Witchcraft - Great Britain - Early works to 1800
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Saducismus triumphatus : or, Full and plain evidence concerning witches and apparitions : In two parts. The first treating of their possibility; the second of their real existence. / by Joseph Glanvil, late chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty, and Fellow of the Royal Society.
Joseph GlanvillDate: M DC LXXXIX.[1689]- Books
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A guide to grand-iury men : diuided into two bookes: in the first, is the authors best aduice to them what to doe, before they bring in a billa vera in cases of witchcraft, with a Christian direction to such as are too much giuen vpon euery crosse to thinke themselues bewitched. In the second, is a treatise touching witches good and bad, how they may be knowne, euicted, condemned, with many particulars tending thereunto. By Rich. Bernard.
Richard BernardDate: 1627- Books
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A guide to grand-iury men : diuided into two books: in the first, is the authors best aduice to them what to doe, before they bring in a billa vera in cases of witchcraft, with a Christian direction to such as are too much giuen vpon euery crosse to thinke themselues bewitched. In the second, is a treatise touching witches good and bad, how they may bee knowne, euicted, condemned, with many particulars tending thereunto. By Rich. Bernard of Batcombe.
Richard BernardDate: 1629- E-books
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A discourse on witchcraft . Occasioned by a bill now depending in Parliament, to repeal the statute made in the first year of the reign of King James I, intituled, An act against conjuration, witchcraft, and dealing with evil and wicked spirits. Containing, Seven Chapters on the following Heads. I. To prove that the Bible has been falsely translated in those Places which speak of Witchcraft. II. That the Opinion of Witches, has had its Foundation in Heathen Fables. III. That it hath been improved by the Papal Inquisitors, seeking their own private Gain, as also to establish the Usurped Dominion of their Founder. IV. That there is no such Thing as a Witch in the Scriptures, and that there is no such Thing as a Witch at all. V. An Answer to their Arguments who endeavour to prove there are Witches. VI. How the Opinion of Witches came at first into the World. Vii. The Conclusion.
Date: 1736