III. There is a sort of Witchcrafts in those things, whereto the

Temptations of the Devil would inveigle us. To worship the Devil is Witchcraft, and under that notion was our Lord urged unto sin. We are told in _1 Sam._ 15. 23. _Rebellion is as the sin of Witchcraft:_ When the Devil would have us to sin, he would have us to do the things which the forlorn Witches use to do. Perhaps there are few persons, ever allured by the Devil unto an Explicit Covenant with himself. If any among ourselves be so, my councel is, that you hunt the Devil from you, with such words as the Psalmist had, _Be gone, Depart from me, ye evil Doers, for I will keep the Commandments of my God_. But alas, the most of men, are by the Devil put upon doing the things that are Analagous to the worst usages of Witches. The Devil says to the sinner, _Despise thy Baptism, and all the Bond of it, and all the Good of it_. The Devil says to the sinner, _Come, cast off the Authority of God, and, and refuse the Salvation of Christ for ever_. Yea, the Devil who is called, _The God of this World_, would have us to take Him for our God, and rather Hear Him, Trust Him, Serve Him, than the God that formed us. [97] IV. The _Temptations_ of the Devil do Tug and Pull for nothing more, than that the Rulers of the World may yield Homage unto him. Our Lord has had this by his Father Engag'd unto him, _That he shall one day be Governour of the Nations_. The Devil doe's extreamly dread the approach of that Illustrious time, when _The Kingdom of God shall come and his Will be done, as in Heaven, and on Earth_. For this cause it was that he was desirous, Our Lord should rather have accepted of him, that Kingdom, which _Antichrist_ afterwards accepted of him, for the Establishment of _Devil-worship_, in the World. I may tell you, The Devil is mighty unwilling, that there should be one _Godly Magistrate_ upon the face of the Earth. Such is the influence of _Government_, that the Devil will every where stickle mightily, to have that siding with him. What _Rulers_ would the Devil have, to command all mankind, if he might have his will? Even, such as are called in Psal. 94. 20. _The throne of iniquity, which frames mischief by a Law;_ such as will promote Vice, by both Connivance and Example; and such as will oppress all that shall be _Holy, and Just, and Good_. All men have cause therefore to be jealous, what Use the Devil may make of them, with reference to the Affairs of Government; but Rulers may most of all think, that the Lord Jesus from Heaven calls upon them, _Satan has desired that he might Sift you, and have you; O Look to it, what side you take_. Thus have you in the Temptations of our Lord, seen the principal of those Devices, which the Devil has to Entrap our Souls. But what shall we now do, that we may be fortified against those Devices? O that we might be well furnished with the _Whole Armour of God!_ But me thinks, there were some things attending the Temptations of our Lord, which, would especially Recommend those few Hints unto us for our Guard. First, If you are not fond of Temptation, be not fond of Needless, or Too much Retirement. Where was it, that the Devil fell upon our Lord? it was when he was Alone in the Wilderness. We should all have our Times to be Alone every Day; and if the Devil go to scare us out of our Chambers, with such a Bugbear, as that he'll appear to us, yet stay in spite of his teeth, stay to finish your Devotions; he Lyes, he dare not shew his head. But on the other-side by being too solitary, we may lay our selves too much open to the Devil; You know who says, _Wo to him that is alone_. [98] Secondly, Let an _Oracle_ of God be your defence against a _Temptation_ of _Hell_. How did our Lord silence the _Devil?_ It was with an, _It is written!_ And _all_ his Three Citations were from that one Book of _Deuteronomy_. What a _full_ Armoury then have we, in _all_ the sacred Pages that lie before us? Whatever the Words of the _Devil_ are, drown them with the words of the _Great God_. Say, It is _Written_ The _Belshazzar_ of _Hell_ will Tremble and Withdraw, if you show these _Hand-Writings_ of the Lord. Lastly, Since the Lord Jesus Christ has conquered all the _Temptations_ of the Devil, Flie to that Lord, Crie to that Lord, that He would give you a share in his Happy Victory. It was for Us that our Lord overcome the Devil: and when he did but say, _Satan, Get hence_, away presently the Tygre flew: Does the Devil molest Us? Then let us Repair to our Lord, who says, _I know how to succour the Tempted_. Said the _Psalmist_, _Psal._ 61. 2. _Lead me to the Rock that is higher than I._ A Woman in this Land being under the Possession of Devils, the Devils within her, audibly spoke of diverse Harms they would inflict upon her; but still they made this answer, _Ah! She Runs to the Rock! She Runs to the Rock!_ and that hindered all. O this _Running to the Rock;_ 'tis the best Preservation in the World; the _Vultures_ of _Hell_ cannot prey upon the _Doves_ in the _Clefts_ of that _Rock_. May our God now lead us thereunto.[208] [END OF THE WONDERS OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD AND OF THE FIRST VOLUME.] FOOTNOTES: [150] George Burroughs. Why the Author merely gave the Initials of the Name of Mr. Burroughs is left to Conjecture. Perhaps he considered him deeper in the Devil's Arts than the Rest of the accused, and perhaps he (the Author) had been more uncharitable towards him than towards others. See the Rev. Mr. Upham's highly interesting _Lectures on Witchcraft_, 101, _et seq._ He was "the most prominent Victim of the diabolical Fanaticism of 1692. He was Son of that 'Mrs. Rebecca Burrows, who came from Virginia when her Son was quite young.' He was admitted a Member of Mr. Eliot's Church, Roxbury, 12 Apl., 1674. Probably his Father had died in Virginia, and we may hope, that the Mother also had gone to another World before the sad Proof of Perverseness of God's Ordinances in her chosen Refuge by the horrible Proceedings against her only Child."--_Savage._ His Wife, as will appear presently, was a Sister of "Mr. Ruck" of Salem. See Mr. Willis's _Hist. Portland_. [151] It is not difficult to understand how a Person, believing, as all then believed, would be "cast into very great Confusion" at such Questions. [152] Deodat Lawson, who had preached at Salem Village; and on the 24th of March, 1692, he there preached a Sermon, entitled "_Christ's Fidelity the only Shield against Satan's Malignity;_ being Lecture Day, and a Time of Publick Examination, of some Suspected for Witchcraft." The second Edition of this Sermon was reprinted in London is 1704, in 12mo. Mr. Lawson was a sincere Believer in Witchcraft, and in his dedicatory Remarks, hopes "that it may please the ALMIGHTY GOD, to manifest his Power, in putting an End to your Sorrows of this Nature, by bruising _Satan_ under your Feet shortly."--What is at present known of him and his Family will be found in Savage, under the appropriate Head. Respecting his Wife and Daughter, he says they had been dead above three Years. _Appendix_ to the above _Sermon_, P. 99. He does accuse Mr. Burroughs. [153] It is refreshing, after reading this Case of Mr. Burroughs, as related by our Author, and to which we are at a Loss to find Words denunciatory enough to apply, to read the Conclusion to which my learned and judicious Friend, Mr. Willis comes, after a full View of all the Circumstances: "There has nothing survived Mr. Burroughs, either in his Living or Dying, that casts any Reproach upon his Character; and although he died the Victim of Fanaticism as wicked and stupid as any which has ever been countenanced in civilized Society, and which for a Time prejudiced his Memory, yet his Reputation stands redeemed in a more enlightened Age from any Blemish."--_History of Portland_, 246, Ed. 1865. [154] In 1680 poor Bridget Bishop appears to have been simply Bridget Oliver, and in that Year she was accused of being a Witch. "Feb. 22, the Negro of John Ingersol testified, before the Court of Commissioners, that he saw the Shape of said Bridget on a Beam of the Barn, with an Egg in its Hand, and that while he looked for a Rake or Pitchfork to strike it with, it vanished." She was ordered to give Bonds or go to Prison. See Felt, _Annals of Salem_, 265. She was the Wife of Edward Bishop, as will be seen further on. Her Husband was probably the Son of the first Edward Bishop of Salem. The Paternity of Bridget is uncertain. She may have been of the Family of Thomas Oliver, whose coming to Salem is recorded in the _Founders of New England_. [155] There was a Family of Hobbs at Topsfield. On May 13th, 1692, William Hobbs of that Place was taken and sent to the Jail in Boston. On the 23d of the same Month Deliverance and Abigail, probably of the Family of William before named, were also sent to Boston and imprisoned. See Felt's _Annals_, 304, also _Hist. Colls. Essex Inst._, 141. [156] Mr. Felt does not seem to have met with this Person in the _Salem Records_. He is mentioned in Savage's _Dictionary_, as marrying, at Salem, 28 Dec. 1671, Abigail Lord. More will be found of him when we come to the _More Wonders_. See also _Colls. Essex Inst._ ii, 140. There are also numerous other References to Persons of the Name. [157] Often spelt _Bligh_. A Brick-maker of Salem. His Wife was Rebecca, Daughter, probably, of Deac. Charles Gott, by whom he had a large Family. The Names of his Children are given by Savage. [158] The Man who had the following extraordinary Experience was unknown to both Felt and Savage, although he appears to have been an old Inhabitant of Salem. His Name was probably _Cumin_, _Cuming_, or _Cummings_, and may have been the Freeman of 1669. [159] Supposed to be the Quaker, over a Transaction of which Mr. Savage with great Eagerness "exults." That Transaction will be found detailed in the _Hist. and Antiqs. of Boston_, 357. Were Quakers allowed to testify in those Days? Mr. Lemuel Shattuck has given an Account of the Family in the Appendix to his _Memorials_, 361, _et seq._ [160] Hence it seems Shattuck was living at Salem as early as 1663. [161] This Name has probably undergone some orthographic Changes, as _Lowder_, _Lodder_, &c. There was a Lodder's Lane in Salem, so called because "the old Man, George _Lowder_ lived on the western Corner where the West House is."--_Hist. Colls. Salem Inst._ vi, 109. John Louder had a Wife "Eliz'a," and by her Sons, William, born 10 Feb. 1691; Nicholas, 31st 6mo., 1693; a Daughter Elizabeth, born 1 Oct. 1695, and a Son Jared, born 1 Nov. 1697.--_Ibid._ ii, 257. [162] Doubtless the same William, Son of Thomas Stacy of Salem, who married Priscilla Buckley, 28th 9 mo, 1677. He had a Daughter Priscilla, the same whose Death is mentioned in the Text, without Doubt. The Family Record is quite extensive, and may be seen in _Hist. Colls. Salem Inst._, iii, 193. See also, Felt, _Annals of Salem_, Vol. 2, _Index_. [163] That a Child's _Rag-baby_, or _Doll_, should be found in an out-of-the-way Place, put there by little Girls in their Play, did certainly "crown all" the Stupidity and Folly yet exhibited among People of mature Years. It proves, as Mr. Chever says, in his Notes on these Affairs, that "the Reason and Wisdom of the Magistrates had, for the Time, departed."--_Hist. Colls. Salem Inst._, ii, 78. [164] Susannah Martin belonged to Amesbury. She appears to have been a Woman of superior Mind, judging by her sensible Replies to the benighted Magistrate. She was a Widow, and one of those sent to Boston and imprisoned on the 2d of May, and on the 19th of July was hanged. She was probably the second Wife of George Martin of Salisbury, a Daughter of Richard North. [165] Probably Son of Theodore Atkinson well known among the early prominent Men of New England; yet he finds no Place in Eliot's _Biographical Dictionary_. John was a Hatter, and his Wife was Sarah Myrick, whom he married in 1664. See Savage's _Dictionary_, i, 74. [166] There was a Family of Peaches in the County of Essex. In 1668 there was John and John Jr., often mentioned in various Records. [167] He was of Salisbury, 1665, had been of Newbury. His Wife was Sarah, Daughter of John Eaton. He had several Children, whose Births and Names will be found in Savage. [168] There were several contemporaneous John _Kimbals_ about Essex or Old Norfolk County, but I meet with nothing to fix upon any one of them as this John _Kembal_. The Name is since _Kimball_. [169] Probably Son of the Hon. William Brown of Salem, who married Hannah, Daughter of George Curwen. We have no probable Cause of Mrs. Brown's Languishment, every Ill being then attributed to the Devil or his Witches. It seems she never recovered from her Malady, whatever it was, but died on the 22d of Nov. of the same Year, (1692). He died in 1716.--See Quincy, _Hist. Har. Col._, i, 418, and Savage's _Dictionary_, i, 279. [170] Wife, perhaps, of the John Atkinson mentioned previously.--See Coffin's _Newbury_, 293. [171] Perhaps the same as _Preson_, or _Presson_. He is the _Pressie_ of Savage, no doubt, who says his Wife was Mary Gage, whom he married 30th Nov., 1665. I do not find among the Gages of Rowley or elsewhere, a Daughter married to a Pressie. John _Pressie_ was of Amesbury, 1677.--_N. E. H. G. Reg._, vi, 202. [172] Savage calls him _Jarvis_ and has given him Wife, Hannah Fowler, 24th Dec., 1685; Son Jarvis, born 2d Oct., 1686; Daughters, Hannah, born 3d March, 1689, Elizabeth, 3d Sept., 1692, and Son Oliver, born 17th June, 1698. This was a Salisbury Family. The _Joseph_ Ring, mentioned in the next Section, was perhaps that Joseph born the 3d of August, 1664 (at Salisbury), Son of Robert. Instead of this Robert _Ring_ having come over in the Ship Bevis, in 1638, it does not appear that any Person of the Name of Ring came at that Time in that Ship. Mr. Savage "strangely" says Robert Ring came over in the Bevis of Northampton, and stranger still there is no Robert _Ring_ on _his own_ List of Passengers. For Robert _Knight_ he copied (or some one for him), Robert _Ringht!_ Being unwilling to admit a new Name into his Dictionary, he has committed a more serious Blunder. Mr. Lawson says he was present when Ring gave his Testimony, and fully corroborates our Author's Statement.--_Lawson_, 113. [173] She belonged to Topsfield. There was an Ephraim Howe in that Town, possibly her Husband. Her Husband had a Brother, as will be seen, named John, but his Residence is not given. [174] This Name is erroneously printed _Stafford_ in the London Edition. It was an Ipswich Family, of which many Items of its Members will be found in Dr. Phelps's _Hist. of that Town_, and a few in Savage's _Dict._ [175] This Individual can be identified and traced in the Abbot _Genealogical Register_, and also in Savage's _Dictionary;_ but more minute Information is given by his Kinsman, Abiel Abbot, A. M., in his _History of Andover_, Chap. x.; a valuable little Work by the Way, without either Heads of Chapters or Index. [176] Probably of Topsfield. [177] Of Ipswich, supposed to be Son of that Allen _Perley_, who in 1635, came to New England from Hertfordshire. See _Founders of New England_, 16. John _Pearly_, mentioned in the next Section was no Doubt of the same Family. [178] To what Family this Francis Lane belonged I have not been able to determine. Perhaps he belonged to the Hampton Family. [179] She was of Andover, and the Copy of her Indictment is printed in full, in the History of that Town. She was the Wife of Thomas Carrier of Andover, who died in Colchester, Ct., aged 109 Years. See Farmer, _Hist. Billerica_, 33. See also Calef, _More Wonders_, 136. [180] See _Hist. Andover_, 30, 168. He was Son of the first George Abbot of Andover, and died in 1703, leaving Descendants. His Wife Sarah, mentioned onward, was Daughter of Ralph _Farnum_ or _Varnum_ of Andover. Further of this in an ensuing Volume. [181] Perhaps _Peter_, who lived in what is since Danvers. [182] In the List of Passengers who came to New England in the Ship Hopewell from London, September, 1635, are the Names of Roger, Margaret, and Roger Toothaker, of Ages 23, 28 and 1 Years. Allen Toothaker above named was probably of this Family. He seems to have resided in Andover, or near his Tormenter. [183] Perhaps of the _Rogerses_ of Billerica; but it is about as uncertain to designate among the John Rogerses as among the John Smiths. See Farmer's _Hist. Billerica_, 13, 32-3. [184] Samuel Preston was of Andover, where he died in 1738, aged 85. Hence he was born in 1653. See Abbot's _Hist. Andover_, for other Details of the family. We cannot make much out of Mr. Savage's Article in his _Dictionary_. [185] She was doubtless of the Andover family of Chandler, but Data does not appear by which she can be assigned to her Place in the Pedigree of that Family. [186] Perhaps of the Family of Ephraim Foster of Andover, and if so, his Wife. These were the Ancestors of the distinguished Theodore, and Dwight Foster. See _Hist. Andover_, 38. Ephraim Foster married Hannah, Daughter of Robert Eames, 1678. [187] There was a Family of Lacy at Andover at this Time. Lawrence Lacy was born there, according to Abbot, in 1683. [188] This Person was of Billerica. John _Sheldon_ was among the early Settlers of that Town, but had gone from there or was dead before 1700.--Farmer's _Billerica_, 34. [189] In the London Edition this Word was printed _Heb_, evidently a typographical Error. Poor Martha Carrier was executed, in pursuance of Evidence, than which nothing could be more childish and meaningless ever heard of under "the Cope of Heaven." The poor old Mother to "be Queen of Hell"! The Author shows his Depravity by extravagantly and barbarously denouncing her as a "Rampant Hag." [190] A learned Jesuit, and as superstitious as he was learned. The Work out of which the Extract is made, is entitled the _Natural and Moral History of the West Indies_. Then (1591) a _History of the West Indies_ included America. [191] According to Clavigero, the God the most celebrated in Mexico was _Huitzilopochzli.--Hist. Mexico_, Cullen's Translation, i, 259. See also the Plate, _ib._, 279. [192] It is certainly singularly noteworthy that the Devil and his Throng of Witches should adopt the Forms and Practices of the Churches of the Author's own Order. One would naturally suppose that they would have chosen those of the primitive Churches. [193] It is as much easier, as it is safer to answer these Questions now than in Dr. Mather's Time. Everybody is born in the same Ignorance as in those Days, but fortunately we of this Day are surrounded by a lighter Age, and hence grow up with more Knowledge. And yet _our_ Age of Light is Light only by Comparison. [194] Nicholas _Hemmingius_, I suppose, a native of the Island of Laland, born in 1513. His Business was that of a Smith, but taking to Learning, he studied with the celebrated Melancthon, and became a Professor of Hebrew at Copenhagen. He died in the Year 1600. [195] A Word not found in the Dictionaries. Perhaps it may be defined by the Readers of the Works of the elder Pliny. [196] This Story of the iron Spindle is briefly told by Lawson, who probably took it from our Author. See Lawson's Work, P. 102-3 of the London Edition. It is not in the original (Boston) Edition. [197] There were Pitmans at Marblehead, and Salem at this Time. Manchester was then included in Salem. There was a Thomas Pitman hung there not long before the Witch Cases occurred. [198] Perhaps Mr. John Higginson. [199] There was a Family of _Whitfords_ in Salem at this Time. [200] The shocking Barbarity employed in the Execution of this "poor Man" can only find a Parallel in an Age as benighted as this of 1692. A more diabolical Depravity could never exhibit itself in human Nature. The next Story seems to be introduced to lessen the Odium which it is probable the Author thought might attach itself to the Affair. It is wonderful indeed, that a foul Murder should have been kept so still, and then, at a late Day, to come out in a Dream. [201] A Son of the first Governor of the Colony, John Endicott. He resided a considerable Period in Boston. See _Historical and Gen. Register_, i. 335, _et seq._ He died in the Spring of 1684. [202] Anthony Horneck. The original Work was written in High Dutch. The Author's Name does not appear. We have the Work appended to the fourth Edition of Glanvil's _Sadducismus Triumphatus_, 1726. Dr. Mather has given but a brief Abstract. [203] It does not appear that a Thanksgiving was appointed, but the King appointed Commissioners to examine into the Matter. Those Commissioners proceeded to the Town, and at once entered upon an Investigation; "to whom both the Minister and several of the People of Fashion complained with Tears in their Eyes, of the miserable Condition they were in."--_Ibidem_, 484. [204] The Doctor omits some of the best Parts of these Stories. One or two will more than suffice probably. "Those [Witches] of Elfdale confessed, That the Devil used to play upon an Harp before them, and afterwards to go with them that he liked best, into a Chamber, where he committed venerous Acts with them; and this indeed all confessed; That he had carnal Knowledge of them, and that the Devil had Sons and Daughters by them, which he did marry together, and brought forth Toads and Serpents."--_Page_ 491. "They [the bewitched] said they had sometimes seen a very great Devil like a Dragon, with Fire round about him, and bound with an iron Chain; and the Devil that converses with them tells them, that if they confess anything, he will let that great Devil loose upon them, whereby all Sweedland shall come into great danger."--_Page_ 492. [205] The following Paragraph is not in the first Edition. [206] Entitled "A Further Account of the Tryals of the New England Witches ... To which is added Cases of Conscience concerning Witchcrafts and Evil Spirits personating Men. Written at the Request of the Ministers of New England." [207] It was long a Custom among some of the New England People to keep Saturday Evening as though it were a Part of Sunday. Others did not regard that Evening, but kept Sunday Evening. The former claimed that Sunday began at Sunset. [208] The Editor feeling quite confident, that the Reader, by this Time, has got enough of the Devil, will forbear making any Remarks or Comments. Why the Author should place his "Discovery" at the End of his Book the Reader is as well qualified to judge as the Editor, and he will only add, that it is a Pity that he (the Author) had not made the Discovery sooner, if by that Discovery the poor Witches had been let alone, and left out of the Question, as no real Use of them is conceivable, when, in Reality the Devil could and actually did do all the Mischief himself. As has been before intimated, Dr. Mather was not alone in his Estimation of the Importance of the Devil. Mr. Lawson, in his Sermon at Salem Village, before referred to, among other Passages, said to his Hearers (who were above a thousand): "It is Matter of TERROR, _Amazement, and Astonishment, to all such wretched Souls_, (if there be any here in the Congregation, and God grant that none of you may ever be found as such) _as have given up their Names, and_ Souls _to the Devil:_ Who by Covenant have bound themselves to be his Slaves and Drudges, consenting to be Instruments, in whose Shapes, he may torment and afflict their Fellow-creatures, to the amazing and astoning of the Standers by."--_Page_ 64. Similar Extracts might be made from many of the Writings of that Day, but Time and Space are inadequate, and the Reader, who may now incline to a better Acquaintance with the Devil, than these Pages afford him, must be referred to Dr. Mather's Cotemporaries. In closing these Notes it should be mentioned that the Text of this Edition of the _Wonders of the Invisible World_ has been set up from the latest London Edition of that Work, as mentioned in the Preface to this Edition. When that Preface was written it was not contemplated to use the Original Edition in reading the Proofs. But it was finally decided to read by the Original. By this Course the Text has been to some Extent improved. Yet no Difference of Importance was found. The Departures of the London Publisher were only verbal--never altering the Sense. At the Expense of a little tautological Verbiage the whole has been made conformable to the original Edition--manifest typographical Errors excepted. INDEX. NOTE.--As the small Roman Numerals in this Index denote both the Volumes and the Pages of the Introductions, those who consult it may observe, that when the Introductory Pages are referred to, the Reference to the Volume is in large or Roman Capitals:--For Example, I, xx, refer to the first Volume, and to Page 20 of the Introduction to the same Volume; II, xxii, refer to Volume second, and Page 22 of that Volume. ABBOT, Benjamin, 195, iii, 116, 117. Abbot, Nehemiah, 191. Abbot, Sarah, 196, iii, 117. Acosta, Joseph, 201. Addington, Isaac, 26, iii, 15, 133. Ady, ----, a Writer against Witchcraft, iii, 74. Alcot, Job, appointed Counsellor, 26. Alden, John, Jr., II, xxiv; tried and imprisoned, iii, 26; his Narrative, 26-8; Bail refused, 30; escapes, _ib._; cleared by Proclamation, 128. Alden, Timothy, iii, 177, 178. Allen, James, 108, 151, iii, 40. Allen, John, sees one of the Accused fly in the Air, i, 177; his Oxen bewitched, iii, 93. Allen, William, cited, 7. Ambrose, Isaac, on the Devil, 56. America, a squallid, horid Desart, 13; of what Use is it, 46; some hopeful Symptoms of, 97; ever to be in the Devil's Hands? _ib._; Spirits common to be seen Day and Night in, ii, 116. Andover, People of, bewitched, iii, 117, 120, 121, 125, 126. Andrew, Daniel, ii, 159, iii, 44; Joseph, 105; Sarah, _ib._ Andrews, Thomas, iii, 107. Andros, Edmund, Sir, I, lxxxi. Andrus, Silas, I, xcii. Angels, evil ones, ii, 32, 43, 75; Notions concerning, 187-8. Apparition, of those Murdered, 34; of the Devil, 79; of Mr. Beacon, 136-7; Accusers at Trials, 155; their Charges confessed, 188-9; Witnesses, iii, 106. Appleton, Samuel, 26, iii, 15. Arnold, John, Jailor of Boston, iii, 20, 179. Arnold, Margaret, 145. Ashurst, Henry, Sir, I, vi; Agent for Massachusetts, iii, 148-9. Astrology, injudiciously regarded, 122, 238. Atkinson, John, Witness against Martin, 178; Sarah, 184; John's Cow bewitched, iii, 94; Sarah, is amazed, _at nothing_, 100. Attaballipa, his Fate, iii, 138-9. Austin, sweet spirited, 27. Aves, Samuel, ii, 68. Ayer, John, Jr., iii, 196. BACHELOR, John, Apology of, iii, 135. Bailey, John, iii, 40; Constable, 113. Bailey, N., his Definition of Witchcraft, I, xiii. Baker, ----, Sister to Ann Putnam, iii, 11. Balch, Benj. Jr., Wife Elizabeth, swears against Mrs. Bishop, iii, 78. Ballantine, John, II, xxii. Ballard, Joseph, iii, 51; Brother John, _ib._, 113; Operations to discover Witches, 55; Witnesses, 126. Baptism by the Devil, Ceremony of, iii, 113. Bare, John, Searcher for Witchteats, iii, 39. Barker, Abigail, signed a Recantation, iii, 57. Barnard, John, II, xxi; prays at Witch Examinations, iii, 56. Barnes, Benjamin, iii, 221. Bartel, Robert, Capt., iii, 178. Barton, James, II, xxiii. Bates, William, Extract from, ii, 113-14. Baxter, Richard, I, xx; on Memorable Providences, 10, 141; thanks C. Mather, ii, 43; quoted, 45; his ungainsayable Book, 86; cure of Church Divisions, 111; commends I. Mather, 113; his Ideas of a Devil and Witch, &c., 113-119; his Work the Effect of aged Imbecility, 119. Bayley, Mrs., Sister to Ann Putnam, iii, 11. Beacon, Joseph, 136, 137. Beale, William, swears against Mr. English, iii, 177-86; Son dies, 182, 183. Belknap, Jeremy, referred to, ii, 85. Belzebub, Works ascribed to, iii, 163. Bent, Peter, of Sudbury, iii, 221. Benom, Mistress, accused, iii, 130. Bent, Mr., ----, iii, 100. Bentley, William, D. D., on P. English, iii, 179-81. Bereans, reference to, ii, 3. Bernard, Richard, on detecting Witches, 45-6; Remarks on, ii, 12; Calef on, 56; how did the Jews manage without him, iii, 165. Bibber, John, Witness against Giles Cory, iii, 172. Bibber, Sarah, iii, 8; swears against Mrs. Nurse, 11; against Mr. Burroughs, 62; against Cory, 170. Billerica, People of, bewitched, iii, 118. Bishop, Bridget, Trial of, 163; what her Shape did, 164; her Coat torn while Invisible, 165; her Poppets discovered, 173; Teats found upon her, 174; accused ten Years before, 208; long reputed a Witch, iii, 31; Executed, _ib._; Copy of her Indictment, 74; others, 75-6; Trial of, 77-80; why called Oliver, 78; has a preternatural Teat, which vanished, 88. Bishop, Edward, iii, 11; and Wife Sarah, committed, 16; why cried out on, 17; escape from Prison, 49; his Sow bewitched, 81-2. Bishop, Samuel, iii, 49; had married a Putnam, _ib._ Black-art taught by the Devil, I, xii. Black, Mary, arrested, iii, 16. Blackmore, Richard, Sir, I, lxxvi. Black Pig, one appears to John Louder, iii, 85-6. Blazdel, [Henry?] 181, iii, 97. Bligh, (Bly,) John, swears against Mrs. Bishop, 167, iii, 81-2, 88. Bligh, William, 173, iii, 76, 78, 82, 88. Blount, Thomas, Definition of Witchcraft, I, xii-xiii. Bocking, Jane, 142. Bodin, John, Writer on Demonology, ii, 6, 117. Bohun, Edmund, Licencer, I, cii. Booth, Elizabeth, iii, 16, 204. Boxford, Witchcraft in, iii, 126. Boynton, Joseph, ii, 151. Bradbury, Mary, condemned, iii, 44. Bradford, William, 26. Bradley, Samuel, II, xxvii. Bradstreet, John, accused, iii, 52; makes his escape, 53. Bradstreet, Simon, 26, ii, 85, iii, 52, 145-6; Dudley commits accused, iii, 52. Brattle, Thomas, Letter to, ii, 85-92; William, 108. Braybrook, Samuel, iii, 7; accuses Giles Cory, 170. Bridges, James, iii, 126. Bridgham, Joseph, ii, 151. Bridgman, Orlando, Sir, 141. Brimstone, horrid Scent of, 121; without a Metaphor, 122; a Flood of, ii, 4; used in tormenting, ii, 33; scalded with, 47; smelt in Margaret Rule's Case, 53. Brinley, George, I, viii. Brown, Hopestill, iii, 221. Brown, William, Witness, 182; his Wife sees Susannah Martin vanish, iii, 99; some Devil bewitches her, _ib._ Bunyan, John, I, xxi. Burder, George, I, lxxix. Burnet, Bishop, 140. Burroughs, George, 151; Charges against, 153; childish Accusations against, 154; alleged Confusion, 155; accused of Murders, 156; Ghosts of his Wives, 157; his Promises to induce People to become Witches, 158; had the Strength of a Giant, 159; Treatment of his Wives, 160; puts on Invisibility, 161-2; denies the Existence of Witches, 162; Executed, 163; his great Strength from the Devil, ii, 9; further Account of his Execution, iii, 38-9; Confession of one of his Accusers, 43; Indictment, 61; Trial, 63; Brother-in-Law to Mr. Ruck, 72-3; denies that there are Witches, 74; about his putting on Invisibility, 123; Cause of his being prosecuted, 210. Burrows, [Burroughs] Jeremiah, 84. Burton, Robert, I, xxxviii. Buxton, John, afflicted, iii, 17. CALEF, Robert, I, xxix, lxxv; his _More Wonders_, &c., lxxvi; a singular Judgment upon, lxxxvii; little known of him, II, xii; a Sir John, xiii; his _More Wonders_ burnt, xxi; Will of, xxiii; before Authority to defend himself, ii, 8; Visit to Margaret Rule, 49; threatened with Arrest for Slander, 54; proposes an Interview with Mr.