and chalengc vnto hicnfelfc the honor and fervicc that 

 is due to God alone, although he dooth ftill intcrmixc 

 with it his cruelties and filthinefle , being thefpiriteof 

 njurther and vncleanenefle, and the father of lies. 



QfConfefws andCcnfefiien which the Inditnt 

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He father of lies would likewife counterfeit the fa- 

 cramentofConfeflion, and in his idolatries feekc 

 to be honored with ceremonies very like to the mancr 

 of Chriftians* In Peru they held opinion,that all difea- 

 fes and adverfi ties came for the finncs which they had 

 committed : for remedy whereof they vied facriflces: 

 moreover they confcfled themftlves vcrbally,almoft in 

 all provinces, and had Confeflbrsappoyntcd by their 

 fiiperiors to that end , there were fbme finnes referred 

 for the fuperiors. They received penaunce, yea fomc- 

 times vei y fliarpely , efpecially when the off endor was 

 a poore man,and had nothing to give his Confeflbur. 

 This office of Confeffbr was likewife exercifed by wo 

 men. The manner of thefe confeflbrs fbrcerers whom 

 they call 1C chain or Tcbtiri, hath becne mod generall 

 in the provinces of Collafuio . They holde opinion, that 

 itisaheinousfinneto concealeany thing inconfeflir 

 on. The Ychuyri or confcObrs difcovered by lottes, or 

 by theview of fbme beaft hides,if any thing were con 

 cealed, and punifhed them with many blowes , with a 

 ftonevponthcfhoulders, vntill they had revealed all, 

 then after they gave himpcnaunce, and did facrificc. 

 They doe likewife vfc this confeifion, when their chil- 

 dren,wives,husbands,or their Caciques be (Icke, or in a- 

 ny gt^eat exploite . And when their ivguA was ficke 7 all 

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