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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 12: A Dublin-Instance, attested by Mr. Daniel Williams, now in London.
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CHAP. XII. A Dublin-Instance, attested by Mr. Daniel Williams, now in London.
About the Year 1678. I knew a young Woman who was Niece to Alderman Arundel, in Dublin.
ABout the Year 1678. I knew a young Woman who was Niece to Alderman Arundel, in Dublin.
In her said Uncle's House she was pursued with very terrible Noises; as by violent Strokes on the Wainscots and Chests, in what Chambers she frequented.
In her said Uncle's House she was pursued with very terrible Noises; as by violent Stroaks on the Wainscots and Chests, in what Chambers she frequented.
The Blows were heard throughout the House, and were so troublesome, as to occasion the Removal of the young Woman to an House near Smithfield in Dublin, not without Hopes that the Disturbance might thereby cease: But the Noise pursued her thither, and was no more heard in her former Dwelling.