_Biblical._
DEVIL, or SATAN. Any opponent or antagonist, whether seen or unseen.
WITCH. Employer of mysterious acquisitions in teaching _heresy_.
WITCHCRAFT. Using mysterious acquisitions in teaching _heresy_.
_By Cotton Mather._
DEVIL. Heaven-born, fallen, mighty, malignant; and yet _dependent on
human help_ to act upon physical man or anything material.
WITCH. A _covenanter_ with the devil.
WITCHCRAFT. Helping or employing the devil to do harm--either.
_By Robert Calef._
DEVIL. Heaven-born, fallen, mighty, malignant; but _independent of
man_ in action upon this world.
WITCH. Seducer of men from worship of God "_by any extraordinary
sign_."
WITCHCRAFT. "Maligning and impugning the word, work, or worship of
God, and by any extraordinary sign seeking to seduce men from worship
of Him."
_By Thomas Hutchinson._