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Show ~ftt otun <zronttaOi~ tiQJlJ}. fnjlif1ed no Penalty on them, they would have come to 71othing? But if they were fo Ra.~ed, that they I?rcvailed no fu rther l can tell htm what prevalled further viz... the Witches and Evil Spirits, whom be pre~ends were walking about £heir Streets, with lengthened Chains ; fo that they could come to Bofton, and walk t?ere, th?' the Q!.la~ rs could not, without bemg Impnfoned, &c. But this, th.o' it dot~ n_ot agr~e~ as to t.he Effect of Perfecuuon, yet It IS ac;cordmg to hts words before mentioned, p. 497. '(hat if thf) refufe him that [peaks from He11.ven, then_ he th~t con;;es from HeU. does, with a fort of Clatm, fit fn, ~c. Bu~ to r~turn to hjs Contrad~cHons. He fays in ~is Introd~lt1 ion~ p.2. c. 1 ,2. They have given great Examples, ----a Specimen of many gopd things. Book 1. p . t ~ c.2. A Cou_ntry fo jignalized .for the J>roje/fion of the pzmjt l(£;ligion. Introq. P+ c. T. 7pere .tre (]olden C a1J.tlejf icb',more rh.m . twir:e Sevm times Seven, m this outer .Darknefs. Book 3· p. 7S· c. 1. The Jirft out-breaki11g of--!~!Ja!:e~ifm, was at Kerby-Steven m W efl:moreland. · Principles,~··· p.64. They '1l!ere not abufed, bu.t dealt jujf!J witb, Book 7· p. 24. c •. r. And. tfmi jujt B.wijbments, to oblige their departure. I Ibid. p ~ 24. c. I .--Caufe t (} guard tbwzfelves agahljt tbt:f~ 'lanp:ro1H Vfllains~ ;Book 3• p, II. c. 2 . That he faw A 'vijible Shrink from aU that Gr~atnefs ..-z.n,l Goodnefs. Book 7· p.)6.c.2.--So wo;;. derful a Degeneracy, that I have jometimes bwr difcouraged from -p.1riting the Cb11r. /il}tm:y nf the Coumry. ' Book of Witches, p. 6. IVe are miferablj degenaated ji-om. tbe Jirft Love of oitr Predece§ors. Book 7. p.22. c. 1. 1he fit}t f?..!.takers that ever !f'ere in _the JVorld , were .·ert,tm F.wamks here iu our 1own of Salem, Book 3· p. 38. c. 2 . 1 will 11ot, 1 cannor make 1~1 ji:lf a Vindictttor of -all t[)e Severi, ti es, &c. l}ook 7• p. 23. c. 1. For their Perfectftion ~f Jb~ f!.!!.t· kers,--{or my part, I will not~ viz. vindicate it. lbid. p. 1 oo. c. I. I abhor ir, 1 h.tvc pr~·afhe~t againft it, &c. · · lbici I~ Ibid. p. 23. c. t. A good. ,Cozmfdlor, who propounJed, tpat a Law might be made, for the £?!takers to ba';)e their Jktds jhaved. Ibi<l. p. 24. c. 1. If they .Fd J/Of ban m.LJ, they had bee,J rvouhy to dye. Ibid. p.Ioo. c. 1. JwouH httve you treated witb .z!J thr: Civility imaginablt:. Ibid. p. 10 • c. 1 . I a;n forry at ·my Hearc, th.u; ever J'ou were perfr:mted. . A1mndancc of this Nature I could prod uce, of hnnfelf and others, if I was minded; not only Threefcore, ~ut Three Hundred, I believe: But: enough of th1s now. Ibid. P· 97· c. I. _A nd that ottr Suffirings had bun greater_, and more unluft, than t~e Sufferings of 'Jefus., and hu Apoflles, We never fa1d · and that which was, was in relation to the Cir'cumftanccs of it ,more than the Sufferings it felf. But as to that r refer to D. Phillips's Book, *lately printed. Yet *~nti_~led (fays he) they themfelves were no fo oner· mounted into Vm~tcz~ ' f he se at o.rc h h r: , . Verttatts -~ 1 overnr'!cnt, t ant ey 1 et~ to Perfec;ttmg as In Anfw~r: bfld '!"s any People m the J!forld. ~ V hat as bad as che to '1· Stil~ Pap1ff:s and Presbytenans? Dtd chey ever Durn, lingfteet, or ~~ack and Torture any to Death, as the p.2o6,'i$co P~p1fts ~ave many Thoufands, if · not Millions, f pt Impttfon any aJ:nofr to ftarvmg, as they en- 112 S:C deavoured feveral t1mes r.o d'?, to Death in Boflon, ~of" .. for wanti of Food and Ftre lil Winter chaining 9 an A in Ir~ns, and to a Log, yea, fome fo ~lore, not lJet •. fuffenng them to go forth to eafe themfelves f:lnd almoft ftifle 'em for lack of Air in Summer~ }Vhipping Men and Women to a Jeily, a1mofr to Death, and fome by Moon-fhine, as S. Shat- ~o.ck, N. Phelps, and '].Buffum, Cut off Ears, Burn In th~ Hand, Confifcate Eftates, Sell for Bond- Men and Bond-Women, Banilh yea on paia pf Death, drive ~ nto the Wo~d s, 'till they were loft, as S. Gzbbem was for feveral days ~nd put ~o Death in fi1eh a Barbarous manner: ~~ ~fSlref~t~ i ~nfl §llal?y otqer ~rueltie5, and In-lnlmqne |