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A true relation of an apparition expressions and actings of a spirit which infected the house of Andrew Mackie in Ring-Croft of Stocking, in the paroch of Kerrick, in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright, in Scotland / by Mr. Alexander Telfair, minister of that paroch ; and attested by many other persons who were also eye and ear-witnesses.
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Telfair, Alexander.
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1696
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Wing T623; ESTC R33670
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A TRUE RELATION OF AN Apparition Expressions and Actings OF A SPIRIT Which Infested the House of Andrew Mackie in Ring-Croft of Stocking in the Paroch of Rerrick in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright in Scotland By Mr. Alexander Telfair Minister of that Paroch and Attested by many other Persons who were also Eye and Ear-Witnesses Eph. 6.11 Put on the whole Armour of God that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the Devil Vers. 12. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against Principalities and Powers c James 4.7 Resist the Devil and he will flee from you EDINBVRGH Printed by GEORGE MOSMAN And are to be sold at his Shop in the Parliament Closs 1696. TO THE READER I Assure you It is contrare to my Genius all Circumstances being considered to appear in Print to the View of the World yet these Motives have prevailed with me to publish the following Relation beside the satisfying of some reverend Brethren in the Ministry and several worthy Christians As 1. The Conviction and Confutation of that prevailing Spirit of Atheism and Infidelity in our time denying both in Opinion and Practice the Existence of Spirits either of God or Devils and consequently a Heaven and Hell And imputing the Voices Apparitions and Actings of Good or Evil Spirits to the Melancholick Disturbance or Distemper of the Brains and Fancies of those who pretend to hear see or feel them 2. To give occasion to all who read this To bless the Lord who hath sent a stronger even Christ Iesus than the strong Man to bind him and spoil him of his Goods and to destroy the Works of the Devil and even by these things whereby Satan thinks to propagate his Kingdom of Darkness to discover weaken aâ—d bring it down 3 To induce all Persons particularly Masters of Families to private and Family-Prayer lest the neglect of it provâ—ke the Lord nor only to pour out his Wraâ—h upon them otherwise But to let Satan loose to haunt their Persons and Families with audible Voices Appaâ—itionâ— and hurt to their persoâ—s and Goods 4 That Ministâ—rs and Congregations wheâ—e the Gospâ—l is in any measure in purity and power may be upon their guard to wrestle according to the Word of God against these Principalities and Powers and Spiritual Wickednesses who still seek to maâ—r the Success and Fruit of the Gospel sometimes bâ— force and sometimes by fraud sometimes secretly and sometimes openly Tunc tua res agitur paries cum proximus ardet And for thâ—se Ends learn to know his Wiles and put on the whole Armour of God that they may be able to debate wiâ—h him And 5 That all who aâ—e by the goodness of God â—reâ— from these audible Voices Apparitions or Hurts from Satan may learn â—o ascribe Praise and Glory to God who leads them not into Temptation but delivers them from Evil And that this true and attested Account of Satan's Mâ—thods in this Place may carry thâ— foresaâ—d Ends iâ— the earnâ—st Prayer of An weak Labourer in the Work of the Gospel in that Place and Your Servant for Christ's sake ALEXANDER TELFAIR Edinburgh Decem. 2â— 1695. A true Relation of an Apparition Expressions and Actings of a Spirit which Infested the House of Andrew Mackie in Ring-Croft of Stocking in the Paroch of Rerrick in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright in Scotland WHereas many are desirous to know the Truth of the Matter as to the Evil Spirit and its Actings that troubleth the Family of Andrew Mackie in Ring-Croâ—t of Stocking c. and are lyable to be mis-informed as I do find by the reports that come to my own Ears of that matter Therefore that satisfaction may be given and such mistakes may be cured or prevented I the Minister of the â—aâ—d Parocâ— who was present several times and was Witness to many of its Actings and have heard an Account of the whole of its Methods and Actings from the persâ—ns present towards whom and before whom it did act have given the ensuing and short Account of the whole Matter which I can attest to be the very Truth as to that Affair and before I come to the Relation it self I premise these things with respect to what might have been the occasion and rise of that Spirits appearing and acting 1. The said Andrew Mackie being a Measâ—n to his Employment 't is given out that when he took the Meason-word he devouted his first Child to the Devil But I am certainly informed he never took the same and knows not what that Word is He is outwardly Moral there is nothing known to his Life and Conversation but honest civil and harmless beyond many of his Neighbours doth delight in the Company of the best and when he was under the Trouble of that evil Spirit did pray to the great satisfaction of many As for his Wife and Children none have imputed any thing to them as the riâ—e of it nor is there any ground for ought I know for any to do so 2. Whereas it s given out that a Woman sub malâ famâ— did leave some Cloaths in that house in the Custody of the said Andrew Mackie and died before they were given up to her and he or his Wife should have keeped some of them back from her friends I did seriously pose both him and his Wife upon the Matter they declared they knew not what things were left being bound up in a Sack but did deliver entirely to her Freinds all they received from the Woman which I am apt to believe 3 Whereas one Macknaught who sometimes before possessed that House did not thrive in his own Person or Goods It seems he had sent his Son to a Witch-wife who lived then at the Routing-bridge in the Paroch of Iron-gray to enquire what might be the cause of the decay of his Person and Goods the Youth meeting with some Forreign Souldiâ—rs went abroad to Flanders and did not return with an Answer Some years after there was one Iohn Redick in this Paroch who having had occasion to go abroad met with the said young Macknaught in Flanders and they knowing other Macknaught enquired after his Father and other Friends and finding the said Iohn Redick was to go home desired him to go to his Father or who ever dwelt in the Ring-croft and desire them to raise the door-threshold and search till they found a Tooth and burn it for none who dwelt in that house would thrive till that was done The said Iohn Redick coming home and finding the old man Macknaught dead and his Wife out of that place did never mention the matter nor further mind it till this trouble was in Andrew Mackie's Family then he spoke of it and told the matter to my self Betwixt Macknight's death and Andrew Mackie's Possession of this House there was one Thomas Telfair who possest it some years what way he heard the Report of what the Witch wife had said to Mackâ—ight's Son I cannot tell but he searched