THE CONTENTS.

The Wonders of the Invisible World:— Page The Author's Defence 3 Letter from Mr. William Stoughton 6 Enchantments encountered 9 An Abstract of Mr. Perkins's Way for the Discovery of Witches 30 The Sum of Mr. Gaules Judgment about the Detection of Witches 33

A Discourse on the Wonders of the Invisible World 38 An Hortatory and Necessary Address, to a Country now Extraordinarily Alarum'd by the Wrath of the Devil 79 A Narrative of an Apparition which a Gentleman in Boston had of his Brother, just then murthered in London 107 A Modern Instance of Witches discovered and condemned in a Tryal, before that celebrated Judge, Sir Matthew Hale 111 The Tryal of G. B. at a Court of Oyer and Terminer, held in Salem, 1692 120 The Tryal of Bridget Bishop, alias Oliver, at the Court of Oyer and Terminer, held at Salem, June 2, 1692 129 The Tryal of Susanna Martin, at the Court of Oyer and Terminer, held by Adjournment at Salem, June 29, 1692 138 The Tryal of Elizabeth How, at the Court of Oyer and Terminer, held by Adjournment at Salem, June 30, 1692 149 The Tryal of Martha Carrier, at the Court of Oyer and Terminer, held by Adjournment at Salem, August 2, 1692 154 A Relation of a Few of the Matchless Curiosities which the Witchcraft presented 159 The First Curiositie 159 The Second Curiositie 161 The Third Curiositie 164 The Fourth Curiositie 165 Testimony of Mr. William Stoughton and Mr. Samuel Sewall 167 Extracts from Dr. Horneck showing the Similarity in the Circumstances attending the Witchcraft in New-England and that in Sweedland 167 Matter omitted in the Tryals 172

The Devil Discovered 172 Case proposed, What are those Usual Methods of Temptation with which the Powers of Darkness do assault the Children of Men? 174 Remarks upon the Three Remarkable Assaults of Temptations which the Devil visibly made upon our Lord 175 The First Temptation 175 The Second Temptation 183 The Third Temptation 192

A Further Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches:— A True Narrative, collected by Deodat Lawson, relating to Sundry Persons afflicted by Witchcraft, from the 19th of March to the 5th of April, 1692 201 Remarks of Things more than Ordinary about the Afflicted Persons 211 Remarks concerning the Accused 212 A Further Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches, sent in a Letter from thence, to a Gentleman in London 214

Cases of Conscience concerning Evil Spirits personating Men, etc.:— An Address to the Christian Reader by Fourteen Influential Gentlemen 221

Cases of Conscience concerning Witchcrafts 225 The First Case proposed, Whether or not may Satan appear in the Shape of an Innocent and Pious, as well as of a Nocent and Wicked Person, to afflict such as suffer by Diabolical Molestation? 225 The Affirmative proved from Six Arguments:— From Several Scriptures 225 Because it is possible for the Devil, in the Shape of Innocent Persons, to do other Mischiefs, proved by many Instances 234 Because if Satan may not represent an Innocent Person as afflicting others, it must be either because he wants will or power to do this, or because God will never permit him so to do it; either of which may be affirmed 237 It is certain, both from Scripture and History, that Magicians by their Inchantments and Hellish Conjurations may cause a False Representation of Persons and Things 243 From the concurring Judgment of many Learned and Judicious Men 250 Our own Experience has confirmed the Truth of what we affirm 253 The Second Case considered, viz. If one bewitched be cast down with the look or cast of the Eye of another Person, and after that recovered again by a Touch from the same Person, is not this an infallible Proof that the party accused and complained of is in Covenant with the Devil? 255 Answer. This may be Ground of Suspicion and Examination, but not of Conviction 255 The Judgment of Mr. Bernard and of Dr. Cotta produced 256 Several Things offered against the Infallibility of this Proof:— 'Tis possible that the Persons in question may be possessed with Evil Spirits. Signs of such 258 Falling down with the Cast of the Eye proceeds not from a natural, but an arbitrary Cause 260 That of the bewitched Persons being recovered with a Touch is various and fallible 262 There are that question the Lawfulness of the Experiment 264 The Testimony of Bewitched or Possessed Persons is no Evidence as to what they see concerning others, and therefore not as to themselves 266 Bewitched Persons have sometimes been struck down with the Look of Dogs 267 If this were an Infallible Proof, there would be difficulty in discovering Witches 268 Nothing can be produced out of the Word of God to shew, that this is any Proof of Witchcraft 268 Antipathies in Nature have Strange and Unaccountable Effects 268 The Third Case considered, Whether there are any Discoveries of Witchcraft, which Jurors and Judges may with a safe Conscience proceed upon to the Conviction and Condemnation of the Persons under Suspicion? 269 Two things premised:— That the Evidence in the Crime of Witchcraft ought to be as clear as in any other Crimes of a Capital Nature 269 That there have been ways of Trying Witches long used, which God never approved of. More particularly that of casting the Suspected Party into the Water, to try whether they will Sink or Swim. The Vanity and great Sin which is in that way of Purgation evinced by Six Reasons 270 That there are Proofs for the Conviction of Witches, which Jurors may with a safe Conscience proceed upon, proved from Scripture 275 That a Free and Voluntary Confession is a sufficient Ground of Conviction 276 That the Testimony of confessing Witches against others, is not so clear an Evidence as against themselves 279 That if two Credible Persons shall affirm upon Oath that they have seen the Person accused doing Things, which none but such as have familiarity with the Devil, ever did or can do, that's a sufficient ground of Conviction: and that this has often happened 282 Mr. Perkins his Solemn Caution to Jurors 283 Postscript 285