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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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VII. I will add one sad Story, leaving all to the Readers Judgment, to warn the best to avoid Temptation, and to tell them that Satan hath his wiles by Mens Sin, to blast the Glory and Comfort of Deliverances.
In Bewdley, a Sanguine strong Maid, fell into strange Hysterical Fits: It began by Stoppage of the Menstrua, I gave her Castory and Rad. Ostrutii, and Shem. Dauci on Fo•estus Commendation, and she began to be better: But I being driven out of the Country by War, and Mr. Robert Morton (Dr.Mortons Father) their Pastor and Physician driven after me to Coventry, she was left without help, and grew worse than •ver: Till at last I think by a furor uteri•us ex corruptione Seminis, she seemed possest ⟨p. 194⟩by a Devil: In her Fits, many could not hold her, she would be cast off her Bed, and upon it again, by a force far above her strength, as the Beholders Judged: They showed Needles and Pins, and Cords brought to her, none knew how, to kill her self: A Papist coming to Cure her their way, she told them of his coming far off, and laughed at his Holy Water. In her fits she would Swear, Curse, and Rage against any that were Religious, and Hug those that were Vicious, and be merry with them: Thus she continued from 1642. till 1646. or 1647. When I returned home, I went to see her, and Prayed once by her, and came to her no more. At last my praying Neighbours encouraged by their Success, for others resolved to join with some of Bewdley, to Fast and Pray by her, till she was recovered: While they were Praying, she was usually in violent Rage, and after thanked them; after many days. in the midst of the Day, while Mr. Tho. Ware of Kidderminster was Praying, she fell on the Floor like a Block, and having lain so a while, cried out, He is gone, He is gone; The Black Dog is gone: And she never had a Fit after.
In Bewdley, a Sanguine strong Maid, fell into strange Histerical Fits: It began by Stoppage of the Menstrua, I gave her Castory and Rad. Ostrutii, and Sem. Dauci on Foestus Commendation, and she began to be better: But I being driven out of the Country by War, and Mr. Robert Morton (Dr.Mortons Father) their Pastor and Phyitian driven after me to Coventry, she was left without help, and grew worse than ver: Till at last I think by a furor uterius ex corruptione Seminis, she seemed possest