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
same to proceed from God’s favourable providence, he accepted of it,
and held on his way till he came to Vienna in Austria.
XXIII.—_Anent a great Doctor of Divinity that rose out of the Bier,
and spake to all that were present._
It is written in the life of one Bruno, that a doctor of great note
for learning and godliness, being dead, was brought to the church to
be buried; and while they were in their popish devotions, and came
to these words, _Responde de mihi_, the corps arose in the bier,
and with an extremely terrible voice cried out, _Justo Die judicio
accusatus sum_, “I am accused at the just judgement of God.” At which
voice the people ran all out affrighted. On the morrow, when they
came again to perform the obsequies, to the like words as before,
the corpse arose again, and cried with a hideous voice, _Justo Die
condemnatus sum_. “I am judged at the righteous judgement of God.”
Whereupon the people ran away amazed. The third day almost all the
city came together; and when they came to the same words as before,
the corps rose again, and cried with a more doleful noise than
before, _Justo Dei judicio condemnatus sum_. “I am condemned at the
righteous judgment of God.” The consideration whereof, that a man
reputed so upright, should yet by his own confession, be damned,
caused Bruno and the rest of his companions to enter into the strict
order of Carthusians. The author and relator makes this use of it:
“If the voice of the dead man could affright them unto superstition,
should not the warning of God affright unto true doctrine?”
XXIV.—_Some drunkards destroyed by the devil._
This hath been published in a sermon by a godly minister; but I must
insert it here in its own proper place. On the 8th of February,
saith my author, in the year 1578, a company of drunkards, whose
names are recorded as followeth, Adam Gibbons, George Keepel, John
Keysel, Peter Horsdroff, John Warner, Simon Heamkers, Jacob Hermons,
and Hermon Frow. These eight drunkards, in contempt of the blessed
sabbath, agreed to go to the tavern on the Lord’s day to be merry;
and coming to the house of Anthony Hodge, an honest godly man, they
called for burnt wine, sack, claret, and what not. The good man
refusing to give them any, advised them to go to the church to hear
the word of God; but they all, save Adam Gibbons, refused, saying
they loathed that exercise. Whereupon the host departed; who being
gone to church, they began to curse and ban, wishing he might break
his neck ere he returned; and wishing the devil might break their own
necks, if they went from hence till they had some wine.
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