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Draught; but according to the Natural and Ordinary Current Q. I am bound to a Mafter, in its Channel, and herein we who proves fevere to me, and imitate Heaven, who takes an being difcontented thereat, and Eitimate of our Vertues or alfo troubled with a fcrupulous Vices, according to our Habits Confcience, I am reduced to and ufual Ways of Acting, and great Weakness both in Body and not by a few, fingle, good or Mind, and prejudiced in my Mebad Actions, but that the Quemory. Pray inform me the best rift may be better fatisfied a-Way for a Recovery of my bout the Nature of Friendship, Health, the Settlement of my let him confult our Oracle, Vol. Mind, and the Reftoring my MeI. Page 17.

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Q: Let two Wheels be made A. Secure your Duty to your of eighteen Inches Diameter, and GOD, and that will teach one Wheel of three Inches Diameter, you Content, and confequentfix 'em all uponthe fame Axle, pla-ly bring your Body into a good cing the little Wheel in the Mid-Frame again; and as to your dle; then raife a Plain fo high, Mafters Severity, if you are not that the little Wheel may de- wanting in your Duty to him, fcribe a Line in its Circulati-get your Friends to deal with Quere, What Reafon do him on your behalf: If that you affign for the little Wheel's Course won't take, the Chamdefcribing as long a Line as the berlain will fet all to Rights, great one, in equal Time and Cir- and do you Justice. culation?

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Q. One who is confiderably A. There's no Reafon in the concern'd in the Stocks, both of World to be given, why it the East-India and African Comfhou'd be equal in its Circulation pany, can now dispose of his Inwith the other, for its the tereft at greater Rates, than he lowest Part of the Wheels that is affured they are really worth, makes the Line, this granted, defires your Opinion, whether in take your Compaffes, place the Confcience he may difpofe of Foot in the midít of the Axle, them, and thereby impofe upon of one of the great Wheels, the Ignorant Buyer, who is and then with the fame, de- wholly guided by other Mens Acti scribe a Circle from the Axle ons, who know the real Value of the little Wheel, and you'll of the Stocks, as well as the Que find that most of the Circle rifts, and only buy and fell for will be Imaginary, only at the Advantage. Bottom you'll have a Segment of a Circle made out of the Plane, agreeable to fo much of the Circle of the greater Wheels; which demonftrates that the Lines of Circulation Q. Whether or no, or by what must be equal, the little Wheel Power can pretended Gypfies having alway potentially the presage any thing?

A. 1 Theff. 4. 6. Let no Man go beyond, or defraud his Brother in any Matter, because the Lord is the Avenger of all fuch.

4. No more, for the genera- | places, where they have been lity of them, than other per- formerly preferv'd; but that fons, farther than by enquiring they are not too big to be before Hand,or speaking what's Humane, we have great Reamoft likely,and fuch tricks fon to believe. See Vol. II. aOnly fome have been known to bout Gyants. do fuch things as inuit be effected by the Devil, and therefore have contracted to him accordingly.

Q. Upon a Difpute betwixt two Friends, 'tis agreed that you are made the Arbitrator in this point, whether a Rock Split in two parts, be two Rocks, or one Rock in two parts?

A. 'Tis not quantity that conftitutes Individuality, but Individuality is that which is fo

Q. There's a young Lady who is Courted by feveral Gentlemen; but her Affections are chiefly towards a perfon who makes no outward pretenfions, left thereby it may Fruftrate both their De-in its felf, and divided from any figns.Quere, Whether he ought to thing else by a laft Divifion; or entertain the faid pretenders, fince that which is compounded of aDeshe does it only to amufe fome a-terminate Matter, and Form is bout her, without any intention of having them? Or what other Honourable Courfe can fhe take in this matter?

A. She may entertain them with all the Freedom and Refpect that is neceffary; but fhe ought not to give 'em the leaft Encouragement of a Defign to Marry 'em, because it may prove of ill Confequence as to their uneafinefs, and Malice may hereby ground fomething that may be Prejudicial to her Ho

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individuality. (S. T. Aquin. 1. a. q. 30. 4. c.) and fuch is a piece of Rock, which in it self is yet a Rock, for there is nothing wanting to make a little Rock, as truly a Rock as a great one; quantity or magnitude are not concern'd in this Question.

Q. Why does a drown'd Man Swim with his Face downwards, and a Woman with her Face upwards?

A. They both Swim with their Face downwards, as has Q. In Gresham Colledge, are been very often obferv'd, for two MonftrousThigh-bones, (and the Bowels being full of Water, as they fay of Men) the one and lying not to near the backpetrified, and the other putrified, parts as the fore-parts, they pray the Reafon of ones Petri-poize and draw the dead party faction, and the others Putrifacti- upon their Bellies,unless on tome on; and whether you believe them extraordinaty accidents. to be real Bones of Men, they being an Ell or more in Length, and as big as the Thigh of a arge Man

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4. Dancing and all other fuch Accomplishments feem to carry a greater Value with them, than they really have, not that we fuppose them troubles, or without their ufe; and we fhou'd yet have a much greater efteem for 'em if too great expence of time was not required to attain them. Yet the Advantages of the Mind exceed thofe of the Body, being more Noble and Great, as coming nearer to GOD, and therefore the ends to attain 'em, ought to be preferr'd; if we lay the thoughts of another Life afide, yet even in this, Learning is more durable, for a Learned Man may be Wife, and Serviceable in Old Age, when an Old Dancing-Matter lofes his apprehenfions, and begins to fee he has loft his time, or at least been too Profufe and Lavish in't, as indeed that imploy does neceffitate him to it. 'Tis the Happinefs of a Rational Being, to know the best things,and to ipend as little time as poffible in Impertinent, Unneceffary Studies, for when the Account is made up, it will be afflicting to fee the Total amount to nothing but Cyphers, or which is worle, the Stock turn'd Debter.

Q. Whether we may not believe all Revelation to be an Invention? And whether the Man who wrotethe Book intituled,The Three : Grand Impoftors deferves not to be commended?

demonftrate there w told him, that if he words good, he'd in give himFive Hundre fo willing was he to that troublesomeor other within hi would not let him it, and fo gladly h Reins loofe to all fures nor did acknowledge, that th reafon of his offer. muft not take it he's rank'd with t mentioned, for we ar prove, and confident fo, that he who den dence and Revelation unavoidable Confeque any fuch Being as G he who denies any fu as a rational Anim deny that there's fuc ture as Man- So the Deift be a prett there's in effect ence but in Name him and the Atheist What little reafon we queftion the veracity vine Revelation, we hope, Vol. II. p. 501, fufficiently evinc'd the Querift defires to whether the Author three Grand Impoftors, of opinion with himfelt not to be admir'd for rage and Judgment in dertaking? We anf we hope as much J Indignation,That if th was uch a Moniter,

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Q. Why conld not the Magicians of Pharoah bring to pass the Wonder of turning Duft into Lice, as well as they did the Three Wondets before?

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A. Though the Question be oddly propofed, we fuppofe by the Word Sufficiently, that the Querift wou'd ask our Judgment,- whether they knew aright the Way to Salvation, or enough of the Christian Faith to bring them to Heaven? We anfwer, That we fee no reason to the contrary; for though they were not fo well skill'd in the Mysteries of Faith before the Defcenfion of the Holy Ghoft as afterwards, yet they knew, at least, much more than all thofe Holy Men in the Old Testament, who liv'd before our Saviour came into the World; and not only knew more, but, abating the leffer Infirmities of Humane Life, liv'd ac

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Fathers knew the way to Happinefs, and obtain'd their End with much lefs Knowledge than the Apostles had it follows the Apoftles were in a better, rather than a worfe Condition. Q. What was the more immediate caufe of Sodoms overWhether it was

A. The Rabbins have a pleafant reafon for't:- They tell you, that the Devil's Power (with which one wou'd wonder how they became fo well acquainted) extends to the production of no Creature fmall-cordingly. er than a Barley-corn. But to leave that among the rest of their ridiculous Fables, we fay, 'twas for no real internal difficulty in one of these things, more than another, but becaufe GOD was then pleas'd, of his own good Pleafure, to stop the power of the Devil, from pro-throw? ceeding any farther; that neithe Jews might be ftumbled, Angels? nor the Egyptians (till they had A. When a Veffel is full, farther perfifted) entirely hard-one drop more will make it run ned; from whole own Mouths over- That laft abominable this Miracle drew that plain Wickednefs and Impenitence, confeffion, "This is the after they were ftruck blind,did, Finger of GOD:———— Unless no doubt, fill up the Measure of we'll add, that to mortifie the their Sins, and make 'em rife Devil, and evince GOD's Pow- for Divine Vengeance. er over him, he would not in Q. Whether Pharoah were a this Inftance fuffer him to pro: proper Name, or only fignificant duce fo inconfiderable a Crea-of the Royal Station among the Egyptians?

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from fome Accident or other affixed to one of their Emperors, who being in high esteem amongst 'em for his Prudence, Valour or Vertue, it might afterwards be taken up by his Succeffors, for his and their own Honour, and the more to ingratiate themfelves with the People, as we find in the Cafar's, and Auguftus's of the Romans and perhaps in other Inftances. Q. Whether the ftratagem of Zophyrus were fit for Imitation?

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4. We fuppofe, i had not feen it would ne'er have beli and he must not t if we defire the far and 'twill be. time enquire into the thing when we ar of matter of Fact, we are the more doubt, because of t it comes in, as may the following Quer the fame Hand.

A. By no means, and upon no account. The Story is, that he cut off his own Nofe, Ears, and Lips, and having hus frightfully mangled himfelf, fell to the Babylonians, whom his Mafter had long befieged in vain, pretending 'twas he had fo ufed him; by whom being believed, and made their Governour, he foon after found means to betray them and their City to Darius; wherein 'tis a question, whether he were more cruel to himself, or falfe to thofe who truited him, neither of which feems to deferve Imitation or Commendation. 'Tis true, Darius highly esteem'd him for the Action, and he had reafon, fince he had not many Subjects who would endure fo much pain, and fuch a lafting dilgrace for him, to purchale him fo eafie a Victory: after all truited he was by thofe People, and breach of Truitter, and affign the looks very ill, whatever be the occafion a Traytor is like a Spye inthe Court or Camp of

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