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only. And so was this [underlined: vulgar probation] by Casting | only. And so was this [underlined: vulgar probation] by Casting | ||
into | into ye water practised upon persons accused [insert: (f)] with other | ||
crimes as well as | crimes as well as yt of witchcraft. How it came to be | ||
now | now restrained to yt of witchcraft I can not tell. It is as | ||
Supernatural for a | Supernatural for a body whose hands & feet are tyed to Swim | ||
above ye water, as it is for their hands not to feel a red hot Iron. | |||
If ye one of these ordeals is lawfull to be used, so is | If ye one of these ordeals is lawfull to be used, so is ye other too. | ||
But as for | But as for ye fiery ordeal it is rejected & Exploded out of ye world. | ||
For | For ye same reason yn this Tryall by water should be So. | ||
4. It is a tempting of God, | 4. It is a tempting of God, wn men put ye innocency of their | ||
Fellow creatures upon such tryals. To | Fellow creatures upon such tryals. To desire ye Almighty to shew | ||
a miracle to clear | a miracle to clear ye innocent, or to convict ye guilty is a | ||
presumptuous tempting of him. Was it not a miracle when | |||
Peter was kept from Sinking under ye water by ye Om= | |||
nipotency of Christ. As for Satan, wee know yt his Ambition | |||
is to make his Servants | is to make his Servants beleive, yt his Power is equal to God's | ||
& [ | & yt therfore Hee can preserve wn he pleaseth. I have read | ||
of (g) certain Magicians who were seen walking on ye | |||
water. If yn Guilty persons shall float on ye waters, | |||
Either it is ye Devil yt causeth them So to do (as no Doubt it is) | |||
And wt have men to do to set ye Devill on worke. or else it is a | |||
divine miracle Like yt of Peter's not Sinkeing, or yt of ye Iron yt | |||
swam at ye word of Elisha. And shall men try whether God wil worke | |||
a miracle to make a discovery? If a crime can not be found out | |||
but by Miracles, it is not for any Judge on Earth to Usurp the | |||
Judgement which is reserved for ye Divine Throne. 5ly This Pre- | |||
tended gift of Immersibility attending Witches is a most | |||
fallible deceitfull thing; for many a Witch hath Sanke | |||
under ye water. Godelmannus (h) giveth an account of six Notorious | |||
& cleerly convicted witches; yt wn they were brought to this [underscored: Vulgar | |||
Probation] sanke under ye water like other persons. | |||
[underscored: Althusius] affirmes ye like concerning others. In ye Bohemian | |||
History it is related yt [underscored: Vratislaus] the King of [underscored: Bohemia] Extirpated | |||
witches out of his Kingdom; som of which were delivered | |||
to ye Ax, others of them to ye fire, and others of | |||
them he caused to be drowned. If witches are | |||
[Margin notes:] | |||
(f) Menna | |||
de purgatione | |||
vulgari, cap. ult. | |||
(g) Cæsarius | |||
Lib. 9. | |||
(h) De Lamiis | |||
L. 3. C. 4. | |||
(i) Dubravius | |||
Hist. Bohem. | |||
Lib. 8. | |||
Latest revision as of 16:43, 19 July 2017
only. And so was this [underlined: vulgar probation] by Casting into ye water practised upon persons accused [insert: (f)] with other crimes as well as yt of witchcraft. How it came to be now restrained to yt of witchcraft I can not tell. It is as Supernatural for a body whose hands & feet are tyed to Swim above ye water, as it is for their hands not to feel a red hot Iron. If ye one of these ordeals is lawfull to be used, so is ye other too. But as for ye fiery ordeal it is rejected & Exploded out of ye world. For ye same reason yn this Tryall by water should be So. 4. It is a tempting of God, wn men put ye innocency of their Fellow creatures upon such tryals. To desire ye Almighty to shew a miracle to clear ye innocent, or to convict ye guilty is a presumptuous tempting of him. Was it not a miracle when Peter was kept from Sinking under ye water by ye Om= nipotency of Christ. As for Satan, wee know yt his Ambition is to make his Servants beleive, yt his Power is equal to God's & yt therfore Hee can preserve wn he pleaseth. I have read of (g) certain Magicians who were seen walking on ye water. If yn Guilty persons shall float on ye waters, Either it is ye Devil yt causeth them So to do (as no Doubt it is) And wt have men to do to set ye Devill on worke. or else it is a divine miracle Like yt of Peter's not Sinkeing, or yt of ye Iron yt swam at ye word of Elisha. And shall men try whether God wil worke a miracle to make a discovery? If a crime can not be found out but by Miracles, it is not for any Judge on Earth to Usurp the Judgement which is reserved for ye Divine Throne. 5ly This Pre- tended gift of Immersibility attending Witches is a most fallible deceitfull thing; for many a Witch hath Sanke under ye water. Godelmannus (h) giveth an account of six Notorious & cleerly convicted witches; yt wn they were brought to this [underscored: Vulgar Probation] sanke under ye water like other persons. [underscored: Althusius] affirmes ye like concerning others. In ye Bohemian History it is related yt [underscored: Vratislaus] the King of [underscored: Bohemia] Extirpated witches out of his Kingdom; som of which were delivered to ye Ax, others of them to ye fire, and others of them he caused to be drowned. If witches are
[Margin notes:] (f) Menna de purgatione vulgari, cap. ult.
(g) Cæsarius Lib. 9.
(h) De Lamiis L. 3. C. 4.
(i) Dubravius Hist. Bohem. Lib. 8.