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Some miscellany observations on our present debates respecting witchcrafts, in a dialogue between S.…
Some miscellany observations on our present debates respecting witchcrafts, in a dialogue between S. & B. / By P.E. and J.A.
printed by William Bradford for Hezekiah Usher, 1692
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S. 'God forbid that I should be so uncharitable.
B. This is a plain contradiction: for if you believe the former conclusion, you must either suspect the Accusers of Falsehood, which you will not bear, or of a delusion, which you deny, or that all so Accused are Guilty.
B. This is a plain contradiction: for if you believe the former conclusion, you must either suspect the Accusers of Falshood, which you will not bear, or of a delusion, which you deny, or that all so Accused are Guilty.
S. We are indeed astonished at the thing; especially since the number of the accused is so formidably increased.
S. We are indeed astonished at the thing; especially since the number of the accused is so formidably encreased.
B. Nor is there a prospect of an end of those accusations in this way. But will you admit of a little reasoning in this case? I suppose you believe that the Devil can do this, and will too, should God permit him so far.