Salem Witchcraft: With an Account of Salem Village, and a History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Subjects, Volume 2Wiggin and Lunt, 1867 - Salem (Mass.) |
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Page 549 - Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Page 94 - He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon : for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.
Page 486 - These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them : for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings : and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
Page 517 - In short, when I consider the question, whether there are such persons in the world as those we call witches, my mind is divided between the two opposite opinions, or rather (to speak my thoughts freely) I believe in general that there is, and has been such a thing as witchcraft; but at the same time can give no credit to any particular instance of it.
Page 549 - Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering ; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Page 511 - Therefore calling to mind the mortality of my body and that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament.
Page 475 - ... that we Justly fear that we were sadly deluded and mistaken, — for which we are much disquieted and distressed in our minds, and do therefore humbly beg forgiveness...
Page 8 - Now stand up, and name your text: and after it was read, she said, It is a long text. In the beginning of sermon, Mrs. Pope, a woman afflicted said to me, Now there is enough of that. And in the afternoon, Abigail Williams, upon my referring to my doctrine said to me, I know no doctrine you had, if you did name one, I have forgot it.
Page 518 - Christians know it or not) that the giving up witchcraft is in effect giving up the Bible. And they know, on the other hand, that if but one account of the intercourse of men with departed spirits be admitted, their whole castle in the air — Deism, Atheism, Materialism — falls to the ground.
Page 270 - ... you are a liar; I am no more a witch than you are a wizard, and if you take away my life, God will give you blood to drink.
References to this book
A Delusion of Satan: The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials Frances Hill No preview available - 2002 |