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A61990	The Surey demoniack, or, An account of Satans strange and dreadful actings, in and about the body of Richard Dugdale of Surey, near Whalley in Lancashire and how he was dispossest by Gods blessing on the fastings and prayers of divers ministers and people ...	Jollie, Thomas, 1629-1703.	1697 (1697)	Wing S6196; ESTC R33823	69,276	74

Prince of Praying Men a Prevailer with God Gen. 32. v. 28. or as the Syrophenician Princess of Praying Women a Prevailer against the Devil Mark 7. v. 25 unto the 31st Yet surely as Gad this troop of suppliant Wrestlers shall overcome thee at last Gen. 49. v. 19. and surely the minds of them that believe shall defeat the God of this World 2 Cor. 4. v. 4. and greater is he that is in us than he that is in the World therefore I trust that we shall overcome Evil Spirits 1 John 4. v. 4. yea we shall cast thee out by the Blood of the Lamb and by the Word of his Testimony Rev. 12. v. 9 11. As the Minister was thus going on the Demoniack cried out At Ten a Clock my next Fit returns and so unexpectedly came out of his Fit about Eight of the Clock or about an hour after his threatening that his raging Fit should continue Three Hours longer On August the 14th 1689. As soon as the last mentioned Nights Conflict ended Richard and the rest then at the Surey desired the said Minister to stay till his next Fit was over which the Demoniack foretold would be at Ten a Clock that Morning as is above said they strongly consided that Satan would certainly be dispossest if he were but again pursued thus as in the last Fit the Devil did partly confess and did besides so manifestly submit more and more as if sometimes he was a going or could not stay long and could not very probably resist another close Application of the Word and Prayer Fasting and Conference against him upon which the Minister denied not to stay till he walking hot out of the Barn the Air suddenly made him so very hoarse that he could only whisper and not speak out all that day then going home other Ministers were sent for and desired to carry on the Work of the approaching Fit taking the matter up where it was left each successively taking his day work in his turn and that incessantly assaulting the Devil in each of his Fits without intermission by which course it was not doubted but that the Devil would certainly be soon dispossest but the Ministers opposed not Satan in every Fit uninterruptedly nor spoke to him in any Fit for a long time after which some thought one Reason why they were so long before they dispossest him through which delay other wicked Spirits either Humane or Diabolical or both very probably took occasion to cast more work on the Ministers hands and rubbs in their way then they had at first the Romanists seeming at least desirous that Richard should reject the above-said Ministers further labours on his behalf and should resign himself to the charge of their Priests for relief which indeed they of the Surey seem'd sometimes willing to yeild to one while one another while others of them hinting let the Protestant Ministers go to their purpose and we will go to ours their way of helping Demoniacks seems not so sure and speedy as that which the Romanists use which occasion'd a Discourse from Luke 11.14 to 27. on this Proposition that Satan's possession of and dispossession from a Man's Body or Soul does very much concern us which was so spoken to at the Surey as did then prevent those Applications to the Romanists for help that were then talkt of insomuch that it was design'd as a Postscript to this Narrative had it not been hinder'd as is declared in the Preface so that this with other such means at other times seem'd to fix them in a firm dependance only upon the above-said Ministers Assistances in the Lord however Seven Romanists whereof Two at least seem'd Priests did one Mid-night undertake Richard in his Fit wherein Satan and some of the Seven did long talk to one another in a Language unknown to the other By-standers besides a Paper was once sent to Richard with full assurance that if the said Ministers would once read it over him whilst in his Fit it would throughly cure him which the said Ministers declin'd knowing it was a Prayer prescribed in some Conjuring Book or in Popish Exorcisms besides other methods which they were thought to use to the foresaid purpose Three others did likewise offer at relieving Richard at three several times and in three different ways Two of which very hastily going away when his rageing Fit began at which indeed the Third did stay being strong and old but was thrown down and in great danger of being kill'd by the Demoniack whom the By-standers pulled off him with great difficulty Luke 10. v. 31 32 33. However the Demoniak's Fit returning at the abovesaid Ten a Clock he mightily exulted at the silencing and going away of Carlisle whose absence after this from the Surey was necessitated for a considerable time wherein he had both frequent intimations of Satan's being grown fiercer than ever and particularly in his domineering against Carlisle as also several instigations to hasten his coming again to the Surey and particularly this following Letter from one of the Ministers ingaged in the said Affair Windemarly Sept. the 16th 1689. SIR THis is to Certifie you That the Ministers have concluded to observe Sept. the 26th at the Surey for the Young Man who has been seized on by a Dumb and Deaf Devil since I saw you that is whilst the Ministers were imployed in Praying and Preaching When we were a going out of the House on Sept. the 3d towards the Oratory he delivered a written Paper to Mr. Jolly wherein was signified that the Spirit had told him that he should continue Deaf and Dumb a Month together if the Ministers Prayed so long and that time it was verified for Deafness and Dumbness seized upon him when we went forth to the place of Prayer and continued till the conclusion of the Exercise upon the backside of the Paper was signified what his Distemper was viz. Obsession in and with Combination these words were suggested unto him in a Fit and these with much difficulty he wrote the Morning after the Fit Upon another day of Prayer he signify'd in the Morning that he should be Deaf Dumb and Blind whilst Two did Exercise which I suppose was fulfilled but the last day of Prayer which was the last Tuesday appointed with special respect to you he was capable to Hear See Speak all the time of Exercise he conceits there are two Spirits which converse with him a good one and a bad one he exprest that he is as Lot's Wife a Monument for the Admonition of all others One day of Prayer when he came out of his Fit he fell upon his knees and prayed with Tears in his Eyes Mr. Heywood is sent to for his Assistance the next opportunity and your paines would be very acceptable and you should study a Compensation for your last Absence The Country is very desirous of your Assistance and vox Populi vox Dei Mr. H. and his Consort who have a very Commodious

strange Voices coming out of it Thomas Core James Fielding saith That the said Swelling of the said Richard Dugdale which rose from the thick of his Leg was about the bigness of a Mole or a Mole-warp as we call it and did work up like such a Creature towards the Chest of his Body that it got up into his Shoulder and then he was at the worst of his Fit He also saith that the said Richard Dugdale did in several of his Fits take several things out of the Hands of several Persons and would by no means part with the said things but to the Party to whom they did belong having his Eyes close shut all the while also he saith that they which attempted to force the things out of his Hands could not force them out of his Hands how strong soever the Persons were that they might sooner pull the things in pieces than get them from him The said Fielding also saith that the said Creature did arise under the said Richard Dugdale's Skin as he doth verily think Also he saith that the said Richard Dugdale did in his Fit lift up several lusty Men and the Chair wherein they held him though the said Richard Dugdale is but of an ordinary strength of Body when out of his Fit James Fielding Jun. John Smalley further saith so doth John Fletcher witness with him herein as he doth with several other Witnesses in several other things that he saw Richard Dugdale lay Four Hours in one Fit as if he were stark dead and as stiff as a Board also when his Shooes were fast buckled to his Feet they did fly Six Yards and hit the Skel-boos in the Barn with great force also he saith that Richard Dugdale was in the same Fit as light as his Clothes and as heavy as a Sack of Corn. John Smalley also further saith that upon occasion he went to the Abby in VVhalley and whilst he was there the said Richard Dugdale said that Smalley was taking Liquor at the Abby and he takes it freely it costs him nothing This he said to Thomas Dugdale as he also testifieth John Smalley Edmund Haworth at Rushton Carrier Testifies to the passage about Jeremy VVebster's Knife as abovesaid also to those passages about Richard Dugdale his Vomiting several Stones Hair-Buttons Curtain-Rings He moreover Testifies that the said Richard Dugdale in one of his Fits told him with his Company that came along what they had been eating at home what Discourse they had by the way what Stiles they went over how they stumbled and that the said Richard Dugdale did threaten Robert Turder to send his Sister as he called his Spirit to give him a fall at such a Fields end which fell out accordingly so that it set all the Company a trembling and that he and Three or Four more were coming towards Surey and that Richard Dugdale in a Fit said that such were coming but he would send them back again which happen'd accordingly for they did turn back near Harwood Church He also Testifies that a Voice spake in the said Richard Dugdale besides his own Voice he not moving his Lips and that another Voice as they apprehended spake out of the Earth in answer to him and that he hath been one of the Seven or Nine to carry him and they have all been hard set to carry him yet at another time he hath himself alone easily carry'd him and that he and some others were coming and such a fear came on him that he durst only go betwixt his Company and that when he came to the Surey he found Richard Dugdale in a Fit who askt him of his fear in such a place and told him that his Sister as he called his Spirit did cross them in the way but had no further power then to put him into that fright Henry Page of Harwood Magna Feltmaker Certifieth that he saw Richard Dugdale Dance on his knees a good while together not touching the Earth with any thing but his knees Further that he saw the same Person bowle with a Bowle he had made with Rushes that he heard him bark like a Mastiff-Dog Henry Page Grace VVhalley of the same place Testifieth that she heard Richard Dugdale snarle and bark like a Dog that she also heard as she and others thought a noise out of his Belly like as if a litter of young Dogs had been sucking there And she further Testifieth that she helped to hold his Head the time he Vomited a Stone weighing near Three Ounces as she thinks Further that she hath seen Richard Dugdale gallop round the Barn on his Hands and Feet for half an Hour together as cleverly as any Horse she has heard him whining like an Horse and as eating Provender She further declares she hath seen the said Richard Dugdale dance on his Knees not touching the Earth with his Toes also that she heard Richard Dugdale tell that in one of his Fits there would come Three Lapideers at a certain time accordingly at the time he foretold there was thrown Three Stones some distance of time betwixt each which were as warm as new Milk These foresaid passages she saw heard and observed when Richard Dugdale was in his Fits also she askt Richard Dugdale when out of his Fits whether he knew of any thing spoken or done by him whilst in the Fit which he utterly deny'd Also she testifies that coming with her Brother and others to the Surey to see Richard Dugdale she being the hindermost and coming over the Hippings she unaccountably slipt off one of the Stones into the Water and could not get out until her Brother came to her help at that time many Persons came running out of the Barn upon some words Richard Dugdale spoke at the same time in a Fit viz. Sister Ekel put the hindermost into the water Grace Whalley Surey July the 31st 1695. Thomas and Ann Dugdale Parents to Richard Dugdale with Mary and Alice Dugdale Sisters to Richard Dugdale testifie that Richard Dugdale's Fits began soon after St. James's day when they went first unto a Neighbouring Doctor for help who prescribed several things which were observed without effect whereupon the Doctor was desired to take Richard Dugdale to his own House but refused acknowledging he had done what he could yet promised to ride his Horse a Hundred Miles if he thereby could help him After this Richard Dugdale's Fits were more violent soon after we consulted Doctor Crabtree who undertook to Cure Richard Dugdale Thomas Dugdale went along with his Son Richard Dugdale to Doctor Crabtree where they staid about a Fortnight and upon Richard Dugdale's Fits abating they came home within a few days after his return his Fits were more violent than ever after a Fortnight stay at home Thomas Dugdale and Richard Dugdale went to Doctor Crabtree the second time where they staid not so long as before The Reasons were Two First Richard Dugdale was tired with the methods Doctor Crabtree took the Doctor