Essays and meditations on various subjects / By a physician [i.e. J. Mackenzie].

  • James Mackenzie
Date:
1762
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Credit: Essays and meditations on various subjects / By a physician [i.e. J. Mackenzie]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ -<en6 4 when it comes to a clefe! Senfual plea- fures unlawfully gratified, and riches or power badly employed, will obftru& our future felicity. Nothing but piety and virtue can qualify us for happinefs in the yet invifible part of our dura- tion: Nothing elfe is worth our atten- tion, and whatever ftands in oppofition to them fhould be rejected with abhor- rence. We muft look upon ourfelves as individuals only of the great fyftem — of the univerfe, under the_government of one fupreme and perfect being. We muft, as far as lies in our power, aim at the profperity of the whole, without ever attempting to rob another member of the community of any part of his convenience in this life, in order to ap- propriate that convenience to ourfelves. Yo fhort, we muft fincerely endeavour to do our duty, according to the plain ‘and known laws of God, and habituate eur minds here to partake of the pure and,