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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    avoid a much greater. The Cafe put it as difadvantagioufly as poffible, more refem- bles that of a Perfon who leaps out of a Win¬ dow for fear of Fire, and Purely that can ne¬ ver be reckon'd a Miftruft of Providence, even if he did it before he was much in Dan¬ ger 5 for no body can fay that God Almighty maynotfave a Man from Fire in the ordi¬ nary Courfe of his Providence 5 ,And if a Per- ion, who being prompted by his too early Fears had taken this Courfe, and loft his Life by the Fall 5 no body will arraign him of Self-murder: Fie might have done an impru¬ dent, but not a finful Action. The Parents who fuffer their Children to converfe with their infe&ed Relations y which differs in no Moral Point from the Cafe of Inoculation> would think it very hard to be treated as Ho~ micides or Murderers of their Children,when the very A&ion proceeds from, the contrary Principle, extreme Tendernefs. Pag. 22.] In the former Page, it was a pre- fumptuous Truft $ in this, it is an intire Mif¬ truft of Providence. He is fure to have the Inoculators fome way or other. Pag. 23.] They cannot pray for a Blefling upon their Endeavours 5 becaufe Prayer fup- pofes the Ufe of lawful Means. I believe the contrary is true, for as a Perfon, who is Inoculated, puts himfelf more immediately into the Hands of God, if he has any Senfe of Religion, cannot avoid praying
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