Witchcraft
Page Preface vii to xiv Map and Illustrations xv to xvii Index to the Map xix to xxvii General Index xxix to xl Introduction 1 to 12 Part First.—Salem Village 13 to 322 Part Second.—Witchcraft 325 to 469
THIS work was originally constructed, and in previous editions appeared, in the form of Lectures. The only vestiges of that form, in its present shape, are certain modes of expr...
6. ii. 12), 'Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid:be ye very desolate, saith the Lord.'... If you are in covenant with the Devil, the intercession of the blessed Jesus is against you. His prayer is for the subduing of Satan's p...
4. VOLUME II.W E left Mr. Parris in the early part of November, 1691, at the crisis of his controversy with the inhabitants of Salem Village, under circumstances which seemed to indicate tha...
10. did. This they did several times before they came to Winchester, ofSome have been transformed into dogs, cats, hares, hogs, and other creatures; and in those shapes have sometimes received wounds which have made them undeniably guilty, and so c...
5. xix. 3); and serious souls are at a loss to what these things may grow,and what we shall find to be the end of this dreadful visitation, in the permission whereof the provoked God as a lion hath roared, who can but fear? the Lord hath spoken, who c...
8. xxii. 18); which, granted, resolves two questions that I have heardFirst, Whether there are any such creatures as witches in the world. Secondly, If there be, whether they can be known to be such by men: both which must be determined on the aff...
7. xxviii. 13, 14); therefore he can or may represent the shape of a saintthat is upon the earth. Besides, there may be innocent persons that are not saints, and their innocency ought to be their security, as well as godly men's; and I hear nobody que...
9. xiii. 6, 8); thirdly, the seven sons of Sceva, a Jew, that werevagabond Jews,—exorcists (Acts xix. 13-16); fourthly, the girl which, by a spirit of divination, brought her master much gain (Acts xvi. 16), whether it were by telling fortunes...
2. VOLUME II.1. VOLUME I.Page Preface vii to xiv Map and Illustrations xv to xvii Index to the Map xix to xxvii General Index xxix to xl Introduction 1 to 12 Part First.—Salem Village 13 to 322 Part Sec...