A candle in the dark shewing the divine cause of the distractions of the whole nation of England and of the Christian world ... / by Thomas Ady ...
- Title
- A candle in the dark shewing the divine cause of the distractions of the whole nation of England and of the Christian world ... / by Thomas Ady ...
- Author
- Ady, Thomas.
- Publication
- London :: Printed for Robert Ibbitson ...,
- 1655.
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- Subject terms
- Witchcraft -- England.
- Link to this Item
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- Cite this Item
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"A candle in the dark shewing the divine cause of the distractions of the whole nation of England and of the Christian world ... / by Thomas Ady ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A26476.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024.
Contents
- title page
- The Reason of the Book.
- A Candle in the Dark,
- Errata.
- TO THE Prince of the Kings of the Earth.
- To the Reader.
- To the more Iudicious and Wise, and Dis∣creet part of the Clergie of ENGLAND.
- A PREFACE.
- A DILEMMA THAT Cannot bee answered by VVITCH-MONGERS.
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A Candle in the Dark: SHEVVING The Divine Cause of the distractions of the whole Nation of ENGLAND, and of the Christian World.
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Deuteronomy 18.10, 11. -
Exodus 22.18. - The Text opened.
- The Definition of a Witch, or a certain Demonstration what a Witch is (for the vulgar capacity.)
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De 18.10, 11.. - A Question resolved.
- The Third Description.
- The Fourth Description.
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The Fifth Description. The Fifth Appellation, or term of description of a Witch in the Text, is
Prestigiator, that is, aJugler. - A Charmer: The Sixth Description.
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A Devillish practice of Conjuring Charms used by the Popish Clergy, disco∣vered at
Orleance inFrance, acted chiefly by two Popish DoctorsDivinity, Colimanus, andStephanus Aterbatensis, and their Knavery found out. -
Another notable true Relation of what happened in a Town in
England, wherein is plainly shewed how easily men are de∣ceived by Iugling Confederacy in Conjuration. - The Eighth term of Description.
- The Ninth term of Description.
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- THE SECOND BOOK.
- THE THIRD BOOK: SHEWING The vanity of some English VVriters concerning VVitches.