A journey to Paris in the year 1698 / By Dr. Martin Lister.

  • Martin Lister
Date:
1699
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A journey to Paris in the year 1698 / By Dr. Martin Lister. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ——— == 4 = lie Sos — ro} er = bese ene = eT ee ee a eee A Journey to Paris. Men, and make Saints of the re{t of Man- kind for a Morfel of Bread. But let thefe Men alone with their miftaken Zeal: It is certainly God's good Providence which orders all things in this World. And the Flefh-Eaters will ever defend themfelves, if not beat the Lenten Men: Good and wholfom Food, and plenty of it, gives Men naturally sreat Courage. Again; a Nation. will fooner be peopled by the free Marriage of all forts of People, than by the additio- nal ftealth of a few ftarved Monks, fup- pofing them at any time to break their Vow. This limiting of Marriage to a certain People only, isa deduction and an abatement of Mankind, not lefs in a Pa- pift Country, than a conftant War. A- gain, this leflens alfo the number of God's Worlhippers, initead of multiply- ing them as the Stars in the Firmament, or the Sand upon the Sea Shoar: Thefe Men wilfully cut of their Polterity, and reduce God’s Congregation for the fu- ture. any Difturbance from Pamphlets and Hawkers. One thing I wondered at, that I heard of noth ng loft, nor any publick ct Ad-
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