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res fancta ἡέυχή, ad quam non niſt meditatum oporteat accedere, falluntur enim qui rem putant eſſe facilem, preces benè concipere. Simul cavendum, ne alicui ſuperstitioni viam imprudentes aperiamus.]
In the laſt place, All men may take warning by this example, how they put themſelves out of the protection of Almighty God, either by preſumptuous unlawful wiſhes and deſires, or by ſeeking not unto Divels onely, directly (which Dr. Dee certainly never did, but abhorred the thought of it in his heart) but unto them that have next relation unto Divels, as Witches, Wizzards, Conjurers, Aſtrologers, (that take upon them to foretell humane events) Fortune-tellers, and the like, yea and all Books of that ſubject, which I doubt, were a great occaſion of Dr. Dees deluſion: That men are commonly cheated by ſuch, is ſure enough; and thoſe that are not very fools, would take heed how they deal with them, and avoid them, to avoid the Imputation of Fools; but thoſe that are wife, much if they can more then cheat; for the more they can do, the more they know they have of the Divelin them: Wretched people! that will not, dare not truſt God, who as he is the onely fountain of goodneſs, ſo onely knows what is good for every man. They may rejoyce for a time, and applaud themſelves in their conceited ſucceſſes, but miſery, if they repent not, will be their end; and it is a great ſign that God is very angry with them, when he doth ſuffer them to thrive by means which Himſelf hath curſed.
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