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Beyond Penn's Treaty

The Bank of Faith and Works United

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his log house and knocked her down with an axe: but be-
ing a strong woman, she got up again, and endeavoured
to make her escape from those instruments of cruelty, who
cut her throat from ear to ear, and then buried her, and
laying earth several inches deep over her, made a fire on
the earth to burn out the spirit of witchcraft that they said
was in her. Two women were served thus by this wick-
ed Indian, who pretended to be wiser than his brethren.
This circumstance happened two years ago. I passed by
his house, that was desolate: for he was hated by the rest
of his brethren, and obliged to leave the place. A third
woman was condemned to die for witchcraft, but being
innocent, and willing to die, she desired that they would
let her dress herself, that she might die decently: so they
let her put on a white gown, which after she had done, she
then said, I am willing to die, but my blood will be upon
you; for I die innocent. This so affected some of the
feeling Indians, that they let her depart in peace to her
own home. While I stood by the poor man, who had lost
his wife thus barbarously, I though I would say some-
thing to him for yelling in this manner, throwing his arms
about as he came along: but my Merciful Jesus made me
stand as one dumb, for the space of five minutes, and then
we parted, which seemed to confound the Indian more
than ten thousand words would have done.

There was a youth with me in the chaise, who was
much surprised that I was not afraid; he said, There is
not a woman in this neighbourhood, who durst have gone
by that Indian, but I fear the Lord, who has made the
wildest beast of the field, and therefore, I trust He will
have compassion on me and preserve me from every harm:
but His Will be done.

I have held this day, a meeting in a large barn, where
many assembled together. The attention of the people
was fixed upon me, which I labored to draw to that Gra-
cious God, who restored David’s soul, and led him in
The paths of righteousness for His Name’s sake. I told
my hearers they must pass through a death unto sin, if