A modest enquiry into the nature of witchcraft, and how persons guilty of that crime may be convicted: and the means used for their discovery discussed, both negatively and affimatively, according to Scripture and experience.
Hale, John, 1636-1700., Higginson, John, 1616-1708.
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ANy general Custom against the Law of God is void. St. Germans Abridg|ment of Common Law. Lib. 1. C. 6.

Omnium legum est inanis censura nisi Divinae legis imaginem gerat. Finch of Common Law. Lib. 4. C. 3.

Where a Law is grounded upon a Pre|sumption, if the Presumption fail the Law is not to be holden in Conscience. Abridgment of C. Law. Lib. 1. C. 19.