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ASchisma Greater Judgment then aPestilence.TheNatural Rhetoriqueof theNon-Cons.TheDangerof them. SeveralSortsandDegreesof Danger. Of ComingAbout,or ComingOver.TheCauseTransferr'd fromGovernmenttoReligion.
Munday, September 28. 1685.
OBSERVATOR.If I were theMasterof aTerritory, I would as soonTrustso manySpiritsin myPulpits, to Blow a Pestilence thorough my Dominions, as so many of ourNon-Conforming Divines; and reckon myPeoplemuchSafertoo, under the Danger of aPlague, then under theConsequencesof aSchism: For theOne Taintsbut the Bodies of Men; theOther Destroystheir very Souls; theOnetakes themPromiscuously, theGood, and theBad, OnewithAnother: But the'Tother Marks, andSingles-outtheBest MenforRuine, with aPrivilegeofExemption, to those that neither fearGod, norMan. TheOneSweeps away a Number of SinglePersons; theOtherTears to pieces theSinewsof aCommunity. TheOnedoes, insome Degree, Conduce to thePurgingof aWicked Nation, when theWrathofHeavenisAppeas'dby theDischargeof someDreadfull Judgmentupon't; (as theAiris Clear'd byThunder) TheOtherdoes All that isPossibleto theFilling-upof theMeasureof aPublique Iniquity; and the making of a Land Ripe forVengeance.
TRIMMER.Prethee whatDanger? Or what needs thisLashing, when they are All Tongue-Ty'd; and Driven intoHoles, andHiding-Places, to keep out of the way ofMessengers, andConstables, and out of theClutchesof theCorporation-Act, andOther Penal Lawsagainst theirPrivate Meetings?
Obs.What dost thou Talk of Tongue-Ty'd? Why I will undertake it; (and inSerious Good Earnesttoo)Gaggthe Whole Set of'em; Give Every man hisPulpit, or hisChair, and only a Bare Standing in't; and ifthey do notWink, andNod, andCuffany Prince inChristendomout of hisDominions, without aWord Speaking, I'le be thyBond-slave. Why they do not do their Bus'ness, man, by the Force ofLogique, Grammar, or by theDintofTheology: But byGroans, Pangs, Tragical Ululations, Silent Interjections, Whining Apostrophes, Melting Epiphonemas; and in a word; by the Helps ofNatural Rhetorick, withoutNeed, of eitherSense, orSyllables.
Trim.TheyPreach, andPray, withoutSpeakingthen.
Obs.No No. They do Talk forFashion-sake: But Observe it while you will; They move thePassionsof theirAuditory, in theBelfry, or theChurch-Porch, Forty times morethen Directly under thePulpit: For theEmphasisof anAction; aMotion, Tone, orCountenance, makes a much DeeperImpression, than that of aNaked, Empty, Sound: And forMy Part, I fancy, it might do as well for 'em to Whistle theirPreachmentsas to Articulate them: For theMasterpiece, or the All in All of it, lies Mainly, inHittingtheTune.
Trim.D'ye call this Reasoning, or Ridiculing?
Obs.'TisBothinOne: For it is theRidiculous Truth, and theJust Reason, Method, andStateof theMatter: And when People are onceJuggledOutof their Wits, they must beFool'dInto'em again. Now there needs no more to the doing ofThat Work, then the bareDrawingof theCurtain, and letting People into theTyring-Room. For theCause, is all over,Theatrical: TheActorsareHypocrites, in theirManners, as well as in theEtymon; and the wholeManage, fitter for aStage, then aPulpit. So that the mostCertain WayinNature, for the making of thePractice, Odious; and theDisabusingof theUndiscerning Multitude, is tolay OpentheirFalse Colours, Shapes, &Disguises; andExposeEvery thing in itsNaked Simplicityto theLight.
Trim.And what if a man should Allow This sort of People now, to be the mostUncouth, Hideous Monstersof theCreation? To have theTeeth, theNails, theFierceness, theStrength, & theAppetiteof the mostRavenousofWild Beasts? This Discourse, ofCaution, andDescription, might do well enough in theCountrysofLyons, andTygers: But what's All This, tohis Majesties Dominions, where there are eitherNoneof These Creatures,at all, or NoOther, at least, then such as have theirNails Par'd, and theirChopsMuzzled: And no moreDangerof them, at present, then of ourBeeves, andMuttons.
Obs.Dost not thou know that there areSeveralSorts, & Degrees ofDanger? A man may be Wheedled into aPrecipice, as well as Thrown into't: A man may be Hugg'd or Suck'd toDeath, without any Biting, or Scratching in the Case: A man may be Poyson'd in hisPorridge, as well as Strangl'd in hisBed: A man may have False OpinionsImpos'dupon him by aFallacy, orFraudinArgument, as well as Extorted from him, by the Force ofMenace, andTorment. And his Bus'ness, at last, isdone, as Dead,One wayasT'other: And so for the Degrees ofDanger; There'sDanger at Hand; there'sDangerat aDistance;DangerinDesign, andDangerinPractice; AndDanger, in fine, through All thePreparatory, andMediate TendenciestoMischief, to theLast EffectthatPushesit self forth toExecution.
Trim.Very Good! And what are All TheseSorts, andDegreesofDangerto theInstanceswe have nowBeforeus?
Obs.'Tis true; TheFactionis not in Condition toAttacquetheGovernmentbyForce: TheirArmiesareScatter'd, and theirSquadrons Defeated; theWhole Partyput to theirShifts; and the veryBestof 'em, has enough to do tosave his Own Bacon. TheirTeethareDrawn, I'le Allow ye, All but here and there aStump; And yet they'lPinch, Plaguily, though they cannotWorry, andTear: And withTime, andGood Discipline, they'l come toGrow again. They have theSame Principlesto friend, thateverthey had: Only they must beManag'd Another Way: And there can never WantMatter, forArtificial Flattery, Wheedling, ImpostureandHypocrisy, toWorkupon. They are not in Condition toAdvance, at this time of the Day, in the face of theSun, and of theGovernment, with theirPetticoats Flying, under theAuspicious Directionof theirTutelary Angel, Ferguson; and [Fear Nothing but God] for theirMotto. But they must Supply want ofStrength, byStratagem; andCarry-ontheirApproches, out of sight. 'Tis only a little morePatience, and theWorkwill be brought about, as sure at theLong-Run, by aMine, as by aBattery: And theCertifyingofa Hundred and Fifty Perrotsinto theService, andProtectionOf theGovernment, will be of GreaterEffect, then theDrawing-upofTen Thousand men in Arms, Against it. NowThese Methodslye AllOpenstill, only they are somewhat moreAbout. Now as toDangers Remote, orNearer hand; DangersofDesign, orDangersofPractice: All thePreparatories, &DispositionstoMischief, in theirSecret Impulses, andCauses, are asVigorousNow, as Ever they were, that is to say, within Two or Three Motions of aPublique Violence: Only This Difference in the Case, that we haveHitherto, been in theGreatest Dangerof ourProfess'd, &Open Enemies: AndNow, God bless us from ourPretending Friends: For all on a Sudden, theTrimmersare come-up to beStark Church-of-England-men; And thePhanatiques, gotten aForm Higher, into theSeatorClassesof theTrimmers.
Trim.Thou artWell, neither Full nor Fasting. NeitherFanatique, norTrimmer, norChurch-of-England-manI perceive, will please ye; TheControversyof a New King; or a Common-Wealth, isOut of Doors; The Question of Liberty of Conscience; ThePrivilegeofPrivate Meetingsfor Religous Worship; And aChallengeofDispensationfrom theRites, Ceremonies, andDisciplineof the Church, areAll layd aside. And All This will not serve theTurnyet. Now if Men go toChurch; TakeTests, makeDeclarations; AndDoandPerformAll that theLaw Requiresof'em; where's theDangerof These People I beseech ye?
Obs.Not in theircoming overwith theirBodies, but inStaying behind, in theirGood Wills, andAffections: Nay, and in theirCommunicatingwith theChurchin theMorning, and in theAfternoon, with theSchism: And pray will you Note in them, One ThingMoretoo. 'Tis worth the while, when theyRamblefrom theirOwn Parish, toObservewhither they go: For I have known the veryStreets Throng'd, out of Distance ofHearing One Wordthat theMinister says, with theSame Superstition, that theQuakers Flockto theDoor, when they areLock'd-outof theMeeting-House: In which Case, It has yet theSemblanceof aPrivate Meeting; And in Truth, looks liker aPolitical Muster, then aReligious Exercise: But Heark ye for One Word, before we go any further; Suppose a Man should have sayd about theBeginningofJuly Last, in aBrisk Replyto aReflexionmade upon theWestern-Rebells; (at that time in theirPrideandGlory) [The King has as Loyal Subjects in That Army as Any are in T'other.] Wouldst thou have me, in Construction ofCommon Sense, andHonesty, look uponThat Person, to be, Effectually Come over, and in theStateofa TrueChurch-of-England-man; only forKeepingtheLaw, with hisHeels, when heBreaksit, with hisTongue, andDoctrine? Now this is more then I Owe ye, upon the Matter in hand: For you have Carry'd theQuestionquitebackagain, from theNon-Con-Ministers, to theGenerality, and theMultitudeof theDissenters: which is a Point WhollyExcepted, and out of theLimitsofOur Debate: For All theirConventicleswithout aMouth, areMonsters; MeerNullities, &Bilks, without aTeacher: So that I haveRestrain'dmyApplications, Singly, to theRabbi'sof theFaction, asIncluding, andImplyingtheSense, and theIntentof theirDisciples: Nay andso far Includingit, that they areBarely, thePassive Instrumentsof theirLeaders. Now TheseHeadsof theDivided Parties, are a sort of People, that do not, by any Means, fall within theCharitable ProspectofYour Qualifications: For theyStand-off, inContempt, andDefyanceof theOrders, &Censuresof theChurch, and of theLaw, as much atThis Instant, aseverthey did. TheirFollowers Maintain, andSupportthem in ThatStubbornnessofDisobedience; And so theOppositionstands yetFirm, inEffect, though withLess NoiseofMenace, andTumult. TheBranches, 'tis True, areLopt; but theRoot, not so much asTouch'd; Nay, and in such a Condition ofVegetative Virtue, andVigour, that it wants nothing butTime, and aFavourable Seasonto make itSproutagain. And This you may Assure your self of, that Nothing less then anUtter, anOpen, aSolemn, and anIrrevocable Divorce, betwixtThese Libertine-Seducers, and Those that have beenTrepann'd, andInveigled, out of theBosomof theChurch, into theArmsof theSchism: Nothing I say, less then Some suchUnalterable Act, orDecreeofSeparation, can everSecure, either theChurch, or theStatefrom thePernicious Consequencesof thisIntelligence: For betwixtBlind Pity, andFoolish Zeal, on theOnehand, and all theArts, ofMoving, andProvokingThosePassions, andAffections, on theOther, there iskept-up, andCherish'd, aCommunicationofReciprocal Kindness, between them, that keeps theFire alivestill in theEmbers, 'till byDegrees, itBlows-upAll at last into aCommon Flame. Now take awayThese Bellows, andT'other Sparks, and a man maySleepin hisBed, withoutDreamingofConflagrations, or theDreadof Rising with his Throat Cut.
Trim.I will not Excuse someHot-Headed Blades, that let theirTonguesrun before theirWits; And make it a Point ofHonour, toBraveAll theTerrorsofDeath, andDungeons, in defence of theCausethat they haveUndertaken. TheLess said, theBetter; Though a Body cannot, inGenerosity, but have some sort ofCompassion, for a Man that SuffersDeath, withConstancy of Mind, Even in a Mistaken Cause, if it be according to hisConscience.
Obs.If theseImpressionswereInbred, and theErrorspurely theirOwn, it would be aPoint, not only ofGood Nature, but ofCommon Justice, andHumanity, to have aTendernessforPeopleunder anInvincible Mistake: But you have Started theStrongest Argumentin the World, against yourselfhere, byEnforcingtheNecessityof Clearing theStageof theSeditious Oracles, thatInspire These Desperate Resolutions.
Trim.Why All matter ofViolence, HeatofDispute, andClamourofArgument, is at anEnd. You hear no more of yourScottish, andWestern Declarations; No moreCompetitorsfor theCrown; orConfederatesfor aRepublique: And therefore prethee,letus be atPeacewhile weMaybe atPeace; and do not standPuzzlingthePeoplewithDanger, whereNo Danger is.
Obs.Soft and Fair,Trimmer; thoseDeclarations, Practices, andAttempts, are not to beRepeatedagain in thesame Age: But there aremore ways to the Wood then One: And 'tis All a case, to a man that'sRobb'd, whether theThievescame in at theDoor, or at theWindow. 'Tis very Right, That, since the Breaking of theRebellion, theNon-Conslay theirFingersupon theirMouths; and notOne WordofLate, upon the Subject ofLiberties, andProperties; or of the Danger ofTyranny, and ofArbitrary Power: But All otherGrievancesare NowSwallow'd-upinOne: They are All inTearsfor fear of theProtestant Religion; andThat's the Topique that's now Carry'd-on, through All Shapes, Figures, and Disguises.
Trim.We shall have fine Work, Next Bout!
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The way of PromotingFears,andJelousies.ThePeoplemeerlyPassivein the Bus'ness. Both Parts seem toContendfor the
Same Common Principles.TheRise of Jelousies.
Saturday, August 21. 1686.
TRIMMER.TheAccommodatingof Words, Phrases, and Texts to the Matter in hand, with the Interjecting, here and there, of CertainEmphatical Winks, andInnuendo's, to theCommon People, will do the Bus'ness ofFears and Jelousies, you need neverDoubtit, without any more Ceremony.
OBSERVATOR.I do no moreDoubtit, then I do, that a Proper Remedy; Rightly Prepar'd; and Administer'd in theDueTime and Proportion, willWorksuch or such anEffect. But theSkilllyes, in the Judgment of the Distemper; The Constitution of the Patient; The Choice of the Physick; The Prescription of the Composition, the Preparation, and the Dos. NowYourway ofOperating, is only the MechanicallPart of the Bus'ness; and no more, then the giving of aBox, aGally-pot, or aGlass, with a Note ofDirections, out ofOnehand intoAnother: which AnyPorterthat Plyes at theNext Corner, would do asDext'rously, as ever aDoctorof theCollege. TheDifficulty, and theMystery, is Over, beforeYouhave any thing toDowith it: ThePoysonous, andIntoxicating Draught, Prepar'd; TheMultitudeset a-Gaping for't, and YourOffice, is only at last, toPour it down their Throats. There's Matter ofHistory, andFact, enough, 'tis true, toSatisfy any man, that People may be made asMadwithCant, andGibberish, as if they had takenHenbane; and thattheStingofJelousy, will put them out of theirWitsas soon astheBitingof aMad-Dog: But we are in theDarkall this while, for the Rise, the Progress, and the Methods of EnflamingJelousies, to bring'em up to thatPitch. Prethee let me Understand a little of their Birth, Growth, Discipline, and Education; How they are Fed, Nourish'd,and Entertain'd? What's the End, and Use of them? What Language do theySpeak; or how comes it to pass, that theSameWords, and Phrases, withoutAny IntelligencewithGrammar, Logique, Common Usage, orPropriety, shouldTransportSomeMenintoOutrages, Palpitations of the Heart, Horrors, andTremblings, both ofMind, and ofBody; and yet Work no more upon Others, then theydid, before the very Letters of'em were taken out of theAlphabet? I do not call ye to aStrict ShriftuponEvery Point, but I Expect you shall say something to theWhole Matter; for aFew Words, in Order, will give a man moreLightto theReasonof a Thing, then as manyVolumes, in Confusion.
Trim.You are in theRight; that theCraftlies in the Project, and the PreparatoryManageof this Affair, and that theDangeris gone tooFar, when theMineis alreadyWrought; thePowder Dispos'd, and nothing wanting to theFinal Executionof theMischief, but theLightingof theMatch, and the Applying of theCoalto theTrain. You haveWellandTrulyenoughObserved, theWonderfull Force, thatSome CertainWords, and Phrases have; upon theAffectionsof theMultitude; without the LeastShadowof any Logical, Grammatical, or PhilosophicalReasonfor theOperationof them. Now you must know, thatTheseWords, and Phrases, are madeUseof, andUnderstood, in the way of a Cypher, or a Jargon, and not according to theOrdinary Acceptationof them, in aRegularway ofWriting, or ofSpeaking; So that, Effectually, theEfficacyof suchWords, andPhrases, is given forGranted; and how they come toObtain that Force, remains theSingle Question.
Now towards theUnderstandingof this Matter, you must Consider, that noStatecan beSupplanted, but byTurningthePeoples Hearts, against thePersons, & theActionsof theirSuperiors: So that inAll ConspiraciestoDestroyaGovernment, Fears & Jelousies, aretheCorner Stoneof the Babel. Their Hearts are no soonerLost, but they withdraw their Bodies too, and so, byDegrees, ErectLaws, and Religions of their Own; and look upon themselves, by This time, as inAnother Commonwealth.
Obs.'Tis mostCertainly True; and that in thisSeparation, they set-up anInterestofDirectSpite, as well as Opposition, to That of theChurch, and of theState.
Trim.This is the very Course, and Progress of aPopular Jelousy:But pray take Notice as we go, that thePeople, are thus far,MeerlyPassive; andContribute No Otherwise, to theRuineof thePublique, thenaSnapping Sea does, to theSinkingof aVessell, when theBillowsareHurry'd-onby theViolenceof an Irresistible Tempest: if theWindswould but let theWaves alone, they'd beQuiet. When they come once to Gather into [Private Meetings,] (or as you call them, Conventicles) you mayThenaccompt upon it, that they are as good as put toSchool, toLearnthe Mystery of theirProfession. For there are Canting-Schools, as well as Reading-Schools: and under ThisDiscipline, they come byInsensible Degrees, to part with theirEnglishTongue, as well as with theirEnglishPrinciples, and Manners. Nay, and Effectually, to take up suchUncouth, Novel, andStrangeThoughts, Opinions, and Practices, that it looks, as if the English-Man, the Christian, and the Subject, were all lost in a Disguise. They are now, you must know, under New Lords, and Consequently, under New Laws; where they areTrain'd-uptoNew Waysof Understanding Things, and to aNew Idiomeof Expressing them. Religion, Law, Government, Conscience, Good Manners, are soSacredin Themselves, that theWorstof Men cannot butPretendaVenerationfor them; but how toBaffle, or toEludetheForce, theObligation, and theAuthorityof them; and, at the Same Time, to set-up for theAsserters, andSupportersofThese Publique Rights, Privileges, andDuties, Therelies theDifficultyof theUndertaking.
Obs.That is to say, how toResolveReligion, into anEmptyNotion: To Talk Christianity into a Paradox; and, with Christ in ourMouths, atLondon, tofall down, andWorshipMahomet, inBuda: How toConfoundGods, and the Governments Friends and Enemies, so as to make theCommon PeopletakeOneforT'other. Now This can be no way done, but by setting-up the Counterfeit of Religion, Law, and Conscience, against theGenuine, andAuthentiqueOriginal; and by making Evil, to be Good, and Good, to be Evil.
Trim.You mustNote, further, that in ThisOpposition, the Main Cause appears to be thevery Same, onBoth sides; andBoth Partsseem toContend, for the Same Common Principles, ofDivine Worship, and ofCivil Obedience.
Obs.Only theOneFlies to theInvisible LightsandDictatesof theSpirit, in Matter of Religion; (taking Fancy for Revelation) and,in the Matter of Government, has Recourse to CertainUnaccountable Whimsies, of [Powers Reserv'd,] where therenever was any Power at all; &These Fooleries, theyTrumpupon theLittle People, under thePompous Nameof [FUNDAMETALS;] while theRulers, on theOtherhand, Stick to the Law, to the Text, and to theApproved Senseof the Best Interpreters of Both, for theirGuide.
Trim.Very Good! And after they haveDepartedfrom the Common Rule, andDividedthemselves from the Common Interest; it is but Reasonable toExpect, that they will Set-up Another Interest, and Another Rule toThemselves.
Obs.Well! But how do theyManage That Provinceall this while, as to theSubject, I mean, that we wereSpeakingof?
Trim.Why their way is, only to putReligion, andGovernmentinAnother Dress; but under the Name, of [Religion,] and [Government,]Still; and then to lay on aSuperstructure, Answerable to theFoundation; I speak of the Leaders only; for their Disciples areBlanck Paper; and ready forany Impression. TheyTalk, to the Ears, and to the Passions of theirHearers, not to their Understandings: and theirAuditorsgather more of theirMeaning, from theirGestures, Actions, Countenances, and fromPathetical Tones, then from theWords Themselves. As forSense, orNo Sense, 'tisall a Case; for 'tis theJingle, not theMatter, that doesTheir Bus'ness. TheLessthe People Understand, theMorethey are Edify'd; for they take theCongruitiesof Carnal Reason, for Vain Philosophy; and Incomprehensible Nonsense, passes forthe Work of theLight Within. TheirReligionlies alltogether in Groan, and Rapture:They Sacrifice to theUnknown God; and in One Word; TheySupplytheWantof Knowledge, with anExcessof Zeal; and when they cannotUnderstandthe Plain English of aDiscourse, they Wrap Themselves up in the Mystery. The making of aParty, & the Saving of their ownSkins, are theTwo Main Pointsof theLeaders; and therefore, theyCoverthemselves under Ambiguity, & Riddle; & Compass those Matters, byTheatrical Gesticulations, &Actions, which they dare notVentureupon, inWordsatLength, or by theDintofArgument; for there is noLawagainstmaking ofFaces,and Dusting ofCushions, They are toldMightily, andPlainly, ofHeaven, andHell; but in such aManner, that they willNever AllowGod, and the Government to beBoth of a side. Schismis Dignified with theNameof Conscience; the Story of theirGrievances, is theBitterestof Satyrs; Their very Petitions have the force ofInvectives; and theSmoother, theSofter, you find theSurfaceof them, theFalser, and the moreDangerousthey are at theBottom: For betwixt the Persecution that isInsinuated, on the part of theGovernment, & the Innocence, the Piety, and the Modesty, on that of the Sufferers, Nothing can more Provoke, aHorror, andIndignationfor theOne, or aTenderness, &Compassion, for theOther.
Obs.That is to say, among Those that are notWell Enform'd, in theReason, andEquity of the Cause in Question.
Trim.Come Come. I tell yeNakedlyhow things Are, and not how they Ought to be: and I speak ofThose Mentoo, that neither Do, nor Will, nor Can make aRight Judgmentupon the Matter inIssue. They do not take downReasonsin Connexion; neither do theirTeachersso much as Offer at'em; Buttheir Workis, only toFeedItching Ears, and Humours, withNew-Quoyn'd Words, Affectate Phrases: And briefly, toInstructtheirDisciples, bySignsandTokens, like so manyDancing Horsesto fall Lame upon all Four, for thePope; to come-over, for theGrand Vizier; and at the verySoundof Babylon, Anti-Christ, or Absolute Power, to Snort, and Boggle, as if theySmelt Fire. If I may tell ye theArrant Truth, andSimplicityof myHeart; This is the very Train of a Popular Institution. They are Tutor'd, and Inur'd, to the Assuming of such and suchPassions, upon such and suchOccasions; and they do All theirAyres, andTricks, by the Direction of theHand, orEye. They DancetoSounds, Hints, Nodds, Forms, andSyllables; not to the force ofFair Reasonings, andNatural Conclusions; Nay, they are Taught, when to beAngry; when to bePleas'd; and their veryInclinations, andAversions, are none of theirOwn, Neither: TheWhole Bus'ness, in short, is Artifice, Manage, and Practice; forAll theirMistakes,andMis-understandings,take theSame Biass.
Obs.I doObserve, indeed, that they Shelter themselves under theDark Prophets, and theRevelation. TheNumber of the Beast, they have all at theirFingers Ends; theGeneva-BiblesareThumm'dover and over, at theSame Texts: As upon the Subject of theGroves, & theHigh Places, Christian Liberty, Will-Worship, Humane Inventions, Idolatry, Superstition, &c. There's not aVersein the wholeBible, againstPersecution, but makes them Shake their Heads at theGovernment. Popery byInterpretation, is Episcopacy: TheLibertyof the Subject, has anAking Toothat thePrerogativeof the Prince: But finally; such and such Terms, and Forms of Speaking, are, by Common Consent, to pass forCurrent, under such or such a Sense, and Meaning, howContrarysoever, to theirProper, andGenuine Signification, orImport. But this speaks only to the Propagating ofJelousies, not to the Rise of them.
Trim.If you Ask me the [Rise] ofJelousies, I mustAnswerye, that they areBegottenbetwixt Ambition, Avarice, Hypocrisy, Craft, Malice, and Disloyalty, on theOneside; and Ignorance, Obstinacy, Blind Zeal, and an Impetuous Temerity, on theOther.
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19. Susanna Centlivre,The Busie Body(1709).
20. Lewis Theobald,Prepace to the Works of Shakespeare(1734).
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120. Bernard Mandeville,Aesop Dress'd or a Collection of Fables(1704).
123. Edmond Malone,Cursory Observations on the Poems Attributed to Mr. Thomas Rowley(1782).
124. Anonymous,The Female Wits(1704).
125. Anonymous,The Scribleriad(1742). Lord Hervey,The Difference Between Verbal and Practical Virtue(1742).
129. Lawrence Echard, Prefaces toTerence's Comedies(1694) andPlautus's Comedies(1694).
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132. Walter Harte,An Essay on Satire, Particularly on the Dunciad(1730).
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General Editors: William E. Conway, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library; George Robert Guffey, University of California, Los Angeles; Maximillian E. Novak, University of California, Los Angeles
Corresponding Secretary: Mrs. Edna C. Davis, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
The Society's purpose is to publish rare Restoration and eighteenth-century works (usually as facsimile reproductions). All income of the Society is devoted to defraying costs of publication and mailing.
Correspondence concerning memberships in the United States and Canada should be addressed to the Corresponding Secretary at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 2520 Cimarron Street, Los Angeles, California. Correspondence concerning editorial matters may be addressed to the General Editors at the same address. Manuscripts of introductions should conform to the recommendations of the MLAStyle Sheet. The membership fee is $5.00 a year in the United States and Canada and £1.19.6 in Great Britain and Europe. British and European prospective members should address B. H. Blackwell, Broad Street, Oxford, England. Copies of back issues in print may be obtained from the Corresponding Secretary.
Publications of the first fifteen years of the Society (numbers 1-90) are available in paperbound units of six issues at $16.00 per unit, from the Kraus Reprint Company, 16 East 46th Street, New York, N.Y. 10017.
Make check or money order payable toThe Regents of the University of California
REGULAR PUBLICATIONS FOR 1969-1970
139. John Ogilvie,An Essay on the lyric poetry of the ancients(1762). Introduction by Wallace Jackson.140.A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling(1726) andPudding burnt to pot or a compleat key to the Dissertation on Dumpling(1727). Introduction by Samuel L. Macey.141. Selections from Sir Roger L'Estrange'sObservator(1681-1687). Introduction by Violet Jordain.142. Anthony Collins,A Discourse concerning Ridicule and Irony in writing(1729). Introduction by Edward A. Bloom and Lillian D. Bloom.143.A Letter from a clergyman to his friend, with an account of the travels of Captain Lemuel Gulliver(1726). Introduction by Martin Kallich.144.The Art of Architecture, a poem. In imitation of Horace's Art of poetry(1742). Introduction by William A. Gibson.
139. John Ogilvie,An Essay on the lyric poetry of the ancients(1762). Introduction by Wallace Jackson.
140.A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling(1726) andPudding burnt to pot or a compleat key to the Dissertation on Dumpling(1727). Introduction by Samuel L. Macey.
141. Selections from Sir Roger L'Estrange'sObservator(1681-1687). Introduction by Violet Jordain.
142. Anthony Collins,A Discourse concerning Ridicule and Irony in writing(1729). Introduction by Edward A. Bloom and Lillian D. Bloom.
143.A Letter from a clergyman to his friend, with an account of the travels of Captain Lemuel Gulliver(1726). Introduction by Martin Kallich.
144.The Art of Architecture, a poem. In imitation of Horace's Art of poetry(1742). Introduction by William A. Gibson.
SPECIAL PUBLICATION FOR 1969-1970
Gerard Langbaine,An Account of the English Dramatick Poets(1691), Introduction by John Loftis. 2 Volumes. Approximately 600 pages. Price to members of the Society, $7.00 for the first copy (both volumes), and $8.50 for additional copies. Price to non-members, $10.00.Already published in this series:1. John Ogilby,The Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse(1668), with an Introduction by Earl Miner. 228 pages.2. John Gay,Fables(1727, 1738), with an Introduction by Vinton A. Dearing. 366 pages.3.The Empress of Morocco and Its Critics(Elkanah Settle,The Empress of Morocco[1673] with five plates;Notes and Observations on the Empress of Morocco[1674] by John Dryden, John Crowne and Thomas Snadwell;Notes and Observations on the Empress of Morocco Revised[1674] by Elkanah Settle; andThe Empress of Morocco. A Farce[1674] by Thomas Duffett), with an Introduction by Maximillian E. Novak. 348 pages.4.After THE TEMPEST(the Dryden-Davenant version ofThe Tempest[1670]; the "operatic"Tempest[1674]; Thomas Duffett'sMock-Tempest[1675]; and the "Garrick"Tempest[1756]), with an Introduction by George Robert Guffey. 332 pages.Price to members of the Society, $3.50 for the first copy of each title, and $4.25 for additional copies. Price to non-members, $5.00. Standing orders for this continuing series of Special Publications will be accepted. British and European orders should be addressed to B. H. Blackwell, Broad Street, Oxford, England.
Gerard Langbaine,An Account of the English Dramatick Poets(1691), Introduction by John Loftis. 2 Volumes. Approximately 600 pages. Price to members of the Society, $7.00 for the first copy (both volumes), and $8.50 for additional copies. Price to non-members, $10.00.
Already published in this series:
1. John Ogilby,The Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse(1668), with an Introduction by Earl Miner. 228 pages.
2. John Gay,Fables(1727, 1738), with an Introduction by Vinton A. Dearing. 366 pages.
3.The Empress of Morocco and Its Critics(Elkanah Settle,The Empress of Morocco[1673] with five plates;Notes and Observations on the Empress of Morocco[1674] by John Dryden, John Crowne and Thomas Snadwell;Notes and Observations on the Empress of Morocco Revised[1674] by Elkanah Settle; andThe Empress of Morocco. A Farce[1674] by Thomas Duffett), with an Introduction by Maximillian E. Novak. 348 pages.
4.After THE TEMPEST(the Dryden-Davenant version ofThe Tempest[1670]; the "operatic"Tempest[1674]; Thomas Duffett'sMock-Tempest[1675]; and the "Garrick"Tempest[1756]), with an Introduction by George Robert Guffey. 332 pages.
Price to members of the Society, $3.50 for the first copy of each title, and $4.25 for additional copies. Price to non-members, $5.00. Standing orders for this continuing series of Special Publications will be accepted. British and European orders should be addressed to B. H. Blackwell, Broad Street, Oxford, England.
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