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The Deposition of Ann putnam the wife of Thomas putnam who testifieth and saith that on the first day of June 1692. the Apperishtion of Rebekah Nurs did again fall upon me and almost choak me and she toald me that now she was come out of prision she had power to afflet me and that now she could for she tould me she had kiled benjamine Holton and John fuller and Rebekah Shepard: and she also toald me that she and her sister Cloyes and Ed: Bhishop wife of of Salem village had kiled young Jno putnams Child because yong Jno putnam had said that it was no wonder they were witches for their mother was so before them and because they could not aveng themselves on him they did kill his child: and immediatly they did appere to me: six children in winding sheets which caled me aunt: which did most greviously affright me: and they tould me that they ware my sisters Bakers children of Boston and that gooddy Nurs and Mistris Cary of Charletown and an old deaft woman att Boston had murthered them: and charged me to go and tell these things to the magestrats or elce they would tare me to peaces for their own blood did crie for vengance also their Appeared to me my own sister Bayley and three of hir children in winding sheets and tould me that gooddy Nurs had urthered them
This is an example of spectral evidence. During the Salem Witch Trials, spectral evidence was allowed in court because it would have been very hard to prove that someone was a witch without it. This evidence could include testimony that a spirit belonging to an accused witch had done something.
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002399/salemwitch/salemwitch.html
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immediatly they did appere to me:
Many of the theories about why the Salem Witch Hunts got out of hand include the fear of being accused of being a witch. It is possible that Ann Putnam was making this story up to avoid suspicion herself
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- Sep 2013
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salem.lib.virginia.edu salem.lib.virginia.edu
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Either the Person of Christ his Deity, or his Humanity. He must be man that he might dye for us: He must be God, that he might conquer Death for us. Now to deny either of these is to deny the Lamb, & so to make war wth the Lamb.
By this statement, they are condemning some other denominations of Christianity. One of the longest running debates in Christianity is if Jesus was God or human. This shows the conflicts between the Puritans and different groups of Christians, which they obviously do not see as Christians.
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. Consider it is to take the weakest side. The Lamb shall most certainly overcome. Text. 19. Rev. 17 18. &c.
(Revelation 19: 17-18) 17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds flying in midair, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, 18 so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and the mighty, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, great and small.” This is in reference to after the armies of God have defeated the Devil in the battles at the end of time http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+19%3A17-18&version=NIV
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Teachings like this may help to explain some of the hysteria involved in the Salem With Trials. If even the most seemingly holy person can turn out to be a witch, then everyone should be suspected.
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This is in reference to the story in the Bible, after the Jews were lead out of Egypt by Moses. In this comparison, they have been saved from slavery (of persecution) by moving to the New World and starting their own colony. This story is trying to give them hope, because eventually, the Jews righted their wrongs and were admitted into the promised land. This shows their belief that the "reign" of the witches will no last forever and their perfect colony will one day be a reality.
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13. Acts. 4.
Acts 13:4-12 New International Version (NIV) On Cyprus
4 The two of them, sent on their way by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus. 5 When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. John was with them as their helper.
6 They traveled through the whole island until they came to Paphos. There they met a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus, 7 who was an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, an intelligent man, sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God. 8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith. 9 Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight at Elymas and said, 10 “You are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is right! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord? 11 Now the hand of the Lord is against you. You are going to be blind for a time, not even able to see the light of the sun.”
Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand. 12 When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was amazed at the teaching about the Lord.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+13%3A4-12&version=NIV
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13. Joh. 2
John 13:2 New International Version (NIV) 2 The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2013:2&version=NIV
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4. Matt
Matthew 4 New International Version (NIV) Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness
4 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted[a] by the devil.2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’[b]”
5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. 6 “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written:
“‘He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’[c]” 7 Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’[d]”
8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 9 “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”
10 Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’[e]”
11 Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.
Jesus Begins to Preach
12 When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee. 13 Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali— 14 to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah:
15 “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles— 16 the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.”[f] 17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”
Jesus Calls His First Disciples
18 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. 19 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” 20 At once they left their nets and followed him.
21 Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them, 22 and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.
Jesus Heals the Sick
23 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. 24 News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed; and he healed them. 25 Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis,[g] Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+4&version=NIV
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2. Matth. 7&
Matthew 2:7-16 New International Version (NIV) 7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”
9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. 12 And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.
The Escape to Egypt
13 When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”
14 So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, 15 where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called my son.”[a]
16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+2%3A7-16&version=NIV
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26. Matth. 3. 4
Matthew 26:3-4 New International Version (NIV) 3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, 4 and they schemed to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+26%3A3-4&version=NIV
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The Lamb
This is referring to the idea of Jesus as the "Lamb of God." This is also in reference to the Lamb of Passover in acting as a sacrifice to literally save the lives of the followers of God.
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We whose nams Are hearunto subscribed being desired by goodman Nurse to declare what we knewe concerning his wives conversation for time past: we cane testfie to all whom it may concerne that we have knowne her for: many years and According to our observation her: Life and conversation was According to her profession and we never had Any: cause or grounds to suspect her of any such thing as she is now Acused of
Because Rebecca Nurse was such a well respected member of the community, many people in her town testified in her defense, but she was still eventually hanged for being a witch.
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ppeared to me my own sister Bayley
The Salem Witch Trials are the most used example of mass hysteria in American history. Because of this, it is often used as an example in opposition to isolationism and has been very influential in American history.
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When the Verdict not Guilty was,
The jury found Nurse not guilty but then, because of public outcry, they reversed the decision and sentenced her to death
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departed this life by a cruel death
All of his symptoms make it sound like he had a stroke. Stroke symptoms include trouble seeing (his apparent blindness), and trouble speaking and understanding, among other things.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/stroke/DS00150/DSECTION=symptoms
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