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An essay for the recording of illustrious providences
An essay for the recording of illustrious providences wherein an account is given of many remarkable and very memorable events which have happened this last age, especially in New-England / by Increase Mather, teacher of a church at Boston in New-England.An essay for the recording of illustrious providences wherein an account is given of many remarkable and very memorable events which have hapned this last age, especially in New-England / by Increase Mather, teacher of a church at Boston in New-England.
printed by Samuel Green for Joseph Browning, 1684
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
CHAP. VI. That there are Daemons. And possessed persons. Signs of such. Some Maniacs are Demoniacs. Notwithstanding many fabulous Stories about Witchcrafts, that there are Witches proved by three Arguments. That Houses are sometimes troubled by Evil Spirits. Witchcraft often the cause of it. Sometimes by the Devil without Witchcraft; ordered by providence as a punishment for sin. The disturbance in Walton's house further considered; with a parallel Story. That the things related in the preceding Chapter were undoubtedly preter-natural and Diabolical. Page 168.
CHAP. VI. That there are Daemons. And possessed persons. Signs of such. Some Maniacks are Daemoniacks. Notwithstanding many fabulous Stories about Witchcrafts, that there are Witches proved by three Arguments. That Houses are sometimes troubled by Evil Spirits. Witchcraft often the cause of it. Sometimes by the Devil without Witchcraft; ordered by providence as a punishment for sin. The disturbance in Walton's house further considered; with a parallel Story. That the things related in the preceding Chapter were undoubtedly preter-natural and Diabolical. Page 168.
CHAP. VII. Concerning Apparitions. That they are ⟨image 204⟩not so frequent in places where the Gospel prevaileth, as in the dark corners of the Earth. That good Angels do sometimes visibly appear. Confirmed by several Histories. That Cacodemons oftentimes pretend to be good Angels. That Satan may appear in the likeness of Holy men; proved by notable Instances. Concerning the appearance of persons deceased. The procuring cause thereof is usually some sin committed. Some late Remarkable Examples. Of Mens covenanting to appear after their Death. It is an heavy Judgment when places are infested with such doleful Spectres. Page 202.
CHAP. VII. Concerning Apparitions. That they are ⟨image 204⟩not so frequent in places where the Gospel prevaileth, as in the dark corners of the Earth. That good Angels do sometimes visibly appear. Confirmed by several Histories. That Cacodaemons oftentimes pretend to be good Angels. That Satan may appear in the likeness of Holy men; proved by notable Instances. Concerning the appearance of persons deceased. The procuring cause thereof is usually some sin committed. Some late Remarkable Examples. Of Mens covenanting to appear after their Death. It is an heavy Iudgment when places are infested with such doleful Spectres. Page 202.