ſeen Perſons; or by a Divine Permiſſion, the Devil gave them An. ſwers from thoſe Images. » The third Divination is by Sacrifice, and Judging of future proſperous or unproſperous Events by the Entrails, and more eſpecially by the Liver, its Poſition and colour. Al theſe he uſed, that with greater Confidence of Succeſs he might procceed.
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u War and Deſolation indeed haſten on thee, tho in the mean while _ —_= # "On. _ f L_ - A 24. 9. x That were round abyy: | 7 thy Aſtrologers and Soothſayers promiſe Peace and Profperity, and de- 'Th -_ } 0 , Ne CONE I TOrunNs : * ceive thee with fair, but falſe Divinations, of which Jeremiah warns| , 3 ofe that be near y, and thoſe that be far % from 3 thcm, Jer. 27.9. x To bring thee under the Sword cf the Chalazans, thee, ſhall mock thee which art T infamous a, and much+1# = and ro deſtroy thee as the Jews are, who already are fallen under the | vexed 6, mo deſtroying Sword, to make thee ſtumble and fall on their Necks, as | » As the 74:mcans or Edomites, who inſulted over WY