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never suffer this to bee. For both in former and in latter pages Examples herof have not been wanting. No Longer since then the Last winter ther was much discourse in London concerning a Gentlewoman unto whom her dead son (and another whom she knew not) had appeared. Being then in London, I was willing to satisfie my self by enquiring into the truth of what was reported. And February 23 1691 my Brother (who is now a Pastor to a Congregation in that City) and I discoursed the Gentlewoman spoken of. She told us that a Son of hers who had been a very Civil young man, but more Airy in his temper then was pleasing to his serious Mother, being dead she was much concerned in her thoughts about his condition in the Other world. [ ] a fortnight after his death he appeared unto her, saying, mother you are soli citous about my eternal welfare, trouble yourself no more for I am happy. & so vanishd. Should ther be a continuall intercourse between the visible & the invisi ble world, twould breed confusion. But thence to infere that the great ruler of the Univers will never permitt anything of this nature to be, is an in consequent conclusion. let me further add, here, it has very seldom been known that Satan has personated an inocent man doing an ill thing. but providens hath found out some way for their vindication either they have been able to prove that they were in another place when that fact was doing or the Like. so that perhaps there never was an instance of any inocent person condemned, in any court of Judicature on Earth, only threw Satans deluding imposing on the ima ginations of men, when nevertheless the Witnesses, Juries & Judges were all to be excused from blame.