A True Interpretation of the Witch of Endor

Chapter 22: Another Epistle of John Reeve's to the same Person.

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The author presents a theological and exegetical argument that the manifestations attributed to witches and familiar spirits arise from human imagination — the seed of Reason — rather than disembodied entities, and contends that spirits cannot exist or walk apart from their bodies. He reads a famous biblical episode about a woman who appears to summon a deceased prophet as evidence to refute popular claims of spirits operating independently, explains how imagination produces visions and voices, contrasts the seed of Reason with the seed of Faith which yields true revelation, and offers interpretations of related scriptural passages to satisfy skeptics and persuade readers.

Another Epistle of John Reeve's to the same Person.

Brother Hill, in the Eternal Truth,

My Love to you and the rest of our Friends; this is a Spiritual Love Letter that I am moved to write unto you, wherefore by Virtue of my Commission, I pronounce thee Tho. Martin, William Young, and Eliz. Wyles, the Blessed of the Lord to Eternity; the Remembrance of this the Lord's Blessing, will do you no harm when I am in my Grave; in the mean Season, our good God cause you to love one another more than your temporal Enjoyments, and that will become a Heaven upon Earth in your innocent Souls; Faith fetcheth Spiritual Comfort, the Fountain to each particular Soul; but Love fulfilleth all Righteousness both to God and Man. Oh! the transcendent Excellency of the Love of Christ in his new-born People, it is not to be express'd by the Tongues of Men or Angels.

John Reeve.