8. _That God will not give his testimony to a lye. To say that God

did at any time impower a Witch to work Wonders, to gain belief to the

Doctrine of Devils, were with one breath to destroy root and branch

of all revealed Re[81]ligion. And hence 'tis clear the Witch has no

such wonder-working power from God; and must we then conclude she has

such a Miraculous Power from the Devil; if so, then it follows that

either God gives the Devil leave to impower the Witch to make use of

this Seal, in order to deceive, or else that the Devil has this Power

independent of himself;[94] to assert the first of these were in effect

to say, that tho God will not give his testimony to a lye, yet that he

may impower the Devil to set to God's own Seal, in order to deceive;

and what were this but to overthrow all revealed Religion. The last

if asserted must be to own the Devil to be an unconquered Enemy, and

consequently a Sovereign Deity, and deserving much thanks, that he

exerts his Power no more. Therefore in this Dilemma it is Wisdom for

shallow Mortals to have recourse to their only guide, and impartially

to inquire, whether the Witches really have such a Miraculous or

Wonder-working Power? And 'tis remarkable that the Apostle,_ Gal. v.

20. _reckons up Witchcraft among the Works of the flesh, which were it

indeed a Wonder-working Power, received immediately from the Devil,

and wholly beyond the Power of Nature; it were very improper to place

it with Drunkennness, Murthers, Adulteries, &c. all manifest fleshly

works. 'Tis also remarkable, that Witchcraft is generally in Scripture

joined with spiritual Whordom, i. e. Idolatry. This thence will plainly

appear to be the same, only pretending to a sign, in order to deceive,

seems to be yet a further degree, and in this sense_ Manassah _and_

Jezebel, 2 _Chron._ xxxiii. 6. 2 _Kings_ ix. 22. used Witchcraft and

Whoredoms, Nahum_ iii. 4. _The Idolatrous City is called Mistress of

Witchcrafts. But to instance in one place instead of many, that_ 2

_Thes._ ii. _from the_ 3 _to the_ 12 v. _particularly_ 9 _and_ 10 v.

Even him whose coming is after the working of Satan, with all power and

signs, and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness. And for this

cause God shall send them strong delusions that they should believe a

lye, that they all might be damned, who believe not the truth, _&c.

This, that then was spoken in the Prophesie of that man of Sin, that

was to appear, how abundantly does History testifie the fulfilment

of it; particularly to seduce to the Worship of Images: Have not the

Images been made to move? to smile, &c. too tedious were it to mention

the hundredth part of what undoubted History doth abundantly testifie.

And hence do set down this nineth Conclusion._

9. _That the Man of Sin, or Seducer, &c. makes use of lying wonders

to the end to deceive, and that God in Righteous Judgment_, may send

strong delusions that they should believe a lye, that they might be

damn'd, who believe not the truth, _&c._

_'Tis certain that the Devil is a proud Being, and would be thought to

have a Power equal to the Almighty; and it cannot but be very grateful

to him to see Mortals charging one another of doing such works by the

Devil's Power, as in truth is the proper prerogative of the Almighty,

Omnipotent Being. The [82] next head should have been about an Explicit

Covenant, between the Witch and the Devil, &c. But in this, the whole

of it, I cannot perswade myself but you must be sensible of an apparent

leaning to Education (or tradition) the Scriptures being wholly silent

in it; and supposing this to fall in as a dependent on what went

before shall say the less to it; for if the Devil has no such Power

to communicate, upon such compact, then the whole is a fiction; tho I

cannot but acknowledge you have said so much to uphold that Doctrine,

that I know not how any could have done more; however, as I said, I

find not myself ingaged (unless Scripture proof were offered) to meddle

with it. For as you have in such cases your Reason for your guide, so

I must be allowed to use that little that I have, do only say that as

God is a Spirit, so he must be worship'd in spirit and truth. So also

that the Devil is a Spirit, and that his rule is in the hearts of the

Children of Disobedience, and that an Explicit Covenant of one Nature

or another can have little force, any further than as the heart is

engaged in it. And so I pass to the last, viz. Whether a Witch ought

to be put to death. And without accumulation of the offence do Judge,

that where the Law of any Countrey is to punish by death such as seduce

and tempt to the worship of strange Gods (or idols, or Statues) by as

good Authority may they (no doubt) punish these as Capital Offenders,

who are distinguished by that one remove, viz. to their seducing is

added a sign, i. e. they pretend to a sign in order to seduce. And thus

worthy Sir, I have freely given you my thoughts upon yours, which you

so much obliged me with the sight of and upon the whole, tho I cannot

in the general but commend your Caution in not asserting many things

contended for by others; yet must say, that in my esteem there is

retain'd so much as will secure all the rest; (to instance) if a Spirit

has a Vehicle, i. e. some portion of matter which it acts, &c. hence as

necessarily may be inferred that Doctrine of_ Incubus _and_ Succubus,

_and why not also that of Procreation by Spirits both good and bad?

Thus was_ Alexander _the_ Great, _the_ Brittish Merlin,[95] _and_

Martin Luther, _and many others said to be begotten. Again if the Witch

has such a Wonder-working Power, why not to afflict? will not the Devil

thus far gratifie her? And have none this Miraculous Power, but the

Covenanting Witch? then the offence lyes in the Covenant, then 'tis

not only hard, but Impossible to find a Witch by such Evidence as the

Law of God requires; for it will not be supposed that they call Witness

to this Covenant; therefore it will here be necessary to admit of such

as the nature of such Covenant will bear (as Mr._ Gaul _hath it in his

5th head, i. e.) the testimony of the afflicted, with their Spectral

sight, to tell who afflicts themselves or others; the experiment of

saying the Lords Prayer, falling at the sight, and rising at the touch,

searching for Tets (i. e. Excrescencies of Nature) strange and foreign

stories of the Death of some Cattle, or over-setting some Cart; and

what can Juries have better to guide them to find out this Covenant by._

[83] _'Tis matter of lamentation, and let it be for a lamentation,

to consider how these things have open'd the Floodgates of Malice,

Revenge, Uncharitableness, and Bloodshed, what Multitudes have been

swept away by this Torrent._

_In_ Germany, _Countries depopulated; In_ Scotland _no less than 4000

have said to have suffered by Fire and Halter at one heat._[96]

_Thus we may say with the Prophet_, Isa. lix. 10. We grope for the

Wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no Eyes: we stumble

at Noon-day as in the Night, we are in desolate places as dead Men:

_and this by seeking to be wise above what is written, in framing to

ourselves such crimes and such Ordels (or ways of Tryal) as are wholly

foreign from the direction of our only guide, which should be a light

to our feet, and a Lanthorn to our paths; but instead of this, if we

have not followed the direction we have followed the Example of_ Pagan

_and Papal_ Rome, _thereby rendering us contemptable, and base before

all People, according as we have not kept his ways, but have been

partial in his Law._

And now that we may in all our sentiments and ways, have regard to his

testimonies, and give to the Almighty the glory due to his Name, is the

earnest desire and Prayer of, Sir,

Yours to Command, R. C.

_A second Letter of a Gentleman,[97] endeavouring to prove the

received Opinions about Witchcraft._

SIR,

SINCE your design of giving Copies of our Papers (if not to the publick

at least) out of your hands, I find myself obliged to make a Reply

to your Answer, lest silence should be construed an Assent to the

positions whereby (I think) truth would be scandaliz'd. I remember

that some have taught that it is not certain there is any such thing

really in being as matter; because the Ideas which we have of our own,

and all other bodies, may be caused to arise in us by God, without

the real existence of the objects they represent. But this opinion is

not only absurd and false, but likewise Atheistical, destroying the

veracity of the Almighty, whom it asserts to have determined us by a

fatal necessity to believe things to be, which are not; and I wonder

that you should allude unto it, because that Angels have appeared in a

Dream, in a vision; for we dream also of Trees, Birds, &c. are there

therefore no such things in nature, because we sometimes Dream to

see and hear them, when we are asleep? St. _Paul_ in his Vision was

so far from believing the Objects that were represented to him, to

come by the intermedium of his Senses, that he declares, he [84] does

not know whether he was in the body, or out of the body; therefore

the Instance is in no wise proper. For _Abraham_ and the B. Virgin

did see and hear; and if there were not such things really, as were

represented to them by their Senses, they were deluded, by being made

to believe they saw and heard what was not. There is none who denieth

God causing thoughts to arise in Mens minds: but thence to infer he

maketh Objects which are not, by forming their Ideas in our minds, to

appear to us through the Ministry of our Senses as though they were, is

a piece not only of vain, but very dangerous Philosophy. It is true,

the good Angels will not appear without the appointment of God, they

will not do any one Action, but according to the laws he has prescribed

to them. But you say they cannot (which does not follow from your

premises) supposing their not appearing to proceed from the defect of

their power, and not the rectitude of their will, which fallacy has

deceived you into a third Conclusion. For the fallen Angels are not so

held under Chains of darkness; but that they can and do go to [and]

fro on the earth seeking whom they may devour. Before their fall they

could have appeared if sent, and would not then do any thing without a

Divine Command But now they have rebell'd against God, and do all they

can to despise him, therefore their not appearing now (if it were true

they never did, they never shall appear) must proceed from a restraint

they are under, which is accidental, not Essential to their nature; so

that the true Conclusion is, the fallen Angels, while they are under

forcible restraint from God to the contrary cannot appear. But what

this (being cleared from the Ambiguity you express it in) maketh to the

purpose I know not, unless God had promised for a determinate time to

detain them under this restraint. I do not understand what you intend

by the dead being raised by Holy Men; the most natural inference is,

that in imitation of them wicked men by their Inchantments calling on

a _Dæmon_ to appear in the shape of the dead, will pretend that they

also can raise the dead. The _Romanists_ are much obliged to you for

making Transubstantiation (so much contended for by them) to be of as

old a date as the appearance of Devils, and that the one implieth no

more contradiction than the other: If so we do well to think seriously

whether we are not guilty of great sin in separating from them; for

certainly whatever private Mens Notions in this Age may be, yet it is

matter of great moment, that all Antiquity (the _Saducees_ the Elder

Brethren of our Hobbists[98] excepted) hath believed the appearance

of Evil Spirits and their Illusions. I should be too officious if

I offered to explain, how matter, real matter may fall under the

cognisance of one of our senses, and not the rest. It is for you to

shew the impossibility thereof, if you will build any thing upon your

Assertion, to prove which your first Argument is (it seems to me) a

Chimera, which [85] is not enough, when there are many to whom it seems

to be a truth: Your second is very dangerous, and highly derogatory of

the honour of God, between whom and the Devil you make comparison more

than once as the power of the Almighty must not be confined to be less

than the Devils. And again, to deny these three last were to make the

Devil an Independent Power and consequently a God. These expressions

(which cannot but be very pleasing to the Devil, who vainly boasts

himself to be a Being without dependance) are altogether groundless,

and very unmeet to proceed from a Christian: Consider what you are

a doing, to establish a Doctrine (the contrary whereof the greatest

part of mankind does believe) you run upon such precipices, as if you

are mistaken, and that is not impossible, must totally destroy all

Religion, Natural and Revealed; for suppose it were generally believed

according to you, that the Devil cannot appear, because if he could he

must be a God, independent, an unconquer'd enemy, and he doth appear

to us as we hear he hath to multitudes, both of the past and present

ages: In such a case what remains for us to do; but to fall down and

worship him. Upon the head of possession, you have recourse to that

instance of _Samson_, who was impowered by God, to the doing of things

beyond the Natural strength of common Men, and thence you say, we may

least learn the Nature of Possession by evil Spirits, this comparison

is indeed very odious, and I had rather think you have fallen into it

unawares; for what greater Blasphemy than that God and the Devil do act

the bodies, which the one and the other do possess in the same manner;

if the hypothesis I laid down had not pleased you, yet you ought not

(for fear of being deceiv'd by vain Philosophy, to have run so horrible

an extream, as to assimulate God's manner of working to the Devils,

which necessarily implies, that either their Powers are equal, or at

least that they do not differ in kind but in degree only; than which

nothing can be more impious or absurd; for the most possibly perfect

Creature, is infinitely distant from the Creator, and there can be no

Comparison between them. On the head of Witchcraft, you acknowledge the

Witch has not his Wonder-working Power from God; but then you say, the

Devil has no such power to give; for if he had, he must be----This way

of reasoning as I noted before, is very dangerous, and I think ought

not to be used; besides there is a great fallacy in your Dilemma; which

because I perceive, you lay the whole weight of the matter upon it, I

will evince unto you. The Devil tho superlatively Arrogant and Proud,

nevertheless depends on the first cause for his being, and all his

Powers, without whose Influx he or any other Creature cannot subsist

a moment, but must either return to their primitive Nothing, or be

continually preserved by the same Power, by the which they were at

first produced; therefore the [86] Beings and Powers of all Creatures

(because they immediately flow from God) are good, and consequently the

simple Actions, as they proceed from those Powers, are in their own

nature likewise good, the Evil proceeding only from the Rebellious will

of the Creature, wherefore 'tis no Paradox, but a certain truth, that

the same action in respect to the first cause is good, but in respect

of the second is Evil; for instance, the act of Copulation is in itself

good, instituted by God, and may be willed and desired by the Soul,

which sinneth not for exerting the simple act; but for exerting it

contrary to the Laws prescribe'd by God: as in Wedlock and Adultery

there is the same special natural Action, which consider'd simply,

as flowing from a Power given to Man by God is certainly good; but

considered with relation to the rebellious will of the Adulterer (who

lieth with his Neighbours Wife, whom he is forbad to touch) is a very

great Evil. We may say the same of all humane Actions, the Executioner

and the Murtherer do the same natural Act of striking and killing: The

difference consists in the rectitude of the ones and depravation of

the others will. These things premised, what more reason have we to

conclude that the Devil (because he shews signs and wonders to gain

belief to lyes, which is very contrary to the will of God) must be

therefore an Independent Power; than that the Adulterer, the Murtherer,

or any other sinner (because their Actions being Evil, of which God

cannot be the cause) must be Independent beings: The deceit of the last

is very palpable, and I doubt not you will readily acknowledge it,

for it is obvious from what has been said to the meanest Capacity, to

distinguish between the Action itself, which is good, and flows from

God, and the Circumstances of the Action, the choice whereof proceeds

from the Iniquity of the Will, wherein doth solely consist the Sin; the

parallel is so exact, that I cannot see the least shadow of reason,

why we ought not in like manner to distinguish whatever effect is

produced by the Devil; to whom (as to Man) God having given Powers, and

a Will to Rule them Powers, is truly and properly the cause of all the

Actions (in a Natural, but not Moral Sense) that flow from the Powers

he has given. Therefore the Wonder-working Power of the Devil, and the

effects thereof, considered as Acts of one of God's Creatures, are not

Evil but Good; the using that Power (which proceeds from the Rebellion

of Satan) to bear testimony to a lye, is that one, which constitutes

the Evil thereof.

And now I have done with your Argument, wherein you have indeed shewn

great skill and dexterity in turning to your Advantage, what being

fairly stated makes against you, as the Appearance of Angels, _&c._

observing nicely the rules of Art, and particularly that grand one

of concealing, nay dissembling the same Art, as when you quote that

Scripture [87] concerning vain Philosophy (of which tho altogether

foreign from the matter in hand yet) you intend to serve yourself

with the Unthinking, who measure the Sense of words by their Jingle,

not knowing how to weigh the things they signifie, and truly herein

your end is very Artificial; for you intend both to throw dirt at

them that differ from you, and at the same time to cover yourself

with such a subtle web, through which you may see, and not be seen.

What follows, is rather a Rhetorical Lecture, such as the Patriots of

Sects (who commonly Explain the Holy Scriptures according to their own

Dogma's, and so obtrude humane Invention for the pure word of God) use

with their Auditors, to recommend any Principle they have a mind to

establish, than an Impartial and through disquisition of a controverted

point; wherefore I do not think myself obliged to take any further

notice of it; especially seeing truth, which for the most part is

little regarded in such florid Discourses, and not any prejudice of

Education, Interest, or Party, did set me about this subject. I have

never been used to Complement in points of Controversy, therefore I

hope you'l not be angry, because I have given you my thoughts naked and

plain. I have not the least motion in my mind of accusing you of any

formal design to injure Religion; I only observe unto you, that your

over eager contention to maintain your Principle, has hurried you to

assert many things of much greater danger, both in themselves and their

consequences, than those you would seem to avoid; which do amount to no

more than that, Men being (in the ordinary course of Providence) the

Depositories of both Divine and Humane Laws, may (instead of using them

to preserve) pervert them to destroy; which indeed is very lamentable.

But it is the inevitable consequent of our depraved nature, and cannot

be wholly remedied, till Sin, and the grand Author of Sin, the Devil,

be entirely conquered, and God be all in all; to whom, with the Son,

and Holy Ghost, be glory for ever, _Amen_.

Sir, your Affectionate Friend to serve you.

_Boston,_ July 25, 1694.

_Boston, August_ 17, 1694.

_Worthy Sir_,

YOURS of _July_ 25, being in some sort surprising to me, I could do no

less than say somewhat, as well to vindicate myself from those many

Reflections, mistakes and hard censures therein; as also to vindicate

what I conceive to be Important truth, and to that end find it needful

to repeat some part of mine, _Viz._ Conclusion.

[88] 1. That the glorious Angels have their Mission and Commission from

the most High.

2. That without this they cannot appear to mankind.

3. That if the glorious Angels have not that power to go till

commission'd, or to appear to Mortals, then not the fallen Angels, who

are held in Chains of Darkness to the Judgment of the great Day.

4. That when the Almighty free Agent has a work to bring about for his

own glory, or Mans good, he can employ not only the Blessed Angels, but

evil ones in it.

5. That when the Divine Being will imploy the Agency of Evil Spirits

for any service, 'tis with him the manner how they shall exhibit

themselves, whether to the bodily Eye, or Intellect only, or whether it

shall be more or less formidable.

To deny these three last, were to make the Devil an Independent Power,

and consequently a God.

The bare recital of these is sufficient to vindicate me from that

reitterated charge, of denying all appearances of Angels or Devils.

That the good Angels cannot appear without Mission and Commission

from the most high, is you say more than follows from the premises;

but if you like not such Negative deduction, though so natural, it

concerns you (if you will assert this Power to be in their Natures,

and their non appearance only to proceed from the rectitude of their

wills, and that without such Commission they have a Power to appear

to Mortals, and upon this to build so prodigious a Structure, _&c._)

very clearly to prove it by Scripture, for Christians have good reason

to take the Apostles warning (if some Philosophers have taught that

Man is nothing but matter. And others that 'tis not certain there is

any Matter at all) _to take heed least they should be spoiled through

vain Philosophy, &c._ but that this should be alluded to by such as

never heard of either Notion, or that it was asserted that those real

appearances to _Joseph_, and to the Apostle, was through the Ministry

of the Senses, is as vain as such Philosophy. As to the Dead being

raised, had I used Art or Rhetorick enough to explain my meaning to

you, I needed not now to rejoin. That 'tis as good an Argument to say,

that because Holy Prophets have raised the dead, therefore wicked Men

have a Power to raise the dead: As 'tis to say, because good Angels

have appeared, therefore the Evil have a Power to appear; for who can

doubt, but if the Almighty shall Commissionate a wicked Man to it, he

also shall raise the dead, as is intimated, _Mat._ vii. 22. _And in

thy name done many wonderful Works._ As to comparisons being odious,

particularly that concerning _Samson_, I think it needful here to add

these Scriptures further to confirm the fourth Conclusion. 2 _Sam._

xxiv. 1. compared with 1 _Chron._ xxi. 1. _In one 'tis God moved, &c.

and in the o[89]ther Satan provoked_ David _to number the People_. 2

Chron. xviii. 21. _And the Lord said, thou shalt intice him, and thou

shalt also prevail, go out and do even so_; all which, with many more

that might be produc'd, as they will shew the truth of the Conclusion;

so that 'tis no odious comparison to say, that as the Almighty can make

use of Good, so also of Evil Spirits, for the accomplishing of his

own wise ends, and can impower either without the help of a Vehicle.

For possessions must be numbred among Gods afflictive dispensations,

who also orders all the Circumstances thereof. But if any object God

is not the Author of Evil, _&c._ you have furnish'd me with a very

learned Answer, by distinguishing between the Act and the Evil of

the Act, and to which 'tis adapt, but will no wise sute where it is

placed, till it be first proved that the Devil hath of himself such

Power not only of appearing at pleasure, but of working Miracles,

and to the Almighty reserved only the power of restraining; for

till this be proved the Dilemma must remain stable. He that asserts

that--Because good Angels have appeared, that therefore the fallen

Angels have a Power of themselves to appear to Mortals; And that they

cannot be employed by the Almighty; nor that he does not order the

manner and Circumstances of such appearance, what doth he less than

make the Devil an Independent Power, and consequently a God! So he that

asserts that the Devil hath a Power of himself, and Independent to

work Wonders, and Miracles, and to impower Witches to do like in order

to deceive, _&c._ What doth he less than own him to be an unconquered

Enemy, and consequently a Sovereign Deity![99] and who is it that is

culpable? he that ascribes such Attributes to the Evil one, or he that

asserts that the so doing gives him (or ascribes to him) such Power

as is the prerogative of him only who is Almighty? and here Sir, it

highly concerns you to consider your foundations, what proof from

Scripture is to be found for your Assertions, and who it is you are

contending for. For hitherto nothing like a proof hath been offer'd

from Scripture, which abounds so with the contrary, that he that runs

may read, _As shall there be evil in the City, and the Lord hath not

done it? who is he that saith, and it cameth to pass when the Lord

commandeth it not_. Who among the Gods of the Heathen (of which the

Devil is one) can give Rain, _&c._

But I shall not be tedious in multiplying proofs, to that which all

seem to own. For as to that stale plea of Universality, do say that

I have read of one, if not several, general Councels, that have not

only disapproved, but Anathematiz'd them that have ascribed such

Power to the Devils. And several National Protestant Churches at this

day in their Exhortation before the Sacrament (among other Enormous

Crimes) admonish all that believe any such Power in the Witch, _&c._ to

withdraw as unmeet to partake at the Lord's Table.

[90] And I believe Christians in general, if they were asked, would own

that what Powers the Devil may at any time have to appear, to afflict,

destroy, or cause tempests, _&c._ must be by Power or Commission from

the Sovereign Being. And that having such a Commission, not only Hail,

but Frogs, Lice, or Flies shall be impowered to plague a great King and

Kingdom. And if so, this Sandy Structure of the Devils appearance,

and working Wonders at pleasure, and of Impowering Witches to afflict,

_&c._ (for to this narrow Crisis is that whole Doctrine reduc'd) the

whole disappears at the first shaking.[100]

Thus worthy Sir, I have given you my sentiments, and the grounds

thereof, as plainly and as concise as I was able, tho 'tis indeed a

subject that calls for the ablest Pens to discuss, acknowledging myself

to be insufficient for these things; however I think I have done but

my duty for the glory of God, the Sovereign Being; and have purposely

avoided such a reply as some parts of yours required.

And pray that not only you and I, but all mankind may give to the

Almighty the glory due unto his name. From, Sir, Yours to Command,

R. C.

_Witchcraft is manifestly a Work of the Flesh._

[END OF VOL. II.]

FOOTNOTES:

[90] The only Mention of the Author of these Letters I have met with is

contained in the Answer to the _More Wonders_, by Dr. Mather, and is

in this Passage: "The _Anti-scriptural Doctrines_ espoused by this Man

[Calef] do also call for no _further Answer_; for a certain _Scotchman_

(one Stuart) of no very great Circumstances, aboard one of our Frigates

then in our Harbour, sent him _Two Letters_, which he has been so silly

as to insert in his wretched Volume." This "one Stuart" was, perhaps,

Chaplain on board the Man-of-war. The Doctor thinks Mr. Calef was very

silly to print the Letters, because they were, in his Judgment, a

complete Vindication of Witchcraft. Mr. Calef was willing all should be

said on that side that could be said. He felt fully convinced that,

"Falsehoods which we spurn To-day

Were the Truths of Long-ago;

Let the dead Bough fall away,

Fresher shall the living grow."

WHITTIER.

[91] Doctor Mather.

[92] See _Remarkable Providences_, 128, by Dr. I. Mather.

[93] See _Volume_ I, _Pages_ 39-41.

[94] See concluding Part of _Note_ 84.

[95] If not a mythical Character, he is surrounded with much Mystery.

There, however, seems to have been, at some remote Period, a Man named

_Ambrose Merlin_, living in Carmarthenshire, in Wales; and it will pay

the Reader well to turn to Thomas Fuller, and see what he says about

him in his _Worthies_, Vol. III, 524. Among other things he says:

"His Extraction is very Incredible, reported to have an Incubus to

his Father, pretending to a Pedigree older than Adam, even from the

Serpent himself. But a learned Pen demonstrateth the Impossibility of

such Conjunctions. And let us not load Satan with groundless Sins,

whom I believe the Father of Lies, but no Father of Bastards." A witty

Conceit, but ruinous to the Theory of Witchcraft.

[96] See Vol. I, _Introduction_, Page xv. The Executions in Scotland

were but few Years before those in New England.

[97] The same Gentleman mentioned in _Note_ 86, _Page_ 157.

[98] Thomas Hobbes, a Native of Malmsbury in Wiltshire, England, born

in 1588, and died in 1679. He has been stigmatized as an Unbeliever in

Divine Revelation; was a Man of extensive learning, published Works on

Philosophy, and translated Homer.

[99] Finding themselves in this Dilemma (many of the Believers in

Witchcraft never having thought of it, it would seem,) the Advocates

must have been sadly puzzled. Nor is it easy to see how, by turning to

Locke, Le Clerc, or Cudworth, they are helped at all.

[100] Le Clerc has one sensible Remark, among many weak ones, about

the Existence of Witches. He says: "Those Opinions or Diseases of the

Brain which Witches have, who think they go to Feasts and Dancings,

upon their talking of it to others, that are of a timorous Disposition

and weak Brains, bring others into the same Fits of Fury, and, like

a Contagion, spread far and near, infesting many Heads; though it is

observable those Diseases are more frequent amongst the Inhabitants

of Mountains and solitary Places, than amongst those that live in

Cities." It must occur to the judicious Reader, that Mons. Le Clerc

took a roundabout Way to tell him that Witchcraft flourished best

among ignorant People. See _A Compleat History of Magick, Sorcery, and

Witchcraft_, London, 1715, 2 Vols. 12mo.

INDEX.

NOTE.--As the small Roman Numerals in this Index denote both the

Volumes and the Pages of the Introductions, those who consult it

may observe, that when the Introductory Pages are referred to, the

Reference to the Volume is in large or Roman Capitals:--For Example, I,

xx, refer to the first Volume, and to Page 20 of the Introduction to

the same Volume; II, xxii, refer to Volume second, and Page 22 of that

Volume.

ABBOT, Benjamin, 195, iii, 116, 117.

Abbot, Nehemiah, 191.

Abbot, Sarah, 196, iii, 117.

Acosta, Joseph, 201.

Addington, Isaac, 26, iii, 15, 133.

Ady, ----, a Writer against Witchcraft, iii, 74.

Alcot, Job, appointed Counsellor, 26.

Alden, John, Jr., II, xxiv; tried and imprisoned, iii, 26; his

Narrative, 26-8; Bail refused, 30; escapes, _ib._; cleared by

Proclamation, 128.

Alden, Timothy, iii, 177, 178.

Allen, James, 108, 151, iii, 40.

Allen, John, sees one of the Accused fly in the Air, i, 177; his Oxen

bewitched, iii, 93.

Allen, William, cited, 7.

Ambrose, Isaac, on the Devil, 56.

America, a squallid, horid Desart, 13; of what Use is it, 46; some

hopeful Symptoms of, 97; ever to be in the Devil's Hands? _ib._;

Spirits common to be seen Day and Night in, ii, 116.

Andover, People of, bewitched, iii, 117, 120, 121, 125, 126.

Andrew, Daniel, ii, 159, iii, 44; Joseph, 105; Sarah, _ib._

Andrews, Thomas, iii, 107.

Andros, Edmund, Sir, I, lxxxi.

Andrus, Silas, I, xcii.

Angels, evil ones, ii, 32, 43, 75; Notions concerning, 187-8.

Apparition, of those Murdered, 34; of the Devil, 79; of Mr. Beacon,

136-7; Accusers at Trials, 155; their Charges confessed, 188-9;

Witnesses, iii, 106.

Appleton, Samuel, 26, iii, 15.

Arnold, John, Jailor of Boston, iii, 20, 179.

Arnold, Margaret, 145.

Ashurst, Henry, Sir, I, vi; Agent for Massachusetts, iii, 148-9.

Astrology, injudiciously regarded, 122, 238.

Atkinson, John, Witness against Martin, 178; Sarah, 184; John's Cow

bewitched, iii, 94; Sarah, is amazed, _at nothing_, 100.

Attaballipa, his Fate, iii, 138-9.

Austin, sweet spirited, 27.

Aves, Samuel, ii, 68.

Ayer, John, Jr., iii, 196.

BACHELOR, John, Apology of, iii, 135.

Bailey, John, iii, 40; Constable, 113.

Bailey, N., his Definition of Witchcraft, I, xiii.

Baker, ----, Sister to Ann Putnam, iii, 11.

Balch, Benj. Jr., Wife Elizabeth, swears against Mrs. Bishop, iii, 78.

Ballantine, John, II, xxii.

Ballard, Joseph, iii, 51; Brother John, _ib._, 113; Operations to

discover Witches, 55; Witnesses, 126.

Baptism by the Devil, Ceremony of, iii, 113.

Bare, John, Searcher for Witchteats, iii, 39.

Barker, Abigail, signed a Recantation, iii, 57.

Barnard, John, II, xxi; prays at Witch Examinations, iii, 56.

Barnes, Benjamin, iii, 221.

Bartel, Robert, Capt., iii, 178.

Barton, James, II, xxiii.

Bates, William, Extract from, ii, 113-14.

Baxter, Richard, I, xx; on Memorable Providences, 10, 141; thanks C.

Mather, ii, 43; quoted, 45; his ungainsayable Book, 86; cure of Church

Divisions, 111; commends I. Mather, 113; his Ideas of a Devil and

Witch, &c., 113-119; his Work the Effect of aged Imbecility, 119.

Bayley, Mrs., Sister to Ann Putnam, iii, 11.

Beacon, Joseph, 136, 137.

Beale, William, swears against Mr. English, iii, 177-86; Son dies, 182,

183.

Belknap, Jeremy, referred to, ii, 85.

Belzebub, Works ascribed to, iii, 163.

Bent, Peter, of Sudbury, iii, 221.

Benom, Mistress, accused, iii, 130.

Bent, Mr., ----, iii, 100.

Bentley, William, D. D., on P. English, iii, 179-81.

Bereans, reference to, ii, 3.

Bernard, Richard, on detecting Witches, 45-6; Remarks on, ii, 12; Calef

on, 56; how did the Jews manage without him, iii, 165.

Bibber, John, Witness against Giles Cory, iii, 172.

Bibber, Sarah, iii, 8; swears against Mrs. Nurse, 11; against Mr.

Burroughs, 62; against Cory, 170.

Billerica, People of, bewitched, iii, 118.

Bishop, Bridget, Trial of, 163; what her Shape did, 164; her Coat torn

while Invisible, 165; her Poppets discovered, 173; Teats found upon

her, 174; accused ten Years before, 208; long reputed a Witch, iii, 31;

Executed, _ib._; Copy of her Indictment, 74; others, 75-6; Trial of,

77-80; why called Oliver, 78; has a preternatural Teat, which vanished,

88.

Bishop, Edward, iii, 11; and Wife Sarah, committed, 16; why cried out

on, 17; escape from Prison, 49; his Sow bewitched, 81-2.

Bishop, Samuel, iii, 49; had married a Putnam, _ib._

Black-art taught by the Devil, I, xii.

Black, Mary, arrested, iii, 16.

Blackmore, Richard, Sir, I, lxxvi.

Black Pig, one appears to John Louder, iii, 85-6.

Blazdel, [Henry?] 181, iii, 97.

Bligh, (Bly,) John, swears against Mrs. Bishop, 167, iii, 81-2, 88.

Bligh, William, 173, iii, 76, 78, 82, 88.

Blount, Thomas, Definition of Witchcraft, I, xii-xiii.

Bocking, Jane, 142.

Bodin, John, Writer on Demonology, ii, 6, 117.

Bohun, Edmund, Licencer, I, cii.

Booth, Elizabeth, iii, 16, 204.

Boxford, Witchcraft in, iii, 126.

Boynton, Joseph, ii, 151.

Bradbury, Mary, condemned, iii, 44.

Bradford, William, 26.

Bradley, Samuel, II, xxvii.

Bradstreet, John, accused, iii, 52; makes his escape, 53.

Bradstreet, Simon, 26, ii, 85, iii, 52, 145-6; Dudley commits accused,

iii, 52.

Brattle, Thomas, Letter to, ii, 85-92; William, 108.

Braybrook, Samuel, iii, 7; accuses Giles Cory, 170.

Bridges, James, iii, 126.

Bridgham, Joseph, ii, 151.

Bridgman, Orlando, Sir, 141.

Brimstone, horrid Scent of, 121; without a Metaphor, 122; a Flood of,

ii, 4; used in tormenting, ii, 33; scalded with, 47; smelt in Margaret

Rule's Case, 53.

Brinley, George, I, viii.

Brown, Hopestill, iii, 221.

Brown, William, Witness, 182; his Wife sees Susannah Martin vanish,

iii, 99; some Devil bewitches her, _ib._

Bunyan, John, I, xxi.

Burder, George, I, lxxix.

Burnet, Bishop, 140.

Burroughs, George, 151; Charges against, 153; childish Accusations

against, 154; alleged Confusion, 155; accused of Murders, 156; Ghosts

of his Wives, 157; his Promises to induce People to become Witches,

158; had the Strength of a Giant, 159; Treatment of his Wives, 160;

puts on Invisibility, 161-2; denies the Existence of Witches, 162;

Executed, 163; his great Strength from the Devil, ii, 9; further

Account of his Execution, iii, 38-9; Confession of one of his Accusers,

43; Indictment, 61; Trial, 63; Brother-in-Law to Mr. Ruck, 72-3; denies

that there are Witches, 74; about his putting on Invisibility, 123;

Cause of his being prosecuted, 210.

Burrows, [Burroughs] Jeremiah, 84.

Burton, Robert, I, xxxviii.

Buxton, John, afflicted, iii, 17.

CALEF, Robert, I, xxix, lxxv; his _More Wonders_, &c., lxxvi; a

singular Judgment upon, lxxxvii; little known of him, II, xii; a Sir

John, xiii; his _More Wonders_ burnt, xxi; Will of, xxiii; before

Authority to defend himself, ii, 8; Visit to Margaret Rule, 49;

threatened with Arrest for Slander, 54; proposes an Interview with Mr.

C. Mather, 55; Letter to Mr. C. M., 56-59; prosecuted, 55; explains his

Belief of Witchcraft, 56; on the Power of the Devil, 58; complains of

Mr. M.'s bad Faith, 60; not appeared against at Court, _ib._; another

Letter to C. M., 70-74; the Case of Rule further examined, 72, &c.;

another Letter to C. M., 79-85; his Endeavors to clear the Accused, 78;

expects Enemies, 84; will do his Duty, 85; Letter to Mr. B., 85-92;

Letter to the Ministers, 92-102; charges C. M. with being a Cause of

the Witch Troubles, 92; his Answer, 93; his _More Wonders_ denounced,

96; Letter to S. Willard, 102-105; another to C. M., 113; describes

the Perils to an Opposer of Witchcraft, 122; Letter to the Ministers,

124-34; rebukes the Ministers, 132-3; Letter to Wadsworth, 134-40;

Exposure of C. M.'s bad Logic, 136; Answer to Stuart, 186-198; on

Angels, 187; accused of Blasphemy, 202; another in Answer to Stuart,

207-212; Strictures on I. Mather's Agency, iii, 18 or 19.

Camerarius, living Library, ii, 6.

Carlton, William, II, vii.

Carrier, Martha, Indictment and Trial of, 194, iii, 113-121; horribly

tortures poor People, 115; her Children swear against her, _ib._;

causes Sores, 116; pulls one by his Hair, 117; kills Cattle, 118;

shakes Phebe Chandler, 119; makes Noises in the Air, _ib._; seen at

Witch-meetings, 120; goes through the Air on a Pole, _ib._; at a

diabolical Sacrament, _ib._; a rampant Hag, 121; to be Queen of Hell,

_ib._

Carrier, Richard, 197, 199, iii, 117; afflicts one, 118.

Carrier, Thomas, 194.

Cary, Mrs., accused, iii, 11; sent to Prison, 20; Barbarity towards,

20-25; escapes to New York, _ib._

Cary, Jonathan, [Nathaniel,] iii, 25.

Cat-rope, described, ii, 7.

Chamberlain, Edward, I, lxxvi.

Chandler, Bridget, swears against Mrs. Carrier, iii, 119.

Chandler, Phebe, 198; shaken by a Witch, iii, 118; her Legs seized on,

119.

Chandler, Susan, 142.

Chandler, Thomas, Evidence, iii, 126.

Chapman, Simon, and Wife, iii, 107.

Charity, recommended, 28.

Charles, Second, iii, 143.

Charlestown, Witchcraft Trials at, iii, 126.

Charms, by whom practiced, ii, 28.

Chase, G. W., _History of Haverhill_, iii, 128, 196-7.

Checkley, Samuel, ii, 151.

Cheever, Ezekiel, Scribe, iii, 31.

Chester, Bishop of, I, ix.

Chips in Wort, defined, iii, 126.

Choate, Thomas, II, xxvi.

Christian, Philosopher, I, lxxii-iii.

Churches, why often struck by Thunder, 68-9; prevent Witchcraft, 130-1.

Churchill, Sarah, iii, 204.

Circles.--See WITCH-CIRCLES.

Clark, Mary, Examination of, iii, 195-7.

Clark, Samuel, his Story of the Devil's Appearance, 121.

Clavigero, [Francis Xavier,] 202.

Cloyce, Peter, protests against Mr. Parris, ii, 143.

Cloyce, Sarah, iii, 7, 53; Sister Nurse, 11, 13; goes out of Meeting,

14; an excellent Woman, 211.

Colman, Benjamin, I, xci, xcvi.

Coman, Richard, 167; swears against Mrs. Bishop, iii, 82.

Comings.--See CUMMINGS.

Connecticut, Witchcraft in, iii, 130, 131.

Cook, Elisha, Judge, ii, 157; Agent to England, iii, 148, 221.

Cook, John, a Witness, i, 166, iii, 78, 80-1.

Cooper, Thomas, on Witchcraft, xxxv.

Corwin, Jonathan, I, vii, 26, iii, 6, 10, 15; examines Giles Cory, 169.

Corwin, George, Sheriff, iii, 49, 50; buried, 79, 187, 202.

Cory, Giles, pressed to Death, 209, II, vii, iii, 7, 44-5, 79; his

Examination, 169-173; Site of his Residence, 174.

Cory, Martha, accused, ii, 7, 9; sent to Prison, 10; sentenced to

Death, iii, 44; executed, 45; Ballad on her and her Husband's Fate,

174-77.

Cotton, John, I, xxv, lxvi.

Cox, Mary, Irons for, iii, 20.

Crosby, [Anthony?] a Doctor, declares Hysterics a Case of Witchcraft,

iii, 100.

Cullender, Rose, 142.

Cumbey, Robert, II, xxi.

Cummings, Josiah, iii, 107.

Cummings, Isaac, Witness, 192, iii, 105; his Mare dies, 111.

Curiosities, matchless, 201-210.

Cushing, John D., II, vii.

DAGGET, William, iii, 183.

Dane, Deliverance, signs a Recantation, iii, 57.

Dane, Francis, iii, 121; John, his Apology, 135.

Danforth, Samuel, I, xcvi; Thomas, ii, 109; iii, 15; Judge, 125;

Services, 126; admonishes Mrs. Daston, 128.

Daniel, Samuel, 26.

Dastin, Goodwife, iii, 126; cleared, 127; but dies in Prison, 128.

Davis, Silvanus, 26.

Dean, John Ward, 13.

Dee, John, Astrologer, 124.

Defoe, D., on the Devil, 102.

Delrio, on Witchcraft, I, xiii, xx.

Demonology, by King James, I, xx; its Character, xxi, xli-xliii.

Demons, prestigious ones, iii, 160.

Denmark, great Discovery of Witches in, 148.

Desaguliers, J. T., I, lxxvi.

Devil, I, xi; teaches the Black Art, xii; how he creates Witches, xv;

Nature of his Covenant with, xviii-xix; exists by God's Permission,

xx; the Principal in Witchcraft, but cannot be tried, xxvi; assents

to good Offices, xxxvii; appears personally to Witches, liv; what he

requires of them, lv; coming down in great Wrath, I, 50, 54, 76, 95,

101, 117, 122, 135; owned N. England, 15; an Army of Devils, 17; many

sign his Book, 18; has made a dreadful Knot of Witches, _ib._; his

Juggles feared, 19; bid come out of a Damsel, 20; Speech of, 20-1;

may represent an innocent Person, 21; darting Operations, 24; raises

Storms and Tempests, 25; envies the Prospects of the Country, 26;

made us a troubled Sea, 27; gives us Shakes, _ib._; commissioned by

Witches, 29; tells many Truths, 31; Devil-ridden, 33; always leaves

the Mark of his Covenant, 40; League with, 41; his Existence not

doubted, 55-6; Government among, 57; swarm about us like the Frogs of

Egypt, _ib._; Prince of the Power of the Air, _ib._; Belzebub, 58;

knows every Language, _ib._; Degrees of Devils, 59; horrible Dragon,

60; a Tyger, 61; gets Liberty to make a Descent upon Men, _ib._;

Rendezvous of his Troops, _ib._; his long Journey, 62; a Do-evil, 64;

a Moloch, 65; prevents Discoveries and Inventions, 66; sends Plagues,

and Pestilence, and Wars, 67; a Vulcan, 68; makes a horrible Tempest,

69; uses a hot Iron, 71; his Wrath increases, is Prince of this World,

72; God swears at, 73; his Time almost out, 74; God's Command to,

76; makes Earthquakes, 77; his present Quarters, 79; his World, 80;

incredible Droves of, 81; nibbles at the Heels of Saints, 83; the

World his Country, 85; his Time nearly out, 88-91; his eldest Son, 89;

alarmed at the Settlement of N. England, 94; an Eyesore to, _ib._; an

antagonistic Force, 96; appears as a black Man, 102; his Law Book, 104;

takes on the Likeness of harmless People, 106; permitted by God, 107;

burning and sooty, 109; in God's Chain, 110; baptises, 111; administers

the Sacrament, _ib._; how influenced to come down, 114; the Way to

out-wit him, _ib._; we give Rest to, 115; Sparks of Hell Fire flashing

from every Side of, 115; on a Chimney in Germany, 116; throwing Stones

there, and other Mischief, 117; set on by the Wrath of God, 118;

rattling of his Chains heard, 121; an Asp, 122; infernal Dragon, 124;

flies about as a Bird, 130; Children dedicated to, 131; a Whip for his

Back, 132; forced to fly by a Woman behind the Door, 133; a Prince, a

God, 134; afflicts with Distempers, 148-9; a black Man, 159; described,

171; one in a Meeting-house, 174; performs Baptisms at Newbury Falls,

194; carries some to a Witch-meeting on a Pole, 199; appoints a Queen

of Hell, 200; apishly affects divine Things, 201; his Proceedings among

the Swedes, 216; discovered by the Author, 217; his Power, 218; Dog of

Hell, 219; Serpent upon a Rock, 220; tempts with Friendship, 224; a

speckled Snake when he tempted Eve, 225; shoots cruel Bombs, 227; would

burn all the Bibles, 229; a Throng of in the Author's Meeting-house,

230; he rocks Persons to sleep there, 231; hurried Jesus to the Top of

the Temple, 232; prevents Witches from uttering all the Lord's Prayer,

_ib._; a Nimrod, 233; can attack with Thunder and Lightning; raise

Storms, _ib._; a Goliah; dogs Ministers, bad at quoting Scripture, 234;

quotes it for our Terror, 235; plays the Preacher, 236; consulting

Astrologers is going to the Devil, 238; a Mountebank, 241; to worship

him is Witchcraft, 243; with lengthened Chains, ii, 4; commissioned

by Witches questioned, 7; further discussed, _ib._, 8; his Power to

create Strength? 9; origin of the Belief in such a Character, 11; a

damnable Doctrine, 12; appears to an Indian, 25; prodigious Descent

of, 26; his Size, Complexion and Voice, 29-30; his Power, 41; very

uncertain, 42; "horrendous Operations," 46; got a Scourge for his Back,

47; not commissioned by a Witch, 58; denied, 76; can work Miracles, 74;

his Bounds set, 76; causes Plagues, 79; does not know every Language,

80; his Testimony not to be regarded, 82; the oldest Sinner, 90;

more about his Powers, 94-5; vast Numbers of, _ib._; a Free-willer,

118; commissioned by Contract, 128; only commissioned by God, 130-1;

no Father of Bastards, 196; an independent Power, 201; resembles

an Indian, iii, 70; described, 85; flies over an Apple-tree, 86;

Depredation in a Meeting-house, 89; performs Baptism, 112; his Manner

of Baptising, 113; vanquished by Sir W. Phips, 158; commissioned by

Witches, 162; meets with Astonishment, 209.

Douglass, William, I, lxix, lxx, iii, 125, 159.

Downer, Robert, Witness against Mrs. Martin, 180; tormented by her in

the Shape of a Cat, iii, 96.

Dragon, makes Wars, 67; insinuates Witchcraft, 124; a great Devil, 216;

hard after Ministers, 234; keeping Guard, ii, 79.

Drake, Nathan, Extracts from, I, xxxiii.

Dudley, Joseph, iii, 145; presides at the Trial of Glover, 153.

Dummer, Jeremiah, ii, 151.

Dunton, John, I, vi, viii, 217, ii, 109.

Durent, Ann, 142; William, _ib._

Dustin, Hannah.--See DASTIN.

EAMES, Rebecca, condemned and executed, iii, 45.

Earl, Robert, on Margaret Rule, ii, 69.

Earth, recedes from the Sun, 75; filled with firey-flying Serpents, 81.

Earthquakes, the Work of the Devil, 77, 78; happening all over Europe,

91, 92.

Easty, Isaac, committed for Witchcraft, iii, 16.

Easty, Mary, sentenced, iii, 44; her Execution, 46; dies protesting her

Innocence, 46-48; an excellent Woman, 211.

Elimas, Sorceries of, ii, 171.

Eliot, Edmund, 181, 182, iii, 97-8.

Eliot, John I, lxvi.

Elizabeth, Queen, Witchcraft in her Time, I, xxxix.

Elliott, Andrew, Apology of, iii, 135.

Ember-weeks, what they are, ii, 116.

Enchantments encountered, 9-48.

Endicott, Zerobbabel, 210.

English, Mary, committed, iii, 16; escapes, 50, 79; Testimony against,

126-7.

English, Philip, indicted, iii, 16; escapes from Prison, 50; Account

of, 177; an Episcopalian, 178; dies, 181.

Ethnics, Gentiles, ii, 119, iii, 164.

Evelith, Joseph, Apology of, iii, 135.

FALKNER, condemned to Death, iii, 45.

Familiar Spirit, who hath it, iii, 166.

Farnam, John, iii, 126.

Farnum, [Varnum?] Ralph, 195.

Farrare, Thomas, iii, 185.

Fast, appointed in Reference to Witchcraft, iii, 132.

Felt, Joseph B., cited, ii, 109, iii, 20, 181.

Filmer, Robert, Sir, on Witchcraft, I, xvii-xx, xxv.

Firmin, Giles, 13.

Fisk, Thomas, Apology of, iii, 36, 135.

Fisk, William, iii, 135.

Fletcher, Benjamin, Gov., iii, 25; his Kindness to Fugitives from

Witchcraft Prosecutions, 180.

Flint, Thomas, a Searcher for Witchteats, iii, 39.

Flood, a great one in the Connecticut, 29.

Fogg, John S. H., ii, 75.

Fools, made able Fortune-tellers, iii, 142.

Foster, Ann, executed, iii, 45; her Confession, 119-20; Remark upon,

208.

Foster, Ephraim, Evidence in Wardwell's Case, iii, 126.

Foster, Hannah, confesses being carried on a Pole to a Witch-meeting,

199.

Foster, Jacob, iii, 107.

Foster, John, first Printer in Boston, 26.

Fowler, Joseph, iii, 8.

Fowler, Samuel P., ii, 6; his Life of Parris, iii, 198.

Foy, [John?] Captain, 137.

Franckius, [Peter?] I, lxxvi.

Franklin, Benjamin, I, lxxvi-vii.

Freemen, and Non-freemen, iii, 143.

Fuller, Goodman, is killed by Witchcraft, iii, 64.

Fuller, [Jacob?] a Doctor, decides a Case of Hysterics to be

Witchcraft, iii, 100.

Fuller, John, iii, 11.

Fuller, Thomas, D. D., I, lxxvi-vii, II, 196.

Fuller, Thomas, iii, 199.

GALLOWS-HILL, where reputed Witches were executed, iii, 45.

Gallows-Tree, iii, 177.

Gaul, John, on Detection of Witches, 42-4; his Rules observed, 153;

Remarks upon, ii, 12; Calef on, 56, 70, 178, 197; Mather on, iii, 64.

Gedney, Bartholomew, I, vii, 26; Judge, iii, 26; Conduct at Capt.

Alden's Trial, 28, 30, 172.

Gee, Joshua, I, xcvi.

Germany, the Devil on a Chimney there, 116, 117; Witchcraft in, ii, 197.

Ghosts of murdered People appear, 155, 156-7, 209, iii, 106.

Gibbs, Barnabas, II, xxv.

Gidney, Bartholomew.--See GEDNEY.

Gill, Obadiah, II, xxi; William, a Searcher for Witchteats, iii, 39.

Glanville, Joseph, describes Unbelievers in Witchcraft, I, lxi.

Glover, _Goody_, executed, iii, 153.

Goblin, one described, iii, 85-6.--See HOBGOBLIN.

God, swears in loud Thunders at the Devil, 73; more abandons the World

than formerly, 75; bids the Devil make all miserable, 76; permits the

Devil to come upon us, 107; has the Devil in a Chain, 110; his Wrath

sets on the Devil, 118; would have subdued the Devil if called upon,

120; swears in Wrath, 125; clucks to us, 130; a Dog of Hell barking

at him, 219; the Devil superior to, ii, 9; whether he commissions the

Devil, 70; the Mother of, 82; leaves the Devil at free-will, 118;

commissions the Devil, 130-1.

Godfrey, John, iii, 52.

Gold, Sam., at Mrs. Bishop's Trial, iii, 78; at Giles Cory's, 170.

Good, Sarah, accused of being a Witch, iii, 6, 7; her Child also, 11;

Chains for, 20; executed, 33; Horrors attending, 34, 187.

Good, William, iii, 7.

Goodall, Goodwife, iii, 8.

Goodwin, John, Children bewitched, I, lxxxviii; testifies to a Miracle,

II, xxi; Baxter on the Story, 45; farther Note on, iii, 153.

Gould, William, II, xxiii.

Gowans, William, I, xciii.

Gray, Samuel, swears against Mrs. Bishop, 166, iii, 31.

Green Lane, iii, 115.

Green, Mary, imprisoned and escapes, iii, 53.

Green, Thomas, II, xxv.

Greenslett, John, iii, 64.

Greenslett, Thomas, swears against Mr. Burroughs, iii, 64.

Griggs, Dr., iii, 8, 190, 205-6.

HADLEY, Deborah, iii, 107.

Hale, John, prays at Witch Trials, iii, 10; attends Examinations, 22;

his Wife accused, 48; on Mr. Parris's Conduct, 207.

Hall, Bishop, on the Devil's Prevalency, 112; on Astrology and Magic,

124.

Hanvoord, Goodman, iii, 11.

Happy Family, Origin of, 29.

Hardy, Thomas, his Snare of Devilism, iii, 102.

Harris, Benjamin, I, vii, II, 55.

Harrod, John, iii, 11.

Hathorne, John, I, vii, 26, iii, 6, 9, 15; Inhumanity of, 23; Examinant

of Giles Cory, 169; of Tituba, 187; of Mary Clark, 195.

Hathorne, Susanna, iii, 195.

Haverhill, Witchcraft in, iii, 128, 195, 197.

Hell, Toyls of, 19; Belial of, 22; Mad Dogs of, 27; Philistines of, 27;

Mastives of, 64; lowest Depths of, 77; hellish Rattlesnakes, 80; wild

Beasts of, 86; Ty-dogs of, 108; Adders of, 118; a little Portraiture

of, 131; a Queen appointed for, 200; the Pilate of, ii, 27; Lions and

Bears of, 43; lively Demonstrations of, 47; Covenant with, 136; great

Officers of, iii, 113.

Hemmingius, Nicholas, 204.

Herrick, George, ii, 109; Marshal, iii, 11, 17; testifies against Giles

Cory, 172.

Herrick, Henry, iii, 135.

Heyman, Samuel, 26.

Hiacoomes, a Christian Indian, ii, 23.

Higginson, John, I, vii, 201, 207; Examiner, iii, 126.

Hill, John, Capt., ii, 75; at Salem, iii, 27.

Hill, Zeb., a Searcher for Witchteats, iii, 39.

Hinckley, Thomas, 26.

Hoar, Dorcas, condemned, iii, 44; Estate seized, 50.

Hobs, William, committed, iii, 16.

Hobbes, Thomas, ii, 201.

Hobbs, Abigail, condemned and executed, iii, 45.

Hobbs, Deliverance, Witness against Bishop, 165; committed as a Witch,

iii, 16; tormented, 80.

Hobgoblin, Witchcraft, iii, 137.--See GOBLIN.

Holland, Joseph, II, xxii.

Hollingworth, Richard, iii, 179, 182; William, _ib._

Holton, Benjamin, iii, 11; Sarah, Witness against Mrs. Nurse,

_ib._--See HOULTON.

Hopkins, Matthew, 30.

Horneck, Anthony, 19, 69, 221.

Horse-shoes, used by Conjurors, iii, 142.

Houlton, Joseph, iii, 113, 203.--See HOLTON.

How, Elizabeth, 188, iii, 33; Indictment of, 104; Trial of, 105-113;

Wife of James, _ib._, 107; baptised by the Devil, 112.

How, John, 190; Witness against his Sister, iii, 109.

Howe, John, Mr., iii, 139.

Howell, James, on Witchcraft, ii, 127.

Hubbard, Elizabeth, iii, 7, 62; swears against Mrs. Bishop, 75-6;

against Carrier, 114; against Giles Cory, 170; has Fits, 192.

Hudibras, on A. Ross, ii, 126.

Hudson, William, sees Margaret Rule go up without Hands, ii, 70.

Hughes, John, iii, 7.

Huguenots, Note on the, 70.

Hunnewell, Richard, Lt., iii, 64.

Hunt, Ephraim, ii, 151.

Hutchinson, Benj., Complainant, iii, 26.

Hutchinson, Elisha, 26.

IMPS, Employment of, 112; one sinks a Ship, _ib._; one appears like a

Rat, ii, 35.

Indians, vast Herds of, 65; Efforts of Powawes against the Settlers,

94-5; one of great Strength, 159; under Conduct of the Devil, 207;

Christian, ii, 23; one tempted by the Devil, 25; Witches among, 75;

Reason for, 117-18; Notions of Religion, 125; Covenant to adore the

Devil, 136; practice Witchcraft, iii, 5; resemble the Devil, 70; in

Witchcraft, 185-95; two at Salem, 204.

Ingersol, John, 163; Nathaniel, ii, 143, iii, 11; Witness, 15, 17, 199.

Inventions, hindered by the Devil, 66.

Invisibility of Witches, 204; Mist of, iii, 160.

JACOBS, George, Executed, iii, 38; further noticed, 43, 50, 204.

Jacobs, Margaret, confesses, iii, 43-4; escapes Death, _ib._

Jacobs, Mary, one of the Afflicted, iii, 8.

Jacobs, Thomas, Evidence against Bibber, iii, 8.

Jackson, Doctor, iii, 183.

Jamaica, Earthquake at, 78.

James First, his Demonology, I, xx; his Royal Nonsense, xxii; his Rules

for detecting Witches, _ib._; followed by Cooper, xxxvii; Effect of

James's Book, xli; describes what Witches can do, lii, liii.

James Second, 10, 92, iii, 131; Knights Sir William Phips, 137, 143.

Jennings, David, I, lxvii.

Jesus, on the Top of the Temple, 232; on the Battlements, 233.

Jewel, Bishop, [John,] I, xxxix.

Jewett, Nehemiah, ii, 151.

John, Indian, iii, 3; bewitched, 15; accuses E. Bishop, 17; his Wife

Tituba, 22.

Johnson, Eliza, iii, 126.

Johnson, Samuel, defines Witchcraft, xiv.

Jolliffe, John, Counsellor, 26.

Judges, remarkably blind, 107; pitiable, 127; defer to Hale's

Decisions, 141; their Reason departed, 174.

Jurin, James, I, lxxvi.

Jurors, some acknowledge their Errors, iii, 134-5.

Justin, Martyr, ii, 10.

KEELING, Judge, a wise Decision of, disregarded, 148.

Kembal, John, Witness against Martin, 180; she bewitches his Cattle,

iii, 96-7; sees a black Cloud, and runs upon Stumps, _ib._; Puppies

appear to him, 98.

Keney, Henry, testifies against Mrs. Cory, iii, 7.

Kersey, John, his Definition of Witchcraft, I, xii.

Keys, used by Conjurors, iii, 142.

Keysar, ----, Daughter distracted, iii, 16.

Kimball.--See KEMBLE.

King, D. P., owned the Site of Giles Cory's House, iii, 74.

Knowlton, Joseph, and Wife, iii, 107.

LACY, Lawrence, Wife bewitched, iii, 120.

Lacy, Mary, 199; another, 200; Condemned and Executed, iii, 45; her

Confession, 120.

Lancashire Witches, 158.

Lane, Francis, Witness, 193, iii, 105; his Rails bewitched, 112.

Laplanders, Witchcraft among, 22, 108.

Lawrence, Robert, of Casco, iii, 64.

Laws, against Witchcraft, remark on, iii, 125; repealed, _ib._

Lawson, Dedot, his History, I, iv, vii, 156, 186; endorses the Story

of the Iron Spindle, 205; defends the Proceedings against Witchcraft,

ii, 154-5; at Salem, iii, 7, 12; on Mr. Burroughs, 39; his Wife and

Children killed, 64; Chaplain to Andros's Expedition, _ib._; more about

the Murder of his Family, 68; on the Devil's Baptism, 113.

Le Clerc, [Jean,] cited, ii, 212.

Legion, definition of, 56; of Devils, 218, ii, 95.

Leverett, John, Gov., ii, 108.

Lewis, Mary, [Mercy,] iii, 26, 75.

Lewis, Mercy, iii, 8; sees a Man in White, 13; Witness against Mr.

Burroughs, 62, 64; against Mrs. Bishop, 75; against Philip English,

126; against Giles Cory, 170; Account of, 204; why she accused Mr.

Burroughs, 210.

Leyton, [Thomas,] Mr., of Lynn, iii, 185.

Loader, [Louder?] John, Evidence against Mrs. Bishop, iii, 76.

Locker, George, Constable, iii, 187.

Lothrop, Barnabas, Counsellor, 26.

Louder, John, 170; sees the Devil, 171; sees a Black Pig, iii, 85.

Louis, Fourteenth, 93.

Lynd, Joseph, Counsellor, 26.

MANCHESTER, a Spectre worsted there, 206.

Maniche, an Arabian God, ii, 125, 128.

Manning, Jacob, Dep. Marshal, arrests Mr. English, iii, 181.

Marshall, John, II, xxviii.

Martin, George, iii, 97.

Martin, Susanna, Trial of, 175; Execution, iii, 33; Indictment against,

89-103; cast into a very singular Confusion, 100; appears to John

Pressy, 101.

Martyr, Justin, ii, 10.

Mary, Queen of William Third, 92; Death of, iii, 131.

Mascon, the Devil of, 59, 70.

Mason, Stephen, Counsellor, 26.

Mather, Cotton, why charged with an undue Share of the Persections, I,

iii, lxxiv, lxxxv; his Faith in Witchcraft, v; his unfortunate Book,

xxxiv; Memoirs of, lxv-xcviii; his Defence, 1-4; further Defence of

the Prosecutions, iii, 59-61; Countermines the Plot of the Devil, i,

3; bedeviled, 80; condemns Astrology, 123-4; Pity for the Judges,

127-8; not present at the Witch Trials, 139; Rejoices at the Justice

of the Work against Witches, 140; Horror at the Name of Mr. Burroughs,

152; believes in the Ability of Witches to put on Invisibility, 162,

204; gives Unbelievers three Bones to pick, 205; some Misgivings about

shedding Blood, 207; Argument against Calef, II, xiii-xviii; Story of

Margaret Rule, ii, 21-36; read many Books of Physic, 34; relieves M.

Rule by three Fasts, 39; pains to rescue the Miserable from Lions and

Bears of Hell, 42; thanked by Venerable Baxter, 43; tries to prevent

excessive Credit of spectral Evidence, 44; his own Estimate of his

Labors, 46-7; Complaints, 48; Letters to, 48-62; threatens Calef,

54; has him arrested, 55; fails to meet him, 60; Whittier on, 61;

Letter to Calef, 62-8; brings heavy Charges against him, 64; People

believe smutty Things of him, 65; Defends his Father, 66; offers Mr.

Calef the Use of his Books, 67; Charges of Hellish Witchcraft, 80;

does not understand the Wiles of the Devil, 83; Thunder breaks into

his House, 86; defines a Witch, 90; a Cause of the Convictions, 92;

his Answer, 93; Denial of Statements made by Calef, 96; does not

distinguish between Miracles and Works of the Devil, 97; Arraigned by

R. C. in Argument, 135-6; Messenger, 151; heavy Charges against Calef,

iii, 32; Acquainted with the Wiles of the Devil, _ib._; Conduct at

Mr. Burroughs's Execution, 38; Defence of the Prosecutions, 59-61;

Omissions, iii, 106, 109, 111; an Advocate, 122; his Account of Trials

as faithful as others, 123; his Life of Phips anonymous, and why, 136;

Defends it, 137-8, 140; strenuous for a Reassumption of the Charter,

146; compares Mr. Calef to Satan, 151; the most Active of any in

prosecuting Witches, 154; his contradictory Statements pointed out,

157-8; his Ambidexterity, 154, 159; his Relatives accused, _ib._;

sincere and credulous, 161.

Mather, Increase, I, vi, xxx; ii, 12; prays with Margaret Rule, 51;

Proceedings against Mr. Calef, 55; cited, 60; defended by his Son, C.,

66; on the Devil, 90, 95; _Remarkable Providences_, 106-7; Messenger,

151; Defence about the Charter, iii, 18; Proctor's Appeal to, 40; Cases

of Conscience, 58; Angelographia, 131; his Acts retold by his Son, 136,

141; his Ideas undergo a Change, 142; troubled by Fobb-actions, appears

to King James, 145; his Reason for accepting a new Charter, 149; the

bewitched _Eye_, 160; Moderater of Mr. Parris's Council, 216.

Mather, Nathaniel, iii, 139.

Mather, Samuel, Life of his Father, I, lxvii; Funeral Sermon on, xcvii.

Mead, Matthew, Mr., iii, 139.

Meeting House, the Devil in one, iii, 89.

Memorable Providences, approved by Baxter, 10; a Work by I. Mather, ii,

12, 106-7.

Merlin, Ambrose, ii, 196.

Mexico, Indians of, 201-2.

Middlecot, Richard, 26, ii, 151.

Millenium, near at Hand, 90-1.

Milton, John, I, xi.

Ministers, why dogged more by the Devil than others, 234; Stars of

Heaven, in danger of the Dragon's Tail, _ib._

Miracles, one witnessed, ii, 74; wrought by Men, 128.

Mist of Invisibility, iii, 160.

Moody, Joshua, iii, 40; aids Philip English to escape from Jail,

179-180.

_More Wonders_, a vile Book, 96.

Morgan, Samuel, Searcher for Witch teats, iii, 39.

Mormons, reference to, ii, 81.

Morton, Charles, ii, 108.

NAZIANZEN, the Author like a, 28.

Newbury-Falls, Baptisms there by the Devil, 194, iii, 112, 197.

New England, Loyalty and Religion in, 10; no Land so free from Vices,

12; once the Devil's Territory, 15, 120; broken in upon by an Army of

Devils, 17; a Scandal feared from Witchcraft, 19; Province of, 20;

stocked with Rattle-snakes, 25; little Hope of, from the Wrath of the

Devil, 93-4; a howling Wilderness, 94; its Losses by Indians and by

Sea, 95; Decline of Godliness in, 96; poor N. England, 109; People in

the Belly of Hell, 110; pleases the Devil, 122; no People so basely

despise the Gospel, 125; hast destroyed thyself, ii, 6; a Charter

obtained, iii, 142; why Quo Warrantoed, 143; worse circumstanced than

any Corporation in England, _ib._; Revolution in, 144-153; Prodigies

in, not a tenth Part related, 161.

Necromancy, who are guilty of it, iii, 166.

Noyes, Nicholas, I, vii, iii, 7, 9; at Alden's Trial, 28; Conduct at

Executions, 34; his Firebrands of Hell, 48; at the Examination of Mary

Clark, 196.

Nurse, Francis, iii, 7, 198.

Nurse, Rebecca, iii, 7, 10; Sister Cloyce, 13; executed, 33; her

Explanation, 36, 37; Sister Easty, 46; why accused, 210.

Nurse, Samuel, ii, 143, 159, 211.

OAKES, Thomas, Agent to England, iii, 148.

Ogilvie, John, Definition of Witchcraft, I, xiv-xvi.

Old South Church, Boston, iii, 133; Ministers of, in Witchcraft Times,

177.

Oliver, alias Bishop.--See BISHOP, BRIDGET.

Orton, Job, on W. Perkins, 38.

Osborn, Sarah, accused, iii, 6, 7; Iron Chains prepared for, 20;

accused by Tituba, 188.

Osgood, Mary, Recantation of, iii, 57.

PACY, Deborah, afflicted, 142.

Pacy, Elizabeth, afflicted, 142.

Paganism, Popery, 52.

Palmer, John, his Book on N. England, iii, 144.

Paracelsus, [Auroleus,] I, xxxviii, 68.

Parker, Alice, a Witch, 208; Sentence to die, iii, 44.

Parker, Mary, condemned and executed, iii, 45.

Parris, Elizabeth, iii, 8, 209.

Parris, Noyes, iii, 221.

Parris, Samuel, Protest against, ii, 141-3; long and humble

Acknowledgment, 143-8; Ministers and Elders of the Churches recommend

his Acknowledgment be accepted, 149-51; further Protest against, 152-3;

the Elders' Plea for, 155-6; accused of swearing falsely, 158; his

Account of the Beginning of the Troubles, iii, 3-4; swears against

Rebecca Nurse, 11; preaches, 14; appointed Scribe at the Examinations,

15; Examinations at his House, 22; swears against Mrs. Bishop, 75;

Scribe at How's Trial, 105; at other Times, 127; at Cory's Examination,

173; Account of, 198-222; Family of, 203-4, 209; not an Enemy to Mr.

Burroughs, 210; not a swift Witness, _ib._; how his Name comes to be

frequent in the Trials, 211; cleared by a Council, 217; but dismissed,

218; Epitaph on his Wife, 221; his Death, _ib._

Parris, Samuel, Deacon, iii, 221.

Parris, Thomas, iii, 198, 222.

Payne, Robert, Juror, iii, 127, 185.

Payson, Edward, ii, 151; pleads for Mrs. How, iii, 106.

Peabody, John, Apology of, iii, 135.

Peach, Bernard, a Witness against Mrs. Martin, 178-9; bites a Witch,

iii, 94, 95.

Peasley, Joseph, Constable, iii, 196.

Pemberton, Ebenezer, ii, 15.

Pennington, Thomas, I, ix.

Perd, Margaret, ii, 50, 51; smells Brimstone, 53.

Perkins, Thomas, Apology of, iii, 135.

Perkins, William, defines Witchcraft, I, xiii; his Rules questioned,

xxxiii; Notice of, 37; his Doctrine of Witchcraft, ii, 12; Mr. Calef

on, 56, iii, 165.

Perley, John, 193-4; Fence Rails bewitched by, iii, 111; Apology of,

135; Samuel and Wife, 105, 106.

Perley, Timothy, Witness, 192.

Pharaoh, Old, accused of Witchcraft, iii, 126-7.

Philistines of Hell, 27.

Phillips, Edward, I, xi; John, 26; Samuel, ii, 151; Evidence for Mrs.

How, iii, 106.

Phips, William, arrives, 25, iii, 18; orders Irons for the Accused,

20; orders the Trials for Witchcraft published, 58; called Home, 130;

how became Governor, 137; finished his Life and Government together,

_ib._; a Pizarro, 138; harsh Temper, 141; had his Fortune told, 154;

vanquishes the Devil, 158; his Relatives accused, 159.

Pike, Robert, 26, iii, 103.

Pithagoras, Doctrine of, ii, 118.

Pitman, Thomas, 206.

Pizarro, Sir W. Phips compared to, iii, 138.

Plagues, caused by the Devil, ii, 79.

Plastic Spirit of Witches, 204, ii, 88; a Nonentity hooked in, 90;

Mischief to the Devil, 96.

Plynyism, what it is, 204.

Pope, Joseph, and Wife, iii, 8, 203.

Popery, revived Paganism, 52.

Poppets, used by Spectres, ii, 40, iii, 82; some found and described,

88; Remark upon, 124.

Porter, Benjamin, iii, 11.

Post, Mary, Evidence against Mary Clark, iii, 197.

Prayers, the great Artillery of Heaven, 132; a Whip for the Devil's

Back, _ib._

Prescot, Peter, Dr., 196, iii, 116.

Pressy, John, Witness against Martin, 184; sees a great Light, iii,

100; his Heels are struck up, 101; Loss of Cows, _ib._

Preston, Samuel, 198; his Cow bewitched, iii, 118.

Preston, Thomas, iii, 203.

Prince, Thomas, I, xc, xci, xcv.

Printing, not sooner discovered owing to the Devil, 66.

Procter, Elizabeth, iii, 7; John, _ib._; Mrs., cried out on, 15; John,

executed, 38; Barbarity to his Family, 40; his Letter to Ministers,

40-2; his Course to prevent Witchcraft, 204.

Procter, William, made to confess by Torture, iii, 41.

Prodigies, in N. England, not a tenth Part related, iii, 161.

Pudeater, Ann, sentenced to be executed, iii, 44.

Pulsifer, David, 13, II, vii, III, 169.

Putnam, Ann, iii, 7, 8, 9; Witness against Mrs. Nurse, 11; against Mr.

Burroughs, 39, 62, 63; against Mrs. Bishop, 75; against Giles Cory,

170; against Mary Clark, 197; why she became an Accuser, 210.

Putnam, Edward, ii, 143, iii, 7.

Putnam, John, Witness against Mrs. Nurse, iii, 11; Mrs. Dastin, 128; of

Parris's Society, 198.

Putnam, Joseph, ii, 159.

Putnam, Thomas, iii, 7; swears against Mrs. Nurse, 11; Mrs. Bishop, 75;

Mrs. Daston, 128.

QUINCY, Josiah, on "Certain Proposals," ii, 106; one-sided and

dogmatical, iii, 19; on I. Mather's Diary, 136.

RAVEN, Story of one speaking, 33.

Rawson, Edward, iii, 16, 52, 197.

Rea, Joshua, iii, 198.

Redd, Willmet, condemned to die, iii, 45.

Reed, Richard, iii, 184.

Rice, Nicholas, iii, 29.

Rice, Sarah, sent to Prison, iii, 29.

Richards, John, 26, iii, 30; Judge, 125, 128.

Ring, Jervis, 185; suffers from Nightmare, iii, 103.

Ring, Joseph, 186; carried about by Demons, iii, 102; in a Snare of

Devilism, _ib._; hurried through the Air, _ib._; taken to Hellish

Meetings, 102-3.

Ring, Robert, an Error, 186.

Robie, William, II, xxi.

Robinson, George, II, xxvii.

Roggers, John, Witnesses against Martha Carrier, 197; of Billerica,

iii, 118; killed by Indians, _ib._

Ross, Alexander, Hudibras on, ii, 126.

Ruck, John, Foreman of Jury, 161, iii, 35, 72-3.

Russell, James, 26, iii, 15.

Rule, Margaret, Story of, ii, 21; seized by evil Angels, 26; fell into

odd Fits, 28; assaulted by eight cruel Spectres, _ib._; bring her a

red Book to sign, 29; her Tortures described, 30; fasts nine Days, 31;

stuck full of Pins, 32; Liquor poured down her Throat "as of scalding

Brimstone," 33; her Hurts soon cured, 34; taken up to the Ceiling and

held there, 35; her Minister interferes, 38; gets the better of the

Devil, 40; visited by Mr. Calef, 49; his Report of her Case, 49-54; a

Sweetheart in it, 51-2; Aves's Testimony concerning, 68; others, 69-70.

Rum, used in a Case of Witchcraft, ii, 51.

SABBATH, begins at Sunset, Saturday, 223.

Sadducees, unbelievers in Witchcraft, 32; Baxter on, ii, 45;

Mischievous, 46; Witlings, 60, 61; Atheists, 108; Infidels, iii, 162,

163.

Safford, Joseph, Witness, 189, iii, 105, 108-9.

Salem Village, Church Difficulties, ii, 140-3.

Saltonstall, Nathaniel, 26, ii, 109, iii, 30.

Sanderson, Robert, Deacon, iii, 207.

Sargent, Peter, 26.

Satan.--See DEVIL.

Sayer, Samuel, Apology of, iii, 135.

Scotland, Witchcraft in, ii, 7, 197.

Scott, Margaret, condemned to Death, iii, 44.

Scott, Reginald, writes against Witchcraft, I, xxxix; Extracts from,

xlv-vii; has taken great Pains, lix.

Scottow, Joshua, iii, 64.

Scribonius, Note upon, 1.

Sergeant, Mr. [Peter,] iii, 31.

Sewall, Samuel, 26, 209; subscribes to the Truth and Accuracy of

Mather's _Wonders_, 211, iii, 59; Judge, II, xxiv, 157, iii, 15, 31;

Appointment of Judge, 125; Services, 126, 128; in Sorrow for the Part

he took those accused of Witchcraft, 133; a Referee in Mr. Parris's

Case, 221.

Sewall, Stephen, Captain, iii, 209.

Sharp, [James,] D. D., iii, 151.

Shattock, Samuel, 168; swore against Mrs. Bishop, iii, 76; Wife Sarah,

also, _ib._, 83-4; Remarks on his Evidence, 123.

Sheldon, Susanna, 200; swears against Mr. Burroughs, iii, 66-7; against

Mrs. Bishop, 78; against Mrs. Carrier, 120; against Mary Clark, 196;

Account of, 204.

Shepard, John, iii, 53; Rev. Mr., 185.

Sheppard, Rebekah, iii, 11.

Sherrin, John, iii, 105.

Sherringham, Robert, 150.

Sherwin, _Goodwife_, 191.

Short, Mercy, ii, 27, 37, 51.

Sibley, John L., I, viii; Mary, iii, 3, 206.

Sieves, used to conjure with, iii, 142.

Sikes, Victory, Corporal, iii, 219.

Simpkins, Thomas, II, xxv.

Slavery, a Divine Institution, xvi; Effect of its Denunciation, 12-13.

Smith, James, II, xxiii, III, 203.

Snow, falls as Wool, I, lxxiii; some red, lxxiv.

Soam, John, his Cart bewitched, 149.

Sobieski, John, King, 91.

_Some Few Remarks_, an Answer to Calef, II, xxi.

Sorceries, 122, 123; little ones, iii, 142; how known, 165.

Sow, one bewitched, iii, 109.

Spectacles invented, 66.

Spectral Sight, Pretenders to, iii, 166.

Spectres, how allayed, 30, 31, 35, 103-4; take the Name and Shape of

Accused, 106; call upon People before Death, 109; pranks with an Iron

Spindle, 205; severe Scuffle with one, 206; "Eight Cruel ones" assault

Margaret Rule, ii, 28; "Cursed ones" bring a Book to sign, 29; Threats

of, 34; they steal a Will, _ib._; heard to clap their Hands, 35;

Caution about, 44; one cruelly assaults a Person, [Margaret Rule,] iii,

160.

Spencer, Edmund, a Witch described by. I, xlix.

Spencer, Richard, Witness, 150.

Spindle, Story of one, 205, iii, 160.

Spirits, white ones, ii, 37; one appears to Margaret Rule, 39.

Sprague, Martha, bewitched, iii, 126.

Stacy, William, 172, iii, 86-7, 76.

Star, Margaret, II, xxv.

Stephens, Lieutenant, iii, 53; Sister of, 54.

Stoughton, William, commends the _Wonders_, &c., 5-6; of unspotted

Fidelity, 26; declares Mather's Wonders true, 211; commissions Judges,

iii, 30; attests to the Truth of Mather's _Wonders_, 59; signs the

Death Warrant of Mrs. Bishop, 80; his Appointment, 125; Services, 126.

Stuart, one, Letter in Defence of Witchcraft, ii, 160-186; another,

198-207; on Blasphemy, 202.

Swan, Timothy, afflicted, iii, 196.

Swedeland, Witchcraft in, 108, 211.

Swinnerten, John, II, xxv.

Sydney, Henry, Lord, iii, 149.

Symons, Edward, 9.

TALBOT, Lord, causes the Repeal of Witchcraft Laws, iii, 125.

Tarbell, John, ii, 143, 159, iii, 199, 211, 215.

Taylor, Zachary, A. M., I, ix.

Teats, on Witches, ii, 57.--See WITCHTEATS.

Thacher, Peter, I, xcvii.

Thompson, Agnes, Confession of, I, xli-ii.

Thornton, Thomas, testifies to the Performances of Margaret Rule, ii,

69-70.

Thyaneus, Appolonius, ii, 70.

Tillotson, Archbishop, 56; aids Dr. Mather, iii, 149.

Tituba, practices Witchcraft, iii, 6; Note on her Examination, 22;

Examination in full, 178-95; a South American Indian, 200.

Tockinosh, John, ii, 23.

Tompson, Benjamin, I, xcv.

Toothaker, Allin, 196; Family of, 197; abused by a Witch, iii, 117.

Torry, Samuel, ii, 151; William, _ib._

Transubstantiation, as old as the Devil, ii, 200-1.

Trask, John, his Wife killed by Witchcraft, iii, 79.

Trithemius, Fancies of, iii, 164.

Tupper, Samuel, ii, 26; Thomas, _ib._

Tyler, Hannah, Recantation of, iii, 57.

Tyler, Jobe, Deposition concerning Witchcraft, iii, 52.

Tyler, John, II, xxiv.

Tyler, Mary, signs a Recantation, iii, 57, 197.

Tyng, Eleazer, II, xxvii.

USHER, Hezekiah, accused, iii, 196.

VAN Helmont, Jean, Baptist, ii, 41.

Varnum, [Farnum,] Ralph, 195.

Vibber.--See BIBBER.

Virgin Mary, Mother of God, ii, 82.

Vitzlipultzli, an Indian Idol, 201.

WADSWORTH, Benjamin, Letter to, ii, 134, 135; Timothy, xxi.

Walcutt, John, Witness, iii, 113.

Walcutt, Jonathan, iii, 15; Mary, ii, 158, iii, 8, 26, 62, 170, 195,

205.

Waldron, Abigail, iii, 79.

Waldron, Nathaniel, iii, 79.

Waldron, William, I, xcvii.

Waller, Edmund, I, lxxxi.

Walley, John, i, 26, ii, 151.

Walter, Nehemiah, ii, 108.

Ward, Nathaniel, i, 13.

Wardwell, Samuel, condemned, iii, 45; Scene at his Execution, 46, 57;

his Wife executed, 125; he covenants with the Devil, 126.

Warner, Daniel, testifies in Favor of Mrs. How, iii, 107.

Warren, Mercy, an Accuser, iii, 16, 26, 62, 204.

Watkins, Mary, had been a Servant, iii, 128; sold into Slavery, 129.

Watts, Isaac, I, lxvii, lxxvi.

Way, Aaron, ii, 143; William, _ib._

Webber, Samuel, swears in Mr. Burroughs's Case, ii, 9, iii, 63.

Webster, Noah, Definition of Witchcraft, I, xiv.

Welch, Edward, a Searcher for Witchteats, iii, 39.

Wendell, Edward, II, xxvii.

Wentworth, Samuel, II, xxiv.

West, Abigail, II, xxv.

West, Thomas, Searcher for Witchteats, iii, 39.

Wheeler, Thomas, II, xxiii.

Whetford, ----, 208.

Whiston, William, I, lxxvi.

Whittier, J. G., on C. Mather, ii, 61, 160, iii, 163, 167, 174.

Wigglesworth, M., his Day of Doom, ii, 4.

Wild, John, iii, 16; his Wife Sarah, _ib._; executed, iii, 33.

Wild, ----, Captain, i, 137.

Wilds, Ephraim, Constable, iii, 105.

Wilkins, John, on Margaret Rule, ii, 69.

Wilkins, Richard, ii, 55, 56.

Wilkins, Thomas, ii, 143, iii, 216.

Willard, John, executed, iii, 38, 39; Escape and Capture, 40.

Willard, Samuel, Letter to, ii, 102, 151; cried out of, iii, 37; appeal

to by Procter, 40; his Agency in the Escape of Mr. English, 177-8.

Willard, Simon, testifies in Mr. Burroughs's Case, iii, 64.

William and Mary, I, lxxxiv, 25; Death of Mary, iii, 131.

Williams, Abigail, ii, 156, 158, iii, 7, 8, 9; at the Devil's

Sacrament, 13; cries out on Capt. Alden, 26; of Mrs. Bishop, 75;

Mr. Cory, 170, 179; Account of, 204; one of the Originators of the

Witchcraft Delusion, 209.

Williams, Daniel, on Margaret Rule, ii, 69.

Williams, Nathaniel, a Committee on Salem Affairs, ii, 151.

Williams, Thomas, opposes Mr. Parris, iii, 212.

Wilson, John, of Boston, 7.

Wilson, Sarah, accused, iii, 57.

Winchell, David, Sergent, iii, 219.

Winsor, Hannah, iii, 26.

Winthrop, Adam, Counsellor, 26.

Winthrop, Wait, 26, ii, 157, iii, 30; Judge, 125, 221.

Witchcraft, Cause of its Decline, I, iv; Works upon, v-x; Definitions

of, xi-xvi; taught in the Bible, xvi; how People's Eyes were opened,

xvii; how carried on, xxii; Practiced through Images or Pictures,

_ib._; Laws respecting, xxiv-v; the Bible upon, xvi, xxvii; Ideas

respecting, xxviii; opposed only by Infidels, xxix; Origin of, xxxi;

the Question which stayed its Progress, xxxii; Works upon, xxxiv-viii;

Law against, xxxix, xliii; not Spiritualism, lx; at the present Day,

lxxv; came near blowing up all the Churches, 17; Storms of, 20; thorny

Business, 29; will not be shammed, 34; disposed of, 42; in Lapland,

68-9; flourishes where are no Churches, 130-1; to worship the Devil,

243; a Relict of Heathen Learning, ii, 11; a principal ecclesiastical

Engine, 12; further defined, 56-7; how Prosecutions were eventually

checked, 110-11; sensible and evident, 105; Laws made against, iii,

124; repealed in England, 125; a Hobgoblin Monster, 137.

Witchteats, for the Devil to suck, ii, 57, 100; a horrid Barbarity to

search for, 132; Excrescences, iii, 124.

Witches, how made, I, xv; Nature of their Covenant with the Devil,

xxiii; the Devil a Slave to, xix; exist by God's Permission, xx; how to

detect, xxiii; vast Numbers executed, xv, xxvii; Punishment impossible,

xxxi; good Witches, xxxvii; one described by Spencer, xlix; different

Kinds, l, lii; how they contract with the Devil, liv-v; Manner of

living, lvi-viii; the Devil has made a dreadful Knot of, 18; prodigious

Meetings of, 19; commission the Devil, 29; Way of discovering, 37;

Confessions and Practices, 103; fairly executed, 107; Executions of,

in Suffolk and Essex, 112; thorny Business, 114; firey Serpents, 124;

in Denmark, 148; Witches impeach Witches, 157; Symptoms of Guilt, 162;

Conduct after the Manner of Congregational Churches, 202-3; by applying

the _Plastic Spirit_, render themselves and Tools invisible, 204; Cause

of Suicides, 207; nineteen executed, 217; can't say the Lord's Prayer,

232; their Power to commission Devils Questioned, ii, 7; Scriptures

do not describe it, _ib._, 8; commission Devils? 76; drive a Trade of

commissioning, 80-1; let fly Demons, 81; turn into Cats, Dogs, and

Cattle, 127; a Witch not known to Reason, 138; can commission Devils,

139; of Lancashire, reference to, iii, 69; steal Liquor, 110; some goe

on a Pole to a Witch-meeting, 120.

Witch-Circles, held by young Girls, iii, 208; Origin of the Salem

Troubles, _ib._, 209-10.

Witch-Hill, where the Execution of those accused of Witchcraft were

executed, iii, 45.

Wizard, a Witch, I, xii, xxxviii; reveals the Witch by the Devil's

Help, 40; the Soul that goeth a whoring after, ii, 154.

Wood, Martha, Witness, 192, iii, 110.

Woodbury, Abigail, iii, 79.

Woodward, John, I, lxxvi.

Woodward, W. E., I, viii, x-xvi.

Wolcott.--See WALCUTT.

Wool, Pall of, as Snow, I, lxxiii.

Wyllys, Edward, II, xii.

Transcriber's Note.

Variable spelling and hyphenation have been retained. Minor punctuation

inconsistencies have been silently repaired. Footnotes were renumbered

and placed at the end of each section. The Index was copied from the

third volume. The entry _Tockinosh, John, ii, 23._ does not correspond

to the text.

Corrections.

The first line indicates the original, the second the correction.

p. 80:

with a Cnmmission from some of Mankind

with a Commission from some of Mankind

p. 116:

Witchcraft, because the _Emher_

Witchcraft, because the _Ember_

p. 125:

it is to he hoped that

it is to be hoped that

p. 193:

reckons up Withcraft among the Works

reckons up Witchcraft among the Works

Footnote 72:

about A.D. 277, and his Docrine

about A.D. 277, and his Doctrine

Footnote 78:

of the Hononrable Persons

of the Honorable Persons

Footnote 89:

The others will be noticed onward, in the Account o the Trials.

The others will be noticed onward, in the Account of the Trials.

Footnote 97:

The same Gentleman mentioned in _Note_ 86, _Page_ 64.

The same Gentleman mentioned in _Note_ 86, _Page_ 157.

Errata.

The first line indicates the original, the second how it should read.

p. 25:

threatning bittterly to kill

threatning bitterly to kill

p. 32:

which the Old _Serpent_ made where he did his _first Adddress_

which the Old _Serpent_ made where he did his _first Address_

p. 103:

on so flight

on so slight

p. 141:

found no redress in this matter, accountea ourselves

found no redress in this matter, accounted ourselves

p. 193:

it were very improper to place it with Drunkennness

it were very improper to place it with Drunkenness