, GOD permittes them to be troubled in that sort, for
the tryall of their patience, and wakening vp of their zeale, for
admonishing of the beholders, not to truste ouer much in themselues, since
they are made of no better stuffe, and peraduenture blotted with no
smaller sinnes (as CHRIST saide, (M25) speaking of them vppon whome the
Towre in _Siloam_ fell:) And for giuing likewise to the spectators, matter
to prayse GOD, that they meriting no better, are yet spared from being
corrected in that fearefull forme.

PHI. These are good reasones for the parte of GOD, which apparantlie
mooues him so to permit the Deuill to trouble such persones. But since the
Deuil hath euer a contrarie respecte in all the actiones that GOD employes
him in: which is I pray you the end and mark he shoots at in this turne?

EPI. It is to obtaine one of two thinges thereby, if he may: The one is
the tinsell of their life, by inducing them to such perrilous places at
such time as he either followes or possesses them, which may procure the
same: And such like, so farre as GOD will permit him, by tormenting them
to weaken their bodie, and caste them in incurable diseases. The other
thinge that hee preases to obteine by troubling of them, is the tinsell of
their soule, by intising them to mistruste and blaspheme God: Either for
the intollerablenesse of their tormentes, as he assayed to haue done with
IOB; (M26) or else for his promising vnto them to leaue the troubling of
them, incase they would so do, as is knowen by experience at this same
time by the confession of a young one that was so troubled.

PHI. Since ye haue spoken now of both these kindes of spirites
comprehending them in one: I must nowe goe backe againe in speering some
questions of euerie one of these kindes in speciall. And first for these
that followes certaine persones, yee know that there are two sortes of
them: One sorte that troubles and tormentes the persones that they haunt
with: An other sort that are seruiceable vnto them in all kinde of their
necessaries, and omittes neuer to forwarne them of anie suddaine perrell
that they are to be in. And so in this case, I would vnderstande whither
both these sortes be but wicked and damned spirites: Or if the last sorte
be rather Angells, (as should appeare by their actiones) sent by God to
assist such as he speciallie fauoures. For it is written in the
Scriptures, (M27) that _God sendes Legions of Angels to guarde and watch
ouer his