A vindication of the Surey demoniack as no impostor, or, a reply to a certain pamphlet publishd by Mr. Zach. Taylor, called The Surey impostor. With a further clearing and confirming of the truth as to Richard Dugdale's case and cure. / by T. J.

  • Jollie, Thomas, 1629-1703.
Date:
1698
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Credit: A vindication of the Surey demoniack as no impostor, or, a reply to a certain pamphlet publishd by Mr. Zach. Taylor, called The Surey impostor. With a further clearing and confirming of the truth as to Richard Dugdale's case and cure. / by T. J. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    £ J # ;• atfefted, that the words, (viz. Thatmy former firangeTtts were m any Cheat or Art of Man that Iknow of hat at 7 do verily belteve were ‘ . can fed by the Devil) are in the faid Original Certificate ; , There was no other Paper offer’d to D» by me or any other .to this purpofe that I know of. i . .. .. A r As to any thing of forgery or feigning tn'thts or any. othpr Cafe, as Mr. T. mo ft falfly chargeth me,, I think there is none who knows my Temper and Conv.er fat ion' will fo much as fufpedt me. to be guilty thereof*, therefore to charge me with patting Ds Hand to a Paper which he refifed to fign, and then to have the^ impudence to tack it to the Narrative^ is, to fay no more, to filew Mr. T. not only to be alto¬ gether a Stranger to me, but to be of a very ftrange Spirit, and a notorious Slanderer.’ - .* *' I will iitt recriminate, but'.heartily defire he would reflect upon himfelf, and know what Spirit he's of. Yet muff Mr, T. excufe me (however others will) if I treat him now and then with fome gaul- , ; kfs Acrimony, tho I would neft be leavened with his Spirit. P .. That the Demon (as IVuppbfe) in his Fits faid this y4jjh&ion was through Obfeffion in a Combination^ is^atf^fted upon_Oatb j but betwixt whom this Corhbinatiin was, Mr. T. not here declare i That which feuned moft probable tb others as vy ell as my felf, ^was that it was fome blind Contract with the Devil, in fome of D s Drunken Fits, to gratify his vain humour \ but I could‘tiot be pofitfve in this, 1 now hope better, v, ' v . . The Name of the Party whom D. faid he faw in his Fit, and was then in luch a beaiily polfure ten Miles from, Surey, his Name was purpofely conceafd left we ftionld feem to refiedt on^perfons of Mr.Ts Profeffion and Communion : Thereforealfothefaithful* and charitable reporting of an Initanceof his knowing what happened in his Fit, would with Perfons of ingenuity be a good Evidence, both of his and our Sincerity. Fag.24. Namelefs Authors and Groundlefs Reports as are brought in here methinks fgnify but very little. the Demon in D\ Fit might fay as : • Walmfly depofeth, do not Gameflers do fo f Without any import that he enquired for his own Information, and fo the Queftion might not be impertinent. Walmfly might well have opportu ity tb know what ExpreffionsGameftersufe, and yet behone of thofeGamefters himfelf*, the Devil might perfonate D. when he faid People think* this i* laid on me for my Sins. ipag.25. There was nodefign in me as Mr. T. here inllnuates, to condemn the lawful Recreation of Bowlings nor to refleft on the Gentlemen who ufe it lawfully-, if Mr. 7. will jadg me guilty of fuch evil Thoughts, ^ ' it