raordinary sign seeking to
seduce any from it. See _Deut. 13.1, 2._, _Mat. 24.24._, _Act. 13.8, 10._,
_2 Tim. 3.8._ Do but mark well the places, and for this very Property
(of thus opposing and perverting) they are all there concluded arrant
and absolute Witches. 5. It is not requisite, that so _palpable Evidence
of Conviction_ should here come in, as in other more sensible matters;
'tis enough, if there be but so much _circumstantial_ Proof or Evidence,
as the Substance, Matter, and Nature of such an abstruse Mystery of
Iniquity will well admit. [_I suppose he means, that whereas in other
Crimes we look for more direct proofs, in this there is a greater use of
consequential ones._] But I could heartily wish, that the Juries were
empanell'd of the most eminent Physicians, Lawyers, and Divines that a
Country could afford. In the mean time 'tis not to be called a
Toleration, if Witches escape, where Conviction is wanting.' To this
purpose our _Gaule_.

I will transcribe a little from one Author more, 'tis the Judicious
_Bernard_ of _Batcomb_, who in his _Guide to grand Jurymen_, after he
has mention'd several things that are shrewd Presumptions of a Witch,
proceeds to such things as are the _Convictions_ of such an one. And he
says, '_A witch in league with the +Devil+ is convicted by these
Evidences;_ I. By a witches _Mark_; which is upon the Baser sort of
Witches; and this, by the Devils either Sucking or Touching of them.
_Tertullian_ says, _It is the Devils custome to mark his._ And note,
That this mark is _Insensible_, and being prick'd it will not Bleed.
Sometimes, its like a _Teate_; sometimes but a _Blewish Spot_; sometimes
a _Red_ one; and sometimes the _flesh Sunk_: but the Witches do
sometimes cover them. II. By the Witches _Words_. As when they have been
heard calling on, speaking to, or Talking of their _Familiars_; or, when
they have been heard _Telling_ of _Hurt_ they have done to man or beast:
Or when they have been heard _Threatning_ of such Hurt; Or if they have
been heard Relating their _Transportations_. III. By the Witches
_Deeds_. As when they have been _seen_ with their Spirits, or seen
secretly Feeding any of their _Imps_. Or, when there can be found their
Pictures, Poppets, and other Hellish Compositions. IV. By the Witches
_Extasies_: With the Delight whereof, Witches are so taken, that they
will hardly conceal the same: Or, however at some time or other, they
may be found in them. V. By one or m