A sermon against the dangerous and sinful practice of inoculation. Preach'd at St. Andrew's Holborn, on Sunday, July the 8th, 1722 / [Edmund Massey].

  • Edmund Massey
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1722
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Credit: A sermon against the dangerous and sinful practice of inoculation. Preach'd at St. Andrew's Holborn, on Sunday, July the 8th, 1722 / [Edmund Massey]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Venefci, thefe Spreaders of Infection, will be diftinguifhed from thofe of the Faculty, who deferve Honour, and not permitted to mingle with them, as the Devil among the Sons of Job 2.1. God, left like the Difeafe-giving Practitioner, the Harlot whom Solomon defcribes, they entice us, till a Dart flrike through our Liver,Prov-1- • * ^ 3 * and rve bafte to their Snarey not knowing that it is for pur Life, Befides, I cannot appre¬ hend how it conduces to the Prefervation of Mankind, to force a dangerous Diftemper upon them, which poffibly may never hap¬ pen unto them, and if it fhould, may proba- blj be attended with very little, if any Incon¬ venience ; and as before has been hinted, is no Security againft future Contagion. , This is unequally to ftake a Subftance againft a Sha¬ dow, to make Men run into a real Danger, left they fhou’d happen to fall into an acci¬ dental One, and contributes no more to the Prefervation of Mankind, than it would re¬ dound to the Honour of a well provided Ci¬ ty, to invite the Enemy and furrender now, for fear left fometime hence, they fhould pofli- bly be furpris’d and taken. If we now Thirdly, D 2 j. Will
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