480 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1696/7-98.

           Lib. X.           September the 22d 1696

                 The above Deposition was sworn to before his Excllcy &

               Council by the above named Iohn Freeman

                 That Alexander Lumley of Ann Arundell County Gentle

               men being engaged about his own private Buisness in the city

               of Annapolis in the said County one Mr Ridgly did Invite the

               said Mr Lumley to come into one Mrs Proctors house to drink

               with him which the said Lumly did accordingly & then &

               there met with a person to him the said Lumley then unknown

               but the said Lumley being accosted by him the said unknown

               person in an unusual Dialect did inquire of Mr Ridgly what

               his name was the said Ridgly told him that the said persons

               name was Cood with the addition of Colo upon which the said

               Lumley was more attentive to his the said Coods discourse

               and in a small time afterwards the said Collo Cood told the

               said Lumley that it was pity he should be a papist tho he

               thought all Religion to be a sham & that there were never

               such Persons as Iesus Christ the son of God upon earth

               whereupon the said Lumley being astonished at the Blas

               phemy replied that there were great reasons both internal &

               external to believe the Divinity of our Saviour & Cited a text

           p. 111    out of St Pauls Epistles & then the said Cood fell into an

               Argument about the Possibility of God Almightys Generating

               a son & when he was pressed about the different ways of

               Generation according to the School divines he said St Paul

               was an Impertinent fellow & that he did not Believe one word

               he said all Religion lyes in Tully's Offices

                                            Test Alex Lumley

                        September the 22d 1696

                 Then Came the above named Alex Lumley before his

               Excellency in Council who made Oath upon the holy Evange

               lists to the truth of the forementioned premises

                 The Deposition of Richard Beard of the port of Annapolis

               aged 40 Years or thereabouts

                 This Deponent saith that about 3 weeks ago being in Com

               pany with Mr Iohn Cood of St Marys County at Mr Nicholas

               Spurns house within the port aforesaid the said Cood after

               some discourse passed between them asked the Deponent

               whether he never read in Scripture that Christ turned Several

               Devils out of several women & another person standing by

               said yes he turned Seven out of Mary Magdalen whereupon

               Cood answered with an Oath saying by God it was all Lyes

               for that the Devil never was in woman & therefore could not

               turne any out & further saith not