Wonders of the Invisible World

ENCOUNTERED, 17Witches, numerous to a Prodigy 1 Accordingly, The Kingdomsof Sweden, Denmark, Scotland, yea and England itself, as well as the Province of New-England, have hadtheir Storms of Witchcrafts breaking upon them, whichhave made most Lamentable Devastations :which also Iwish, may be The Last. And it is not uneasie to beimagined, That God has not brought out all the Witchcraftsin many other Lands with such a speedy, dreadful, destroyingJealousie, as burns forth upon such High Treasons,committed here in A Land of Uprightness:Transgressorsmay more quickly here than elsewhere become a Prey to theVengeance of Him, Who has Eyes like a Flame of Fire,and, u'ho walks in the midst of the Golden Candlesticks.Moreover, There are many parts of the World, who if theydo upon this Occasion insult over this People of God, needonly to be told the Story of what happened at Loim, in theDutchy of Gulic, where a Popish Curate having ineffectuallytry'd many Charms to Eject the Devil out of a Damselthere possessed, he passionately bid the Devil come out ofher into himself;but the Devil answered him, QuidmihiOpus, est eum tentare, quem Novissimo die, Jure Optimo,sum possessurus ? That is,What need I meddle with onewhom I am sure to have, and hold at the Last-day as myown for ever !But besides all this, give me leave to add, it is to behoped, That among the Persons represented by the Spectreswhich now afflict our Neighbours, there will be found somethat never explicitly contracted with any of the Evil Angels.The Witches have not only intimated, but some of themacknowledge, That they have plotted the Representations