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... Lord Bacon thinks ( see his Sylva Sylvarum ) that soporiferous medicines are likeliest ” for this purpose , such as henbane , hemlock , mandrake , moon- shade , tobacco , opium , saffron , poplar leaves , & c . 2 See his History of the ...
... Lord Bacon thinks ( see his Sylva Sylvarum ) that soporiferous medicines are likeliest ” for this purpose , such as henbane , hemlock , mandrake , moon- shade , tobacco , opium , saffron , poplar leaves , & c . 2 See his History of the ...
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... Lord Guildford , by Roscoe , vol . i . p . 119. ) 1 See his Dialogue on the Common Laws of England . 2 Dr. Cudworth was the friend whom More refers to without naming , Collections of Relations , p , 336 , edit . 1726 , 8vo . 3 There is ...
... Lord Guildford , by Roscoe , vol . i . p . 119. ) 1 See his Dialogue on the Common Laws of England . 2 Dr. Cudworth was the friend whom More refers to without naming , Collections of Relations , p , 336 , edit . 1726 , 8vo . 3 There is ...
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... Lord cometh to visit his own , For the time is come that Judgement must begin at the House of God . To separate The Sheep from the Goats , and The Precious from the Vile . And to discover the Blasphemy of those that say , Apostles ...
... Lord cometh to visit his own , For the time is come that Judgement must begin at the House of God . To separate The Sheep from the Goats , and The Precious from the Vile . And to discover the Blasphemy of those that say , Apostles ...
Page xxxi
... Lord , concerning the Prophets that make my people erre , that bite with their teeth , and cry peace : and he that putteth not into their mouths , they prepare war against him : Therefore night shall be upon them , that they shall not ...
... Lord , concerning the Prophets that make my people erre , that bite with their teeth , and cry peace : and he that putteth not into their mouths , they prepare war against him : Therefore night shall be upon them , that they shall not ...
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... Lord will cut off out of the Land , so that his People shall have no more Soothsayers ; and as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses , so do these resist the Truth ; Men of corrupt Minds , reprobate concerning the Faith ; but they shall ...
... Lord will cut off out of the Land , so that his People shall have no more Soothsayers ; and as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses , so do these resist the Truth ; Men of corrupt Minds , reprobate concerning the Faith ; but they shall ...
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aforefaid Afsifes againſt alias Chattox Alice Nutter Alizon Alizon Deuice amongſt Angliæ Anne Redferne Anne Whittle Arraignement and Triall Barre bewitched Bromley Bulcock Caftle Caſtle Cheshire confeffeth confession Countie of Lancaster courfe Court daughter death deliuered Deuill devil Dogge Efquire ELIZABETH DEVICE Ellen Bierley Euidence Examinat Examinate further faith Examinates faid faid Anne faid Iennet faid mother faid Spirit fame fayd fayth felfe fhall fhee fhould fome Forreft of Pendle fuch giue Grand-mother hath haue houfe houſe Iames Deuice Iennet Bierley Indictment Iohn Iudge Iuftices of Peace Iurie James John John Webster kill laft Lancashire Lancre Late Lancashire Witches Lister Lord Mafter Maiefties Iuftices Malking-Tower Manchester neuer old Demdike Pendle witches practifes prefent Preston Prifoner receiue reft Reginald Scot Robert Nutter Rochdale ROGER NOWEL Samlesburie ſhe ſhee Southworth thee thefe theſe thing Thomas thou Tryall vpon wife Witchcraft wpon
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Page xxxiii - I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history; And, questionless, here in this open court, Which now lies naked to the injuries Of stormy weather, some men lie...
Page xxix - Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
Page cclxxi - Cause I am poor, deform'd, and ignorant, And like a bow buckled and bent together, By some more strong in mischiefs than myself, Must I for that be made a common sink, For all the filth and rubbish of men's tongues To fall and run into ? Some call me Witch, And being ignorant of myself, they go About to teach me how...
Page xxiv - Peace;" and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him : therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision ; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
Page xxiv - Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision ; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them. Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded : yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
Page xxxi - And Divers persons under a passive Delusion of Melancholy and Fancy. But that there is a Corporeal League made betwixt the Devil and the Witch...
Page cclxxi - Forespeaks their cattle, doth bewitch their corn, Themselves, their servants, and their babes at nurse : This they enforce upon me ; and in part Make me to credit it.* BANKS, a Farmer, enters.
Page xxix - For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth : men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
Page cclxix - He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.
Page xxix - These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.