nesses; but this is recorded in particular,
and to my Purpose, whether from her own Mouth or not, I do not say,
namely, the Description of a Witch, and the Difference between Witches,
and those other of Satan's Acquaintance who act in his Name.

1. They have consulted and covenanted with a Spirit or _Devil_.

2. They have a Deputy _Devil_, sometimes several to serve and
assist them.

3. These they employ as they please, call them by Name, and command
their Appearance in whatever Shape they think fit.

4. They send them abroad to or into the Persons who they design to
bewitch, who they always torment, and often murther them, as Mother
_Lakland_ did several.

As to the Difference between the several Devils that appear, it relates
to the Office of the Persons who employ them; as Conjurers, who seem to
command the particular _Devil_ that waits upon them with more Authority,
and raise them and lay them at Pleasure, drawing Circles, casting
Figures, and the like; but the Witch, in a more familiar manner,
whispers with the Devil, keeps the _Devil_ in a Bag or a Sack, sometimes
in her Pocket, and the like, and like Mr. _Faux_ shews Tricks with him.

But all these Kinds deal much in Dreams, talk with the Devil in their
Sleep, and make other People talk with him in their Sleep too; and 'tis
on this Occasion I mention it here; in short, the Devil may well take
this Opportunity with Mankind, for not half the World that came into his
Measures would comply, if they were awake; but of that hereafter.

And yet his thus insinuating himself by Dream, does not seem sufficient,
in my Opinion, to answer the _Devil_'s End, and to carry on his
Business; and therefore we must be forc'd to allow him a Kind of actual
Possession, in particular Cases, and that in the Souls of some People,
by different Methods from others; _Luther_ is of the Opinion that the
_Devil_ gets a Familiarity with some Souls just at, or rather before
their being embodied; as to the Manner and Method how he gets in, that
is another Question, and may be spoken of by it self; besides, why may
not he, that at Satan's Request to enter into the Herd of Swine, said
_go_, give the same Commission to possess a sort of Creatures so many
Degrees below the Dignity of the _Gaderenian_ Swine, and open the Door
too? but as for that, when our Lord said _go_, the _Devil_ never
enquir'd which Way he should get in.

When then I see Nations, o