[60] Gov. Hutchinson found this document in the Postscript of Increase
Mather’s _Cases of Conscience_, 1693. His copy, in the early draft, is
quite correct, except that the concluding words of the fifth section
“be consulted in such a case” were accidentally omitted. In making
his final draft he probably noticed that the sentence was incomplete,
and instead of recurring to the original authority, supplied words
of his own: “may be observed.” This, and similar facts, show that he
made little use of original authorities in preparing his final draft.
In his last copy of this document, and in printing, ten errors were
made in words and transpositions, but one of which appear in the early
draft. The most important error was _defeat_ for _detect_ in the second
section.