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    the latter sense , I observe , that Mii'F&riftfer ^ equiesceth 1 ( MSr . c . iv . yi , note f , p . 266 . ) Hut my author * deeiMs it ifc ridiculous t&

    think : that Pharaoh ' s magicians , Jezabel'the queeri , arid kii * g Manassrh , did exercise the art of poisoning' * and quotes Rev . xviii . 23 9 w h ere the word * fafaaKsia , is neither taken for witchcraft , nor poisons , but for impostures , though our translators have rendered it

    witchcraft . " p . 8 . The following passage which presently 6 ccufs though long ^ may be thou ght worthy ol quotation , as an anticipation of Mr . Farmer ' s discussions , a century afterwards , connected with ac \ irious admission of limited

    diabolical agency . «; . 44 Nor let any one thinks that for the performance of these toun ~ terfeit miracles , they stooS- ^ in need of the devilV assistance .

    For what they performed either exceeded not the compass of human art , although rriiratculotis in the eyes of the vulgar . Or , if it it did , then it was not really

    performed , but a mere J uggling imposture ; Sucfe kind ' of jugglers Were those , who stood before Pharaoh , in opposition to Moses and * Aaron . For whosoever

    believed that Pharaoh ' s Magicians couW lyy the help of devils turn in an instant , a stick into a serpent , he doth ascribe unto the devil an omnipotent creating p 6 wer , equal to his who did but stiy ; let such a thing be , * and it Wti& so . " Having

    controverted the opinion ' of St . Augustine , ite adds ; *« Ti * trtie , that mtn by tWir well bfdfering the seeda of plants , may hasten \ vtKe ^^ Tation of such plant ^ and the ripenihg of their fr ait ^ r tT *« yimay , lilspi ^ y ^ - Hnjpeggs * i 6 w camel % 'dungv 4 fo- «

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    cure the generation of chickens * Wherefore ' ti $ prdBaBle that devils ^ bemg irfofe sKitful thafi men , may strangely promoted the generation of several creatures beyond any human aft . ** v .

    My author nekt considers ; ilie opinion of those titib •* affirtii iThat the magicians * statffs were nbt reah y turned into serpents , but se ^ rningly so , by a d ^ luditigjugglirig trick of the devil , wlio might * convey the

    staffs &way , and slip serpents in their plate . ** He thii ^ s proceeds , fr To all such as thdsb f aiiswer ^ that if they oncfe recede * from the

    letter of the text , and say it \ vas a juggl ^ of the d ^ vfj ; I fnay as well ^ ay it was d juggW rneYeJy of the magicians tKernselves , \ fho did

    it by their sly arid secret tVicksas the Hebrew ' word signifies , which our translators have tfenflered by thtir enchantments / Nor let any onte ^ on det that the scriptures should say , th ^ rii ^ icibris * staffs wire turned into ser ^ ertts ; 'In regard , the scripture speaks tih \ y according to the deceived ti ^ prehension of the standers bty . "Just so iri the case of Samuel raised by the

    Witch of Endor , it speaks atrcording to rfte deceived apprehensions of Saul and his * followfefs ; for neither that ^ omkri , nor all the devils' in h 6 H dbuld raise Samuel , 1

    whohad been clekd ahd buried almost two years . As fdr thbse who fkndy that God difl then raise Santiiel ; ^ tis ^ a Very l ? kely thing indeed , that God sfifoiiilfl Yefuse to

    answer Sa ^ ull wheh he * cbnsulted hitoirfykkjfi ttp ^ tfte dM W filmself , and yet should answer mAi when ht tiksititea * W £ forbittt } ^ way - Bl ^ lie % / irS ^ ti ^ haa ^ een raised bf © odj m Bomtfie ' ^ Ma never WW ^ aWiifitb . mtitl ;* Wfiy Host m * mtofficmme ¥ * * fd $ iit wHtaW

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    555 Bdok . JVorm . —No III .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1812, page 556, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1752/page/24/