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42 dreadful ſpectacle of divine juſtice for ſome weeks, and then died, and may be looked upon as a monument of God's ſeverity and that although ſentence againſt every evil work is always executed ſpeedily, yet God leaves not himſelf without witneſs in this, as well as in former ages against atheiſm and impiety; and particularly againſt blaſphemers, ſcoffers, ſwearers, curſers, and perjured perſons, as manifeſtly appears by the foregoing dreadful examples.

HAT there are really magicians, conjurers, and witches, who have commerce, and familiaty with evil ſpirits, is ſo clear and plain, both from holy Scripture, councils, canons and civil laws in all nations, that none but thoſe Atheiſts who would endeavour to perſuade themſelves there are no ſpirits, and conſequently no other life after this, ever denied it; but ſince the reality of this converſe with demons, and their appearances, and poſſeſſions has been ſo clearly demonſtrated in former ages, but eſpecially in this, by perſons of moſt acute judgment and learning, wherein they