ng can be produced out of the Word of God to
shew, that this is any Proof of Witchcraft 268
9. Antipathies in Nature have Strange and Unaccountable
Effects 268
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? 269
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 269
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
Vanity and great Sin which is in that way of Purgation
evinced by Six Reasons 270
That there are Proofs for the Conviction of Witches, which
Jurors may with a safe Conscience proceed upon, proved
from Scripture 275
That a Free and Voluntary Confession is a sufficient Ground
of Conviction 276
That the Testimony of confessing Witches against others, is
not so clear an Evidence as against themselves 279
That if two Credible Persons shall affirm upon Oath that they
have seen the Person accused doing Things, which none
but such as have familiarity with the Devil, ever did
or can do, that's a sufficient ground of Conviction:
and that this has often happened 282
Mr. _Perkins_ his Solemn Caution to Jurors 283
Postscript 285
_The Wonders of the Invisible World:_
Being an Account of the
TRYALS
OF
\Several Witches\,
Lately Excuted in
NEW-ENGLAND:
And of several remarkable Curiosities therein Occurring.
Together with,
I. Observations upon the Nature, the Number, and the Operations
of the Devils.
II. A short Narrative of a late outrage committed by a knot of
Witches in _Swede-Land_, ve
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