Volume 1

Mr. Maitland's account of inoculating the small pox vindicated [by himself], from Dr. Wagstaffe's misrepresentations of that practice, with some remarks on Mr. Massey's sermon.

  • Charles Maitland
Date:
1722
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Credit: Mr. Maitland's account of inoculating the small pox vindicated [by himself], from Dr. Wagstaffe's misrepresentations of that practice, with some remarks on Mr. Massey's sermon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ' [ 45] Mutilation of their Body, I fiippofehe will allow to be common. Is not that inflicting a Difeafe with a Witnefs ? And are there not many Executions perform'd by Poifon, which is infliding an Internal mortal Difeafe ? And here his own Argument turns upon him 5 for if Difeafe s are fe?it for the P uni foment of our Sins, then it would feem to follow, that the Magiftrate, who has a Power from God to punifh oitr Crimes, has likewife a Power to inflid Di (cafes, for Sins that are manifeft to him and all the World. The greater Power of infliding Death, certainly includes the leL fer in the Choice of the Means ; If, for Ex¬ ample, there fhould be a Law made to pu- niih the Inocidators with the Inoculation of fome Difeafe, I fancy this Reverend Divine would not think it finfui or unreafonable. Page 16.~] He (pends a long Paragraph, to prove what no Body ever deny'd 5 That a J^lan cannot lawfully do all that is in his Po¬ wer to do: And another as evident. That the Means, as well as the Intention, muft be law¬ ful > but thefe are only general Prop options: The Subfumption, that infliding Difeafes for a good Purpofe is unlawful, is only fupposM, $ot prov'd. Page 18.] Hc doubts whether the Life of Man be a Good or not. If the Life of Man is - ?% i no Good, then, indeed, to ad for the Pre- fervation of it, is not to ad for any good End j and confcqucntly, not only this Pra- 1. 1
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