s vses he then to take?

EPI. Diuers formes, euen as he vses to do at other times vnto them. For as
I told you, speking of _Magie_, he appeares to that kinde of craftes-men
ordinarily in an forme, according as they agree vpon it amongst
themselues: Or if they be but prentises, according to the qualitie of
their circles or conjurationes: Yet to these capped creatures, he appeares
as he pleases, and as he findes meetest for their humors. For euen at
their publick conuentiones, he appeares to diuers of them in diuers
formes, as we haue found by the difference of their confessiones in that
point: For he deluding them with vaine impressiones in the aire, makes
himselfe to seeme more terrible to the grosser sorte, that they maie
thereby be moued to feare and reuerence him the more: And les monstrous
and vncouthlike againe to the craftier sorte, least otherwaies they might
sturre and skunner at his vglinesse.

PHI. How can he then be felt, as they confesse they haue done him, if his
bodie be but of aire?

EPI. I heare little of that amongst their confessiones, yet may he make
himselfe palpable, either by assuming any dead bodie, and vsing the
ministrie thereof, or else by deluding as wel their sence of feeling as
seeing; which is not impossible to him to doe, since all our senses, as we
are so weake, and euen by ordinarie sicknesses will be often times
deluded.

PHI. But I would speere one worde further yet, concerning his appearing to
them in prison, which is this. May any other that chances to be present at
that time in the prison, see him as well as they.

EPI. Some-times they will, and some-times not, as it pleases God.

Chap. VII.

ARGVMENT.

_Two formes of the deuils visible conuersing in the earth, with the
reasones wherefore the one of them was communest in the time of Papistrie:
And the other sensine. Those that denies the power of the Deuill, denies
the power of God, and are guiltie of the errour of the Sadduces._

PHILOMATHES.

Hath the Deuill then power to appeare to any other, except to such as are
his sworne disciples: especially since al Oracles, & such like kinds of
illusiones were taken awaie and abolished by the cumming of CHRIST?

EPI. Although it be true indeede, that the brightnesse of the Gospell at
his cumming, scaled the cloudes of all these grosse errors in the
Gentilisme: yet that these abusing spirites, ceases not sensine at
sometimes to appeare, dailie experience teaches vs. Ind