Plain Evidence of the Actual Existence of Witches: Proved from the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments and from Other AuthoritiesW. Fordyce, 1834 - 24 pages |
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... throughout the world , in relation to witches , are so very silly and absurd , that no one of a sound understanding can believe them that a witch - woman is able to transform herself into the shape of a hare or cat , or any other ...
... throughout the world , in relation to witches , are so very silly and absurd , that no one of a sound understanding can believe them that a witch - woman is able to transform herself into the shape of a hare or cat , or any other ...
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... throughout , that such persons have existed in all past ages of the world , and that therefore I see no reason why they should not exist at this day also . There is , however , much stress laid upon these words : " and Saul had put away ...
... throughout , that such persons have existed in all past ages of the world , and that therefore I see no reason why they should not exist at this day also . There is , however , much stress laid upon these words : " and Saul had put away ...
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... throughout the land , after he was chosen king of Israel , because he was very well acquainted with their diabolical arts and character , and there- fore he requested them , for their own good , to desist from the performance of ...
... throughout the land , after he was chosen king of Israel , because he was very well acquainted with their diabolical arts and character , and there- fore he requested them , for their own good , to desist from the performance of ...
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... which has been raised , and with such insolence spread throughout the nation , in direct opposition not only to the Bible , but to the suffrage of the wisest and best of men in all ages and nations . They well know , ( whether 23.
... which has been raised , and with such insolence spread throughout the nation , in direct opposition not only to the Bible , but to the suffrage of the wisest and best of men in all ages and nations . They well know , ( whether 23.
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abomination bewitched cause disease according cease to pervert charmers children of Israel committed to Youghal consequently David Jones DEAN STREET deponent devil doth Endor enquire evil existence of witches Exod familiar spirits Florence Newton G. L. Kittredge Gilboa Harvard College hath a familiar Israel istence of witches Jezebel king King Charles II kissed land Lord thy magical arts magical venom magicians of Egypt March 24 Mary Longdon material bodies MISTRESS OF WITCHCRAFTS Mompesson's house night old wives pervert the right Philistines PLAIN EVIDENCE plainly appears pray thee relation to witches righteousness sacred scriptures Samaria Samuel accordingly Saul had put Saul perceived saw gods ascending story terial bodies Testament things thou child thou enemy thou not cease Thou shalt thy sorceries torture Touching FLORENCE unto Saul wicked spirits clothed witch's nest witches and wizards woman that hath words xviii Youghal prison zards
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Page 15 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire...
Page 19 - But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one : 10 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
Page 12 - O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
Page 17 - Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die ? And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
Page 12 - Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
Page 16 - And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom : also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witcheraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards : he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
Page 20 - Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jez'e-bel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
Page 13 - So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it ; 14 And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of •Jesse.
Page 18 - I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.
Page 4 - And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.