John Hale (June 3, 1636 – May 15, 1700) was the Puritan pastor of Beverly, Massachusetts, and took part in the Salem witch trials in 1692. He was one of the most prominent and influential ministers associated with the witch trials, being noted as having initially supported the trials and then changing his mind and publishing a critique of them. (From Wikipedia)
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Hale, John, 1636-1700: A Modest Enquiry Into the Nature of Witchcraft (Boston: Printed by B. Green and J. Allen, 1702) (page images at Virginia)
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Hale, John, 1636-1700: A modest enquiry into the nature of witchcraft, and how persons guilty of that crime may be convicted: and the means used for their discovery discussed, both negatively and affimatively, according to Scripture and experience. / By John Hale, Pastor of the Church of Christ in Beverley, anno domini 1697. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts] (Boston in N.E. : Printed by B. Green, and J. Allen, for Benjamin Eliot under the town house., 1702[.]), also by John Higginson (HTML at Evans TCP)
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