Witchcraft farther display'd. Containing I. An account of the witchcraft practis'd by Jane Wenham of Walkerne, in Hertfordshire, since her condemnation ... II. An answer to the most general objections against the being and power of witches: ... To which are added, the tryals of Florence Newton, a famous Irish witch, at the assizes held at Cork, anno 1661; as also of two witches ... at Bury St. Edmonds in Suffolk, anno 1664.

  • Bragge, Francis, 1664-1728.
Date:
1712
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Credit: Witchcraft farther display'd. Containing I. An account of the witchcraft practis'd by Jane Wenham of Walkerne, in Hertfordshire, since her condemnation ... II. An answer to the most general objections against the being and power of witches: ... To which are added, the tryals of Florence Newton, a famous Irish witch, at the assizes held at Cork, anno 1661; as also of two witches ... at Bury St. Edmonds in Suffolk, anno 1664. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A fbort Answer to the principal ObjeBions made, firft, Againft the Being and Poyer of Witches in general: And fecondly, The Cafe « of Jane Wenhara in particular. After a Relation of Matter of Faft fo very ftrange, and vet lb well attefted, as the Account of the Sorceries and Enchantments of Jane Wenkam, 1 thought (it, in or¬ der to latisfy feme well-meaning Men, who have imbibd a-ftrong Prejudice againft the Being of V\ itches, to let before them the principal Objections againft it ; and. in as clear a Method as 1 can, to fhew the fcinptmefs of thole noifv Exceptions made againft the Profecutors of Jane Wenham, as if they attempted to take away a poor Wo¬ man’s Life, for a Crime that fhe cannot,' if lb? would,be guilty of. But before 1 do this, I muft premile, that no¬ thing here alledg’d, is intended to convince thole tnat de¬ ny the Being of Spirits in general, and irr Confeqtience the Immateriality of Human Sends,, and tft Exigence of a God. I don’t pretend, by this plain Narrative, to convince At merits but refer ’em to the many excellent Authors that have treated on thofe noble Subje&s, and fbaJl here fuppola roy Reader to believe both the Being of a God, rind the I ruth of the holy Scriptures ; and inch a one I defire only to at¬ tend with Impartiality, while 1 endeavour to remove ins SCTn order to which, it is necefTary, in the firft 1’lace, to fix the Meaning of the Word Witch ; by which I mean. One, who, by open or jeeret League, conjeiiteth to bfe tie -M and Affiance of an evil Spirit, m working Wonders.beyond the ordinary Power of Nature. By Wonders 1 do not mean M- racles, which can only be done by divine lower; but firAnge Things, pieter-natural, not iiiper-natural. ■ IheHe- VnCWord [ Mecajjeph ] is tranflated by the Septuagm ' ^ wuich figmlies Venefats, in the ^ Usyn r