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they immediately afcribe the fame to the 

 Party's own Wickednefs, or the bad Life 

 that his Soul led before that it enterM in- 

 to his Body. For, fay they, the afore-afted 

 fevil that his Soul did in its other Life^ 

 brought thefe accidents upon him, by getting 

 the upper hand of him, and by being too 

 powerful and ftrong. And thofe that dye 

 thus, they believe that their Souls tdrn im- 

 mediately into Devils^ They mantain Py- 

 thAgoras*% Tranfmigration, or A4etemffyco(is^ 

 but in a groITer fenfe than he did. For they 

 believe that Mens Souls^ that have not liv- 

 ed fo well as they ought, go as foon as the 

 Body dyes not only into Birds and Beafts, 

 but even into the bafefl: Reptiles, tnfeds 

 and Plants, where they fufFer a ftrong fort 

 of purgation, to expiate their former Crimes: 

 But as for the Souls of the Jogees^ or Fu^ 

 che*s^ that is, of Religious Men and Saints^ 

 they fancy that they go and inhabit with ^ 

 the good Dervta% Or Angels, among the 

 Stars. 



As for the Spirits, or Inferiour Angels,^ 

 they believe that they are very evil, arid 

 have a hand in all WickednelTes, Murders, 

 Wars, Storms, andTempefts; fo that when 

 they folemnize the Funerals of thofe that 

 are dead, they always pterept DiHies of : 

 Meat, as Offerings unto thofe Spirits, and 

 fometimes Sacrifice unto them, that they 

 may not hurt the Souls of the Dead. 



As they acknowledge the being of a migh-t ' 

 ty God, ib they hold that he created the 

 World, and every thing thereia^ They be- 

 iieve that there are almolt infinite num- 



