[Psalm 144]

The Puritans were burning witches?

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In Massachusetts execution was carried out by hanging.

According to this article, hanging was the penalty in England during the Puritan ascendancy as well. An interesting read, but I can’t vouch for its accuracy. “English law with regards to handling witchcraft cases differed from the rest of Europe. Torture was illegal and witches in England were not tried for heresy but for the act of maleficium, or evil deeds, and were not therefore liable to be burned at the stake but hung [sic] instead.”

http://thecargoculte.com/archives/1321

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

I think there were a few burnings in England and maybe more in Scotland, but it was definitely more common on the Continent, Germany in particular.

If you want torture, though, read what happened after the Anabaptist Munster Rebellion was put down.