Exod. 7. 20, 21.
Job. 2. 9.
2. For essential Transformations we have examples in the Sacred Scriptures, but these not wrought but by a divine Hand and an omnipotent Power. And such was that of Lots Wife, who looking back contrary to command, was turned into a Pillar of Salt, & fuit in statuam salis, as Arias Montanus renders it, which accordeth with the Hebrew exactly, the vulgar Latine and others say, versa est in statuam salis: and this by the divine finger was a real transubstantiation, especially in respect of her body, the substance of which was really changed into an absolute Pillar of Salt, without regression or returning back to what it was before, but remained so still, and was standing in the days of Josephus, if credit may be given to what he writeth. Another example we have in Moses his Rod, which God commanded him to cast upon the ground, and he cast it upon the ground, and it became a Serpent, and Moses fled from before it. And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand. This Rod afterwards Aaron threw down before Pharaoh, and it became a Serpent, and swallowed up the rods of the Wise-men and Sorcerers, and it afterwards became a rod again, and Aaron used it in working some of the rest of the Miracles. So that this was so true a transformation, that Moses himself was afraid when he saw the Rod a Serpent, that he fled from before it; and that it was a real change, appeared in that it swallowed up the Rods of the Magicians, and still afterwards became a Rod again. So likewise all the Waters in Egypt were really changed into blood: And our Saviour did really change the Water into Wine at the Marriage in Cana of Galilee. And all these were true and real transubstantiations, which neither Devils nor Witches can perform, as appeareth by these unanswerable Arguments.
1. All real Transubstantiations are wrought and performed by a divine and omnipotent Power: but Devils and Witches have no divine nor omnipotent Power. Therefore Devils or Witches cannot work or perform any real Transubstantiations.
2. All Beings that work real Transubstantiations, must work contrary and different from that order and course that God hath established in Nature: but Devils and Witches cannot work contrary and different from that order and course that God hath established in Nature. Therefore Devils and Witches cannot work any real transubstantiations at all. Let all the Witchmongers in the World answer these Arguments, if they be able.
Mat. 17. 2.
Mar. 9. 2, 3.
Luk. 9. 28.
Rom. 12. 2.
2 Cor. 3. 18.