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Memorable providences, relating to witchcrafts and possessions. A faithful account of many wonderful and…
Memorable providences, relating to witchcrafts and possessions. A faithful account of many wonderful and surprising things, that have befallen several bewitched and possessed persons in New-England. Particularly, a narrative of the marvellous trouble and relief [sic] experienced by a pious family in Boston, very lately and sadly molested with evil spirits. : Whereunto is added, a discourse delivered unto a congregation in Boston, on the occasion of that illustrious providence. : As also a discourse delivered unto the same congregation; on the occasion of an horrible self-murder committed in that town. : With an appendix, in vindication of a chapter in a late book of remarkable providences, from the calumnies of a Quaker at Pen-silvania [sic]. / Written by Cotton Mather, Minister of the Gospel. ; And recommended by the Ministers of Boston and Charleston.Memorable providences, relating to witchcrafts and possessions. A faithful account of many wonderful and surprising things, that have befallen several bewitched and possessed persons in New-England. Particularly, a narrative of the marvellous trouble and releef [sic] experienced by a pious family in Boston, very lately and sadly molested with evil spirits. : Whereunto is added, a discourse delivered unto a congregation in Boston, on the occasion of that illustrious providence. : As also a discourse delivered unto the same congregation; on the occasion of an horrible self-murder committed in that town. : With an appendix, in vindication of a chapter in a late book of remarkable providences, from the calumnies of a Quaker at Pen-silvania [sic]. / Written by Cotton Mather, Minister of the Gospel. ; And recommended by the Ministers of Boston and Charleston.
Boston: printed by R.P. i.e, 1689
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That they shall Move and Fly, and Tell secret things, as no ordinary mortals can? Let me ask, Is not the hand of Joab in all this? or, Is there not a Devil whose Agency must account for things that are so extravagant? I am now to tell you, That these eye, of •ine have beheld ⟨p. 16⟩held all these things, and many other more, no less amazing. Christian, There are Devils: and so many of them too, that sometimes a Legion of them are spared for the vexation of one man. The Air in which we breath is full of them. Be sensible of this, you that obey God: there are Troops of Tempters on every side of thee. Awake, O Soul, Awake, Those Philistines of Hell are upon thee. Upon the least affrightment in the dark, many simple people cry out, The Devil! The Devil! Alas, there are Devils thronging about thee every day. O let the thought of it make then a careful and a watchful man. And be sensible of this you that commit Sin: the Lord Jesus hath said of you, Ye will do the lusts of your father the Devil. How often do many of you make a Mock and a Jeer of the Devil while you are drudging for him? But know, that there are dreadful Devils to seize upon thy forlorn forsaken soul, at its departure hence. O become a new man at the thought of this.
That they shall Move and Fly, and Tell secret things, as no ordinary mortals can? Let me ask, Is not the hand of Joab in all this? or, Is there not a Divel whose Agency must account for things that are so extravagant? I am now to tell you, That these eye, of •ine have beheld ⟨p. 16⟩held all these things, and many other more, no less amazing. Christian, There are Devils: and so many of them too, that sometimes a Legion of them are spar'd for the vexation of one man. The Air in which we breath is full of them. Be sensible of this, you that obey God: there are Troops of Tempters on every side of thee. Awake, O Soul, Awake, Those Philistines of Hell are upon thee. Upon the least affrightment in the dark, many simple people cry out, The Devil! The Devil! Alas, there are Devils thronging about thee every day. O let the thought of it make then a careful and a watchful man. And be sensible of this you that commit Sin: the Lord Jesus hath said of you, Ye will do the lusts of your father the Devil. How often do many of you make a Mock and a Jeer of the Devil while you are drudging for him? But know, that there are dreadful Devils to seize upon thy forlorn forsaken soul, at its departure hence. O become a new man at the thought of this.