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The certainty of the worlds of spirits and, consequently, of the immortality of souls…
The certainty of the worlds of spirits and, consequently, of the immortality of souls of the malice and misery of the devils and the damned : and of the blessedness of the justified, fully evinced by the unquestionable histories of apparitions, operations, witchcrafts, voices &c. / written, as an addition to many other treatises for the conviction of Sadducees and infidels, by Richard Baxter.The certainty of the worlds of spirits and, consequently, of the immortality of souls of the malice and misery of the devils and the damned : and of the blessedness of the justified, fully evinced by the unquestionable histories of apparitions, operations, witchcrafts, voices &c. / written, as an addition to many other treatises for the conviction of Sadduces and infidels, by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for T. Parkhurst, 1691
Treatise › Chapter 10: Other Strange Providences observable.
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V. Richard Cooke, a Mercer in Kniver, was long a Man of a pious, unblameable Life, and one of the chief of good old Mr. John Cross (since Minister here in Friday-street) ⟨p. 191⟩his Congregation: When I came to Kidderminster, he removed thither, and took a House the next Door to me; which proved old, dangerous, and so ill a Bargain, as cast him into melancholy Doubts that he did not well to leave his Habitation. His Father before him had long lived, and at last died in Distraction. Taking too much hot Waters, to comfort him in his Sadness, Nature, Trouble, and those together, prevailed to his utter Distraction. He so continued, from 1642. to 1646. The best Means, by such as were most noted for curing that Disease, were used, and all in vain. My Neighbours of Kidderminster resolved not easily to give over Fasting and Praying with and for him, till he was recovered: Divers Days all seemed in vain, but at last he amended, and hath been recovered (without any other Remedy) now from 1646, to this present time, 1678, though not altogether of so perfect strength of Brain as before, yet of competent Understanding. About a Year or two ago I saw him in London, and I hear he is yet alive and well, 1678.
V. Richard Cooke, a Mercer in Kniver, was long a Man of a pious, unblameable Life, and one of the chief of good old Mr. Iohn Cross (since Minister here in Friday-street) ⟨p. 191⟩his Congregation: When I came to Kederminster, he removed thither, and took a House the next Door to me; which proved old, dangerous, and so ill a Bargain, as cast him into melancholy Doubts that he did not well to leave his Habitation. His Father before him had long lived, and at last died in Distraction. Taking too much hot Waters, to comfort him in his Sadness, Nature, Trouble, and those together, prevailed to his utter Distraction. He so continued, from 1642. to 1646. The best Means, by such as were most noted for curing that Disease, were used, and all in vain. My Neighbours of Kederminster resolved not easily to give over Fasting and Praying with and for him, till he was recovered: Divers Days all seemed in vain, but at last he amended, and hath been recovered (without any other Remedy) now from 1646, to this present time, 1678, though not altogether of so perfect strength of Brain as before, yet of competent Understanding. About a Year or two ago I saw him in London, and I hear he is yet alive and well, 1678.