Lectures on Witchcraft: Comprising a History of the Delusion in Salem, in 1692

accused ancestors Andover Ann Putnam appear arts awful believed bewitched blessed Boston brought Burroughs called capital punishment carried cause century character charms Christian church circumstances condemned confess conviction Cotton Mather court credulity crime dark death declared demonology devil diabolical divination doctrine doubt Dr Mather England error evidence evil execution George Burroughs girl gracious Lord given guilty hand honored human imagination imposture Increase Mather influence instance judges jury justice learned magic malignant manner MARGARET JACOBS Mary Easty Mascon ment mercy mind ministers Moll Pitcher mysterious nature Noyes opinion philosophy prayer present pretended prevailed prison proceedings prosecutions reason Rebecca Nurse Richard Baxter Salem Village Satan says scene sion sorcery soul spectral evidence spirit suffer supernatural superstition supposed things thought thrown tion transaction trial truth unto whole wife witch witchcraft delusion witness woman