The Definition of a Witch, or a certain Demonstration what a Witch is (for the vulgar capacity.)
A Witch is a Man, or Woman, that practiseth Devillish crafts, of seducing the people for gain, from the know∣ledge
A perfect discovery of witches shewing the divine cause of the distractions of this kingdome, and also of the Christian world : very profitable to bee read by all sorts of people, especially judges of assizes, sheriffes, justices of the peace, and grand-jury-men, before they passe sentence on those that are condemned for witch-craft / by Thomas Ady.
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- A perfect discovery of witches shewing the divine cause of the distractions of this kingdome, and also of the Christian world : very profitable to bee read by all sorts of people, especially judges of assizes, sheriffes, justices of the peace, and grand-jury-men, before they passe sentence on those that are condemned for witch-craft / by Thomas Ady.
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- Ady, Thomas.
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- London :: Printed for R.I. to bee sold by H. Brome ...,
- 1661.
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- Witchcraft -- Great Britain.
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"A perfect discovery of witches shewing the divine cause of the distractions of this kingdome, and also of the Christian world : very profitable to bee read by all sorts of people, especially judges of assizes, sheriffes, justices of the peace, and grand-jury-men, before they passe sentence on those that are condemned for witch-craft / by Thomas Ady." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A26477.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.
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and worship of God, and from the truth to vain cre∣dulity, (or beleeving of lyes) or to the Worshipping of Idols.