{"product_id":"2940014928144","title":"A Treatise Of Witchcraft","description":"¶ To the right Worshipful Maister\u003cbr\u003e        _Iohn Atkin Maior, the Recorder_\u003cbr\u003e        and Aldermen, and to the Common\u003cbr\u003e    Counsaile, Burgesses and Inhabitants of\u003cbr\u003e          _Kings Linne in Norffolke_,\u003cbr\u003e                Grace and Peace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_Right Worshipfull_:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these last dayes, and perillous times, among the rest of those\u003cbr\u003edreadfull euills, which are fore-told should abound[a] in them, a close\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; disguised contempt of religion may be iustly accounted as chiefe,\u003cbr\u003ewhich causeth and bringeth vpon men all disastrous effects, when\u003cbr\u003ealthough it be shadowed with a beautifull Maske of holines, faire\u003cbr\u003etongued: yet false-harted,[b] _professing they know God, but in works\u003cbr\u003edeny him_. And among these there be two especiall sorts; the one, who\u003cbr\u003eentertaining a stubborne, and curious rash boldnes, striue by the\u003cbr\u003eiudgem[~e]t of reason, to search ouer-deeply into the knowledge of those\u003cbr\u003ethings which are farre aboue the reach of any humane capacitie. And so\u003cbr\u003emaking shipwracke in this deep and vnfoundable Sea, ouerwhelme\u003cbr\u003ethemselues in the gulfe thereof. The other kind is more sottish, dull,\u003cbr\u003eand of a slow wit, and therefore ouer-credulous, beleeuing euerie thing,\u003cbr\u003eespecially when they be carried by the violent tempest of their desires,\u003cbr\u003eand other vngouerned affections; and among these the diuell vsually\u003cbr\u003espreadeth his netts, as assured of a prey, wayting closely if hee can\u003cbr\u003eespie any, who either grow discontented and desperate, through want and\u003cbr\u003epouerty, or be exasperated with a wrathfull and vnruly passion of\u003cbr\u003ereuenge, or transported by vnsatiable loue to obtaine some thing they\u003cbr\u003edesire; and these hee taking aduantage, assaulteth with golden and\u003cbr\u003eglorious promises, to performe vnto them the wishes of their owne\u003cbr\u003ehearts; the drift whereof is (hee being as at the first incased in a\u003cbr\u003esubtile Serpents skinne) onely to enthrall and invassall them slaues to\u003cbr\u003ehimselfe. The first of these mentioned, are slie and masked Atheists,\u003cbr\u003ewho ouer-shadow their secret impiety, loose and dissolute behauiour with\u003cbr\u003esome outward conformitie and shew of religion, snatching (as they\u003cbr\u003ethinke) a sufficient warrantize thereof from those disorders they\u003cbr\u003eobserue among men, and therfore passe vncensured, hauing a ciuill, but\u003cbr\u003edissembled carriage. The second be Sorcerers, Wisards, Witches, and the\u003cbr\u003erest of that ranke and kindred: no small multitude swarming now in the\u003cbr\u003eworld, yet supposed of many, rather worthy pitty then punishment, as\u003cbr\u003edeluded by fantasies, and mis-led, not effecting those harmes wherewith\u003cbr\u003ethey bee charged, or themselues acknowledge. But considering they be\u003cbr\u003eioyned and linked together with Satan in a league (the common and\u003cbr\u003eprofessed enemy of mankinde) and by his helpe performe many subtile\u003cbr\u003emischieuous actions, and hurtfull designes, it is strange that from so\u003cbr\u003egreat a smoake arising, they neither descrie nor feare some fire. And\u003cbr\u003etherefore, in respect of these, I haue at your appointment and request\u003cbr\u003e(for whom I am most willing to bestow my best labours and euer shall be)\u003cbr\u003epenned this small Treatise, occasioned by the detection of a late witch\u003cbr\u003eamong you, whose irreligious care, and vnwearied industry, is not to be\u003cbr\u003edefrauded of deserued commendation, and by mature deliberation, and\u003cbr\u003edescreete search, found out her irreligious and impious demeanour, and\u003cbr\u003ealso discouered sundry her vnnaturall and inhumane mischiefes done to\u003cbr\u003eothers, whereof being conuicted, she was accordingly sentenced, and did\u003cbr\u003evndergoe the penalty iustly appointed, and due by Law vnto malefactors\u003cbr\u003eof that kinde. After all which, you kindled with a holy zeale of the\u003cbr\u003eaduauncement of Gods glorie, and giuing satisfaction to euery one\u003cbr\u003ehowsoeuer affected, intermitted no meanes, vsing therein the labour of\u003cbr\u003eyour carefull Ministers (willingly offering themselues in this holy\u003cbr\u003eseruice) whereby she might be broght (as one conuerted in the last\u003cbr\u003ehoure) to the sight \u0026amp; acknowledgement of her heinous sins in generall,\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; particularly of that of witchcraft, confessing the same, \u0026amp; by true\u003cbr\u003erepentance, and embracing of the tender mercies of God in Christ Iesus\u003cbr\u003esaue her soule (who refuseth no true and vnfained conuert at any time.)\u003cbr\u003eAnd hee gratiously blessing these religious endeuors of yours,\u003cbr\u003evouchsafed to second the same with a happy and wished for euent, which\u003cbr\u003e(as I hope) shall appeare manifestly in the following Treatise vnto all\u003cbr\u003ethose who are not fondly, \u0026amp; without cause, too much wedded to their owne\u003cbr\u003econceits: And thus, desiring GOD most humbly to confirme and strengthen\u003cbr\u003eyou in his truth, which euer you haue loued, and is your due praise, and\u003cbr\u003eshall be at the last an honour vnto you: I rest","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47074145632496,"sku":"2940014928144","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014928144_p0.jpg?v=1763617562","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014928144","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}