Lives of the Necromancers: Or, An Account of the Most Eminent Persons in Successive Ages, who Have Claimed for Themselves, Or to Whom Has Been Imputed by Others, the Exercise of Magical Power |
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... secret persuasion of extra- ordinary talents , what man would take up the pen with a view to produce an important work , whe- ther of imagination and poetry , or of profound science , or of acute and subtle reasoning and in- tellectual ...
... secret persuasion of extra- ordinary talents , what man would take up the pen with a view to produce an important work , whe- ther of imagination and poetry , or of profound science , or of acute and subtle reasoning and in- tellectual ...
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... secrets of the world unknown . " But , what is most deplorable , we are not con- tented to endeavour to secure the aid of God and good angels , but we also aspire to enter into alli- ance with devils , and beings destined for their ...
... secrets of the world unknown . " But , what is most deplorable , we are not con- tented to endeavour to secure the aid of God and good angels , but we also aspire to enter into alli- ance with devils , and beings destined for their ...
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... secrets of future time , the question presents itself of those more daring undertakings , the object of which has been by some supernatural power to control the future , and place it in subjection to the will of the unlicensed ...
... secrets of future time , the question presents itself of those more daring undertakings , the object of which has been by some supernatural power to control the future , and place it in subjection to the will of the unlicensed ...
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... secretly hidden . These subordinate devils were called Imps . Impure and carnal ideas were mingled with these theories . The witches were said to have preternatural teats from which their familiars sucked their blood . The devil also ...
... secretly hidden . These subordinate devils were called Imps . Impure and carnal ideas were mingled with these theories . The witches were said to have preternatural teats from which their familiars sucked their blood . The devil also ...
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... secret , as tokens of their approbation of the vir- tues they loved , and by their supernatural power afforded a supplement to pure and excellent inten- tions , when the corporeal powers of the virtuous sank under the pressure of human ...
... secret , as tokens of their approbation of the vir- tues they loved , and by their supernatural power afforded a supplement to pure and excellent inten- tions , when the corporeal powers of the virtuous sank under the pressure of human ...
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Page 152 - Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter : for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
Page 151 - Now, when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John.
Page 40 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Page 152 - Then answered Simon, and said ; Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
Page 152 - But Peter said unto him ; Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
Page 154 - Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men : and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
Page 151 - But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Page 151 - But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one...
Page 154 - O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
Page 42 - And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him. And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also : go forth, and do so.