{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/008/0080791.htm","path":"chr/ecf/008/0080791.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/008/0080791.htm","text":"Chapter IV.\u2014Appion\u2019s Undertaking.\n\u201c\u2018Whence, if you also suffer any such thing after the manner of men, use freedom with me with all security; for within seven days I shall put you fully in possession of her.\u2019 When I heard this, looking at the object I had in view, I said: \u2018Pardon me that I do not altogether believe in the existence of magic; for I have already tried many who have made many promises, and have deceived me. However, your undertaking influences me, and leads me to hope. But when I think of the matter, I am afraid that the demons are sometimes not subject to the magicians with respect to the things that are commanded them.\u2019","title":"Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol VIII: Pseudo-Clementine Literature.: Chapter IV","type":"page"}