A N Hiftorical EsSAY CONCERNING WITCHCRAFT. WITH OBSERVATIONS upon MATTERS OF FACT; tending to clear the Texts of the Sacred Scriptures, and confute the vulgar Errors about that Point. AND ALSO Two SERMONS: One in Proof of the Christian Religion; The other concerning the Good and Evil Angels. Connor By FRANCIS HUTCHINSON, D. D. Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majefty, and Minifter of St. James's Parish in St. Edmund's-Bury. PSALM XXXI. 6. I have hated them that hold fuperftitious Vanities: but I truft in the Lord. I TIM. IV. 7. But refufe profane and old Wives Fables, and exercife thy felf rather unto Godliness. LONDON: Printed for R. KNAPLOCK, at the Bishop's Head, and D. MIDWINTER, at the Three Crowns in St. Paul's Church-yard. MDCCXVIII, |