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No waies lawfull: For I gaue you the reason thereof in that axiome of
Daemonologie. King of England James I 1595
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And as I saye of them, so saye I the like of all such as consults, enquires, entertaines, & ouersees them, which is seene by the miserable endes of many that askes councell of them: For the Deuill hath neuer better tydings to tell to any, then he tolde to _Saule_: neither is it lawfull to vse so vnlawfull instrumentes, were it neuer for so good a purpose: for that axiome in Theologie is most certaine and infallible: (M14) _Nunquam faciendum est malum vt bonum inde eueniat.
Daemonologie. King of England James I 1595
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