A discourse on witchcraft : Occasioned by a bill now depending in Parliament, to repeal the statute made in the first year of the reign of King James I, intituled, An act against conjuration, witchcraft, and dealing with evil and wicked spirits. Containing, Seven Chapters on the following Heads. I. To prove that the Bible has been falsely translated in those Places which speak of Witchcraft. II. That the Opinion of Witches, has had its Foundation in Heathen Fables. III. That it hath been improved by the Papal Inquisitors, seeking their own private Gain, as also to establish the Usurped Dominion of their Founder. IV. That there is no such Thing as a Witch in the Scriptures, and that there is no such Thing as a Witch at all. V. An Answer to their Arguments who endeavour to prove there are Witches. VI. How the Opinion of Witches came at first into the World. Vii. The Conclusion.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Witchcraft--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Witchcraft.

Great Britain. Act against conjuration, witchcraft and dealing with evil and wicked spirits.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (47,[1]p. )

Other Title:

Discourse on witchcraft.

Place of Publication:

London : printed for J. Read , in White-Fryars ; and sold by the booksellers and pamphlet-shops of London and Westminster, [1736]

Notes:

Price from imprint: Price One Shilling.

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N6532.

OCLC:

642217731