A Discourage On Witchcraft

In the excerpt below, Cotton Mather, an influential leader of the Puritans, argues for the existence of witchcraft:  I will prove that Witchcraft exists. Those who deny it exists argue that they never saw any witches, therefore there are none. That would be as if you or I said: We never met any robbers, therefore there are none.I have two pieces of evidence that witchcraft exists: First, the Scripture mentions witchcraft. Secondly, many people have experienced the horrors of witchcraft. Vocabulary: Scripture: the Bible