The Witchcraft Delusion in New England (Vol. 1-3)
Its Rise, Progress, and Termination (Complete Edition)By Cotton Mather, Robert Calef
Length21h 53m
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The Witchcraft Delusion in New England in three volumes is a book relating the Salem witch trials of 1692-1693. It presents the compilation of works on the subject by Cotton Mather, a Puritan minister involved in trials and Robert Calef who opposed Mather. After the trials Mather published the book Wonders of the Invisible World which contained a few of Mather's sermons, the conditions of the colony and a description of witch trials in Europe. He argued that since there are witches and devils, there are "immortal souls." He also claimed that witches appear spectrally as themselves. Calef's response was the book More Wonders of the Invisible World in which he denounced Mather's preaches. The Witchcraft Delusion in New England contains both of those works with the analysis and additional materials which provide a detailed look on the subject of witchcraft.
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GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length21 hrs 53 mins
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Publish dateJul 15, 2020
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Table of contents
1The Witchcraft Delusion in New England (Vol. 1-3)
35The Elders and Messengers of the churches met at Salem Village, April 3, 1695, to consider and determine what is to be done, for the composure of the present unhappy differences in that place. After solemn invocation of God in Christ for his direction, do unanimously declare, as followeth, viz.
2PREFATORY.
36To the Reverend Elders of the Three Churches of Christ, at Boston, with others the Elders and Brethren of other Churches, late of a Council at Salem Village.
3INTRODUCTORY.
37The Copy of a Paper that was handed about touching those Differences.
4MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR.
38Some part of the Determination of the Elders and Messengers of the Churches, met at Salem Village, April 3, 1695, relating to the Differences there.
5THE Author's Defence.
39To the Honourable Wait Winthrop,[86] Elisha Cook,[87] and Samuel Sewall, Esquires, Arbitrators indifferently chosen, between Mr. Samuel Parris, and the inhabitants of Salem Village.
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6[5] ENCHANTMENTS ENCOUNTER'D.
40PART IV.
7AN ABSTRACT OF MR. PERKINS'S[71] WAY FOR THE DISCOVERY OF WITCHES.
41A Letter of a Gentleman[90] endeavouring to prove the received Opinions about Witchcraft.
8[2] A DISCOURSE ON THE WONDERS OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD.[76]
42A second Letter of a Gentleman,[97] endeavouring to prove the received Opinions about Witchcraft.
9AN HORTATORY AND NECESSARY ADDRESS, TO A COUNTRY NOW EXTRAORDINARILY ALARUM'D BY THE WRATH OF THE DEVIL. TIS THIS,
43PART V. An Impartial Account of the most Memorable Matters of Fact, touching the supposed Witchcraft in New-England.
10I. THE TRYAL OF G. B. At a Court of OYER and TERMINER, Held in Salem, 1692.
44Matters of Fact.
11II. The Tryal of Bridget Bishop,[154] alias Oliver, at the Court of Oyer and Terminer, held at Salem, June 2. 1692.
45An Account how John Aldin,[25] Senior, was dealt with at Salem-Village.
12III. The Tryal of Susanna Martin,[164] at the Court of Oyer and Terminer, held by Adjournment at Salem, June 29. 1692.
46To Mr. John Arnold, Keeper of the Prison in Boston, in the County of Suffolk.[27]
13IV. The Tryal of Elizabeth How,[173] at the Court of Oyer and Terminer, held by Adjournment at Salem June 30, 1692.
47The Indictment of George Burroughs.[58]
14V. The Trial of Martha Carrier,[179] at the Court of Oyer and Terminer, held by Adjournment at Salem, August 2, 1692.
48The Tryal of G. B. as Printed in Wonders of the Invisible World, from P. 94 to 104.
15THE DEVIL DISCOVERED.
49The Indictment of Bridget Bishop.
16PREFATORY, BY THE EDITOR.
50The Tryal of Bridget Bishop, as printed, in Wonders of Invisible World, June 2, 1692. P. 104 to 114.
17Pedigree of Calef.[1]
51The Indictment of Susanna Martin.
18MEMOIR OF ROBERT CALEF.
52The Trial of Susanna Martin, June 29, 1692. As is Printed, in Wonders of the Invisible World, from p. 114 to p. 116.
19[1] The Epistle to the READER.
53The Indictment of Elizabeth How.
20PART I.: [1] ANOTHER BRAND Pluckt out of the BURNING, Or, More Wonders of the Invisible World.
54[133] The Tryal of Elizabeth How,[96] June 30, 1692. As is Printed In Wonders of the Invisible World, from P. 126 to P. 132, inclusively.
21PART II.
55[136] The Indictment of Martha Carryer.[109]
22A Letter to Mr. C. M.
56The Trial of Martha Carryer, August 2, 1692. As may be seen in Wonders of the Invisible World, from P. 132, to 138.
23A Letter of Mr. C. M.
57By the Honourable the Lieutenant Governour, Council and Assembly of his Majesties[133] Province of the Massachusetts Bay, in General Court Assembled.
24The Copy of a Paper Receiv'd with the above Letter.
58Some that had been of several Jewries, have given forth a Paper, Sign'd with their own hands in these words.
25A Letter to Mr. C. M.
59POSTSCRIPT.
26A Letter to Mr. B.
60APPENDIX.
27To the Ministers, whether English, French, or Dutch,
61NUMBER I.
28A Letter to Mr. S. W.
62NUMBER II.
29A Letter to Mr. C. M.
63NUMBER III.
30To the Ministers in and near Boston, January 12, 1696.
64NUMBER IV.
31A Letter to Mr. B. W.
65NUMBER V.
32PART III.
66NUMBER VI.
33An Account of the Differences in SALEM Village.
67NOTE BY THE EDITOR.
34Mr. Parris's Acknowledgment.
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