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.

Date:
1736
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Credit: 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. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    JDISCOURS E O N WITCHCRAFT. Occafioned by a BILL now depending in Par¬ liament, to repeal the Statute made in the firfl: Year of the Reign of King James I, Inti¬ tuled, AnAft againft Conjuration, Witch¬ craft, and dealing with evil and wicked Spirits. CONTAINING, Seven Chapters on the following HEADS. I. To prove that the Bible has been falfely tranflated in thofe Places which fpeak of Witchcraft, II. That the Opinion of Witches 3 has had its Foundation in Heathen Fables. III. That it hath been im¬ proved by the Papal Inqui- foors, feeking their own private Gain, as alfo to efta- blilh theUfurped Dominion of their Founder. IV. That there is no fuch1 Thing as a Witch in the Scriptures, and that there is no fuch Thing as a Witch at all.* V. An Anfwer to their Argu¬ ments who endeavour to prove there are Witches. VI. How the Opinion of Witches came at firft into the World. VII. The Gonclufion, Nam ut vere loquamur fuperjiith jufa per orbem opprejft omni* um fere animos3 atque heminum occupavit imbecillitatem. Cic. Lib, 2. de Divinar.’ LONDON: Printed for J. R e a d, in Whit e-Fry ars 5 and fold by the Booklellers and Pamphlet-Shops of London and Weftminfter, X736'. Price One Shilling,