[44] Here is a little mistake. It was not her mother, but Mr. Blaisdel who proposed this question, by her mother’s desire expressed to him. [45] This sentence was uttered at another time. It is believed by some, among whom is the writer, that several interviews mentioned in the last letter were not those of N. H., but of another Spectre. This may be somewhat difficult, and doubtless not essentially necessary to prove. [46] That is, that they experienced the same. [47] “Before she vanished.” That is, before she vanished for the last time that morning, for this was after she had vanished in the view of Mr. Downing, as in Testimony 8. [48] These last words declared to me by other witnesses are not in the original testimony of Mrs. H. I have therefore enclosed them. [49] Her messages were probably such as never were since Christ was on earth. Some of them are contrary to all expectation, and exposed the families of Mr. Blaisdel, Mr. Hooper, Capt. Butler, and Mrs. Butler, in particular, to unjust reproach. Therefore the loving kindness of the Lord to these families, made the proofs as extraordinary as the messages, that whoever shall calumniate either of those families, on account of these events, may do it at their peril. [50] Mr. D. has since declared that he had found all these words to be true. [51] They saw no personal form. [52] The greatest things are from among the least. [53] The order was nearly elliptical; for the two ranks were joined by certain persons at each end. [54] Whatever message enlarges or diminishes their doctrine or worship, must undoubtedly be rejected and the messenger too. But beware of extremes. [55] There was no preacher in the town that day. [56] _To have a familiar spirit_, as expressed in the Old Testament, and, _To have a demon_, as expressed in the New; seem to be phrases of the same import, and the idea of it was that of criminality. But we find no person in the New Testament justly accused of it. Demoniacs were of another description. They were esteemed innocent, and pitied, as being afflicted by the demons. Possibly this in part was the true evil which afflicted part of our land in 1692, and which our pious ancestors unhappily mistook for witchcraft. [57] The original of verse 11-12, is strictly thus: “And he said, bring me up Samuel. And the woman saw Samuel and cried out.” This strongly intimates that Samuel came unexpectedly and without any previous divination. The word _when_, in our translation has no responsive in the original.