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 seems to me such an exemplar of candid and sincere Christianity, without any pride, deceit, sourness or superstition; to which let me add his working such wonderful at least, if not properly called miracles, as the Church of Rome in no age, could ever produce for their religion. For what Gretrakes did, was done in the face of the world, seen and attested by Physicians, Philosophers, and Divines of the most penetrating and accurate judgment. But what ridiculous shams and cheats the miracles of the Roman Church are, is too well known to the world to spend any time on them here."

The most remarkable thing about Gretrakes is, that he should have performed these cures without becoming a religious enthusiast. Many men have pretended to 'call spirits from the vasty deep,' without believing themselves conjurors, but none of these pretenders would have doubted the reality of their