Cases of conscience concerning evil spirits personating men, witchcrafts, infallible proofs of guilt in such as are accused with that crime. All considered according to the Scriptures, history, experience, and the judgment of many learned men. By Increase Mather, president of Harvard Colledge at Cambridge, and teacher of a church at Boston in New-England.

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• Cases of conscience concerning evil spirits personating men, witchcrafts, infallible proofs of guilt in such as are accused with that crime. All considered according to the Scriptures, history, experience, and the judgment of many learned men. By Increase Mather, president of Harvard Colledge at Cambridge, and teacher of a church at Boston in New-England.
• Cases of conscience concerning witchcrafts
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People / Organizations

• Increase Mather (Author)

Imprint

Boston: printed, and sold by Benjamin Harris at the London Coffee-House, 1693.

Publication year

1693-1693

ESTC No.

W37684

Grub Street ID

348469

Description

[6], 67, [7] p. ; 8⁰

Note

Running title reads: Cases of conscience concerning witchcrafts.

"Christian reader" (A2r-A3v), signed by William Hubbard and 13 others, was written by Samuel Willard, one of the signatories. "The return of several ministers consulted by His Excellency" (G4) was written by Cotton Mather. Cf. Holmes.Citation/references Evans, 658

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), M1193

Holmes, T.J. Increase Mather, 22-A