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The Salem Witch Trials: Truth and Consequences
Exhibit A - "A Discourse on Witchcraft," Cotton Mather, 1689
In the excerpt below, Cotton Mather, an influential leader of the Puritans, argues for the existence of witchcraft:
I will prove that Witchcraft exists. Those who deny it exists argue that they never saw any witches, therefore there are none. That would be as if you or I said: We never met any robbers, therefore there are none.I have two pieces of evidence that witchcraft exists: First, the Scripture mentions witchcraft. Secondly, many people have experienced the horrors of witchcraft.
Vocabulary:
Discourse: Instructions, lesson
Scripture: the Bible
Source: Cotton Mather, �Memorable Providences relating to Witchcrafts and Possessions,� from A Discourse on Witchcraft, (Boston, 1689), pp. 4-9. Cotton Mather was one of the most influential religious leaders in America at the time.
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