             of
             the
             imagination
             ,
             he
             had
             a
             constant
             impulse
             ,
             to
             force
             him
             upon
             the
             several
             experiments
             that
             he
             had
             made
             ,
             till
             the
             whole
             Country
             thronged
             to
             him
             :
             
               This
               is
               sum
               of
               what
               the
               man
               saith
               for
               himself
               .
            
          
           
             1
             How
             dangerous
             it
             is
             to
             admit
             of
             Impulses
             &
             Vifions
             ,
             and
             how
             common
             it
             was
             with
             men
             of
             Mr.
             Greatrates
             former
             way
             to
             obtrude
             ;
             need
             no
             further
             proof
             ,
             than
             Olivers
             Impulses
             ,
             
               James
               Naylor
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Quakers
             Visions
             ,
             and
             light
             within
             ,
             which
             would
             have
             superseded
             ,
             if
             allowed
             ,
             all
             Religion
             ,
             Law
             ,
             Duty
             ,
             Right
             ,
             and
             wrong
             ,
             and
             common
             honesty
             ,
             there
             being
             hardly
             any
             villany
             Imaginable
             ,
             against
             any
             of
             these
             that
             hath
             
               not
               been
            
             ,
             and
             
               may
               be
            
             ,
             perpetrated
             upon
             the
             account
             of
             this
             Impulse
             and
             Inspiration
             ;
             and
             if
             people
             will
             but
             allow
             any
             thing
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             upon
             these
             Enthusiastick
             grounds
             ,
             they
             must
             allow
             all
             
             things
             that
             a
             deceivers
             fancy
             ,
             or
             interest
             shall
             suggest
             to
             them
             .
          
           
             And
             more
             particularly
             ,
             
          
           
             1
             Hee
             voucheth
             a
             voice
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             for
             his
             extraordinary
             Performances
             ,
             when
             yet
             hee
             should
             vouch
             extraordinary
             performances
             to
             make
             good
             that
             voice
             from
             Heaven
             ;
             the
             voice
             of
             God
             gives
             not
             evidence
             to
             Miracles
             ,
             because
             the
             Devil
             in
             the
             Air
             ,
             or
             the
             Fancy
             in
             the
             Brain
             ,
             may
             counterfeit
             such
             a
             voice
             ,
             but
             Miracles
             give
             evidence
             to
             his
             voice
             ;
             
               How
               shall
               the
               people
               be
               assured
               ,
            
             saith
             
               Moses
               ,
               Exod.
            
             4.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5.
             
               that
               thou
               O
               God
               ,
               hast
               appeared
               to
               me
               ,
               take
               the
               Rod
               ,
               and
               it
               shall
               turn
               to
               a
               Serpent
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               beleeve
               ,
               that
               the
               Lord
               God
               of
               their
               Fathers
               hath
               appeared
               to
               thee
               ,
            
             saith
             the
             Lord.
             It
             s
             impossible
             for
             us
             to
             be
             satisfied
             of
             any
             appearance
             of
             God
             to
             this
             man
             ,
             bidding
             him
             work
             Miracles
             ,
             unless
             we
             had
             other
             Miracles
             to
             satisfie
             us
             about
             the
             appearance
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             2
             Gods
             revealing
             himself
             to
             men
             by
             
               Bath
               Col
            
             ,
             or
             the
             
               daughter
               of
               a
               Voice
            
             ,
             which
             was
             indeed
             the
             last
             way
             that
             he
             was
             pleased
             to
             communicate
             his
             minde
             to
             his
             people
             ,
             seems
             to
             be
             now
             superseded
             by
             that
             of
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             18
             ,
             19.
             
             
               And
               this
               voice
               which
               came
               from
               Heaven
               ,
               we
               heard
               when
               we
               were
               with
               him
               in
               the
               Holy
               Mount.
            
             19.
             
             
               We
               have
               also
               a
               more
               sure
               word
               of
               Prophesie
               ,
               whereunto
               ye
               do
               well
               that
               ye
               take
               heed
               ,
               as
               unto
               light
               that
               shineth
               in
               a
               dark
               place
               ,
               until
               the
               day
               dawn
               ,
               and
               the
               day
               star
               arise
               in
               your
               hearts
               :
            
             and
             we
             are
             obliged
             by
             the
             voice
             of
             God
             ,
             confirmed
             by
             uncontrolled
             Miracles
             ,
             not
             to
             give
             heed
             to
             any
             voice
             pretended
             ,
             to
             give
             credit
             to
             new
             unnecessary
             and
             doubtful
             ones
             .
          
           
             3
             The
             Voice
             of
             God
             concerning
             any
             extraordinary
             Person
             ,
             under
             the
             Old
             and
             New
             Testament
             ,
             was
             not
             spoken
             only
             to
             the
             Person
             himself
             (
             as
             it
             is
             in
             this
             
             case
             )
             in
             private
             ,
             but
             to
             several
             others
             in
             publick
             ;
             as
             you
             may
             see
             ,
             Exod.
             4.
             
             Mat.
             3.
             
             Act.
             1.
             2
             
             Pet.
             1.
             and
             the
             History
             of
             the
             Transfiguration
             :
             These
             things
             as
             the
             Apostles
             argue
             ,
             were
             not
             done
             in
             a
             Corner
             .
          
           
             4
             The
             Voice
             of
             God
             was
             agreeable
             alwaies
             to
             the
             dispensations
             that
             were
             then
             a
             foot
             ,
             so
             that
             when
             they
             heard
             the
             Voice
             ,
             they
             had
             Prophesies
             ,
             Precepts
             ,
             and
             Rules
             ,
             directing
             them
             to
             the
             beleif
             and
             use
             of
             the
             voice
             ,
             a
             particular
             defective
             in
             this
             Case
             ,
             where
             the
             dispensations
             of
             God
             amongst
             us
             ,
             are
             so
             far
             from
             concurring
             with
             this
             pretended
             Voice
             ,
             that
             the
             established
             Religion
             is
             inconsistent
             with
             it
             ;
             we
             having
             a
             compleat
             platform
             of
             the
             will
             of
             God
             conveighed
             to
             us
             by
             Voices
             and
             Signs
             from
             Heaven
             that
             rendereth
             it
             needless
             ,
             to
             have
             any
             more
             extraordinary
             revelations
             (
             til
             
               the
               great
               day
               of
               the
               Revelation
               of
               all
               things
            
             )
             unless
             we
             ad
             mit
             
               menstruam
               &
               diurnam
               fidem
            
             ,
             a
             new
             Faith
             every
             month
             and
             day
             ;
             for
             what
             is
             this
             Voice
             for
             ,
             is
             it
             to
             
               confirm
               our
               faith
            
             ?
             that
             is
             already
             done
             ,
             or
             we
             have
             been
             Infidels
             all
             this
             while
             ,
             and
             indeed
             know
             not
             when
             we
             shall
             be
             compleat
             Christians
             ,
             because
             we
             know
             not
             when
             these
             pretenders
             will
             have
             done
             ;
             Is
             it
             to
             reform
             the
             corruption
             that
             
               hath
               overgrown
               Religion
               in
               the
               theory
               and
               practice
               of
               it
               ?
            
             Indeed
             the
             Prophets
             under
             the
             old
             Testament
             ,
             had
             extraordinary
             Voices
             to
             this
             purpose
             ,
             but
             it
             was
             provided
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             Moses
             ,
             in
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Theocratia
             ,
             that
             it
             should
             be
             so
             ,
             and
             the
             Paedagogy
             of
             the
             Jews
             might
             look
             for
             it
             ;
             but
             it
             s
             not
             so
             under
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             whereby
             we
             are
             Conjured
             not
             to
             be
             soon
             shaken
             in
             
               minde
               ,
               either
               by
               Spirit
               ,
               or
               by
               Word
               ,
               or
               by
               Letter
               ,
               or
               by
               Voice
            
             ;
             is
             it
             to
             beget
             Faith
             ?
             
             Signs
             ,
             saith
             the
             Apostle
             (
             who
             had
             Signs
             to
             confirm
             what
             he
             said
             )
             are
             for
             unbelievers
             ;
             is
             it
             to
             supply
             any
             defect
             in
             natural
             causes
             ?
             This
             pretends
             not
             to
             it
             ,
             the
             ordinary
             
             way
             of
             Physicians
             ,
             being
             together
             with
             Phylosophy
             the
             ground
             of
             it
             ,
             at
             the
             heighth
             in
             these
             times
             ;
             and
             however
             God
             never
             wrought
             a
             Miracle
             for
             no
             other
             design
             ,
             than
             to
             alter
             the
             course
             of
             nature
             .
          
           
             Is
             it
             to
             do
             good
             to
             some
             particular
             persons
             ?
             God
             never
             miraculously
             did
             good
             to
             any
             particular
             ,
             but
             with
             reference
             to
             the
             common
             good
             of
             mankinde
             ;
             shall
             we
             make
             providence
             so
             cheap
             ,
             as
             to
             put
             it
             upon
             such
             mean
             Offices
             ,
             as
             helping
             the
             Patient
             to
             another
             stool
             more
             than
             his
             Physick
             could
             work
             ;
             to
             cure
             a
             poor
             body
             of
             a
             swelling
             ,
             to
             save
             20
             s.
             charge
             ?
             It
             s
             true
             ,
             when
             God
             hath
             a
             great
             and
             suitable
             design
             to
             be
             carried
             on
             by
             Miracles
             ,
             he
             condescendeth
             to
             shew
             those
             Miracles
             ,
             in
             such
             charitable
             and
             good
             Offices
             as
             these
             ,
             but
             not
             barely
             for
             them
             :
             Christ
             confirmed
             Christian
             Religion
             by
             Healing
             here
             and
             there
             a
             poor
             person
             ;
             but
             neither
             he
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             extraordinary
             person
             ,
             came
             to
             the
             world
             with
             so
             low
             a
             design
             ,
             as
             only
             to
             perform
             those
             Cures
             .
          
           
             Is
             it
             to
             set
             out
             this
             person
             for
             an
             eminent
             instance
             of
             Heroick
             virtue
             and
             holiness
             ?
             besides
             that
             the
             man
             pretends
             not
             to
             such
             heroick
             attainments
             ,
             his
             carriage
             being
             loose
             and
             like
             a
             good
             Fellow
             ,
             his
             Religion
             Latitudinary
             ,
             his
             discourse
             unsavory
             ,
             sometimes
             breaking
             out
             to
             Oaths
             (
             as
             I
             have
             been
             Informed
             by
             a
             very
             discerning
             and
             honest
             person
             at
             the
             Charter-House
             ,
             who
             heard
             him
             in
             much
             passion
             say
             ,
             that
             though
             the
             poor
             people
             that
             urged
             him
             to
             touch
             them
             ,
             from
             the
             length
             of
             the
             journey
             they
             had
             taken
             to
             come
             to
             him
             ,
             came
             from
             Jerusalem
             ,
             he
             would
             not
             ,
             
               by
               his
               Maker
            
             ,
             meddle
             with
             them
             )
             often
             incohaerent
             ,
             faultring
             ,
             and
             inconsistent
             (
             an
             effect
             of
             the
             weakness
             of
             his
             memorie
             )
             his
             converse
             and
             dealing
             with
             Women
             ,
             notorious
             and
             scandalous
             ;
             his
             privadoes
             and
             familiars
             ,
             men
             
             of
             no
             great
             repute
             for
             common
             honesty
             ;
             and
             though
             our
             Saviour
             conversed
             with
             Publicans
             to
             convert
             them
             ,
             he
             was
             not
             guided
             wholly
             by
             such
             men
             ,
             to
             set
             them
             up
             in
             the
             world
             ;
             his
             falacies
             put
             upon
             poor
             people
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             places
             of
             his
             abode
             palpable
             ,
             his
             neglect
             of
             ordinary
             Christian
             duties
             intollerable
             ,
             his
             account
             of
             himself
             very
             various
             ,
             broken
             and
             ambiguous
             .
          
           
             5
             Besides
             that
             ,
             the
             holy
             men
             inspired
             of
             old
             time
             ,
             approved
             themselves
             to
             the
             most
             knowing
             &
             discerning
             persons
             in
             the
             world
             ;
             yea
             ,
             and
             addressed
             themselves
             upon
             any
             extraordinary
             occasions
             for
             advice
             ;
             whereas
             this
             man
             began
             and
             set
             up
             among
             the
             Ignorant
             and
             Rude
             part
             of
             mankinde
             ,
             the
             Irish
             ,
             easily
             imposed
             on
             ;
             (
             when
             he
             should
             by
             right
             have
             sate
             among
             the
             Doctors
             ,
             as
             the
             greatest
             worker
             of
             Miracles
             did
             ,
             and
             have
             answered
             them
             about
             the
             ground
             of
             this
             pretension
             ,
             and
             have
             asked
             them
             Questions
             ;
             )
             not
             appearing
             among
             wise
             men
             in
             publick
             ,
             till
             his
             feats
             had
             prevailed
             with
             the
             more
             Ignorant
             in
             private
             :
             How
             much
             more
             agreeable
             had
             it
             been
             for
             him
             ,
             upon
             the
             hearing
             of
             the
             pretended
             Voice
             ,
             to
             have
             repaired
             to
             some
             Reverend
             Divines
             and
             Physicians
             ,
             than
             to
             chat
             with
             his
             Wife
             and
             some
             two
             or
             three
             old
             Women
             ,
             and
             then
             set
             up
             ;
             for
             it
             seems
             he
             told
             his
             Wife
             the
             Vision
             ,
             and
             when
             she
             laughed
             at
             him
             ,
             he
             trieth
             experiments
             upon
             her
             ,
             and
             between
             them
             behinde
             the
             Curtain
             was
             begot
             this
             great
             faculty
             .
          
           
             6
             Nay
             ,
             and
             this
             voice
             was
             in
             his
             sleep
             too
             (
             the
             season
             of
             sowing
             the
             Devils
             Tares
             )
             and
             should
             every
             Dreamer
             of
             Dreams
             ,
             practice
             in
             the
             world
             according
             to
             his
             Visions
             on
             his
             Bed
             ,
             the
             whole
             world
             would
             require
             again
             ,
             Christs
             miraculous
             power
             of
             curing
             Lunaticks
             ,
             and
             that
             but
             twice
             ;
             notwithstanding
             that
             
             the
             doubts
             of
             men
             require
             the
             oftner
             promulgation
             of
             it
             :
             whereas
             all
             the
             real
             testimonies
             that
             ever
             God
             gave
             ,
             were
             given
             as
             often
             as
             there
             was
             occasion
             for
             them
             .
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             But
             the
             man
             replyeth
             ,
             that
             however
             wee
             are
             
             at
             liberty
             to
             dispute
             this
             extraordinary
             faculty
             of
             his
             ,
             he
             was
             forced
             by
             an
             impulse
             and
             motion
             over
             all
             his
             body
             to
             exercise
             it
             .
          
           
             But
             considering
             how
             much
             Impulse
             as
             they
             call
             it
             ,
             is
             put
             out
             of
             countenance
             ,
             and
             exploded
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             horrid
             Villainies
             at
             all
             times
             ,
             especially
             of
             late
             ,
             performed
             upon
             that
             ground
             :
             This
             pretence
             is
             worse
             than
             the
             other
             ,
             there
             being
             nothing
             more
             desperate
             than
             a
             man
             given
             over
             to
             his
             own
             Impulses
             ,
             and
             inward
             Motions
             ,
             without
             any
             regard
             of
             Religion
             ,
             Reason
             ,
             Laws
             ,
             Rules
             ,
             and
             Principles
             .
             And
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             jolly
             man
             doth
             not
             look
             as
             if
             hee
             were
             much
             troubled
             with
             Impulses
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             He
             can
             be
             no
             more
             sure
             of
             his
             Impulses
             being
             from
             God
             ,
             than
             he
             was
             of
             the
             Voice
             ,
             and
             therefore
             this
             should
             not
             be
             any
             Motive
             to
             him
             ,
             to
             hearken
             to
             that
             :
             the
             Impulse
             may
             bee
             a
             cheat
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Voice
             .
          
           
             3
             Impulses
             being
             the
             method
             of
             Satan
             ,
             when
             hee
             reigned
             among
             the
             Children
             of
             disobedience
             :
             I
             mean
             the
             Heathens
             ;
             such
             as
             the
             Sybils
             ,
             the
             Corybants
             ,
             the
             Bachides
             ,
             the
             
               Zabii
               ,
               &c.
            
             
             God
             allowed
             no
             Impulses
             for
             currant
             ,
             under
             either
             the
             Old
             Testament
             ,
             or
             New
             ,
             but
             what
             were
             agreeable
             to
             ,
             and
             made
             good
             by
             the
             established
             Religion
             :
             If
             they
             speak
             not
             according
             to
             this
             word
             ,
             
               It
               is
               because
               the
               truth
               is
               not
               in
               them
               .
            
          
           
             4.
             
             God
             looks
             upon
             it
             ,
             as
             contrary
             to
             the
             nature
             of
             man
             to
             be
             acted
             by
             brute
             Impulses
             ,
             and
             Instincts
             ,
             having
             hitherto
             led
             him
             to
             all
             his
             performances
             ,
             by
             a
             rational
             
             discovery
             of
             the
             grounds
             ,
             leading
             thereunto
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             
               But
               of
               the
               madness
               of
               being
               guided
               by
               Impulses
               ,
               you
               may
               see
               in
            
             Laureminus
             de
             melanchol
             .
             C.
             4.
             
             Casaubone
             ,
             
               and
               Dr.
            
             More
             ,
             
               of
               Enthusiasme
            
             :
             Savanorola
             ,
             c.
             4.
             de
             aegrit
             .
             cap.
             Hercules
             de
             Saxonia
             de
             melancholiâ
             :
             Burton's
             Melancholly
             ,
             Meursius
             in
             Apollonium
             :
             Antonii
             ponte
             sancta
             Cruz.
             prelectiones
             vallesolitanae
             in
             Hyppocratem
             de
             morbo
             sacro
             ;
             Arist.
             Problems
             .
             Antonius
             .
             Bennivennius
             de
             abditis
             ,
             M.
             causis
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             But
             why
             should
             we
             suspect
             a
             man
             that
             makes
             
             no
             advantage
             of
             his
             practise
             ?
          
           
             A.
             1.
             
             He
             takes
             nothing
             in
             publick
             himself
             ,
             but
             it
             hath
             cost
             some
             good
             round
             summes
             of
             mony
             to
             his
             followers
             ,
             who
             are
             observed
             ,
             to
             be
             noted
             Projectors
             .
             
               John
               Terril
            
             Gent.
             expending
             100
             l.
             to
             come
             at
             him
             ,
             
               James
               Bivion
            
             40
             l.
             
               William
               Feltiplace
            
             60.
             and
             others
             to
             the
             number
             of
             500
             that
             have
             expended
             above
             7000
             l.
             to
             follow
             this
             man.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             He
             may
             have
             a
             greater
             design
             than
             mony
             ;
             let
             him
             gain
             Reputation
             the
             first
             quarter
             ,
             and
             he
             shall
             not
             fail
             of
             mony
             the
             next
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             He
             borroweth
             mony
             of
             his
             Patients
             though
             he
             takes
             none
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Nay
             ,
             what
             if
             it
             be
             proved
             that
             such
             as
             he
             ,
             have
             those
             that
             maintain
             them
             ,
             and
             hire
             them
             Patients
             ;
             Now
             the
             Story
             about
             his
             great
             Estate
             of
             800
             l.
             a
             year
             ,
             dwindling
             to
             a
             hundred
             ,
             and
             he
             living
             at
             the
             rate
             of
             a
             thousand
             a
             year
             ,
             being
             certainly
             kept
             by
             a
             party
             ,
             and
             the
             Patients
             hee
             produceth
             for
             his
             vouchers
             ,
             being
             poor
             Women
             and
             Children
             ,
             that
             no
             body
             knows
             whence
             they
             come
             ,
             nor
             whither
             they
             go
             :
             The
             English
             understand
             too
             well
             now
             ,
             what
             the
             Preachers
             mean
             ,
             that
             will
             take
             no
             Tythes
             ,
             and
             the
             Physician
             that
             will
             take
             no
             fees
             .
          
           
           
             And
             the
             dullest
             nose
             may
             smell
             the
             matter
             ,
             when
             hee
             heareth
             but
             this
             tradition
             of
             him
             ,
             that
             being
             a
             Member
             of
             an
             Independant
             Church
             ,
             he
             was
             Excommunicated
             thence
             ,
             for
             pretending
             to
             this
             gift
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             thereupon
             his
             gift
             left
             him
             ,
             until
             being
             absolved
             ,
             he
             was
             re-admitted
             at
             once
             to
             his
             Church-Priviledge
             ,
             and
             his
             Gift
             .
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             Why
             is
             hee
             followed
             ,
             if
             he
             bee
             but
             an
             Impostor
             ,
             
             why
             do
             not
             the
             people
             cry
             out
             against
             him
             ,
             and
             the
             Magistrates
             restrain
             him
             ?
          
           
             A.
             That
             the
             giddy
             multitude
             should
             follow
             any
             strange
             thing
             :
             that
             the
             English
             so
             notorious
             for
             their
             unsettledness
             ,
             should
             gaze
             after
             a
             novelty
             at
             first
             :
             is
             no
             wonder
             ,
             especially
             in
             such
             a
             year
             of
             expectation
             as
             this
             is
             :
             But
             they
             follow
             him
             not
             in
             any
             place
             so
             eagerly
             at
             first
             ,
             as
             they
             leave
             him
             discontentedly
             at
             last
             :
             He
             is
             not
             so
             much
             cryed
             up
             in
             the
             places
             where
             he
             comes
             ,
             as
             hee
             is
             cryed
             down
             in
             the
             places
             where
             hee
             hath
             been
             :
             and
             hee
             removes
             from
             place
             to
             place
             ,
             not
             so
             much
             to
             Communicate
             his
             virtue
             ,
             as
             to
             save
             himself
             ,
             being
             not
             known
             two
             nights
             together
             in
             one
             Lodging
             :
             I
             ,
             and
             whereas
             it
             might
             bee
             expected
             ,
             that
             hee
             should
             come
             with
             Certificates
             of
             recommendation
             ,
             hee
             comes
             loaded
             with
             reproaches
             from
             each
             place
             where
             he
             hath
             been
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             the
             deluded
             souls
             reply
             ,
             as
             some
             very
             Blasphemously
             do
             ,
             that
             that
             was
             our
             Saviours
             case
             (
             for
             no
             less
             a
             parallel
             will
             do
             .
             )
          
           
             We
             Answer
             ,
             that
             our
             Saviour
             being
             to
             alter
             old
             Customes
             ,
             to
             cross
             mens
             lusts
             ,
             to
             overthrow
             their
             Laws
             and
             Government
             ,
             to
             prejudice
             their
             carnal
             interest
             ,
             to
             reprove
             and
             reform
             their
             vices
             and
             corruptions
             ,
             by
             the
             Religion
             to
             be
             confirmed
             by
             his
             Miracles
             ,
             was
             reproached
             indeed
             for
             the
             Religion
             hee
             
             taught
             ,
             but
             all
             that
             saw
             him
             reverenced
             him
             
               for
               the
               Miracles
               he
               did
            
             .
             His
             Miracles
             being
             equally
             recorded
             and
             owned
             among
             Jews
             and
             Heathens
             ,
             and
             among
             Christians
             ;
             their
             affection
             and
             interest
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             clear
             ,
             carrying
             them
             to
             speak
             the
             worst
             of
             his
             person
             ,
             when
             their
             hearts
             and
             consciences
             thought
             best
             of
             the
             actions
             done
             by
             him
             ,
             as
             appears
             in
             divers
             places
             of
             Scripture
             .
          
           
             But
             this
             man
             pretends
             to
             nothing
             that
             grieves
             or
             disobligeth
             men
             ,
             crosseth
             no
             mans
             opinion
             ,
             stands
             in
             no
             mans
             way
             ,
             onely
             takes
             on
             him
             to
             help
             the
             miserable
             and
             afflicted
             ,
             and
             to
             do
             good
             ,
             and
             yet
             is
             cried
             upon
             not
             certainly
             because
             he
             doth
             such
             innocent
             things
             ,
             as
             cure
             a
             Tooth-ache
             ,
             help
             the
             Eye-sight
             ,
             launce
             a
             Sore
             ,
             which
             good
             old
             women
             have
             practised
             these
             many
             years
             ,
             without
             any
             clamor
             against
             them
             ,
             but
             because
             he
             pretendeth
             these
             things
             and
             doth
             them
             not
             ;
             and
             so
             puts
             an
             injury
             upon
             people
             ,
             which
             they
             are
             most
             impatient
             of
             ,
             called
             by
             them
             
               a
               Cheat.
            
             
          
           
             And
             to
             make
             it
             evident
             that
             this
             whole
             Affair
             is
             but
             a
             Cheat
             ,
             I
             'le
             not
             instance
             in
             the
             1000
             ,
             that
             have
             been
             deluded
             by
             him
             in
             Ireland
             ,
             the
             West
             ,
             in
             Warwick-shire
             ,
             and
             other
             places
             ,
             nor
             those
             at
             Whitehall
             ,
             St.
             
               James
               ,
               Lambeth
               ,
               Westminster
               ,
               Fleetstreet
               ,
               Bread-street
               ,
               Cheapside
               ,
               Foster-lane
               ,
            
             that
             make
             horrid
             complaints
             of
             his
             undecent
             and
             intollerable
             handling
             of
             all
             their
             parts
             ;
             of
             his
             pinching
             ,
             rubbing
             ,
             chafing
             ,
             and
             lancing
             their
             Sores
             ,
             of
             his
             inflaming
             of
             their
             blood
             and
             humors
             ,
             and
             rendring
             many
             of
             them
             by
             cutting
             them
             and
             other
             wayes
             ,
             incurable
             :
             Not
             to
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             not
             a
             man
             ,
             woman
             or
             childe
             ,
             that
             may
             be
             trusted
             ,
             and
             are
             well
             known
             ,
             that
             is
             the
             better
             for
             him
             ;
             that
             all
             that
             he
             doth
             ,
             is
             but
             by
             
             raising
             peoples
             Imaginations
             ,
             especially
             the
             weaker
             sort
             ,
             by
             rubbing
             and
             chafing
             ,
             to
             scatter
             the
             humor
             for
             the
             present
             to
             the
             Patients
             little
             ease
             ,
             till
             it
             returneth
             with
             more
             violence
             after
             the
             chafing
             than
             ever
             :
             I
             say
             ,
             not
             to
             instance
             in
             any
             thing
             but
             what
             I
             have
             seen
             .
          
           
             This
             Mr.
             Greatrates
             was
             at
             one
             Capt.
             Cressets
             in
             
             Charter
             house-yard
             ,
             the
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             and
             12
             of
             March
             ,
             there
             several
             people
             applying
             themselves
             to
             him
             ,
             some
             he
             would
             not
             take
             notice
             of
             ,
             notwithstanding
             that
             he
             had
             an
             impulse
             ,
             and
             could
             not
             but
             heal
             and
             doe
             good
             :
             Others
             he
             could
             not
             help
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             although
             he
             pretended
             his
             second
             voice
             commissioned
             him
             to
             heal
             all
             Diseases
             :
             Others
             he
             directed
             to
             some
             impertinent
             means
             ,
             as
             to
             wash
             their
             sore
             eyes
             in
             fair
             water
             ,
             and
             it
             may
             be
             he
             said
             ,
             
               God
               might
               do
               them
               good
            
             .
             One
             that
             was
             almost
             blinde
             ,
             he
             directed
             to
             some
             frivolous
             remedy
             ,
             adding
             what
             every
             body
             saw
             ,
             that
             God
             in
             time
             would
             make
             him
             blinde
             .
             Others
             that
             were
             deafish
             ,
             he
             rubbed
             and
             chafed
             ,
             poking
             in
             their
             ears
             ,
             leaving
             them
             after
             all
             that
             within
             three
             hours
             in
             the
             same
             condition
             he
             found
             them
             .
          
           
             But
             one
             poor
             Fellows
             Case
             there
             is
             ,
             more
             eminent
             than
             any
             that
             I
             have
             heard
             of
             ,
             except
             the
             Gentlewoman
             in
             Austin-Fryers
             ,
             and
             the
             Gentleman
             of
             
               Harrow
               of
               the
               Hill.
            
             
          
           
             The
             poor
             man
             ,
             a
             member
             of
             the
             Charter-house
             ,
             being
             
             a
             little
             troubled
             with
             a
             sore
             knee
             ,
             and
             so
             little
             that
             he
             did
             but
             just
             take
             notice
             of
             it
             ,
             must
             needs
             address
             himself
             to
             him
             :
             He
             pincheth
             and
             launceth
             the
             poor
             man
             ,
             the
             Sore
             gangrenes
             ,
             the
             worthy
             Doctor
             Bevoir
             ,
             Physician
             to
             that
             House
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Harrison
             the
             Chirurgeon
             ,
             are
             sent
             for
             to
             the
             fellow
             ,
             who
             within
             a
             day
             after
             takes
             his
             bed
             :
             They
             gave
             him
             over
             almost
             
             for
             dead
             ;
             yet
             using
             all
             means
             possible
             for
             his
             recovery
             ,
             with
             the
             blessing
             of
             God
             upon
             their
             endeavours
             ,
             and
             incredible
             care
             and
             pains
             ,
             they
             stop
             the
             Gangrene
             ,
             set
             the
             man
             past
             danger
             ,
             though
             he
             be
             like
             to
             be
             long
             bed-rid
             .
             Greatrates
             heard
             of
             this
             ,
             and
             comes
             to
             the
             man
             ,
             and
             would
             have
             been
             tampering
             with
             him
             ,
             but
             the
             man
             would
             not
             endure
             him
             ,
             charging
             him
             with
             his
             blood
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             died
             ,
             and
             wishing
             him
             no
             more
             to
             delude
             the
             people
             .
          
           
             If
             he
             hath
             not
             the
             grace
             to
             make
             good
             use
             of
             this
             Instance
             ,
             to
             undeceive
             himself
             ,
             who
             as
             I
             told
             you
             ,
             I
             hoped
             rather
             deluded
             than
             a
             deluder
             ,
             and
             the
             world
             :
             Certainly
             the
             Magistrate
             ,
             who
             would
             not
             hinder
             any
             man
             from
             doing
             any
             good
             he
             can
             pretend
             to
             ,
             will
             take
             care
             that
             he
             do
             no
             more
             mischief
             :
             And
             the
             people
             being
             now
             convinced
             ,
             how
             easily
             they
             may
             be
             deceived
             ,
             will
             take
             care
             whom
             they
             follow
             .
          
           
             But
             as
             the
             Athiest
             ,
             thinking
             our
             Saviour
             did
             all
             his
             Miracles
             by
             the
             power
             of
             mens
             Imaginations
             ,
             say
             that
             Christ
             ,
             so
             some
             people
             say
             this
             man
             cannot
             do
             any
             Miracles
             because
             of
             mens
             unbelief
             .
             Ah
             that
             any
             Christian
             should
             talk
             so
             ,
             who
             must
             needs
             know
             ,
             that
             the
             meaning
             of
             that
             passage
             about
             Christ
             ,
             is
             not
             that
             Christ
             could
             not
             work
             Miracles
             ,
             because
             men
             believe
             not
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             could
             not
             prevail
             with
             himself
             to
             do
             what
             he
             could
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             is
             not
             the
             want
             of
             Imagination
             or
             Fancy
             which
             is
             indeed
             enough
             to
             set
             up
             a
             Juggler
             ,
             whereof
             the
             a
             Jewes
             had
             good
             store
             ;
             but
             of
             the
             grace
             of
             Faith
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             condition
             of
             embracing
             ,
             and
             benefiting
             by
             a
             Saviour
             ,
             that
             rendred
             them
             uncapable
             of
             his
             Miracles
             :
             And
             can
             the
             man
             blame
             men
             for
             want
             of
             Faith
             ,
             when
             they
             see
             nothing
             that
             deserveth
             it
             ;
             or
             was
             he
             so
             weak
             as
             to
             undertake
             Miracles
             ,
             which
             yet
             he
             could
             not
             perform
             ,
             
             unless
             men
             believed
             he
             could
             do
             that
             which
             no
             man
             ever
             saw
             hee
             could
             ?
             It
             is
             well
             the
             folly
             is
             grown
             so
             notorious
             ,
             that
             it
             hath
             no
             other
             plea
             than
             this
             ,
             
               That
               he
               cannot
               cheat
               the
               people
               ,
               if
               they
               will
               not
               trust
               him
               .
            
          
           
             But
             his
             Jack-Puddings
             ,
             I
             mean
             his
             Vouchers
             ,
             and
             Familiars
             (
             who
             have
             been
             caught
             in
             fearful
             untruths
             about
             him
             ,
             and
             his
             acquaintance
             with
             Friars
             ,
             hee
             speaking
             one
             thing
             and
             they
             another
             ;
             he
             saying
             hee
             had
             not
             heard
             from
             such
             a
             man
             in
             eight
             years
             ,
             and
             one
             of
             his
             followers
             shewing
             a
             Letter
             hee
             had
             from
             him
             in
             eight
             daies
             ;
             hee
             shewing
             how
             hee
             had
             Cured
             one
             with
             a
             stroke
             ,
             and
             one
             of
             his
             Comerades
             asking
             the
             man
             unawares
             ,
             how
             his
             Pill
             ,
             Glister
             ,
             and
             Plaister
             wrought
             last
             night
             ;
             hee
             pretending
             to
             pray
             all
             day
             ,
             and
             yet
             one
             of
             his
             Zanies
             saying
             ,
             to
             take
             off
             from
             him
             the
             suspition
             of
             a
             Phanatick
             ,
             that
             hee
             was
             none
             of
             them
             that
             spent
             their
             time
             in
             Canting
             ,
             Whining
             ,
             and
             Praying
             :
             )
             I
             say
             ,
             his
             Disciples
             alledged
             for
             him
             ,
             that
             the
             Apostles
             could
             not
             work
             some
             Miracles
             that
             they
             attempted
             ,
             To
             which
             we
             Answer
             ,
             That
             possibly
             they
             could
             not
             ,
             where
             they
             had
             no
             Commission
             ,
             as
             they
             had
             not
             but
             in
             some
             cases
             before
             our
             Saviours
             Resurrection
             ;
             and
             if
             for
             that
             reason
             he
             can
             cure
             no
             Disease
             ,
             let
             him
             say
             so
             ;
             or
             possibly
             they
             might
             by
             unbelief
             ,
             whereof
             they
             were
             too
             frail
             in
             Christs
             life
             time
             ,
             provoke
             God
             to
             suspect
             the
             virtue
             which
             they
             really
             had
             ;
             shall
             a
             pretender
             thence
             argue
             for
             want
             of
             that
             power
             which
             hee
             never
             had
             ?
             let
             him
             shew
             us
             that
             he
             can
             do
             any
             thing
             that
             the
             Apostles
             did
             ,
             and
             wee
             will
             bear
             with
             him
             ,
             if
             hee
             fails
             only
             in
             what
             they
             failed
             in
             ;
             however
             this
             is
             certain
             ,
             we
             believe
             Christ
             and
             the
             Apostles
             could
             do
             more
             Miracles
             ,
             than
             in
             some
             cases
             they
             would
             ;
             wee
             see
             
             jugglers
             would
             do
             in
             all
             cases
             ,
             more
             Miracles
             than
             they
             could
             .
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             Now
             you
             may
             expect
             I
             should
             adde
             a
             line
             
             touching
             his
             Crasis
             or
             Temperature
             ;
             some
             giving
             out
             that
             Dr.
             More
             should
             say
             of
             him
             ,
             That
             he
             saw
             nothing
             in
             
               him
               Diabolical
               ,
               little
               Divine
               ,
               all
               Humane
               ,
            
             and
             that
             he
             might
             do
             some
             feats
             ,
             by
             virtue
             of
             his
             Crasis
             or
             Complexion
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             man
             hath
             done
             nothing
             worthy
             such
             an
             inquiry
             ,
             and
             we
             should
             be
             as
             ridiculous
             as
             he
             ,
             should
             we
             discourse
             the
             ground
             of
             that
             mans
             actions
             ,
             that
             can
             do
             nothing
             ;
             only
             as
             to
             that
             surmise
             of
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             as
             Paracelsus
             calleth
             it
             ,
             or
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             
               i.
               e.
            
             a
             just
             and
             equal
             temperament
             and
             complexion
             ,
             that
             may
             enable
             men
             to
             work
             Wonders
             ,
             besides
             that
             it
             is
             the
             old
             Atheists
             obsolete
             cavil
             against
             Christs
             Miracles
             
             that
             he
             did
             that
             by
             the
             extraordinarily
             exact
             complexion
             of
             
               his
               humane
               nature
            
             ,
             which
             all
             that
             saw
             ,
             confessed
             done
             by
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Divine
             ;
             either
             this
             complexion
             is
             the
             complexion
             of
             all
             men
             ,
             and
             then
             every
             man
             could
             do
             feats
             ,
             as
             every
             Herb
             of
             a
             kinde
             will
             cure
             ;
             or
             
               of
               some
            
             ,
             and
             then
             I
             wonder
             we
             have
             not
             yet
             been
             told
             ,
             either
             by
             God
             or
             Men
             ,
             what
             are
             those
             Individual
             qualifications
             that
             constitute
             this
             complexion
             ;
             and
             if
             there
             be
             some
             secret
             healing
             Virtues
             in
             Men
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             in
             Plants
             ,
             Stones
             ,
             and
             Herbs
             ,
             as
             the
             factors
             of
             this
             Opinion
             alledge
             out
             of
             *
             Pomponatius
             and
             others
             ,
             how
             can
             they
             heal
             all
             Diseases
             any
             more
             than
             these
             ,
             how
             comes
             the
             one
             to
             be
             a
             real
             panacea
             and
             catholicon
             ,
             when
             they
             cannot
             be
             so
             ;
             how
             ?
             a
             virtue
             in
             man
             to
             cure
             all
             Diseases
             ,
             that
             is
             not
             in
             any
             Herb
             ;
             if
             it
             cure
             the
             Dropsie
             ,
             how
             doth
             it
             relieve
             the
             Feavour
             ;
             what
             natural
             virtue
             is
             that
             ,
             that
             may
             be
             applied
             to
             the
             infinite
             contrarieties
             that
             are
             in
             the
             nature
             
             of
             man
             ?
             if
             because
             other
             creatures
             have
             ,
             man
             should
             have
             a
             healing
             quality
             ;
             then
             certainly
             as
             their
             quality
             is
             limited
             to
             certain
             Diseases
             ,
             one
             thing
             good
             for
             one
             Disease
             ,
             and
             another
             for
             another
             ,
             so
             should
             man
             's
             *
             too
             .
          
           
             Doeth
             not
             say
             some
             ,
             the
             Torpedo
             stiffen
             a
             mans
             hand
             by
             a
             bare
             touch
             ?
             doth
             not
             the
             Hiena
             strike
             Dogs
             dumb
             with
             the
             shaddow
             ?
             doth
             not
             the
             Serpent
             die
             with
             the
             stroke
             of
             an
             Oaken
             leaf
             ?
             do
             not
             the
             strings
             of
             the
             Wolves
             guts
             ,
             make
             those
             of
             the
             Lambs
             flie
             to
             peeces
             with
             a
             touch
             ?
             Alexanders
             casting
             a
             sweet
             perfume
             ,
             and
             the
             Jews
             a
             stink
             round
             about
             them
             ?
             the
             Carcass
             bleeding
             at
             the
             touch
             of
             the
             murderer
             ?
             the
             Cures
             by
             sympathy
             ?
             and
             why
             may
             not
             a
             Man
             then
             do
             Feats
             by
             bare
             Stroaking
             and
             Touch
             ?
          
           
             As
             much
             as
             is
             true
             of
             these
             and
             many
             more
             like
             Instances
             of
             this
             Nature
             ,
             may
             bee
             referred
             to
             that
             Sympathy
             and
             Antipathy
             ,
             that
             may
             bee
             between
             these
             things
             that
             thus
             strangely
             touch
             one
             another
             ,
             which
             cannot
             be
             imagined
             between
             any
             man
             and
             all
             men
             in
             the
             world
             ;
             and
             Alexanders
             Aromatick
             smell
             is
             but
             a
             peece
             of
             flattery
             on
             the
             one
             hand
             (
             as
             Cardans
             imagination
             to
             that
             purpose
             of
             himself
             ,
             was
             but
             a
             fancy
             )
             as
             the
             Jews
             stink
             is
             but
             the
             invention
             of
             malice
             on
             the
             other
             .
          
           
             True
             as
             others
             argue
             ,
             some
             creatures
             can
             do
             mischief
             with
             a
             Breath
             or
             Touch
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             can
             therefore
             Heal
             ,
             doth
             not
             follow
             ,
             it
             being
             easie
             to
             do
             mischief
             ,
             but
             not
             so
             easily
             to
             cure
             it
             ;
             and
             
               malum
               est
               ex
               quolibet
               defectu
            
             ,
             when
             bonum
             is
             only
             
               ex
               Intergrâ
               causû
            
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             true
             as
             they
             urge
             ,
             that
             imagination
             may
             do
             much
             upon
             people
             ,
             that
             fancy
             great
             matters
             of
             a
             
             man
             ,
             it
             may
             gather
             up
             a
             mans
             fear
             ,
             desire
             ,
             hope
             ,
             and
             other
             affections
             ,
             with
             the
             spirit
             and
             blood
             that
             may
             be
             moved
             by
             them
             ,
             and
             remove
             or
             scatter
             an
             humour
             for
             the
             present
             ,
             as
             many
             have
             known
             by
             exrience
             ;
             yea
             ,
             and
             by
             chance
             being
             very
             strong
             ,
             cure
             a
             light
             sore
             ,
             but
             usually
             the
             humours
             return
             more
             violently
             after
             they
             have
             been
             disturbed
             ,
             and
             settle
             incurably
             ;
             as
             an
             *
             excellent
             Author
             ,
             in
             a
             book
             written
             to
             that
             purpose
             ,
             hath
             by
             many
             examples
             made
             evident
             ;
             and
             so
             it
             happeneth
             in
             most
             of
             this
             mans
             Cures
             .
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             Had
             Apollonius
             the
             Heathen
             been
             among
             us
             ,
             to
             make
             his
             Dog
             lick
             all
             Diseases
             to
             a
             curing
             ,
             himself
             curing
             the
             Dog
             at
             last
             ,
             which
             was
             done
             by
             compact
             with
             the
             Devil
             ,
             appearing
             under
             the
             shape
             of
             that
             Dog
             ,
             wee
             could
             have
             judged
             it
             Witchcraft
             :
             had
             the
             same
             Heathen
             here
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             Temple
             of
             Esculapius
             ,
             Cured
             a
             man
             of
             the
             Dropsie
             ,
             by
             prescribing
             him
             Temperance
             ,
             we
             had
             thought
             it
             a
             peece
             of
             good
             morality
             ;
             had
             the
             same
             man
             for
             the
             Heathens
             (
             in
             whom
             the
             Devil
             prevailed
             so
             much
             ,
             before
             Christ
             cast
             him
             out
             of
             their
             Temples
             ,
             Oracles
             ,
             Persons
             ,
             and
             Hearts
             ,
             by
             greater
             Wonders
             than
             hee
             could
             pretend
             to
             )
             out-went
             in
             juggles
             ,
             wonders
             ,
             enchantments
             ,
             any
             of
             our
             Modern
             pretenders
             ,
             freed
             us
             from
             the
             Plague
             ,
             as
             he
             did
             the
             Ephesians
             ,
             by
             making
             them
             all
             meet
             in
             a
             Theatre
             ,
             to
             stone
             an
             old
             Beggar
             ,
             which
             he
             called
             the
             Plague
             ,
             and
             wiser
             men
             know
             a
             Devil
             ,
             the
             very
             Devil
             that
             brought
             ,
             carrying
             away
             that
             Pestilence
             ,
             God
             permitting
             him
             then
             to
             exercise
             his
             power
             ,
             as
             Prince
             of
             the
             Air
             ,
             to
             that
             purpose
             ,
             wee
             had
             concluded
             it
             Magick
             .
          
           
             Did
             hee
             among
             us
             raise
             people
             when
             dead
             ,
             wee
             should
             discern
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             onely
             in
             a
             Trance
             ,
             
             and
             that
             the
             pretended
             Resurrection
             had
             been
             but
             a
             contrivance
             .
          
           
             Had
             a
             Mahumetan
             given
             men
             stools
             and
             vomits
             by
             stroaking
             them
             ,
             as
             the
             man
             of
             Smyrna
             did
             ,
             wee
             would
             have
             searched
             his
             Pockets
             ,
             and
             have
             found
             the
             Doses
             there
             .
          
           
             Had
             Alvarez
             the
             Spanyard
             endeavoured
             among
             us
             ,
             to
             cure
             men
             with
             Apotelesmes
             or
             Figures
             ,
             agreeable
             to
             the
             aspect
             of
             Heaven
             at
             our
             Birth
             ,
             wee
             had
             laughed
             at
             him
             for
             an
             Almanack-maker
             .
          
           
             Had
             Paracelsus
             applyed
             the
             secret
             vertues
             of
             things
             secretly
             to
             Patients
             ,
             wee
             had
             commended
             his
             Phylosophy
             ;
             onely
             for
             his
             pretence
             to
             heal
             by
             a
             rub
             ,
             wee
             had
             questioned
             his
             honesty
             .
          
           
             Had
             Fonsieca
             kept
             the
             Bird
             Gagalus
             in
             his
             Chamber
             
             here
             ,
             and
             prentended
             to
             cure
             the
             Jaundice
             with
             the
             stroke
             ,
             the
             simple
             would
             have
             admired
             his
             performance
             ,
             when
             wiser
             men
             might
             discern
             his
             applying
             of
             natural
             causes
             together
             ,
             though
             pretending
             a
             supernatural
             cure
             .
          
           
             If
             Lindan
             would
             desire
             onely
             a
             drop
             of
             a
             wounded
             mans
             blood
             ,
             after
             hee
             had
             stroked
             him
             ,
             and
             so
             cure
             him
             ,
             we
             have
             learned
             now
             ,
             that
             the
             stroke
             is
             but
             a
             formality
             to
             amuse
             people
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             blood
             by
             sympathy
             doth
             the
             cure
             .
          
           
             If
             Cerdon
             pretends
             to
             dissolve
             all
             Tumors
             with
             a
             touch
             ,
             and
             by
             a
             legerdemain
             dazelling
             the
             eyes
             ,
             conveyes
             oyntment
             &c.
             to
             the
             tumours
             insensibly
             wee
             would
             call
             it
             a
             juggle
             ,
             and
             not
             a
             cure
             .
          
           
             In
             a
             word
             ,
             should
             a
             man
             have
             familiarity
             and
             make
             a
             compact
             with
             Satan
             ,
             and
             should
             the
             Lord
             per●
             Satan
             to
             work
             some
             strange
             things
             ,
             not
             that
             Satan
             can
             do
             any
             thing
             above
             nature
             ;
             but
             that
             hee
             may
             do
             many
             things
             that
             seem
             to
             us
             above
             nature
             ,
             because
             
             above
             our
             understanding
             ,
             it
             might
             exercise
             and
             try
             our
             Faith
             ;
             If
             a
             man
             had
             some
             secret
             skill
             in
             heavenly
             influences
             ,
             upon
             mens
             bodies
             ,
             and
             could
             counterfeit
             that
             with
             a
             stroke
             of
             his
             hand
             ,
             which
             is
             really
             done
             by
             the
             influence
             of
             a
             Star
             ,
             he
             might
             exercise
             our
             Phylosophy
             :
             Had
             a
             man
             skill
             in
             the
             secret
             vertues
             of
             things
             ,
             and
             could
             secretly
             do
             cures
             by
             applying
             these
             vertues
             insensibly
             ,
             while
             hee
             doth
             nothing
             but
             touch
             men
             seemingly
             :
             It
             would
             bee
             some
             satisfaction
             to
             our
             curiosity
             ;
             did
             a
             man
             understand
             some
             Critical
             times
             ,
             and
             take
             them
             to
             perform
             his
             feats
             ;
             wee
             might
             discern
             some
             reason
             in
             it
             .
          
           
             If
             the
             Salutators
             of
             Spain
             ,
             or
             the
             Sons
             of
             the
             Passover
             in
             Holland
             ,
             would
             bid
             men
             here
             ,
             as
             they
             do
             there
             ,
             drink
             wine
             lustily
             ,
             and
             bee
             healed
             ;
             lye
             with
             such
             a
             mans
             Wife
             ,
             and
             bee
             healthful
             ,
             eat
             the
             bread
             that
             they
             chew
             ,
             and
             recover
             ;
             go
             into
             the
             fire
             ,
             and
             bee
             cured
             of
             a
             Feaver
             ,
             touch
             the
             seventh
             male-childe
             
             of
             a
             man
             that
             had
             no
             female
             between
             ,
             and
             be
             well
             of
             the
             Dropsie
             :
             It
             would
             bee
             worth
             the
             while
             to
             consider
             what
             they
             do
             ;
             But
             for
             a
             man
             to
             pinch
             ,
             lance
             ,
             and
             rub
             people
             ,
             and
             after
             all
             this
             stirre
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             able
             to
             shew
             ,
             one
             knowing
             or
             sober
             person
             ,
             (
             Women
             and
             Children
             being
             not
             capable
             of
             understanding
             how
             they
             are
             cured
             ,
             and
             hee
             deals
             most
             in
             such
             )
             or
             one
             credible
             person
             ,
             many
             of
             those
             that
             are
             under
             his
             being
             capable
             of
             being
             tampered
             with
             ,
             and
             corrupted
             ,
             to
             own
             that
             to
             be
             done
             by
             his
             touch
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             done
             by
             Physick
             privately
             given
             ,
             and
             other
             means
             .
          
           
             And
             there
             is
             no
             other
             Reason
             to
             be
             assigned
             for
             his
             stroaking
             one
             day
             ,
             and
             the
             peoples
             being
             cured
             many
             daies
             after
             ,
             when
             Miracles
             may
             bee
             done
             in
             an
             in
             stant
             (
             nothing
             respecting
             Infinite
             power
             ,
             )
             but
             this
             ,
             that
             hee
             may
             act
             the
             Miracle-monger
             upon
             a
             man
             one
             
             day
             ,
             and
             practice
             Chyrurgery
             upon
             him
             afterward
             ,
             till
             hee
             comes
             and
             voucheth
             ,
             that
             hee
             hath
             been
             cured
             by
             the
             Stroaker
             .
          
           
             Or
             one
             
               near
               ,
               that
               a
               man
               may
               see
               ,
            
             we
             being
             usually
             remitted
             for
             proof
             of
             his
             power
             ,
             to
             instances
             of
             100.
             or
             200
             miles
             distance
             ;
             the
             Londoner
             being
             sent
             to
             be
             satisfied
             in
             Dublin
             ,
             and
             the
             men
             of
             Dublin
             being
             sent
             to
             London
             ,
             or
             both
             to
             Cornwall
             .
          
           
             Or
             
               one
               perfectly
            
             cured
             ;
             rubbing
             ,
             chafing
             ,
             and
             stroaking
             some
             sores
             ,
             with
             the
             Patients
             strong
             Imagination
             ,
             working
             some
             slight
             alteration
             of
             the
             humour
             ,
             but
             not
             a
             cure
             ;
             driving
             it
             from
             place
             to
             place
             ,
             but
             not
             removing
             it
             .
          
           
             Or
             
               one
               cured
            
             by
             
               stroaking
               onely
            
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             some
             accident
             ,
             happening
             about
             the
             stroaking
             time
             ;
             A
             man
             is
             Sea-sick
             going
             over
             to
             England
             ,
             and
             is
             stroaked
             ,
             his
             Sea-sickness
             easeth
             him
             of
             the
             matter
             of
             his
             Disease
             ,
             the
             stroak
             hath
             the
             reputation
             of
             it
             :
             A
             man
             is
             troubled
             with
             the
             head-ache
             ,
             is
             stroaked
             ,
             and
             sleeping
             well
             that
             night
             ,
             findes
             ease
             ,
             and
             cryeth
             up
             the
             Miracle
             .
          
           
             Accidents
             may
             perform
             many
             of
             his
             slight
             cures
             ,
             and
             yet
             he
             have
             the
             credit
             of
             it
             .
             
          
           
             When
             I
             say
             ,
             an
             obscure
             man
             in
             loose
             and
             troublesome
             times
             ,
             of
             a
             suspitious
             education
             and
             course
             of
             life
             ,
             shall
             undertake
             in
             the
             face
             of
             three
             Nations
             ,
             what
             hee
             can
             produce
             no
             warrantable
             ground
             to
             attempt
             ,
             nor
             any
             considerable
             power
             to
             perform
             ,
             what
             is
             it
             but
             an
             evidence
             of
             the
             just
             judgement
             of
             God
             upon
             us
             ,
             to
             make
             us
             now
             as
             ridiculous
             by
             our
             credulity
             to
             these
             simple
             pretensions
             ,
             as
             we
             have
             been
             odious
             by
             others
             more
             dangerous
             and
             more
             sub●le
             :
             to
             keep
             up
             the
             French
             surcasme
             ,
             that
             we
             
               are
               a
               B●dlam
               still
               ,
               and
               not
               a
               Kingdome
               :
            
             and
             to
             justifie
             wise
             mens
             fears
             ,
             that
             
             wee
             shall
             bee
             so
             tossed
             to
             and
             fro
             ,
             and
             so
             distracted
             by
             the
             various
             pretensions
             of
             deceivers
             ,
             in
             Church
             and
             State
             ,
             that
             every
             Juggler
             may
             impose
             on
             us
             ,
             and
             every
             Mountebanck
             put
             his
             tricks
             upon
             us
             :
             An
             intollerable
             reproach
             to
             so
             wise
             ,
             and
             understanding
             a
             Nation
             as
             the
             English
             were
             reputed
             in
             former
             Ages
             ?
          
           
             What
             is
             it
             to
             see
             a
             plain
             fellow
             draw
             after
             him
             ,
             some
             Noble-men
             ,
             many
             Courtiers
             ,
             a
             few
             Clergy-men
             ,
             several
             Magistrates
             ,
             all
             sorts
             of
             Citizens
             ,
             People
             of
             all
             ages
             ,
             sexes
             ,
             and
             conditions
             ,
             in
             spight
             of
             the
             ill
             report
             of
             him
             ,
             where-ever
             he
             hath
             been
             ,
             the
             great
             mischief
             they
             see
             him
             do
             ,
             and
             the
             little
             good
             they
             either
             see
             or
             hear
             ,
             but
             to
             warn
             us
             of
             the
             just
             Judgements
             wee
             may
             still
             fear
             upon
             us
             ,
             in
             that
             God
             (
             as
             his
             manner
             is
             with
             people
             devoted
             to
             ruine
             )
             seems
             to
             make
             the
             first
             stroake
             at
             our
             heads
             and
             understanding
             .
          
           
             What
             is
             it
             for
             a
             man
             to
             take
             on
             him
             to
             work
             Miracles
             
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             God
             ,
             when
             yet
             hee
             doth
             but
             play
             the
             Chyrurgion
             ,
             chafing
             and
             cutting
             peoples
             sores
             ,
             without
             any
             word
             or
             thought
             of
             God
             ,
             discoursing
             with
             standers
             by
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             ,
             about
             the
             pictures
             in
             the
             room
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             subject
             ;
             Whence
             a
             poor
             fellow
             I
             spake
             with
             ,
             said
             :
             that
             
               his
               heart
               misgave
               him
            
             ,
             hee
             could
             do
             no
             good
             ,
             because
             hee
             spake
             not
             a
             serious
             
               word
               ,
               all
               the
               while
               hee
               was
            
             launcing
             him
             ,
             not
             once
             mentioning
             or
             thinking
             of
             the
             
               God
               ,
               by
               whose
               power
               hee
               pretends
               to
               heal
               .
            
             But
             to
             teach
             how
             easie
             a
             matter
             it
             is
             for
             one
             to
             obtrude
             what
             Doctrines
             and
             Practices
             they
             please
             upon
             the
             inconsiderate
             and
             undiscerning
             part
             of
             man-kinde
             ,
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             God
             ,
             especially
             ,
             when
             ungrounded
             in
             the
             true
             waies
             of
             that
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             sober
             principles
             of
             his
             Religion
             ;
             and
             an
             argument
             when
             men
             have
             quitted
             solid
             Principles
             ,
             how
             easily
             they
             are
             ensnared
             with
             slye
             
             appearances
             ,
             having
             no
             rules
             to
             judge
             of
             those
             appearances
             ;
             for
             a
             man
             to
             pretend
             a
             Voyce
             from
             Heaven
             in
             a
             Nation
             that
             hath
             the
             whole
             will
             of
             God
             as
             far
             as
             it
             concerns
             them
             ,
             published
             amongst
             them
             in
             the
             compleat
             Canon
             of
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             being
             taught
             of
             God
             not
             to
             gaze
             up
             to
             Heaven
             for
             voyces
             thence
             ,
             
               the
               will
               of
               God
               being
               nigh
               them
               ,
               in
               their
               mouths
               and
               in
               their
               hearts
               ,
            
             and
             for
             people
             to
             follow
             him
             ,
             what
             is
             it
             but
             to
             declare
             ,
             That
             after
             Christianity
             hath
             been
             amongst
             us
             1500
             years
             ,
             and
             the
             clearest
             and
             most
             powerfull
             publications
             of
             it
             for
             these
             last
             150
             years
             ,
             of
             any
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             to
             our
             shame
             we
             are
             yet
             unsetled
             and
             wavering
             ,
             like
             a
             wave
             of
             the
             Sea
             upon
             every
             blast
             of
             winde
             .
             What
             is
             it
             but
             a
             fulfilling
             on
             us
             of
             Gods
             sore
             Judgement
             mentioned
             ,
             1
             Tim.
             4.
             1.
             that
             because
             men
             of
             itching
             ears
             ,
             and
             curious
             mindes
             turned
             from
             the
             
               Truth
               ,
               they
               should
               be
               given
               to
               Fables
               ,
               and
               to
               give
               heed
               to
               Doctrines
               of
               Devils
               .
            
          
           
             What
             can
             it
             be
             ,
             but
             a
             tryal
             how
             far
             we
             are
             fitted
             for
             Enthusiasmes
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Delusions
             of
             the
             latter
             dayes
             ;
             Enthusiasm
             preparing
             people
             for
             all
             the
             bad
             Impressions
             that
             can
             be
             made
             upon
             men
             ,
             by
             Men
             or
             Devils
             ;
             that
             being
             indeed
             his
             Throne
             when
             he
             played
             Rex
             among
             the
             Heathens
             ,
             and
             may
             do
             among
             any
             upon
             whom
             he
             hath
             a
             design
             to
             reduce
             them
             to
             Heathenisme
             .
          
           
             What
             may
             it
             be
             but
             an
             Essay
             ,
             what
             Amulets
             ,
             Charms
             ,
             Crosses
             ,
             holy
             Waters
             ,
             Periapts
             ,
             Characters
             ,
             and
             other
             Romish
             feats
             ,
             might
             doe
             ,
             if
             they
             were
             set
             up
             again
             at
             Wolverhampton
             ,
             St.
             James
             ,
             &c.
             and
             in
             the
             name
             of
             St.
             Hugh
             ,
             cure
             Feavers
             ,
             of
             St.
             Joyce
             cured
             Dropsies
             ,
             of
             St.
             Dennis
             the
             Pox
             ,
             as
             they
             have
             a
             Saint
             for
             every
             Disease
             ;
             and
             whether
             as
             Williams
             writ
             to
             
               Holden
               ,
               The
               English
               Nation
            
             
             be
             not
             in
             a
             fit
             temper
             to
             be
             wrought
             upon
             at
             this
             time
             .
          
           
             What
             is
             it
             but
             the
             praelude
             to
             the
             last
             Effort
             of
             Diabolical
             Illusions
             (
             coming
             to
             try
             all
             those
             that
             dwell
             upon
             the
             face
             of
             the
             earth
             )
             in
             Judaisme
             ,
             Mahometanisme
             ,
             Heathenisme
             ,
             Enthusiasme
             ,
             and
             what
             is
             a
             mixture
             of
             all
             these
             Papism
             ;
             to
             see
             whether
             wee
             are
             throughly
             taken
             off
             from
             the
             Wisedome
             and
             Power
             of
             sober
             Religion
             ,
             and
             sufficiently
             prepared
             by
             Scepticism
             ,
             Itching
             after
             novelty
             ,
             weariness
             of
             sound
             Doctrine
             ,
             unpeaceableness
             and
             discontent
             of
             Spirit
             ,
             unwarrantable
             curiosities
             in
             Philosophy
             and
             Religion
             ,
             illusions
             and
             appearances
             in
             Opinions
             and
             Practises
             ,
             wilde
             and
             distracted
             notions
             and
             Enthusiasms
             ,
             unmortified
             and
             unbounded
             Lusts
             ,
             Atheism
             and
             Prophaneness
             ,
             canting
             ,
             toning
             ,
             and
             wording
             Religion
             into
             noise
             ,
             forms
             ,
             and
             gestures
             ,
             breaking
             the
             Community
             of
             Church
             and
             State
             into
             Parties
             and
             Factions
             ;
             the
             ignorance
             and
             noise
             of
             common
             Teachers
             ,
             that
             understand
             not
             the
             grounds
             of
             the
             Religion
             they
             Preach
             (
             and
             may
             be
             imposed
             on
             in
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             whose
             Original
             they
             understand
             not
             )
             that
             wrest
             Scripture
             to
             what
             it
             never
             meant
             ,
             and
             make
             
               quid
               libet
               ex
               quo
               libet
            
             ,
             that
             set
             up
             a
             parcel
             of
             formal
             words
             ,
             as
             Faith
             ,
             Spirit
             ,
             Gifts
             ,
             
               Edification
               ,
               Out-goings
               ,
               In
               dwellings
               ,
            
             &c.
             instead
             of
             real
             and
             solid
             a
             Religion
             :
             The
             Implicite
             Faith
             got
             up
             among
             Protestants
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Papists
             ,
             to
             follow
             some
             Men
             through
             thick
             and
             thin
             ,
             having
             their
             Faith
             wholly
             with
             respect
             of
             persons
             ;
             the
             looseness
             of
             Professors
             
             so
             inconsistent
             with
             Christian
             purity
             ;
             the
             peoples
             attending
             Prophesies
             ,
             and
             expecting
             strange
             Events
             ,
             rather
             than
             learning
             and
             practising
             their
             plain
             duty
             ;
             their
             uncontentedness
             with
             their
             present
             condition
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             what
             is
             this
             practise
             ,
             but
             an
             Essay
             made
             to
             try
             how
             far
             we
             are
             prepared
             by
             these
             foresaid
             particulars
             ,
             for
             the
             universal
             Apostacy
             ,
             so
             much
             feared
             in
             the
             latter
             daies
             ?
          
           
             To
             say
             no
             more
             ,
             if
             because
             the
             Man
             is
             but
             only
             bold
             enough
             to
             pretend
             Strange
             Cures
             ,
             hee
             is
             so
             much
             followed
             by
             the
             undiscerning
             multitude
             ;
             what
             if
             he
             could
             really
             perform
             them
             ;
             as
             the
             Devil
             ,
             now
             we
             are
             so
             willing
             ,
             is
             ready
             and
             able
             enough
             ,
             if
             God
             should
             permit
             him
             and
             lengthen
             his
             Chain
             ,
             to
             work
             any
             of
             these
             Cures
             perfectly
             by
             this
             mans
             stroaking
             ?
             what
             if
             he
             could
             cure
             every
             body
             he
             toucheth
             ?
             as
             he
             might
             ,
             if
             Satan
             ,
             finding
             him
             so
             willing
             would
             assist
             him
             ?
             how
             would
             all
             the
             Nations
             
               run
               Wondering
               after
               him
            
             ?
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             Since
             hee
             performeth
             not
             ,
             as
             you
             see
             the
             Cures
             hee
             pretends
             to
             ,
             and
             if
             he
             did
             ,
             it
             might
             be
             so
             many
             waies
             (
             as
             I
             have
             hinted
             to
             you
             )
             privately
             used
             ,
             though
             the
             Stroaking
             be
             all
             that
             is
             seen
             ,
             that
             we
             need
             not
             put
             God
             upon
             making
             his
             Miracles
             so
             cheap
             ,
             as
             to
             perform
             the
             part
             of
             a
             Chirurgion
             and
             Quack
             ,
             without
             any
             further
             design
             ,
             fix
             we
             with
             all
             sober
             people
             upon
             this
             resolution
             .
          
           
             1
             That
             true
             Miracles
             ,
             or
             the
             altering
             of
             the
             course
             a
             of
             nature
             by
             God
             ,
             who
             alone
             can
             do
             it
             ,
             are
             the
             greatest
             Testimonies
             ,
             that
             God
             useth
             to
             evidence
             his
             presence
             (
             otherwise
             invisible
             )
             with
             any
             Doctrine
             or
             person
             ,
             sent
             by
             him
             to
             the
             world
             .
          
           
             2
             That
             if
             God
             should
             assist
             a
             man
             to
             work
             Miracles
             ,
             that
             hath
             no
             Divine
             truth
             to
             confirm
             ,
             nor
             any
             suitable
             Design
             to
             carry
             on
             by
             them
             ,
             as
             this
             man
             
             hath
             not
             ,
             but
             possibly
             may
             be
             in
             an
             error
             ,
             as
             this
             man
             may
             be
             ,
             men
             could
             not
             be
             sure
             when
             Miracles
             confirm
             truth
             and
             when
             they
             do
             not
             ;
             for
             by
             this
             it
             should
             seem
             they
             might
             go
             along
             with
             truth
             in
             one
             man
             and
             with
             error
             in
             another
             ,
             and
             so
             men
             should
             see
             the
             greatest
             assurances
             they
             have
             of
             Gods
             being
             with
             any
             Doctrine
             attending
             the
             looser
             and
             the
             stricter
             Opinions
             of
             men
             ,
             the
             indifferency
             of
             the
             Latitude-man
             .
             and
             the
             heat
             of
             the
             Zealot
             ;
             and
             so
             men
             that
             had
             a
             certain
             way
             of
             intercourse
             with
             God
             ,
             and
             discerning
             of
             his
             voice
             ,
             by
             the
             Miracle
             ,
             that
             so
             solemnly
             attended
             his
             voice
             ,
             will
             loose
             it
             ,
             if
             Miracles
             be
             wrought
             by
             all
             sorts
             of
             men
             ,
             upon
             every
             petty
             and
             trivial
             occasion
             .
          
           
             3
             God
             doth
             not
             work
             such
             a
             Miracle
             as
             this
             is
             ,
             that
             is
             produce
             an
             effect
             without
             any
             second
             causes
             ,
             but
             for
             some
             very
             considerable
             design
             ;
             for
             otherwise
             ,
             as
             a
             learned
             man
             observeth
             ,
             when
             God
             works
             Miracles
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             bee
             taken
             notice
             of
             ,
             nor
             thought
             to
             bee
             an
             alteration
             of
             the
             course
             of
             nature
             ,
             but
             only
             some
             rare
             contingencies
             ,
             that
             lye
             hid
             in
             the
             order
             of
             causes
             ,
             but
             only
             break
             out
             at
             some
             times
             .
          
           
             4
             That
             if
             a
             
               Simon
               Magus
            
             ,
             and
             Apollonius
             ,
             a
             
               Barchochebas
               ,
               David
               el
               David
            
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             pretender
             ,
             should
             hereafter
             presume
             to
             work
             Miracles
             among
             us
             ,
             upon
             the
             Impunity
             of
             this
             undertaker
             ;
             we
             may
             judge
             of
             him
             by
             these
             rules
             ,
             and
             criterions
             ,
             whereby
             true
             Miracles
             may
             be
             discerned
             from
             false
             .
          
           
             1
             a
             Though
             Jugglers
             may
             do
             much
             to
             work
             upon
             mens
             mindes
             in
             appearances
             ,
             and
             Magicians
             more
             ,
             when
             permitted
             by
             the
             Divine
             providedce
             in
             reality
             ;
             yet
             there
             is
             such
             an
             evidence
             attending
             Divine
             Miracles
             ,
             as
             after
             much
             jealousie
             and
             suspition
             may
             convince
             men
             that
             they
             are
             of
             God
             ;
             Moses
             his
             Miracles
             ,
             
             after
             much
             contest
             with
             the
             Magicians
             of
             AEgypt
             ,
             being
             owned
             as
             the
             effects
             of
             the
             finger
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             Christs
             as
             things
             that
             evidence
             him
             the
             son
             of
             God
             ;
             whereas
             there
             is
             nothing
             above
             the
             art
             of
             man
             ,
             and
             the
             power
             of
             Nature
             in
             any
             Miracle
             ,
             since
             those
             of
             Christ
             and
             his
             Primitive
             followers
             .
          
           
             2
             Divine
             Miracles
             are
             done
             without
             means
             ,
             forms
             ,
             Rites
             ,
             Ceremonies
             ,
             Cuttings
             ,
             Lancings
             ,
             Plaisters
             ,
             
               &c.
               
               Sine
               ullâ
               vi
               carminum
               ,
               sine
               herbarum
               aut
               graminum
               succis
               ,
               sine
               ullâ
               aliquâ
               observatione
               sollicitâ
               ,
               Sacrorum
               ,
               Libaminum
               ,
               temporum
               —
               Sine
               ullis
               adminiculis
               rerum
               ,
               sine
               ullius
               ritus
               observatione
               vel
               lege
               non
               Inquiro
               non
               exigo
            
             (
             saith
             Arnobiis
             ,
             whose
             rule
             this
             is
             )
             
               Quis
               Deus
               ,
               aut
               quo
               tempore
               ,
               cui
               fuerit
               auxiliatus
               ,
               aut
               quem
               fractum
               restituerit
               sanitati
               ,
               illud
               solum
               audire
               desidero
               ,
               an
               sine
               ullius
               adjunctione
               materiae
               ,
            
             i.
             e.
             
               Medicaminis
               alicujus
               ad
               tactum
               morbos
               jusserit
               ab
               hominibus
               evolare
               :
            
             which
             words
             amount
             in
             brief
             to
             this
             ;
             that
             Cure
             is
             Divine
             ,
             that
             is
             done
             without
             observations
             ,
             prescriptions
             ,
             and
             applications
             ;
             otherwise
             ,
             Cures
             performed
             by
             means
             (
             saith
             hee
             )
             are
             
               beneficia
               rerum
               ,
               non
               curantium
               potestates
               ,
            
             to
             heal
             men
             by
             Prescriptions
             ,
             Applications
             ,
             and
             ordinary
             Operations
             ,
             arguing
             no
             extraordinary
             power
             at
             all
             in
             the
             Prescriber
             or
             Operator
             ;
             but
             an
             ordinary
             vertue
             in
             the
             Prescription
             or
             Operation
             :
             And
             it
             's
             observed
             as
             an
             Argument
             of
             Christs
             divine
             power
             ,
             that
             he
             practised
             not
             on
             sleight
             Sores
             ,
             but
             on
             the
             most
             
               acute
               ,
               chronical
            
             ,
             and
             malignant
             diseases
             :
             Some
             learned
             Physicians
             affirming
             those
             Diseases
             our
             Saviour
             cured
             ,
             incurable
             by
             the
             ordinary
             way
             of
             Physick
             and
             Chyrurgery
             ,
             and
             all
             this
             with
             a
             word
             ,
             a
             touch
             of
             himself
             ,
             or
             garment
             ,
             a
             thought
             ,
             or
             such
             means
             mystically
             chosen
             ,
             as
             naturally
             would
             rather
             (
             as
             the
             Clay
             and
             
             Spittle
             to
             open
             blind
             mens
             eyes
             )
             improve
             the
             Disease
             than
             heal
             it
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             *
             Divine
             Miracles
             are
             done
             in
             an
             instant
             ,
             nothing
             
             being
             able
             to
             oppose
             ,
             and
             consequently
             to
             delay
             the
             workings
             of
             a
             God.
             Those
             that
             wrought
             Miracles
             formerly
             did
             some
             of
             them
             indeed
             in
             time
             ,
             and
             by
             degrees
             ,
             to
             comply
             with
             the
             weakness
             of
             men
             ,
             (
             I
             mean
             such
             as
             looked
             upon
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             discern
             the
             manner
             of
             working
             as
             well
             as
             the
             work
             it self
             )
             but
             they
             did
             most
             instantly
             ,
             to
             evidence
             the
             power
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             *
             True
             Miracles
             were
             most
             commonly
             done
             under
             
             the
             open
             Ayre
             ,
             in
             Fields
             and
             publick
             places
             ,
             before
             both
             those
             that
             favoured
             the
             person
             ,
             that
             wrought
             the
             Miracles
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             opposed
             him
             ;
             in
             such
             a
             manner
             as
             there
             should
             be
             no
             suspicion
             of
             any
             private
             dealing
             or
             compact
             ;
             usually
             the
             people
             that
             most
             suspected
             the
             person
             ,
             bringing
             him
             patients
             ,
             and
             those
             patients
             afterwards
             so
             far
             from
             following
             the
             Healer
             as
             his
             Confaederates
             ,
             that
             we
             hear
             no
             more
             of
             most
             of
             Christs
             followers
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             blessed
             God
             for
             their
             Cure
             ,
             and
             went
             to
             their
             respective
             homes
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             *
             We
             read
             of
             none
             that
             wrought
             Miracles
             in
             
             Scripture
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             could
             and
             did
             confer
             that
             Gift
             upon
             others
             ,
             and
             pitched
             not
             upon
             rich
             ,
             but
             poor
             ,
             not
             upon
             knowing
             but
             simple
             persons
             ,
             not
             at
             all
             versed
             in
             matters
             of
             Art
             or
             subtlety
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             work
             Miracles
             likewise
             
               fine
               fucis
               &
               adminiculis
            
             ,
             without
             any
             fraud
             or
             assistance
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             *
             Neither
             were
             the
             Miraculous
             Cures
             onely
             
             little
             Eases
             for
             the
             present
             ,
             but
             perfect
             and
             compleat
             Cures
             ,
             and
             that
             not
             of
             one
             or
             two
             of
             500
             that
             are
             touched
             ,
             but
             of
             all
             ,
             
               Divine
               Power
            
             never
             failing
             ,
             nothing
             
             being
             impossible
             with
             God.
             
          
           
             7.
             
             Divine
             Miracles
             being
             the
             Seals
             of
             Divine
             Truth
             ,
             and
             the
             only
             way
             that
             poor
             men
             that
             cannot
             see
             God
             ,
             and
             yet
             must
             hear
             from
             him
             ,
             or
             perish
             ,
             have
             to
             know
             whether
             God
             speaketh
             to
             them
             really
             or
             not
             ,
             must
             be
             wrought
             onely
             by
             an
             infallible
             person
             ,
             otherwise
             poor
             mortals
             may
             as
             well
             be
             infected
             in
             their
             mindes
             by
             the
             Errors
             of
             those
             that
             touch
             them
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             cured
             in
             their
             bodies
             by
             their
             powers
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             There
             are
             Prophecies
             ,
             and
             other
             divine
             Dispensations
             ,
             that
             make
             way
             for
             divine
             Miracles
             ,
             and
             the
             Jewes
             had
             not
             been
             under
             so
             great
             a
             sin
             ,
             for
             not
             embracing
             Christ
             for
             his
             Miracles
             ,
             had
             not
             the
             Prophecies
             that
             went
             before
             of
             him
             ,
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             Mosaical
             dispensation
             to
             be
             removed
             by
             him
             ,
             the
             condition
             of
             Mankind
             expecting
             to
             be
             improved
             by
             him
             ,
             made
             it
             necessary
             for
             them
             to
             look
             for
             such
             a
             Thaumaturgh
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             before
             he
             came
             ,
             and
             to
             believe
             in
             him
             ,
             when
             they
             saw
             by
             his
             works
             that
             he
             was
             come
             .
             Whereas
             now
             the
             state
             of
             things
             being
             fully
             compleated
             ,
             and
             wee
             being
             not
             to
             have
             any
             Revelations
             from
             God
             untill
             the
             last
             day
             ,
             nay
             being
             bid
             by
             that
             last
             and
             perfect
             will
             of
             God
             ,
             confirmed
             by
             Miracles
             ,
             to
             look
             for
             Impostures
             and
             Lying
             Wonders
             ,
             to
             try
             our
             Faith
             (
             whether
             we
             will
             neglect
             the
             Miracles
             wrought
             already
             to
             gape
             after
             new
             ones
             )
             but
             no
             more
             true
             Miracles
             than
             those
             wrought
             by
             and
             his
             primitive
             followers
             ,
             to
             confirm
             it
             :
             We
             need
             not
             trouble
             our selves
             so
             much
             to
             finde
             out
             whether
             a
             man
             that
             pretends
             Miracles
             doth
             work
             them
             or
             no
             ,
             as
             conclude
             such
             a
             suddain
             ,
             ungrounded
             ,
             and
             unwarrantable
             pretence
             its
             self
             ,
             as
             against
             the
             present
             state
             of
             things
             in
             the
             Christian
             Chruch
             ,
             where
             
             he
             that
             looketh
             for
             Prodigies
             ,
             true
             Religion
             being
             settled
             in
             the
             World
             by
             uncontrouled
             Miracles
             ,
             is
             saith
             St.
             Augustine
             a
             Prodigy
             himself
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             *
             Divine
             Miracles
             make
             divine
             Impressions
             upon
             the
             mindes
             of
             those
             that
             believe
             them
             :
             There
             was
             no
             Miracle
             whereof
             we
             have
             any
             undoubted
             record
             (
             excepting
             the
             a
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             or
             Lying
             Wonders
             of
             Antichrist
             ,
             that
             come
             to
             bring
             men
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             to
             the
             deceivableness
             of
             unrighteousness
             )
             but
             were
             wrought
             to
             render
             men
             more
             holy
             ,
             to
             work
             in
             men
             clearer
             apprehensions
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             overthrow
             the
             power
             of
             Satan
             ,
             that
             hid
             himself
             amongst
             Jugglers
             and
             Wonder-mongers
             ,
             some
             thousands
             of
             years
             in
             the
             time
             of
             mens
             ignorance
             ;
             to
             improve
             humane
             Nature
             ,
             and
             those
             Wonders
             that
             have
             no
             other
             effect
             upon
             men
             than
             to
             make
             them
             talk
             ,
             admire
             ,
             gaze
             ,
             and
             dispute
             ,
             and
             pretend
             nothing
             more
             than
             the
             saving
             the
             little
             charge
             of
             Physician
             and
             Chyrurgeon
             ,
             are
             certainly
             as
             low
             in
             the
             power
             that
             works
             them
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             design
             that
             is
             aimed
             at
             by
             them
             :
             And
             it
             being
             a
             matter
             of
             too
             much
             curiosity
             for
             common
             heads
             to
             inquire
             into
             the
             nature
             of
             a
             Miracle
             in
             it self
             ,
             and
             to
             know
             exactly
             when
             Nature
             hath
             gone
             in
             a
             thing
             as
             far
             as
             it
             can
             ;
             and
             when
             a
             supernatural
             cause
             raiseth
             it
             to
             what
             it self
             cannot
             doe
             ;
             It
             's
             the
             safest
             and
             the
             onely
             certain
             way
             left
             men
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             not
             to
             pore
             on
             the
             thing
             done
             ,
             but
             to
             look
             to
             the
             Agent
             ,
             his
             design
             ,
             his
             pretence
             ,
             and
             see
             whether
             the
             man
             be
             likely
             to
             do
             so
             much
             good
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             as
             that
             God
             should
             bear
             witness
             to
             his
             Person
             and
             Proceedings
             .
          
           
             And
             indeed
             it
             is
             a
             great
             help
             to
             discern
             things
             of
             this
             Nature
             ,
             to
             understand
             the
             condition
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             that
             either
             practise
             or
             promote
             them
             ;
             and
             as
             
             much
             as
             you
             see
             of
             Gods
             goodness
             impressed
             on
             their
             a
             souls
             ,
             so
             much
             of
             his
             power
             ,
             you
             may
             believe
             ,
             going
             along
             with
             their
             actions
             ,
             if
             they
             savour
             of
             no
             more
             than
             
               ordinary
               men
            
             ,
             in
             the
             one
             ,
             yee
             may
             be
             sure
             they
             are
             no
             more
             than
             
               ordinary
               men
            
             in
             the
             other
             ;
             And
             if
             there
             bee
             any
             extraordinary
             evil
             principle
             of
             loosness
             to
             bee
             discerned
             in
             their
             lives
             ,
             there
             may
             bee
             suspected
             as
             extraordinary
             an
             evil
             principle
             of
             jugling
             in
             their
             practices
             ;
             If
             the
             vouchers
             of
             this
             practise
             among
             us
             ,
             bee
             people
             of
             no
             credit
             ,
             and
             people
             that
             have
             writ
             for
             ,
             and
             maintained
             the
             worst
             practises
             ,
             and
             cheats
             ,
             that
             were
             amongst
             us
             ,
             these
             twenty
             years
             :
             I
             need
             say
             no
             more
             ,
             than
             that
             in
             an
             age
             ,
             wherein
             from
             the
             rash
             
               believing
               of
               every
               thing
               wee
               are
               come
               seriously
               to
               believe
               nothing
               ;
               Epicharmus
            
             his
             old
             Rule
             ,
             will
             not
             bee
             unseasonable
             ,
             viz.
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
          
           
             With
             which
             in
             compliance
             with
             the
             time
             of
             night
             ,
             and
             the
             importunity
             of
             your
             Messenger
             ,
             I
             will
             conclude
             ,
             when
             I
             have
             told
             you
             ,
             that
             there
             are
             in
             Spain
             you
             know
             some
             Souldiers
             ,
             of
             this
             Gentlemans
             profession
             ,
             called
             Salutators
             ,
             who
             pretend
             to
             heal
             all
             sores
             with
             a
             touch
             ,
             the
             application
             of
             white
             Linnen
             ,
             and
             this
             form
             of
             
               Per
               Christum
               &
               cum
               Christo
               :
               Et
               in
               Christo
               est
               tibi
               Deo
               patri
               omnipotenti
               ,
               in
               unitate
               Spiritus
               sancti
               omnis
               honor
               ,
               &
               gloria
               per
               omnia
               secula
               seculorum
               oremus
               ,
               salutaribus
               praecept
               is
               moniti
               ,
               &
               divina
               institutione
               formali
               audemus
               dicere
               ,
               Pater
               noster
               qui
               es
               in
               Coelis
               ,
               &c.
               Amen
               .
               Iesus
               potentia
               patris
               ,
               sapientia
               filii
               ,
               virtus
               spiritus
               sancti
               sanet
               hoc
               vulnus
               ab
               omni
               malo
               .
               Amen
               .
               Iesus
               Domine
               mi
               Iesu
               Christe
               ,
               credo
               quod
               nocte
               Jovis
               Sancti
               in
               caena
               ,
               post
               quam
               lavastipedes
               tuorum
               sanctorum
               discipulorum
               ;
               accepisti
               panem
               sanctissimis
               manibus
               suis
               ,
               &
               benedixisti
               &
               fregisti
               ,
               &
               dedisti
               tu
               is
               sanctis
               discipulis
               ,
               dicens
               accipite
               &
               comedite
               ,
               hoc
               enim
               est
               corpus
               meum
               ,
            
             
             
               similiter
               accepisti
               calicem
               in
               sanctissimas
               manus
               ,
               &
               gratias
               egisti
               ,
               &
               tradidisti
               illis
               dicens
               ;
               accepite
               &
               bibite
               ,
               quia
               hic
               est
               meus
               sanguis
               novi
               testamenti
               ,
               qui
               pro
               mult
               is
               effundetur
               in
               remissionem
               peccaterum
               hoc
               quotiescunque
               feceris
               ,
               facite
               in
               meam
               commorationem
               ,
               obseero
               te
               domine
               milesu
               Christe
               ut
               per
               haec
               sanctissima
               verba
               ,
               &
               per
               virtutem
               illorum
               ,
               &
               per
               meritum
               sanctissimae
               passionis
               tuae
               ,
               sanetur
               hoc
               vulnus
               ,
               &
               malum
               istud
               .
               A
               usen
               Iesus
               .
               in
               nomine
               Patris
               &
               Filii
               ,
               &
               Spiritus
               Sancti
               .
               Amen
               Iesus
               .
            
          
           
             And
             these
             people
             though
             at
             first
             allowed
             ,
             because
             one
             or
             two
             of
             the
             first
             of
             them
             seemed
             to
             bee
             serious
             
             men
             ,
             and
             men
             of
             Estates
             ,
             and
             because
             they
             pretended
             the
             publick
             good
             ,
             and
             took
             no
             mony
             ,
             are
             now
             severely
             prohibited
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Because
             they
             are
             a
             lewd
             people
             ,
             unlikely
             to
             have
             that
             Commerce
             with
             God
             they
             pretend
             to
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Because
             they
             are
             but
             loose
             ,
             and
             unsettled
             in
             Religion
             ,
             and
             would
             render
             others
             so
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Because
             they
             made
             the
             people
             tempt
             God
             to
             do
             that
             by
             an
             extraordinary
             way
             of
             Miracles
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             appointed
             to
             bee
             done
             in
             the
             ordinary
             way
             of
             means
             and
             Physick
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Because
             they
             had
             seduced
             people
             to
             the
             neglect
             of
             the
             ordinary
             means
             of
             their
             preservation
             ,
             to
             the
             danger
             of
             many
             peoples
             lives
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             Because
             they
             brought
             the
             Curse
             of
             God
             upon
             poor
             people
             ,
             many
             having
             confessed
             ,
             that
             they
             perished
             under
             the
             just
             hand
             of
             God
             ,
             for
             having
             any
             thing
             to
             do
             with
             these
             Salutators
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             Because
             they
             were
             abetted
             by
             desperate
             men
             of
             dangerous
             principles
             and
             practises
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             Because
             they
             took
             the
             Name
             of
             God
             in
             vain
             ,
             and
             abused
             his
             Word
             to
             superstitious
             purposes
             .
          
           
           
             8.
             
             Because
             they
             performed
             no
             real
             ,
             or
             lasting
             cures
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             Because
             they
             distracted
             the
             peoples
             thoughts
             
             and
             prepared
             them
             for
             Diabolical
             illusion
             and
             Ma
             gick
             .
          
           
             10.
             
             Because
             many
             of
             them
             could
             do
             nothing
             till
             they
             had
             well
             drunk
             (
             a
             pottle
             of
             Sack
             ,
             being
             required
             to
             a
             Miracle
             ,
             when
             they
             pretended
             that
             they
             were
             Inspired
             )
             and
             had
             with
             them
             a
             madde
             Dogge
             .
          
           
             11.
             
             Because
             they
             gave
             occasion
             to
             strange
             discourses
             about
             the
             Miracles
             of
             Christ
             and
             his
             followers
             ,
             and
             so
             overthrew
             the
             great
             ground
             of
             Faith.
             
          
           
             12.
             
             Because
             they
             perswaded
             people
             to
             do
             themselves
             mischief
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             do
             cures
             .
          
           
             13.
             
             Because
             there
             were
             several
             instances
             brought
             in
             of
             their
             confederacies
             ,
             impostures
             ,
             and
             juggles
             .
          
           
             In
             fine
             ,
             because
             they
             did
             a
             world
             of
             mischief
             ,
             and
             but
             little
             good
             .
          
           
             Because
             some
             of
             them
             were
             convicted
             of
             familiarity
             with
             Satan
             :
             Because
             the
             pretence
             and
             cheat
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             curiosity
             of
             some
             ,
             and
             necessity
             of
             others
             ,
             was
             spreading
             :
             because
             these
             Miracle-mongers
             proved
             at
             last
             Athiests
             ,
             Apostates
             ,
             or
             Hereticks
             ,
             because
             it
             took
             people
             off
             their
             callings
             ,
             spending
             their
             time
             in
             vanities
             :
             Because
             some
             of
             them
             were
             Enthusiastical
             :
             because
             they
             set
             many
             others
             upon
             unlawful
             distracting
             ,
             and
             intollerable
             courses
             to
             attain
             that
             gift
             :
             Because
             they
             were
             mostly
             men
             of
             bad
             looks
             :
             Because
             they
             took
             men
             off
             their
             art
             ,
             industry
             ,
             and
             skill
             ,
             pretending
             to
             that
             in
             Physick
             ,
             that
             gifted
             men
             do
             in
             Divinity
             ,
             both
             with
             a
             design
             to
             overthrow
             the
             standing
             Ordinance
             ,
             and
             order
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             All
             these
             the
             Articles
             against
             them
             in
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Ypres
             Court
             ,
             and
             in
             other
             Ecclesiastical
             and
             civil
             
             Courts
             ,
             to
             be
             considered
             by
             all
             sober
             Christians
             .
          
           
             But
             what
             need
             ,
             you
             will
             say
             ,
             all
             this
             ,
             when
             Mr.
             Stubbs
             himself
             in
             a
             a
             Book
             written
             in
             the
             mans
             behalf
             ,
             hath
             sufficiently
             laid
             open
             his
             pretence
             ;
             for
             indeea
             upon
             perusing
             that
             Book
             ,
             I
             finde
             ,
          
           
             1
             That
             the
             ground
             b
             of
             this
             strange
             attempt
             ,
             is
             but
             an
             Impulse
             ,
             and
             some
             chat
             
               thereupon
               between
               him
               ,
               his
               Wife
               ,
               and
               a
               poor
               Woman
               of
               the
               Village
               .
            
          
           
             2
             
               That
               the
               man
            
             observing
             how
             his
             stroking
             c
             was
             ineffectual
             upon
             some
             Diseases
             ,
             betook
             himself
             ,
             without
             any
             Voice
             or
             Impulse
             ,
             to
             Incision
             .
          
           
             3
             That
             d
             Dean
             Rust
             being
             solemnly
             employed
             by
             my
             Lord
             Conway
             ,
             to
             bring
             him
             from
             Ireland
             to
             the
             Lady
             Conway
             ,
             he
             came
             ,
             and
             could
             do
             her
             no
             good
             .
          
           
             4
             That
             some
             say
             his
             body
             smells
             strongly
             ,
             but
             Mr.
             
               Stubbs
               found
               it
               not
               so
            
             ,
             which
             if
             it
             did
             ,
             there
             is
             nothing
             extraordinary
             in
             the
             Case
             .
          
           
             5
             That
             notwithstanding
             the
             pretended
             vertue
             of
             his
             body
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             pinching
             ,
             rubbing
             and
             cutting
             of
             peoples
             Sores
             ,
             and
             the
             peoples
             imagination
             fermenting
             the
             masse
             of
             blood
             ,
             spirits
             ,
             and
             humours
             ,
             (
             wherein
             lye
             all
             the
             diseases
             as
             Mr.
             Stubbes
             saith
             he
             pretends
             to
             cure
             ,
             for
             he
             medleth
             not
             with
             any
             in
             whom
             nature
             is
             decayed
             )
             all
             that
             he
             can
             do
             ,
             is
             to
             ease
             people
             
               a
               little
            
             by
             Pinching
             and
             Rubbing
             an
             humour
             
               from
               one
               place
               to
               another
            
             ,
             which
             Mr.
             Stubbes
             takes
             some
             paines
             to
             prove
             Natural
             ,
             Ordinary
             ,
             and
             not
             at
             all
             Miraculous
             ,
             by
             many
             instances
             ;
             e
             Pag.
             18
             ,
             24.
             25.
             yea
             ,
             and
             Pag.
             14
             ,
             he
             concludes
             that
             the
             removing
             of
             a
             distemper
             from
             place
             to
             place
             ,
             is
             the
             effect
             of
             Nature
             invigorated
             ,
             and
             not
             of
             his
             touch
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             That
             there
             are
             none
             perfectly
             healed
             by
             him
             ,
             one
             Gentleman
             failing
             because
             he
             laid
             aside
             his
             
               Cap
               too
               soon
            
             ;
             f
             another
             because
             the
             humour
             settled
             again
             
             into
             an
             Aposthume
             :
             The
             Maid
             that
             was
             struck
             dumb
             by
             a
             Poyson
             ,
             being
             able
             onely
             to
             cry
             Ma
             for
             mother
             ,
             for
             all
             his
             stroaking
             ;
             the
             Gentlewoman
             that
             he
             went
             to
             dispossesse
             of
             a
             Devil
             ,
             when
             she
             was
             onely
             troubled
             with
             the
             winde
             ,
             being
             still
             troubled
             with
             the
             Collick
             ;
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             simple
             people
             mentioned
             in
             that
             book
             ,
             finding
             no
             other
             benefit
             of
             his
             rubbing
             ,
             pinching
             ,
             and
             cutting
             ,
             than
             a
             little
             alteration
             ,
             as
             they
             poor
             people
             imagine
             for
             the
             present
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             And
             therefore
             Mr.
             Stubbes
             saith
             ,
             that
             as
             he
             added
             Lancing
             and
             Pinching
             ,
             without
             any
             extraordinary
             Commission
             to
             his
             stroaking
             ,
             when
             he
             saw
             it
             would
             not
             do
             ,
             so
             hee
             added
             Physick
             to
             his
             Launcing
             ;
             for
             hee
             saw
             him
             apply
             Eye
             Salve
             to
             one
             persons
             Eye
             ,
             and
             he
             had
             leave
             of
             him
             to
             apply
             Physick
             to
             others
             after
             his
             stroking
             ;
             so
             dividing
             the
             honour
             of
             the
             Gift
             ,
             that
             Mr.
             
               Greatrates
               touched
               ,
               and
            
             Mr.
             
               Stubbes
               Cured
            
             .
          
           
             And
             to
             say
             no
             more
             ,
             I
             finde
             ,
             that
             all
             that
             Mr.
             Stubbes
             can
             say
             for
             this
             pretender
             ,
             is
             ,
             that
             for
             ought
             he
             can
             guesse
             ,
             by
             a
             few
             a
             hours
             converse
             with
             him
             ,
             he
             may
             be
             a
             Primitive
             Christian
             ,
             and
             a
             conformist
             ,
             though
             no
             rigid
             one
             ;
             that
             there
             were
             formerly
             Gifts
             of
             Healing
             in
             the
             Primitive
             times
             ,
             which
             he
             proves
             out
             of
             I
             Cor.
             12.
             4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             That
             the
             cheating
             Souldiers
             called
             Salutators
             in
             Spain
             ;
             that
             
               Pyrrhus
               ,
               Vespatian
               ,
               Simon
               Magus
               ,
               Apollonius
               ,
            
             and
             other
             Heathens
             ,
             that
             some
             Turks
             ,
             by
             a
             Gift
             left
             them
             by
             Mahomet
             ,
             do
             feats
             of
             the
             same
             nature
             ;
             about
             whom
             Mr.
             Stubbes
             refers
             us
             b
             to
             Delrio
             ;
             who
             indeed
             hath
             written
             six
             Books
             of
             Magick
             ,
             not
             to
             approve
             ,
             as
             a
             man
             would
             think
             by
             Mr.
             Stubbes
             his
             quotation
             ,
             but
             to
             discover
             these
             Legerdemains
             .
          
           
             And
             that
             he
             findes
             nothing
             in
             what
             he
             calls
             Miracles
             ,
             
             but
             what
             he
             undertakes
             to
             :
             Salve
             by
             Natural
             causes
             ,
             Pag.
             18
             ,
             19
             ,
             20
             ,
             21.
             the
             effects
             whereof
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             ignorance
             of
             some
             sort
             of
             people
             ,
             may
             seem
             Miraculous
             ,
             which
             to
             others
             ,
             more
             knowing
             ,
             are
             ordinary
             ,
             the
             Sympathetick
             Cure
             ,
             and
             others
             of
             the
             same
             nature
             may
             bee
             thought
             Conjuring
             by
             the
             Vulgar
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             known
             Physick
             to
             Phylosophers
             ;
             and
             therefore
             when
             I
             have
             intreated
             you
             to
             pardon
             the
             mistakes
             of
             a
             Letter
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             not
             time
             to
             Read
             over
             ;
             I
             conclude
             ,
             that
             though
             you
             and
             other
             Reverend
             Persons
             ,
             may
             think
             charitably
             the
             man
             means
             no
             hurt
             ,
             all
             men
             confess
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             our
             Society
             ,
             that
             hee
             can
             do
             no
             good
             .
          
           
             
               
                 March
                 the
                 13
                 th
                 .
                 1665.
                 
              
            
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A48797-e180
           
             a
             2
             Thes.
             2.
             11.
             
          
           
             b
             Grotius
             Cont.
             Riv.
             
          
           
             c
             Matth.
             24.
             24.
             
          
           
             d
             1
             John
             4.
             1.
             
          
           
             a
             Clem.
             Rom.
             l.
             1.
             
             Recog
             .
             Iren.
             1.
             21
             ,
             24.
             
             Euseb.
             l.
             1.
             c
             10.
             
             Epiph.
             haer
             .
             27.
             
             Sulpit.
             Sever.
             
               Sac.
               Hist
            
             l.
             2.
             
             Just.
             Martyr
             ,
             Apol.
             2.
             
             Zonar
             .
             tom
             3.
             
             Paul.
             Diac.
             18.
             
             Hist.
             
          
           
             Septem-Castrensis
             .
             lib.
             
          
           
             Vid.
             Bellarm.
             de
             Eccles.
             &
             Ger.
             de
             Eccles.
             
          
           
             b
             De
             prescript
             contr
             a
             haret
             .
             c.
             34.
             
             Et
             de
             Anim.
             c.
             57.
             
          
           
             *
             De
             distinctione
             verarum
             &
             salsarum
             visionum
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Greatrates
             temper
             .
          
           
             *
             Agrippa
             
               de
               Occulta
               Philosophia
            
             ,
             l.
             1.
             c.
             6.
             
             &
             64
             ,
             65.
             
             Wierus
             
               de
               Lamiis
            
             ,
             c.
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10.
             -
             Zanchius
             
               de
               potentiâ
               Daem
            
             .
             l.
             4
             tom
             .
             3.
             c.
             12.
             
             Donatus
             ,
             l.
             2.
             c.
             1.
             
               de
               hist.
               medic
               .
               mirab
            
             .
             Lemnius
             
               de
               Occult
               Nat.
               mir
            
             .
             l.
             1.
             c.
             12.
             
             Cardan
             l.
             18.
             
               de
               rerum
               varietate
            
             .
             Camer
             .
             1
             Cent.
             c.
             54.
             
               hor.
               subseciv
            
             Fienus
             
               de
               viribus
               Imaginationis
            
             .
             Laurentius
             
               de
               melanchol
            
             Philostratus
             
               vitâ
               Apollon
            
             .
             l.
             1.
             
             Sennertus
             l.
             1.
             p.
             2.
             c.
             8.
             
               de
               melancholiâ
            
             .
             Benevenius
             
               de
               abditis
               rerum
               Causis
            
             .
             G.
             Fablicius
             Cent.
             3.
             
             
               Observ.
               P.
               de
               Sancta
               Creuz
               .
               in
            
             Hippocratem
             
               de
               morbo
               sacro
               Zacuthus
               Praxis
               admiranda
               .
            
          
           
             Observations
             on
             the
             time
             of
             Greatraies
             setting
             up
             this
             pretence
             of
             healing
             .
          
           
             *
             Observations
             on
             his
             first
             attempt
             upon
             the
             Kings-evil
             ,
             and
             the
             reason
             of
             that
             ,
             and
             his
             proceeding
             to
             other
             diseases
             .
          
           
             †
             Vid
             Primrosium
             de
             vulgatis
             erroribus
             ,
             
               cap.
               ultimo
            
             .
          
           
             a
             
               A
               Papist
               in
               Prison
               being
               troubled
               with
               the
            
             Kings-evil
             ,
             
               and
               being
               cured
               by
               Queen
            
             Elizabeth
             
               after
               five
               years
               Expence
               upon
               Physicians
               ,
               in
               vain
               ,
               and
               being
               demanded
               what
               Newes
               ,
            
             I
             perceive
             ,
             
               said
               he
            
             ,
             now
             at
             last
             by
             plain
             experience
             ,
             that
             the
             Excommunication
             against
             the
             Queen
             is
             of
             no
             effect
             ,
             since
             God
             hath
             blessed
             her
             with
             such
             a
             Gift
             .
          
           
             b
             Vid.
             Laurentium
             de
             mirabist
             flrumarum
             Curatione
             .
          
           
             Tackerum
             de
             chorismate
             ,
             Peùcerum
             de
             fascinatione
             .
          
           
             b
             St
             Lewis
             of
             France
             not
             performing
             it
             till
             145
             years
             after
             King
             Edward
             begon
             it
             
          
           
             c
             Vid
             Ferrer
             .
             l.
             2.
             
             Me
             bc
             .
             11.
             de
             Homer
             .
             Curat
             .
          
           
             The
             voice
             from
             Heaven
             which
             he
             preterds
             twice
             to
             have
             heard
             .
             and
             his
             account
             of
             it
             ,
             in
             a
             Letter
             to
             the
             Lord
             Bishop
             of
             Chester
             ,
             examined
             .
          
           
             Consideration
             touching
             the
             Voice
             Mr.
             Greatrates
             heard
             .
          
           
             1
             ●
             .
             14.
             22.
             
          
           
             The
             Impulse
             that
             moved
             him
             to
             hearken
             to
             this
             voice
             considered
             .
          
           
             His
             taking
             no
             mony
             examined
             .
          
           
             His
             being
             followed
             examined
             .
          
           
             What
             Cures
             he
             performed
             at
             the
             
               Charter
               house
            
             .
          
           
             A
             Fellow
             in
             the
             Charterhouse
             which
             Greatrates
             had
             almost
             killed
             ,
             and
             how
             .
          
           
             a
             And
             our
             Saviour
             wrought
             Miracles
             on
             things
             that
             had
             no
             fancy
             ,
             as
             the
             Fig-tree
             ,
             the
             dead
             ,
             the
             water
             ,
             the
             windes
             ,
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             people
             at
             distances
             ,
             the
             loaves
             .
          
           
             Of
             the
             temper
             of
             the
             body
             ,
             and
             whether
             some
             by
             virtue
             of
             their
             Crasis
             or
             Complexion
             ,
             can
             work
             Miracles
             ,
             and
             of
             Dr.
             Mo●es
             opinion
             concerning
             him
             .
          
           
             Vid.
             Medin
             .
             1.
             2.
             c.
             7.
             fol
             66.
             
             Fuse
             hanc
             questionem
             explicantentem
             .
             Videsis
             etiam
             Leon
             !
             Vairum
             1.
             3.
             de
             Fascin
             .
             c.
             6.
             
          
           
             *
             De
             in
             cant
             .
             
               c.
               3.
            
             
          
           
             *
             Besides
             if
             so
             ,
             what
             need
             the
             pinching
             ,
             stroking
             and
             cutting
             .
          
           
             *
             Anan
             .
             l.
             4.
             de
             nat
             .
             daemon
             .
             Albert.
             Mag.
             l.
             3.
             de
             motu
             animal
             .
          
           
             Which
             cures
             the
             Jaundice
             at
             sight
             .
          
           
             Vid.
             Viarum
             de
             Fascino
             .
          
           
             The
             danger
             of
             running
             after
             such
             Pretenders
             as
             this
             Greatrates
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Stubbe
             saith
             ,
             that
             Nature
             hath
             ,
             and
             may
             do
             more
             than
             his
             Miracles
             pretend
             to
             .
          
           
             a
             Whose
             right
             and
             genuine
             Notions
             are
             lost
             .
             See
             Mr.
             Patricks
             excellent
             Book
             ,
             called
             the
             Pilgrim
             .
             and
             I
             fear
             Men
             will
             not
             bee
             more
             than
             ordinarily
             careful
             ,
             in
             opening
             the
             genuine
             meaning
             of
             such
             fundamental
             words
             in
             Religion
             ,
             as
             Faith
             ,
             Spirit
             ,
             &c.
             now
             so
             much
             wrested
             and
             abused
             ,
             by
             the
             ignorance
             and
             interest
             of
             Modern
             Preachers
             and
             Hearers
             ,
             the
             whole
             is
             like
             to
             run
             into
             Gibberish
             and
             Enthusiasm
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             mistake
             of
             the
             fundamental
             words
             ;
             Religion
             of
             old
             was
             turned
             into
             Mythology
             and
             Gentilism
             .
             
               vid.
               voss.
               de
               Idol
            
             .
          
           
             a
             The
             Devil
             may
             do
             strange
             things
             ,
             and
             what
             we
             would
             think
             were
             above
             nature
             ,
             but
             nothing
             really
             so
             .
          
           
             a
             Rules
             to
             discern
             true
             Miracles
             from
             false
             .
          
           
             This
             third
             Rule
             is
             drawn
             from
             the
             History
             of
             
               Moses
               ,
               Elisha
               ,
               Elias
            
             ,
             and
             our
             Saviours
             Miracles
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             4th
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             5th
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             6th
             .
          
           
             *
             Miracles
             indeed
             are
             
               gratia
               gratis
               data
            
             ,
             but
             seldom
             performed
             by
             any
             but
             such
             as
             were
             at
             the
             time
             of
             the
             working
             of
             them
             under
             the
             power
             of
             
               gratia
               gra●um
               faciens
            
             :
             For
             to
             what
             end
             should
             God
             shew
             himself
             by
             a
             wicked
             mans
             hand
             who
             denycth
             him
             in
             his
             life
             .
          
           
             a
             Vid.
             Grotius
             in
             2
             
               Thes.
               2.
               9.
            
             in
             opusculis
             .
          
           
             a
             Judas
             might
             work
             M●racl●●
             and
             the
             m●n
             that
             Christ
             knew
             no●
             might
             pretend
             they
             hed
             wrought
             them
             ,
             bu●
             ne●●ther
             since
             they
             le●t
             Christ
             ,
             or
             were
             cast
             off
             by
             him
             .
          
           
             The
             reason
             why
             the
             Salutators
             of
             Spain
             have
             been
             restrained
             and
             punished
             .
          
           
             Vid.
             Mallevt̄
             tract
             .
             de
             mortissimis
             .
          
           
             a
             Called
             the
             Miraculous
             Conformist
             .
          
           
             b
             Page
             the
             3.
             of
             that
             Book
             .
          
           
             c
             Page
             4.
             
          
           
             d
             Page
             4.
             
          
           
             e
             Of
             the
             said
             Poole
             ,
             where
             he
             sheweth
             how
             Nature
             and
             Art
             doth
             as
             much
             as
             Mr.
             Greatrates
             pretendeth
             to
             
          
           
             f
             The
             Gentleman
             at
             my
             Lord
             Co●wayes
             ,
             wh●m
             hee
             Pinched
             from
             place
             to
             place
             to
             no
             purpose
             .
          
           
             a
             Page
             4
             ,
             5.
             14.
             he
             saith
             he
             had
             not
             the
             happiness
             to
             converse
             with
             him
             long
             .
          
           
             b
             The
             substance
             whereof
             together
             with
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
      
    
  

