Witchcraft. Helping or employing the devil to do harm—either.
By Robert Calef.
Devil. Heaven-born, fallen, mighty, malignant; but independent of man in action upon this world.
Witch. Seducer of men from worship of God “by any extraordinary sign.”
Witchcraft. “Maligning and impugning the word, work, or worship of God, and by any extraordinary sign seeking to seduce men from worship of Him.”
By Thomas Hutchinson.
Devil. (None, as witchcraft enactor.)
Witch. (By inference.) A woman possessing “a malignant touch,” or “a crabbed temper,” or being “a poor wretch” or “bed-ridden;” also, “a cunning child.”
Witchcraft. Producing “pains,” “nausea,” &c. Scolding, playing tricks.
By C. W. Upham.