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A moral discourse of the power of interest by David Abercromby ...
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Abercromby, David, d. 1701 or 2.
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reported by some of their own Authors to the eternal Infamy of that Nation visibly punish'd ever since for such unparallel'd Cruelties that the Indians were us'd to say They desir'd not to go to Heaven if the Spaniards were to be met with there I am then much mistaken if a meer Zeal upon the account of Religion among Popish Princes particularly be not one of the Vulgar Errors especially when I consider that at the very same time Lewis the Great was persecuting the Hugonots in France he help'd the Protestants in Hungary with considerable Sums against the Emperour doing likewise his utmost Endeavours to engage the Turk in a War against him wherein he succeeded at last as an Instrument in the hand of God to the ruine in all appearance of the Turkish Empire and of his own perhaps at last when his measure is once filled up The English Protestants I confess have not murdered the poor Indians after the Example of the Spaniards as being more inclin'd to mercy by their principles than the Papists but yet to tell the truth of the matter they commit daily a Crime in the West Indies somewhat a-kin to Murder by slighting or hindering as I am inform'd the Conversion of the Negroes or their Indian Slaves least to their loss they should enjoy the Priviledges of Christian Liberty which I conceive to be a very shameful if not a sinful neglect in such as profess the Christian Religion For though no Force is to be us'd but that of Argument to bring men over to our perswasion yet since no Religion can promote true Holiness so much as ours we ought to use our endeavours to set our stragling Neighbours in that way which we think so safe and secure for our selves But yet if it happen that our Reasons how strong soever prevail not to their Conviction as appearing weak to them we are to leave them to God and their own Conscience because it shall not be said to 'em at the last day Go into Eternal Fire for doing against our Judgment but for doing against their own since that and nothing else can be imputed either to them or to us as a sin ARTICLE XLVIII 1. The Sabbath day profan'd 2. And by whom 3. Womens Design in dressing themselves upon the Sabbath day Whether we are to keep holy the Sabbath day that is Saturday which God himself seems to have pitch'd upon or the Sunday chosen by the Church I shall not debate since the common practice of the Christian World from the very Primitive Times silences me upon the matter But the thing that I shall enquire into here is why most people especially Women go to the place of Prayer the Church upon a Sunday as if they went to a Play or to a solemn meeting upon some profane or indifferent account Yea 't is observable That most of them rise early in the morning upon Sundays that they may have time enough to set themselves out to the best advantage in their richest Apparel and if Spanish Wool Spanish Papers and Washes of all sorts are made use of by them at any time 't is particularly then when they are to make their appearance in the Church or Congregation I am then of Opinion that it would look more Primitive if the Ladies came to Church adorn'd like Women professing Godliness in a comely and modest Dress for I take it to be a great profanaion of the Sabbath day though little reflected on and likewise of the very House of God the Church to make such a Figure in it as may either occasion an inward Consent to sin in the weak beholders or withdraw the attention they ought to give to the Preacher This practice of wearing costly Apparel on the Sabbath day though contrary to the Primitive Times is still continued upon the account of a prevailing Interest which is in short this That as not a few shew themselves in all their Glory in the Church upon a secret Design of ensnaring some of their Admirers for their own private ends so others do it upon a more honest account That spreading their Nets after such an inviting way they may catch at last good and rich Husbands ARTICLE XLIX 1. The Cheats of Vulgar Chymists 2. The Three best Catholick Remedies 3. Method of little use against Chronical Distempers I always look'd upon Chymistry as a most necessary and useful Study though I have but very little Veneration for the common Chymists and such among them as have neither the Skill nor the Honesty of the deservedly Famous Robert Boyle of whose Chymical Preparations I can say upon my own Experience That they are the best that ever I tried in any other part of Europe But the Fault I find with the generality of the lower Tribe of Chymists is this That they all pretend to Panacea's to Catholick or Universal Remedies as Potable Gold Miraculous Liquors Powders and Elixirs of all kinds and Names in order to get great Rates for what cost them but little or nothing their Pains excepted For when the pretended Secret is discover'd 't is sometimes found not to be so much as Distill'd Calcin'd or Chymically prepar'd As it happen'd to Talbot's Famous Febrifuge thought at first in France some Extraordinary and Excellent Chymical Preparation Whereas it was known at last by what the French King 's first Physician publish'd of it in a French Treatise to be nothing else but the Jesuits Powder sometimes taken in Substance sometimes in a Tincture with several harmless Additions to hide it the better from the Eyes of the Curious yet if all the Chymical Remedies and pretended Panacea's were as powerful against most Distempers as the Peruvian Bark if skilfully handled is against Agues and intermitting Fevers I should neither think the Praises commonly given them for Interest 's sake by designing men too great nor their Price whatever it were unreasonable But daily Experience teacheth us That generally the common pretended Panacea's are either meer harmless things whether simple or compounded or at the best but ordinary Remedies under the disguise of a Vehicle of a peculiar Preparation or Mixture Though I grant indeed That there are some Excellent and scarce ever failing Remedies against some particular Distempers such I reckon to be the Powder made of the Peruvian Bark against Agues Opium for allaying of Pain the Solution of Seed-Pearl by a Menstruum neither Vrinous Acid nor Alcolisate against Consumptions and inward Decays against Heats Morphew Wrinkles of the Face c. if outwardly applied Yet I do affirm That because of the almost infinite Variety both of Mens Tempers and Distempers we must confess and upon daily Experience too That there is no Panacea or Universal Remedy of all the Infirmities incident to Humane Bodies yet stumbled upon and that whoever pretends to such a rare piece of Knowledge designs in all likelihood to put a Cheat upon Mankind for Interest 's sake I should nevertheless be misunderstood if I were thought not to put a greater value in some Cases upon a good Remedy than upon the most rational Method without such a help For though Method in acute Distempers be absolutely necessary nevertheless against confirm'd and Chronical Infirmities 't is of little or no use without a good Tool So that all the Aphorisms either of Hypocrate or others will avail but little to the ablest Physician call'd to cure an old and inveterate Disease without the Knowledge of a good Specifick or of a Medicine known by Experience to be prevalent in such Cases if skilfully prepar'd and judiciously prescrib'd FINIS My Lord Stares his new principles * A Discourse of Wit Mat. 23. 13.
61 ARTICLE XXII 1. The chief Reason why Protestants turn Papists 2. The strongest Popish Arguments from Interest 3. The Conversion of Learned Roman Catholicks to Protestancy undoubtedly sincere and why p. 65 ARTICLE XXIII 1. The mean and irregular Conduct of some Persons of Quality 2. The Design of their Intimacy with some Men. 3. The Ingratitude of Tradesmen p. 69 ARTICLE XXIV 1. The Jealousie of Men of the same Employment instanc'd in Courtiers 2. The unhappy condition of Kings 3. Interest prevailing every where p. 73 ARTICLE XXV 1. The true Cause of the Popish Fury against Protestants 2. A short account of the Popish Hierarchy 3. Why the Council of Trent oppos'd a thorough Reformation p. 77 ARTICLE XXVI 1. That few act upon the account of meer Honour 2. The Fate of ingenious Men. 3. The Rich seemingly admired p. 84 ARTICLE XXVII 1. Why Men change often their Opinions 2. Some of the Dragoon'd Papists real Converts why and how 3. What had been the Event of the late King 's successful Attempts p. 88 ARTICLE XXVIII 1. The Necessity and Conditions of a Married Life 2. It s Compleat Happiness 3. The French Marquess his Interested Marriage p. 93 ARTICLE XXIX 1. The Being of God known by its self as a Self-evident Principle 2. Several Demonstrations of the Existence of God 3. Why some Men endeavour to deny this important Truth p. 95 ARTICLE XXX 1. The Justice of God asserted 2. What the Desire of Eternal Happiness implies 3. Why some Men deny a future World's Existence p. 103 ARTICLE XXXI 1. Pretences of such as admit of no Free Will 2. The Consistency of God's Foreknowledge of and Soveraignty over Mens Actions with the Freedom of Humane Will 3. Why so many follow the Predestinarian Principle p. 106 ARTICLE XXXII 1. The Impression of the foregoing Arguments upon Mens Vnderstandings 2. The Liberty of Adam and of his Posterity 3. The Benefit of the pretended want of Free Will p. 112 ARTICLE XXXIII 1. The Return of New Converts to Rome again 2. And why 3. The Power of Interest p. 116 ARTICLE XXXIV 1. That most Men act contrary to their profess'd Principles 2. The best Popish Argument 3. If it be lawful to use Violence in order to force Men to consider of our Reasons in matters of Religion p. 119 ARTICLE XXXV 1. The Jesuits zealous Defenders of the See of Rome 2. And of such Princes as can best protect them 3. The Remissness of their Morals whence p. 124 ARTICLE XXXVI 1. The Jesuits Politicks 2. Their Specious Pretences to Godliness 3. The Qualifications required in such as they admit into their Order p. 130 ARTICLE XXXVII 1. The Aim of the Romish Zealots 2. The pretended Zeal of Popish Princes 3. The French King 's real Design in Dragooning his Subjects p. 135 ARTICLE XXXVIII 1. Why the Papists keep the People in Ignorance 2. The Silence of the Scripture about the Fundamental Principles of Popery 3. Why the Church of Rome allows not of the Common Vse of Scripture p. 141 ARTICLE XXXIX 1. Men generally more concern'd for their own Reputation than for the Honour of God 2. A Young Lady severely used by her own Mother and upon what account 3. The late Prince of Conde's Reflection against the French Bishops p. 146 ARTICLE XL. 1. Interest the frequent Cause of Ingratitude 2. King Charles the Second's Behaviour towards his best Friends 3. Lewis the XIV highly oblig'd by the French Hugenots p. 150 ARTICLE XLI 1. That Riches change Mens Tempers 2. And why 3. What the Papists us'd to say of the New Converts in the late Reign p. 155 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 p. 160 ARTICLE XLIII 1. The chief Remedy against Burning 2. The Vows of perpetual Chastity sinful 3. Why impos'd by the Church of Rome p. 165 ARTICLE XLIV 1. Grains of Allowance for lewd Women in Rome and upon what account 2. The Courtisans banish'd Rome and called home again 3. A considerable Abuse suffered in Amsterdam and why p. 169 ARTICLE XLV 1. The Abuse of Godliness 2. Good Advice against the treacherous Designs of the deceitful 3. The Seven Woes of the Gospel pronounc'd against Hypocrites p. 174 ARTICLE XLVI 1. Lewd Women 2. Quack-Physicians 3. Judiciary Astrologers p. 179 ARTICLE XLVII 1. Crimes occasion'd by Covetousness 2. Spanish Cruelty 3. English Negligence p. 182 ARTICLE XLVIII 1. The Sabbath day profan'd 2. And by whom 3. Womens Design in dressing themselves upon the Sabbath day p. 185 ARTICLE XLIX 1. The Cheats of Vulgar Chymists 2. The Three best Catholick Remedies 3. Method of little use against Chronical Distempers p. 188 A MORAL DISCOURSE OF THE POWER OF INTEREST ARTICLE I. 1. That there is something in the Political World answerable to what we call Primum Mobile in the Heavens 2. That every thing actually mov'd owes its motion to some forreign impression 3. Several obvious demonstrations of this Truth I Know not if what Astronomers say be a real Truth or a meer groundless supposition That a Superiour Heaven they call Primum Mobile turneth round the world with it self by its rapid motion all th' other inferiour Orbs but sure I am there is some such thing as a Primum Mobile here below that over-ruleth the very Microcosm it self that untoward and unweildy Animal call'd Man This I fancy you will easily agree to if you do but allow with the generality of Philosophers nothing to be put in motion but by some other thing of a distinct nature from it self for though this receiv'd principle be ingeniously contradicted by a late Author I am still inclin'd to believe it no untruth by an infinite number of obvious and unanswerable instances clearing all our doubts about this old Maxim quicquid movetur ab alio movetur that every thing actually moved owes its motion to some forreign impression Thus when a Stone falls downwards I conceive it to be press'd towards the Earth by the weight of the Atmosphere or as others will tell you more obscurely by the magnetical attraction of the Center of the Universe When the same heavy body is toss'd upwards it is natural to us to think with the Aristotelians of an impress'd Quality or of a certain Impulse help'd forward by the liquid ambient till the greater pressure of the incumbent air return it home again to the Earth from whence it came and if this be apparently true in a rectiline motion we need not scruple to judge after the same manner of a circular one or of a body turning round some Center or other for I am not as yet thoroughly reconcil'd to the Opinion of those who will have the Sun Moon and other Planets to turn round the world without the help of an Aristotelian Intelligence But we need not climb so high to make new discoveries of so probable a Truth Does a Ship sail without a