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1、s'm'hw'OftheMagicoftheAncients,ThegreatestStudieofWisdom.Inallthings,askcounseloftheLord;anddonotthouthink,speak,ordoanything,whereinGodisnotthycounsellor.Proverbs11.Hethatwalkethfraudulently,revealethsecrets:buthethatisofafaithfulspirit,concealeththematter.ArbatelofMagickTranslatedbyRob
2、ertTurner,1655ConvertedtoAcrobatformatbyBenjaminRoweAugust,1999ARBATELofMAGICK:or,ThespiritualWisdomoftheAncients,aswellWise-menofthepeopleofGod,asMAGIoftheGentiles:fortheillustrationofthegloryofGod,andhislovetoMankinde.Nowfirstofallproducedoutofdarknessintothelight,againstallcaco-Magici
3、ans,andcontemnersofthegiftsofGod;fortheprofitanddelectationofallthose,whodotruelyandpiouslylovethecreaturesofGod,anddousethemwiththanksgiving,tothehonourofGod,andprofitofthemselvesandtheirneighbours.TranslatedintoEnglishbyRobertTurner,London1655.ThePREFACETotheunprejudicedReaderAsthefall
4、ofmanmadehimselfandallothercreaturessubjecttovanity;so,byrea-sonthereof,themostnoblearidexcellentArtswherewiththeRationalsoulwasindued,arebytherustycankerofTimebroughtuntoCorruption.ForMagickitself,whichtheancientsdidsodivinelycontemplate,isscandalizedwithbearingthebadgeofalldiabolicalso
5、rceries:whichArt(saithMirandula)Pauciintelligunt,multirepre-hendunt,&sicutcanesignotossemperallatrant:Fewunderstood,manyreprehend,andasdoggesbarkeatthosetheyknownot:sodoemanycondemnandhatethethingstheyunderstandnot.Manymenthereare,thatabhortheverynameandwordMagus,becauseofSimonMagus,whob
6、eingnotMagus,butGoes,thatis,familiarwithevilSpirits,usurpedthatTitle.ButMagickeandWitchcraftarefardifferingSciences;whereofPliny1beingignorant,scoffeththereat:forNero(saithPliny)whohadthemostexcellentMagiciansoftheEastsenttohimbyTyridateskingofArme-nia,whoheldthatkingdombyhim,foundtheArt
7、afterlongstudyandlabouralto-getherridiculous.NowWitchcraftandSorcery,areworksdonemerelybythedevil,whichwithrespectuntosomecovenantmadewithman,heactethbymenhisinstru-ments,toaccomplishhisevilends:ofthese,thehistoriesofallages,peopleandcountries,asalsotheholyScriptures,affo
