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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    ares] qually liable with our bodies to decay, and even to perifh by a thoufand acci- dents? Ifa man has good moral quali- ties, thefe furely ought not to {well his pride; for whoever ferioufly examines his own heart, and the paft ations of his life, will, im the progrefs of that. examination, find much greater caufe for fhame and confufion of. face, than: for pride and arrogance.. LYING is an infamous debafing fin,. that brings fhame and reproach upon the har; and aéts in dirc@ oppoefition. to the plain purpofe of God, in giving the ufe of {peech to man; which was, that thereby he might communicate his: real and genuine thoughts to his neigh- bour. Tf a lie is told on furpofe to deceive, the guilt is doubled, by the conjunction of fraud with falfhood. If it proceeds from: vanity, to magnify one’s lelf, it rarely anfwers the purpofe of