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the InfeHion is rcceiued (many times) by th q Body Pafiiue, but yetis by 
the Strength, and good Dijfojition thereof, Repulfed, and wrought out, 
before it bee formed into a Difeafc-, So much more in Imprefiions from 
Mmde to Mind e, or from Spirit to Spirit, the Imprefsten taketh, but is En- 
countred, andOuercome, by the Mmde and Spirit, which is Pafiiue be¬ 
fore it worke any manifeft EjfeB. And therefore, they worke moft vp- 
on Weake Minder, and Spirits: As thofe of women • Sicke Perfons ; Super- 
lVirions , and FearefullPcrfons j Children , and Young Creatures, 
Ne/cio quis teneros Ocuius mihi fafcin.it Agnos : 
The Poet fpeaketh not of sheepe, but of Lambs, as for the weakneffe of 
thePtfiwofthem,vpon Kings,andMegtflrates ; Itmaybeaferibed (be- 
fides the maine, which is the Prottttion of God, ouer thofe that Execute 
his Place) to the weakneffe of the Imagination of the I magi mint : For it is 
hard for a witch , or a Sorcerer , to put on a Beleefe, that they can hurt 
fuch Pcrfons. 
Men are to be Admonifhcd, on the other fide, that they doe not ea- 
filygiue Place and Credit to thefe Operations, becaufe they Succeed many 
times . For the Caufe of this Succeffe , is (oft) to bee truly aferibed, vnto 
th e Force of Affebtion and Imagination, vpon the Body Agent ; And then 
by a Secondary Meanes, it may worke vpon a Diuers Body : As for Exam¬ 
ple •, If a man carry a Planets Seale , or a Ring, or fome Part of a Beafi, be- 
leeuing ftrongly, that it will hclpe him toobtaine his Loue>, Or to keepe 
him from danger of hurt in Fight-, Or topreuaile in a Suit • &c. it may 
make him more Affine, and Induftrious ; And Againe, more Confident , 
and Perfifliug, than otherwife he would be. Now the great Effeffs that 
may come of Induftry, and P erf entrance, (efpecially, in Ciuill BufineJJef) 
who knoweth not ? For wee fee Audacitie doth almoft binde and mate 
the weaker Sort of Mindly And the State of Humane A Si ions is fo varia¬ 
ble, that to try Things oft, and ncuer to giue ouer, doth Wonders: 
Therefore, it were a Meere F allude and CMiJlaking , to aferibe that to the 
Foiceo f Imagination , vpon another Body, which is but the Force of Ima¬ 
gination vpon the Property; For there is no doubt, but that Imagina¬ 
tion, and Vehement Ajfebfion, worke g r eadv vpon the Body of th e Imagi¬ 
nary : As we fhall fhew in due place. 
Men are to be Admoni fhed, that as they are not to miftake the Caufe s ' 
of thefe Operations • So much lelfe, they are to miftake the Faff , or Ef 
febt-, And rallily to take that for done, which is not done. And there¬ 
fore, as diuers wife Judges haue preferibed, and cautioned. Men may 
not too rafhly beleeue, the Confefiions of witches , nor yet the Euidenccj 
againftthem. For the witches themfelues are lmaginatiue , and beleeue 
oft times, they doe that, which they doe not: And People tire Credulous 
in that point, and ready to impute Accidents, and Naturall Operations, to 
Witch craft . It is worthv the Obferuing, that both in Ancient, and Late 
times , (as in the Theffalian witches , and th? Meetings of Witches that 
haue beene recorded by fb many late Confcfiions - ) the great wonders 
which they tell, of Carrying in the Aire Transforming themfelues into 
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