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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55588	The power of vvitchcraft being a most strange but true relation of the most miraculous and wonderful deliverance of one Mr. William Harrison, of Cambden in the county of Glocester, steward to the Lady Nowel. Who was supposed to have been murthered by his own servant, and his servants mother and brother: but to the amazement of all the people that live near the said place, the truth is now brought to light; and Mr. Harrison after about two years absence is returned into his own country and place of abode in Cambden. The manner how he was bewitched away, and the manner of his safe return back again into his own countrey you shall hear in this following discourse.		1662 (1662)	Wing P3109; ESTC R221784	4,513	15

there are thousands of people that can witness and testifie the truth hereof Now friends having related to you the truth of the whole matter here is great matter of wonder and astenishment to all people to sée the wonderful deliverance which the Lord hath bestowed upon this Gentleman and no question but he will and doth acknowledge the Lords mercy to him We may also observe here how the Lord both bring punishment upon such wicked livers as this Woman and her two Sons were you may look but into the 22. of Exod. 18. there it is said thou shalt not suffer a witch to live and here we may sée how just the Lord was in his dealing to these vile and wicked livers for soon after they had committed the wicked fact on such a faithful friend as this Mr. Harrison was who out of love and pity did bring up this Boy and kept him as we may say as his own the Lord was pleased to bring them to this sad end and deserved punishment and I wish that it may prove a warning to all others that practice such divelish and horrid Witthcrafts In the 5. of Micah and the 12. verse the Lord hath promised there that he will cut off Witthcrafts and there shall be no more Soothsayers the Lord will not be worse then his word but he will bring all such wicked offenders to shameful ends he will not onely punish them here but hrreafter for Witches and Wizards or fortunetellers and the like they are such as sell their souls to the Deuil to do mischief and though the Lord let them alone for a season to go on in their wicked ways yet let them knew that there will a reckoning day come when they shall pay dearly for all their folly O that this notable example of Gods Iustice might be a warning peice unto all of us of what condition soever we be and this wonderful example of mercy to Mr. Harrison might be always fresh in our memory Surely we may judge the Lord dealt by him as he did by Job when the Lord gave Satan leave to do what he would with him onely touch not his life saith God as we may read in the first Chapter of the Book of Job So the Lord would not suffer this wicked woman to do any hurt to his person that is to his life as we now may sée Although every one thought that he had béen murthered the Lord can and the Lord will restrain the power of the wicked they shall not always have their will though he doth give them power yet doth put a restraint upon them and they cannot go any further then he will give them leave What matter of encouragement is here to all that love the Lord the Lord may and doth suffer Satan the great Enemy of mankind to tempt his people and he doth sometimes let the wicked prevail so far as to have some power of them that is to do some mischief either to their bodies or estates and the like but they cannot hurt their soul for the Lord taketh care of that and he will preserve them in spite of all the Devils in Hell I shall now come to a conclusion only I shall desire every one that bears this truth to consider of the power of the Lord and of the great mercy the Lord hath to bestow on them that deftre sincerely to serve him and I shall desire all that hear of this to consider of it and to be careful of their ways and to be watthful for your adversary the Devil walketh about like a roaring Lyon séeking whom he may devour a Christian had néed to be wakeful in sinful times for it may be the occasion of any of us to be often abroad we had néed to be careful of our selves especially our souls for that may fall out in a moment to us which we nor any of our Relations little thought of The Devil is a very busie adversary and is always a contriving and plotting to do mischief to Gods people where he can set any at work he will promise great rewards to them we read in the Scripture that he tempted our Lord Iesus Christ himself all this will I give thee saith he if thou wilt fall down and worship me but he could make no approach upon Christ but upon poor sinful man he doth too too often prevail he strives all he can to make a Christian forsake the ways of God it is Satans chief design and aim to tempt a Christian to make him think evil of the ways of God that so at length he may bring them to himself and this thou mayst assure thy self ef that if thou make a contract with the Devil as all such wicked creatures do as go by the name of Witches or Conjurers and the like though thou dost reign in thy wicked ways for many moneths or years yet know for a certain that the Deuil that set thee en work will pay thee thy wages Therefore now to make an end I wish that this Example of Mercy and Iustice may be a seasonable warning-piece to us all and that it may make every one that hears of it extoll the goodness of the Lord in so miraculously preserving the life of this Gentleman And on the other side we have great cause to admire at this strange Providence that the Lord would bring such wicked offenders to such a deserved punishment The Lord grant that we may live always to the praise of his holy Name while we live in the World that when our time is finished in this life we may inherit a Crown of Glory in the life which is to come FINIS