Satan's Invisible World Discovered: $b or a choice collection of modern relations, proving evidently, against the atheists of this present age, that there are devils, spirits, witches, and apparitions, from authentic records, and attestations of witnesses of undoubted veracity. To which is now added, that marvellous history of Major Weir and his sister, the witches of Bargarran, Pittenweem, Calder, &c.Sinclair, George
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Satan's Invisible World Discovered: $b or a choice collection of modern relations, proving evidently, against the atheists of this present age, that there are devils, spirits, witches, and apparitions, from authentic records, and attestations of witnesses of undoubted veracity. To which is now added, that marvellous history of Major Weir and his sister, the witches of Bargarran, Pittenweem, Calder, &c.
Sinclair, George
Occultism; Superstition; Witchcraft
returned to their bed, where they both kneeled down and prayed; an
excessive fear and sweat being upon them.—By and by a naked arm
appears in the air, from the elbow downward, and the hand stretched
out, as when one man is about to salute another. He then skipped out
of his bed, and kneeling down, begged help from heaven. The arm had
now come within its own length to him, as it were to shake hands with
him. Whereupon, he immediately goes to bed again, and at the opening
of the curtain, it offered another salutation to him. The man and the
wife embracing one another through fear, and still eyeing the naked
arm, they prayed the more earnestly. But the cubit offering to touch
him, he was in such a consternation and amazement, that he was as one
distracted; but taking some courage from God, he boldly spake to it
after this manner: “In the name of the living God, and of our Saviour
Jesus Christ, tell me why thou troublest my family? To my knowledge,
I never wronged any man, by killing or cheating; but hath lived
honestly in the world. If thou hast received any wrong, if I can
right thee, I will do my utmost for thee; but trouble me no more.”
Notwithstanding of this, the arm and hand, came nearer than before,
still after a courteous manner, with an offer of acquaintance. They
fell to prayer again, both of them being drowned with sweat; and in
the mean time, they saw a little dog come out of that little room
afore-named; which, after a little time looking about towards the bed
and the naked arm, composed itself upon a chair, as it were with its
nose in its tail to sleep. This somewhat increased their fear. But
quickly after, a cat comes leaping out from the same room, and in the
midst of the hall, began to play some little tricks. Then was the
hall full of small little creatures dancing prettily; unto which none
of them could give a name, as having never in nature seen the like.
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