September 11, Salem 1692

[rich]

another one of those kute korrespondences

rich

Rev [Samuel] Parris's sermon taken from Revelations 17:14 on September 11,
1692

'The war in which we are engaged has been prophesied. It pitted "the devil
and his confederates" against Christ and his followers. They were the
chosen: they would prevail. Besieged by doubters as much as by devils,
Parris tamped down dissent; those who opposed the court were no better than
those "mutinous and murmuring Israelites" who rebelled against Moses,
wondering if it might be better to return to Egypt than die in the
wilderness. To resist the magistrates was to side with the devil'--The
Witches, pg 310.
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