A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion Principal Historical Facts and Personages of the Books Known as The Old and New Testament; With Remarks on the Morality of Nature

CHAPTER V.--Orthodox views of Christianity--Remarks on the bad effects

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of believing in the existence of the Devil, and in witchcraft, doctrines taught in the Bible--Trial and execution of two women for witchcraft in England, in 1664--Account of the witchcraft that prevailed in England and Scotland, in the days of Elizabeth--Anecdote of Cromwell's bargain with the Devil.