234

3. Because if Satan may not represent an Innocent Person
as afflicting others, it must be either because he
wants will or power to do this, or because God will
never permit him so to do it; either of which may
be affirmed 237

4. It is certain, both from Scripture and History, that
Magicians by their Inchantments and Hellish Conjurations
may cause a False Representation of Persons
and Things 243

5. From the concurring Judgment of many Learned and
Judicious Men 250

6. Our own Experience has confirmed the Truth of what
we affirm 253

The Second Case considered, _viz._ If one bewitched be cast
down with the look or cast of the Eye of another Person,
and after that recovered again by a Touch from
the same Person, is not this an infallible Proof that the
party accused and complained of is in Covenant with
the Devil? 255

_Answer._ This may be Ground of Suspicion and Examination,
but not of Conviction 255

The Judgment of Mr. _Bernard_ and of Dr. _Cotta_ produced 256

Several Things offered against the Infallibility of this
Proof:--

1. 'Tis possible that the Persons in question may be
possessed with Evil Spirits. Signs of such 258

2. Falling down with the Cast of the Eye proceeds not
from a natural, but an arbitrary Cause 260

3. That of the bewitched Persons being recovered with a
Touch is various and fallible 262

4. There are that question the Lawfulness of the Experiment 264

5. The Testimony of Bewitched or Possessed Persons is
no Evidence as to what they see concerning others,
and therefore not as to themselves 266

6. Bewitched Persons have sometimes been struck down
with the Look of Dogs 267

7. If this were an Infallible Proof, there would be
difficulty in discovering Witches 268

8. Nothi