TO THE
READER.
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THis Relation was occasioned upon
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the Reading of a Book writ by
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Mr. Perkins an Eminent Divine, En-
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tituled a Discovery of Witchcraft,
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wherein he saith that there are many
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that are Witches and know it not. Up-
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on which account, a Relation of Marga-
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ret Price of Shropshire, near the
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Knucking reading this Passage, that
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all i[n] a natural Condition are under
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the power of the Devil, and if by
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malice or passion they Wish or Curse,
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the Devil joyns with them, and the
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Party receives prejudice thereby.
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Upon which she fell into a deep Me-
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[lanckolly], and so continued many Months
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(6)
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were Enemies in our minds; it is a most
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pleasant thing to meditate upon the Glo-
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rious Mystery of God in Christ, when
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once we have crucified the flesh with the
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affections and Lusts. Let us gird up the
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loins of our minds and be strong, climb
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up to the top of Pisga, look over
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Jordan, and take a view of the
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Land of Rest; look beyond the fall
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of Babylon, look beyond the Victory
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over the Dragon and the false Pro-
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phet. The Lord make us all mighty
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in the Scriptures, wiser than our E-
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nemies, the Lord fill you with his
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Spirit. Oh that every one of us had
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the Spirit of David's Worthies, in-
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creasing with the encrease of God, let
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us do our Fathers Work and Will,
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Amen.
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For a Conclusion, and for great Con-
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solation, observe these Considera-
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tions about the Certainty of the
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Blessedness thereof.
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1.GOds good pleasure is the only
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cause of his working in a Belie-
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ver, and strengthning him with all might
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in the inward man both to will and to doe,
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and this prevents their perishing.
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2. His Gifts are without repentance,
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and there is no cause to fear that he will
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alter his affection; he that prevented them
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in his mercy when they were in their pol-
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lution, will not leave them when his Im-
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mage is engraven upon them.
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3. He that loved them so as to unite
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them to his Son when they were Enemies,
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will he hate them they are his members?
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