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upon Spotless Soveraignty [word is underlined], & tho' Somethings  
upon Spotless Soveraignty [word is underlined], & tho' Somethings  
if Suffered to be common would subvert this  
if Suffered to be common would subvert this  
Government & disband [yea] ruine Humane  
Government & disband [yea?] ruine Humane  
society; yet God doth sometime suffer such  
society; yet God doth sometime suffer such  
things
things

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an Evidence Supposed to be in the Testimony which is thoroly [thoroughly] [throwly] to be Weighed, & if it doe[s] not infallibly prove the Crime against the person accused, it ought not to determine him guilty of it for So righteous men may be condemned unjustly. In case of witchcraft wee know that the Divel [capital D written over lowercase d][Devil] is the imediate agent in the mischief done, the Consent or Compact of the witch is the thing to be demonstrated. Among many Arguments to Evince this that which is most under present debate, is that which refers to Something vulgarly called Spec- tre evidence ["Spectre evidence" is underlined] and a certain sort of ordeal [ordeal appears to be a later addition] or tryall by the Sight and Touch. The princi- pal plea to Justise the Convictive Evidence of [of is written over 'again'] those [these] is fetched from the Consideration of the wis- dome and Justice of God in Governing the [world?] which they Suppose would fail if such things were permitted to befall an inocent person. but it is Certain that too resolute conclusi- ons drawn from Hence, are bold usurpations upon Spotless Soveraignty [word is underlined], & tho' Somethings if Suffered to be common would subvert this Government & disband [yea?] ruine Humane society; yet God doth sometime suffer such things