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" ... is at once flatly to contradict the revealed word of God, in various passages both of the Old and New Testament: and the thing itself is a truth to which every nation in the world hath in its turn borne testimony, either by examples seemingly well... "
Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature ... - Page 224
edited by - 1833
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Encyclopędia Americana, ed. by F. Lieber assisted by E. Wigglesworth (and T ...

Encyclopaedia Americana - 1833 - 548 pages
...thing itself is a truth to which every nation in the world hatb in its turn borne testimony, cither by example* seemingly well attested, or by prohibitory...the possibility of a commerce with evil spirits." 235 pressed to death, in Salem and its vicinity, for the crime of witchcraft ; but, though several...
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Encyclopędia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 13

Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1835 - 546 pages
...is a truth to which every nation in the world hath in its turn borne testimony, either hy examples seemingly well attested, or by prohibitory laws ;...death, in Salem and its vicinity, for the crime of witcheraft ; but, though several were condemned and many accused, there were no executions subsequent...
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Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books ; with an ..., Volume 4

William Blackstone - 1836 - 704 pages
...is a truth to which every nation in the world hath in its turn borne testimony, either by examples seemingly well attested, or by prohibitory laws ;...suppose the possibility of a commerce with evil spirits. The civil law punishes with death not only the sorcerers (16) The conviction must be within 3 Burn,...
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Curiosities of Medical Experience

John Gideon Millingen - 1838 - 456 pages
...is a truth to which every nation in the world hath in its turn borne testimony, either by examples seemingly well attested, or by prohibitory laws which...suppose the possibility of a commerce with evil spirits. The civil law punishes with death not only the sorcerers themselves, but also those who consult them...
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The Popular Encyclopedia

1841 - 982 pages
...world hath in its turn borne testimony, either by examples seemingly well attested, or by proliibitory laws; which, at least, suppose the possibility of a commerce with evil spirits." r2 ingenuity was generally quickened by the application of what was then called " yentle torture."...
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The American Biblical Repository

1842 - 514 pages
...is a truth to which every nation in the world hath, in its turn, borne testimony, either by examples seemingly well attested, or by prohibitory laws, which at least suppose the possibility of commerce with evil spirits."|| * Of one of Cotton Mather's publications on Witchcraft, Mr. Baxter said...
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Biblical Repository and Quarterly Observer

1842 - 1046 pages
...is a truth to which every nation in the world hath, in its turn, borne testimony, either by examples seemingly well attested, or by prohibitory laws, which at least suppose the possibility of commerce with evil spirits."|| * Of one of Cotton Mather's publications on Witchcraft, Mr. Baxter said...
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The New Englander, Volume 1

1843 - 644 pages
...every nation in the world hath in its turn borne testimony, either by examples seemingly well tested, or by prohibitory laws ; which at least suppose the possibility of a commerce with evil spirits." Why, then, should the executions at Salem in 1692, deserve to be singled out, as something most extraordinary...
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The Foote Family: Or, The Descendants of Nathaniel Foote, One of the First ...

Nathaniel Goodwin - 1849 - 386 pages
...is a truth to which every nation in the world hath, in its turn, borne testimony, either by examples seemingly well attested, or by prohibitory laws, which at least suppose the possibility of commerce with evil spirits." . ' Sir John Reresby, after giving an account of a poor woman tried for...
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Encyclopędia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 13

Francis Lieber - 1851 - 544 pages
...is. a truth to which every nation in the world hath in its turn borne testimony, either by examples seemingly well attested, or by prohibitory laws; which, at least, suppose the possibility of a com merce with evil spirits.7' 204 225 pressed to death, in Salem and its vicinity, for the crime of...
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