Levamen infirmi: or, cordial counsel to the sick and diseased. Containing I. Advice concerning physick and what a physician ought to be; with an account of the author's remedies ... II. Concerning melancholy, frensie, and madness; in which ... is shew'd, how far they differ from a conscience opprest with ... sin ... III. A miscellany of pious discourses ... To which are added several predictions of what may happen to end of the world / [David Irish].

  • Irish, David
Date:
1700
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Credit: Levamen infirmi: or, cordial counsel to the sick and diseased. Containing I. Advice concerning physick and what a physician ought to be; with an account of the author's remedies ... II. Concerning melancholy, frensie, and madness; in which ... is shew'd, how far they differ from a conscience opprest with ... sin ... III. A miscellany of pious discourses ... To which are added several predictions of what may happen to end of the world / [David Irish]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ie. which is a kind of Witchcraft and fpiritual Theff leud Examples, Hippocrites, Slanderers, teachers @ ‘Lies, whereby the Souls of their Hearers are rob’ “of Eternal Life, are condemn’d: All that foolifhlt attribute to themfelves the benefit of Health, Wealth or Liberty, and fo deprive God of his Glory,: ar hither refer’d, fuch as purloin from their Mafterss Parents, Husbands, ‘Wives, Friends, or Neighbourss they might prevent, are in the fame Clafs with thx former, fuch as Rob their Neighbours, either by falfe Weights , Meafures, bad Wares, or fubtill Practices ; all Lawyers that make good Canfes bad! all Creditors that cruelly Triumph over the Bodie of their poor infolvent Debtors, by Imprifonmentt or any other kind of Oppreffion. And laftly, Envious: they can by Words, fall to the practice of unjuff Deeds, to over-throw and ruine thofe whom they; caufelefly Hate ; fuch fure cannot fo much as have the leaft pretence to be Servants of God, but, on the con:: trary, Slaves and Vaflals of Satan. = Now, to know who are unprofitable Servants, ]] fay, firft, They are fuch as are Magiftrates abufing: their Authority, to the hurt of thofé they ought te: Proteét. | 3 Secondly, Such as are no Magiftrates, but either neglect their calling, or deprave it by their wicked _ Thirdly, Rich Men, who relieve not rhe wants of the Poor with their Plenty. eos oo er ~ Fourthly,