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B05879	A strange and wonderful relation of Margaret Gurr of Tunbridge, in Kent; shewing, how she was afflicted with devils. As also, how they entred into her, and spake in her and tempted her to kill herself; and how she was taken up by devils and witches and was flying in the ayr. Also, the marvelous cures done by Dr. Skinner in these three counties, viz. Sussex, Surrey, and Kent, the like strange cures hath scarce been done or heard of ... / Iohn Skinner, of Westram, in Kent ...	Skinner, John, fl. 1681.	1681-1684? (1684)	Wing S3944; ESTC R184269	5,663	26

lively and chearful Countenance and am very well Moreover Here is to be Noted the wonderful Blessing and love of God to me his poor Handmaid That before this great affliction was laid upon me I knew not any Letters in the Bible or Testament but since my enduring this heavy punishment or Hell upon Earth I can now learn my Book and am wonderfully delighted in Reading and spending all my spare time in Prayers and meditating on the word of God For I was for the most part of my life much given to Prayers and would often pray when I was alone and had leasure so that it was not for any vicious and wicked life that I have led as it is well known to all that know me that the Lord laid these fore Afflictions upon me but I hope for my good knowing that Those whom the Lord loveth he Chastizeth So that my trust may be always in the Lord my God and my loss may henceforth become my gain for to my great comfort I can now read the Divine word of God which before I could not All the while I was in this desolate condition my Brothers nor any of my Friends came not neer me but all forsook me they hearing how I was tempted and tortured with Witches and Devils above a hundred times to Curse and swear in my Prayers before the Devil appeared to me so that now I am well my own Brother will as soon as he sees the at a distance be gone out of my sight and not speak a word to me being still afraid of me so that I have no comfort from them Hebrews 12.6 7 8. But having undergone the Rod of Gods Correction here now in m● Youth I take courage hoping that as I gro● in years to grow in Grace as David did wh●● he said Psalm 119.71 It is good that have been afflicted that I might learn th● Statutes Psal 34.19 Many are the afflictions of the Righteous but the Lord deliver● them out of all Therefore let none think 〈◊〉 hard to be Tempted seeing that our Lord an● Maker Mat. 4.5 was Tempted and carr●●● about of Devils as well as I The Servant 〈◊〉 not greater then his Lord. To Conclude I desire all good People 〈◊〉 consider their latter end and be fervent in Pra●●● lest they enter into Temptation Therefore 〈◊〉 ought to be armed with Patience 1 Pet. 1. ● Ephe. 6.11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18. Ia●… 1.8 for the manifestation of the truth of the things I have hereunto set my hand Tunbridge in Kent Margaret Gurr In the presence of these four Witnesses Namely Christopher Elderidge and his Wife and A●●ry Marlot and William Tully Here followeth a Relation of a Male Servant about 17 Years of Age who was possest with a Devil in the shape of a Grey-hound HEnry Chouning living in the Parish of Hadlaw in Kent had a servant-Boy about the age of seventeen years he was much inclin'd to read the Scriptures and lively enough and a ●ood-Servant and healthy his Master sent ●●m out in his ground where he had not been … ing but there appeared unto him a Spirit in the form of a Grey hound which made towards him and spoke saying You must go into Virginia it said no more but vanished the B●t immediately went home and told his Master of what he had seen but he came home in a great fright and as it were amazed and looked very strangely after that he grew worse and worse and after a strange manner he would six his eyes and was extream melancholly and his Speech began to fail all People supposing him to be under an evil Tongue or bewitcht the Boy growing worse and worse they were resolved to look out for help for they fear'd the Boy would make away with himself and they were much trouble● thereat His Master hearing of the many Cures I h●● done brought him over to me and after I h●● examined the business and well consider'd of it I found he was possest with the Devil for h● was as it were in amaze and his eyes were always fixed in his head and I had much ado to get him to speak a word but by my urging o● him he did confess that he was tempted in hi● mind and was led on and tempted to strange things as to go to Sea and matters that he was not able to mention so that when I rightly understood his condition and how and afte● what manner he was taken and his temptation did increase upon him I understood what the means must be that must relieve him and gave order for the putting up of Medicines for the means must be speedy or else it cannot be performed he was very willing to take or make use of any means and I ordered his Mother to come to me the next week or when he had made use of those things so she did and brought me news he was much amended to the admiration of many that heard how it was with him with those that came to me at Tunbridge marched to inquire how he did He said then he was not at all troubled but onely with a pain in his belly so that he had something more sent him and by Gods help was made perfectly well in 18 days time neither hath any thing attempted to trouble him since in the least when I got the Boy to spake which was with much ado his Speech was not according to a natural speech of his body but as if something did make a noyse within him or as if he spoke through the Nose as we call it for it was not his own speech but the Spirit or Devil within him that tempted him also and told him many strange things The Boy seemed to amend while he was in the room with me for when he went away with his Master he could talk and speak much better and was abundantly more lively I undertook the Cure at a price as by bargaining with his Master for what I should have taking one half of the money in hand and the rest I was to have when I had done the Cure and cast out the evil Spirit or Devil out of him and at the fourth nights end or Master came and payed me for the Cure for the Boy was as well as ever he was Here followeth Two Wonderful and Miraculous CURES which was by the help of God performed by me in a short time MR. Woldredge living at West-Chittington in Sussex his Daughter Susan h●● the Evil in her Eyes and a great Rheum an● inflamation followed it she had been with other● before she came to me her father came over an● asked my advice I told him she would be wel● and bid him go home so he did but soon after h●● Daughter was in extream misery with swelling and raging pain in her Eye insomuch that th●● thought certainly she would have lost her Eye but on a sudden it began to mend and was 〈◊〉 better and better her father came again and sent her a Purge with some other matter a●● she was in a short time made perfectly well a●● 〈…〉 ●●er since being six ●ears or ●●●●abouts her friends much rejoyced ●nd well rewarded me A Woman in West-Grunstee in Sussex this Woman had the Evil in her Throat and hearing of my Cures did desire one Goody Archpoll to pray me to meet her at Ashington-Fair so I did and talked with her to at that time I had no●ght to give her but did order her to come over and she did promise she would but I did ●ear no more of her so I did order Goody Archpoll to inquire why she did not come so she did and the Woman said she had no need for she sound her self begin to mend from that same time and was now perfectly well and the truth of this same Relation the aforementioned G●o●● Archpoll in Sussex can testifie One Goody Halle at Seavenock in Kent had 〈◊〉 most lamentable pain in her head neer her Eye ●ike to make her distracted for she was in lamen●●ble pain night and day and could never be at rest she had been with many Doctors and took ●uch Physick of them but did no good she ●ame to me and was at ease immediately and 〈◊〉 Cured from that time I sent her home with some Medicines and now she remains in ●ound and perfect health FINIS