A further account of the trials of the New-England witches with the observations of…A further account of the tryals of the New-England witches with the observations of…

And whereas some say, that the Persons in question are only bewitched and not possessed, let it be considered that possessed Persons are called Energumens ⟨p. 23⟩from EPLOMAI Agitor: They whose Bodies are preternaturally agitated, so as to be in danger of being thrown into the Fire, or into the Water, though they may be bewitched, are undoubtedly possessed with Daemons, Mark 9. 22, 25. Learned Men ^agive it as a most certain sign of Possession, when the afflicted Party can see and hear that which no one else can discern any thing of, and when they can discover ^†secret things, Acts 6. 16. past, or future, ^bas a possessed Person in Germany foretold the War which broke out in the Year, 1546. And when the Limbs of miserable Creatures are bent and disjointed so as could not possible be without a Luxation of Joints, were it not done by a preternatural Hand, and yet no hurt raised thereby that argueth Possession. Also, when Persons are by the Devil cast into Fits, in the which they speak of things, that afterwards they have no remembrance of ^cor, if they are by cruel Devils tortured, so as to cause horrendous Clamours in the distressed Sufferers, that's another sign of Obsession by evil Spirits: If all these things concur in the Persons concerning where the Question is, we may conclude them to be Demoniacs: And if so, no Juror can with a safe Conscience look on the Testimony of such, as sufficient to take away the Life of any Man.

And whereas some say, that the Persons in question are only bewitched and not possessed, let it be considered that possessed Persons are called Energumens ⟨p. 23⟩from EPLOMAI Agitor: They whose Bodies are prenaturally agitated, so as to be in danger of being thrown into the Fire, or into the Water, though they may be bewitched, are undoubtedly possessed with Daemons,