Of Ghostes and Spirites, Walking by Night: And of Straunge Noyses, Crackes, and Sundrie Forewarnings, Which Commonly Happen Before the Death of Men: Great Slaughters, and Alterations of KingdomsLavater, Ludwig
Religion
Of Ghostes and Spirites, Walking by Night: And of Straunge Noyses, Crackes, and Sundrie Forewarnings, Which Commonly Happen Before the Death of Men: Great Slaughters, and Alterations of Kingdoms
Lavater, Ludwig
Apparitions -- Early works to 1800
That many naturall things are taken to be ghostes.
Chapter.11. Fol.49.
A proofe out of the Gentiles histories, that ghostes do
oftentimes appeare. Chap.12. Fol.53.
A proofe out of the histories of the auncient Church, and
of the writings of holy Fathers, that there are walking
spirits. Chap.13. Fol.62.
That in the bookes, set foorth by Monkes, are many
ridiculous and vaine apparitions. Chap.14. Fol.65.
A proofe by other sufficient writers, that spirits do
sometime appeare. Chap.15. Fol.68.
Daily experience teacheth vs, that spirites do appeare to
men. Chap.16. Fol.71.
That there happen straunge wonders and prognostications,
and that sodain noyses and cracks and such like, are heard
before the death of men, before battail, and before some
notable alterations and chaunges. Chap.17. Fol.77.
It is proued by testimonies of holy scripture, that spirites
are sometime seen and heard, and that other strange matters
do often chaunce. Chap.18. Fol.85.
To whom, when, where, and after what sort, spirits do
appeare, and what they do worke. Chap.19. Fol.88.
_The Chapters of the second part._
The opinion or beleef of the Gentils, Iewes, and Turks,
concerning the estate of soules seperated from their bodies.
Chapter.1. Fol.98.
The Papists doctrine touching the soules of dead men,
and the appearing of them. Chap.2. Fol.102.
What hath followed this doctrine of the Papists,
concerning the appearing of mens soules. Chap.3. Fol.110.
Testimonies out of the word of God, that neither the
soules of the faithful, nor of infidels, do walke vpon
the earth after they are once parted from their bodies.
Chapter.4. Fol.114.
Testimonies of the auncient Fathers, that deade mens
soules parted from their bodies, doo not wander here
vppon earth. Chap.5. Fol.116.
A confutation of those mens arguments or reasons, which
affirme, that dead mens soules do appeare. And first,
that is answered which certaine do alleage, to wit, that
God is omnipotent, and therefore that hee can worke
contrary to the ordinary course of nature. Chap.6. Fol.123.
That the true Samuel did not appeare to the Witch in
Endor. Chap.7. Fol.127.
A confutation of their arguments, which woulde haue
Samuell himselfe to appeare. Chap.8. Fol.133.
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