The Second Case considered, Viz. if one bewitched be cast down with the Look or Cast of the Eye of another Person, and after that recovered again by a Touch from the same Person, is […] this an infallible Proof that the Party Accused and Complained of is in Covenant with the Devil p. 34.
Answ. This may be Ground of Suspicion and Examination, but not of Conviction p. 34.
The Judgment of Mr. Bernard, and of Dr. Cotta produced. p. 35, 36, 37.
Several things offered against the Infallibility of this […].
⟨image ?⟩1. Tis possible that the Persons in Question may be possessed with evil Spirits. Signs of such. p. 38.
2. Falling down with the Cast of the Eye proceeds not from a natural but an Arbitrary Caus•. p. 41.
3. That of the bewitched Persons being recovered with a Touch is various and fallible. p. 45.
4. There are that Question the Lawfulness of the Experiment. p. 46.
5. The Testimony of […] or possessed Persons is no Evidence as to what they see concerning others, & therefore not as to themselves. p. 48.
6. Bewitched persons have sometimes been struck down with the Look of Dogs. p. 49.
7. If this were an infallible proof, there would be difficulty in discovering Witches.
8. Nothing can be produced out of the Word of God to show that this is any Proof of Witchcraft. p. 50.
9. Antipathies in nature have strange and unaccountable effects.
The Third Case considered▪ whether there are any Discoveries of Witchcraft which Jurors and Judges may with a safe Conscience proceed upon to the Conviction and Condemnation of the Persons under Suspicion? p. 51.
Two Things premised,
1. That the Evidence in the Crime of Witchcraft ought to be as clear as in any other Crimes of a Capital nature. p. 52.
2. That there have been ways of Trying Witches long used, which God never approved of. More particularly that of casting the suspected Party into the Water to try whether they will Sink or Swim. The […] and great Sin which is in that way of Purgation evinced by six Reasons. p. 52. to 57
That there are Proofs for the Conviction of Witches, ⟨image ?⟩which Jurors may with a safe Conscience proceed upon, proved from Scripture. p. 58.
That a free and Voluntary Confession is a sufficient Ground of Conviction. p. 59.
That the Testimony of confessing Witches against others is not so clear an Evidence, as against themselves. p. 62.
The Second Case considered, Viz. if one bewitched be cast down with the Look or Cast of the Eye of another Person, and after that recovered again by a Touch from the same Person, is 〈…〉 this an infallible Proof that the Party Accused and Complained of is in Covenant with the Devil p. 34.
Answ. This may be Ground of Suspicion and Examination, but not of Conviction p. 34.
The Judgment of Mr. Bernard, and of Dr. Cotta produced. p. 35, 36, 37.
Several things offered against the Infallibility of this 〈…〉.
⟨image ?⟩1. Tis possible that the Persons in Question may be possessed with evil Spirits. Signs of such. p. 38.
2. Falling down with the Cast of the Eye proceeds not from a natural but an Arbitrary Caus•. p. 41.
3. That of the bewitched Persons being recovered with a Touch is various and fallible. p. 45.
4. There are that Question the Lawfulness of the Experiment. p. 46.
5. The Testimony of 〈…〉 or possessed Persons is no Evidence as to what they see concerning others, & therefore not as to themselves. p. 48.
6. Bewitched persons have sometimes been struck down with the Look of Doggs. p. 49.
7. If this were an infallible proof, there would be difficulty in discovering Witches.
8. Nothing can be produced out of the Word of God to shew that this is any Proof of Witchcraft. p. 50.
9. Antipathies in nature have strange and unaccountable effects.
The Third Case considered▪ whether there are any Discoveries of Witchcraft which Jurors and Judges may with a safe Conscience proceed upon to the Conviction and Condemnation of the Persons under Suspicion? p. 51.
Two Things premised,
1. That the Evidence in the Crime of Witchcraft ought to be as clear as in any other Crimes of a Capital nature. p. 52.
2. That there have been ways of Trying Witches long used, which God never approved of. More particularly that of casting the suspected Party into the Water to try whether they will Sink or Swim. The 〈…〉 and great Sin which is in that way of Purgation evin••d by six Reasons. p. 52. to 57
That there are Proofs for the Conviction of Witches, ⟨image ?⟩which Jurors may with a safe Conscience proceed upon, proved from Scripture. p. 58.
That a free and Voluntary Confession is a sufficient Ground of Conviction. p. 59.
That the Testimony of confessing Witches against others is not so clear an Evidence, as against themselves. p. 62.
