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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26596	A moral discourse of the power of interest by David Abercromby ...	Abercromby, David, d. 1701 or 2.	1690 (1690)	Wing A83; ESTC R6325	62,955	218

as were bred up Roman Catholicks though in want were commonly slighted or seldom taken notice of because 't was thought that the latter being Papists by principle would not easily leave their Religion and that the former being only so through Interest could not stay long in it without a present and competent Reward ARTICLE XLII 1. No true Image of God and why 2. God Visible in the Works of the Creation 3. Why so seldom minded by Mankind Though there can be no true Image of God because of the incomprehensible Excellency of his Nature yet we may be allowed to say That he is visible in a manner to a discerning Eye in the wonderful Works of the Creation For who can behold unconcernedly in a bright Night the Starry Heaven we are surrounded with on all sides and not think at the same time of the inconceivable Beauty of our Celestial Jerusalem whose meer outside or Avenues are so glorious and so delightful Do not the orderly and constant motions of the Planets speak aloud to such as have Ears the infinite Wisdom of the Overseer Is it possible to consider the incomparable Splendour of the Sun in our Meridian without remembring of him qui lucem habitat inaccessibilem who inhabiteth an inaccessible light But does not the spreading Earth while it sheweth us the Almighty Power of its Maker as being thrown into the midst of the Vortex or Heaven we are inclos'd in without either foundation or Pillar to support such an huge Mass point us out with as many Fingers as it produceth Plants and living Creatures the Power Wisdom and Goodness of an invisible God And can we opening our Eyes look upon the orderly ebbing and flowing of the Ocean without raising our Minds towards him who has set bounds to the Sea To be short we need not consult Books about the Being of a God nor read them to be put in mind of him the whole World being a great Volume that we may and ought upon all occasions to peruse in order to discover the invisible things by such as are visible and obvious to the Corporal Eye Since then as I was saying before nothing is so visible in some sense as God himself in the Works of his Power I must in pursuance of my Design inquire in this place why men have Eyes and see not what they may see with the least attention in every Object of their very Senses Jupiter est quodcunque vides Jovis omnia plena If we gaze a while at a great and stately Palace beautified with whatever Art and Wit can contrive we call presently to mind either the Architect or the Owner admiring both the Skill of the one and the Riches and Power of the other who could raise at his own Expences such a stately Building Now can we imagine any Earthly Palace in the least comparable to the World it self either as to Beauty or Stateliness the very Roof if I may so speak or the Concave part of this large House being an Object of an unspeakable Pleasure to a discerning Eye because of the wonderful Beauty of the fix'd Starrs of their huge bulk how small soever in appearance of their Regular Motions and secret Influences upon our Globe yea and upon all contingent Events likewise if Judiciary Astrologers are to be hearken'd to I need not mention in this place the Beauty of the Earth it self in the infinite Variety of its parts which though not so glorious as the Celestial Bodies are yet if narrowly look'd into no less surprizing Objects But to come to a Conclusion upon the whole Matter What is the True Reason why beholding daily and hourly this vast and stately Palace I mean the World we live in we scarce ever enquire either after the Maker or the Owner who are both in this Case one and the same the Almighty and Glorious Creator of all things God himself 'T is easie to guess what I must answer to this Question not so much in order to follow out my design as because of the undoubted Truth of the Matter of Fact That Temporal Interest ties our Hearts so strongly to Earthly Things that most men behave themselves no otherwise than if they look'd upon the very Fundamental Article of all true Religion the Being of a God as a meer Politick Contrivance to frighten the simpler sort into Honesty and Morality Or if they are not throughly so guilty considering how they spend their whole life in Gaiming Trading Fighting Eating Sleeping and Drinking without having perhaps ever thought once seriously of a God we have Reason to think that their whole Soul is so applied to their worldly concerns that they never remember of a Deity unless perhaps when they take his Holy Name in vain The chief and only Reason then why men live so many Years without making that use of this Visible World 't was chiefly design'd for is because as the Scripture says somewhere some are wholly taken up with the Concerns of a married life others are deeply engag'd in Publick or Private Affairs which they cannot clear themselves of and all generally pursue their own Temporal Happiness or their own things so eagerly that few or none raise their Minds above the Objects of their Senses ARTICLE XLIII 1. The chief Remedy against Burning 2. The Vows of perpetual Chastity sinful 3. Why impos'd by the Church of Rome Since ' tit certain That a married life is the Soveraign Remedy against what the Scripture calls Burning it may be worth our while to inquire how it comes to pass That the Church of Rome neither allows her Priests nor her Nuns to marry For it being undeniable that they may and do burn as often if not oftner than others why should they be forbid the use of the chief Remedy prescrib'd by the Scripture it self against such an ordinary frailty Sure they cannot pretend to a greater Holiness upon this account than the rest of Mankind because the Vows of perpetual Chastity or of never marrying which is the same thing in their Opinion are really sinful If it be a sin to put a stop as much as in us lies to the propagation of Mankind in a lawful way though chiefly design'd by the Author of the Creation or if it be a sin either to reject the very Remedy God himself as our great Physician has ordered us against the violentest Temptation we can be liable to that is against Burning or to say against the express Words of the Holy Ghost 'T is better to burn than marry Now though I willingly grant That as he does well who marrieth so he may in some Cases do better who marrieth not yet I maintain 't is always better to marry than to make a Vow never to marry because such an act as this is the tying of our selves up from doing a lawful thing and in some cases necessary under a no less pain than that of Eternal Damnation For when the Priests and Nuns upon their admittance into the