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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	believe_v	faith_n	jesus_n	17,223	5	6.3565	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55138	A pleasant treatise of witches their imps, and meetings, persons bewitched, magicians, necromancers, incubus, and succubus's, familiar spirits, goblings, pharys, specters, phantasms, places haunted, and devillish impostures : with the difference between good and bad angels, and a true relation of a good genius / by a pen neer the covent of Eluthery.	Pen neer the Covent of Eluthery.	1673 (1673)	Wing P2564; ESTC R9332	44,947	136

that he was her spirit then they asked if she were damned and for what fault whether for Covetousness Lust Pride or for the new Heresie and Lutheranisme and what she desired by her unquietude whether that her body should be removed into another place to which questions the spirit by its signs did give either its affirmation or negation and when it had signified that it was tormented for Lutheranism and desired to be removed from that place then they desired the people to bear witness of it but the people fearing the Praetors displeasure would not do it Nevertheless the Franciscans removed thence their bread and water and all the sacred vessels till at last the Bishops Vicegerent to be better certified concerning this matter came in person with many Honourable and Religious men and commanded them to exorcise the spirit in their presence and to send some body to the roof of the place to see if they could perceive any thing This the Authors of this villany withstood saying the spirit was not to be troubled and although he was very urgent yet could he not prevail with the Franciscans to permit any one to go up The Praetor in this time went to the King and because the Franciscans standing upon their priviledges hindred a strict inquiery into the matter the King sent some of his Councel with full power to examine all things Those of the Franciscans therefore that were suspected were laid hold on yet for fear of a shameful death confessed nothing But at last the King promising them Pardon they disclosed the whole business nevertheless they were condemned to be sent again to Aurelia and put in Prison till they had publickly before all the people confessed their crime in the place that Malefactors used to be Executed CHAP. X. A true and admirable process of a Witch that wrought Miracles by the help of the Devil Mr. Iosse Donhoadere a learned Lawyer of Flanders in his Book Intituled Practique Criminal writes to this purpose There was in the time that I was Counsellor in the Town of Bruges an old woman that in carriage clothes and manner of life was in appearance irreprehensible insomuch that she gained an esteem from all and every one had a reverence for her forasmuch as she healed as it were miraculously the children of many Honourable Families straightning the crooked and setting broken joynts instantly in their places not by Art or Physick but certain words and ceremonies of Devotion as to fast three dayes with bread and water to say so many times the Lords Prayer to go on Pilgrimage to Nostre Dame d' Ardenbourg or to St. Arnoul d' Audenbourg or to St. Iosse or to St. Hubert of Ardennes or to say a Mass or two in a day or to say other certain Prayers and Anthems These Devotions being exactly performed the sick people were healed through the faith they and their relations had in this woman The carriage and miracles of this woman being published through the Countrey the Counsellors and Magistrates that had more wit than the vulgar sort caused her to be apprehended one night to be put in Prison and examined by what authority and means and by what confidence she performed such Cures To which she answered alwayes confidently that she did them upon good intentions and that there was no reason they should torment and persecute her for doing good Nevertheless the Councel being moved by manifest signs condemned her to be Rackt gently exhorting her to declare the truth but still she persisted in her first answer affirming there was nothing unlawful and that all was done without any compact or agreement with the Devil There was then present at the Examination the Bourgomaster of Bruges a man very much tormented with the Gout that of times he cry'd out as if he had been rack'd himself which the old woman perceiving and turning her self to him said Mr. Bourgomaster have you a mind to be rid of the trouble of your Gout if you have I shall cure you and that very soon if it were possible replyed the Bourgomaster I would willingly give two thousand crowns to be whole and you shall have them if thou performest what thou saist Then the other Judges and Registers that were present told him Sir pray have a care what you say and what you do believe us and let us send back this Witch into her chamber and hear patiently what we shall declare unto you the woman being carryed back see said they what danger you put your self into by a vain perswasion that this woman should be equal to the Apostles and can cure you of your Gout by lawful means All indeed that she doth seemeth apparently Holy and Divine but if you look more narrowly into the matter there is much to be said against it Let us call for her therefore again and inquire how she pretends to cure you if she promise to cure you miraculously as the Apostles have done the Diseases of their time and that she followes the means they have made use of we shall not be against her knowing that the hand of God is not straigntned but if she make use of unlawful means and puts her trust in them there is reason that all her proceedings should be suspected both by you and us also Therefore when she was sent for back again one of them said if thou presumest to cure the Bourg Master of the Gout what remedies and means will you apply none other said she but that the Bourg-Master believe and be perswaded for certain that I have power to cure him so shall he be sound and set upon his feet Hereupon she was sent out back to her Chamber then the Judges with one accord told the Bourg-Master and standers by You see Gentlemen by the answer of this woman that she doth nothing but by the power of Satan and that she undertakes to cure the Bourg-master by unlawful means for in her way she doth not follow the Holy Apostles who cur'd the sick by Divine Faith and Power saying to the Lame man In the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ rise and Walk and to the Blind In the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ recover thy sight so that one was set upon his feet and the other recovered his sight not by humane help but by the Divine Power in the Name and Faith of Jesus Christ. Now this Witch boasteth only to cure if the Patient put his trust in her and believe that she can do it such faith or rather perfidicusness is directly against the practise of the Apostles This answer being well apprehended and digested the Bourg-Master was sorry for what he had done gave no more credit to woman and ever after repented him of his levity But to return to the Witch because she did persevere in denying those things she was accused of it was concluded she should be put to the Rack where being stretch roughly she acknowledged some light faults but as for Witchcraft she