The Witchcraft Delusion in New England: Its Rise, Progress, and Termination (Vol. 2 of 3) — John Shaqi
The Witchcraft Delusion in New England: Its Rise, Progress, and Termination (Vol. 2 of 3)Mather, Cotton
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The Witchcraft Delusion in New England: Its Rise, Progress, and Termination (Vol. 2 of 3)
Mather, Cotton
Witchcraft -- New England
_The Copy of a Paper Receiv'd with the above Letter._
I DO Testifie that I have seen _Margaret Rule_ in her Afflictions from
the Invisible World, lifted up from her Bed, wholly by an Invisible
force, a great way towards the top of the Room where she lay; in her
being so lifted, she had no Assistance from any use of her own Arms or
Hands, or any other part of her Body, not so much as her Heels touching
her Bed, or resting on any support whatsoever. And I have seen her thus
lifted, when not only a strong Person hath thrown his whole weight a
cross her to pull her down; but several other Persons have endeavoured,
with all their might, to hinder her from being so raised up, which
I suppose that several others will testifie as well as myself, when
call'd unto it. Witness my Hand,
_SAMUEL AVES._[46]
WE can also Testifie to the substance of what is above Written, and have
several times seen [23] _Margaret Rule_ so lifted up from her Bed, as
that she had no use of her own Lims to help her up, but it was the
declared apprehension of us, as well as others that saw it, impossible
for any hands, but some of the Invisible World to lift her.
_ROBERT EARLE._[47]
_Copia_ _JOHN WILKINS._
_DAN. WILLIAMS._
WE, whose Names are under-writted do testifie, That one Evening when
we were in the Chamber where _Margaret Rule_ then lay, in her late
Affliction, we observed her to be, by an Invisible Force, lifted up
from the Bed whereon she lay, so as to touch the Garret Floor, while
yet neither her Feet, nor any other part of her Body rested either on
the Bed, or any other support, but were also by the same force, lifted
up from all that was under her, and all this for a considerable while,
we judg'd it several Minutes; and it was as much as several of us could
do, with all our strength to pull her down. All which happened when
there was not only we two in the Chamber, but we suppose ten or a
dozen more, whose Names we have forgotten,
_Copia_ _THOMAS THORNTON_.[48]
William Hudson[49] _Testifies to the substance of_ Thorntons
_Testimony, to which he also hath set his Hand_.
[_A Letter to Mr._ C. M.]
_Boston, January_ 18, 1693.
Mr. _Cotton Mather_,
_Reverend SIR_,
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