The answer is A, in older times people greatly believed that ravens meant something bad was going to happen. In some places ravens were believed to be demons that have come to torment those that have done wrong.
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My best guess would be this.
"When they have opened a gap in the hedge or wall of separation between the garden of the church and the wilderness of the world, God hath ever broke down the wall itself, removed the candlestick, and made His garden a wilderness, as at this day."
The reaction to Moshe the Beadle's story is one of rejection with being dismissive. The Jewish individuals of Sighet essentially negate his story. Their rationales are not openly asserted, but are clearly present.
