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Rh by Unwarrantable, and Forbidden Ways, into the Sceret Councels of Almighty God, are Both Jutly Punih’d: The One in Telling the Truth, and the Other in Hearing it: for it Hardens the One in his Confidence, and Preumption, and the Other in his Curioity, and Supertition: Over and above the Feats that are done by Confederacy and Intelligence; for how hall any man pretend to tell Me my Fortune that knows nothing of his Own?

There are Mountebanks, and Smatterers alo in State as well as in Science; Nay and perchance, the Vainer, the more Ignorant, and the more Michievous of the Two; for All Thee Fables are Moraliz’d in Hitory, Practice, and Converation; and the Fiction, Match'd, ac leat, if not Outdone, in Matter of Fact. And Thee Ordinary Hocues have been made ue of in All Ages too, as Tools of State; ometimes For the Government, Other while Againt it, as the Occaion lay Fairet for the Game that was then a Playing. It goes a great Way, when Natural Curioity, Vulgar Prejudice, and an Artificial Application of Actives to Paives, hall be Aited with the Shams of Atrological Judgments and Calculations over and above: though with our Conjurers here, their Ignorance and Preumption lays them Open in the Concluion to the Scorns and Contempt of the Common People.



Ray Sir How a’ ye Find your elf? ays the Dr. to his Patient. Why truly, ays the Patient; I have had a Violent Sweat. Oh the Bet Sign in the World quoth the Dr. And then a little while after he is at it again, with a Pray How d' ye find your Body? Alas, ays the T’ other, I have jut now uch a Terrible Fit of Horror and Shaking upon me! Why this is all as it hould be, ays the Phyician, It hews a Mighty Strength of Nature. And then he comes over him a Third time with the ame Quetion again; Why I am all well'd, ays T’ other, as if I had a Dropy; Bet of All quoth the Doctor; and goes his Way. Soon after This comes one of the Sick Man's Friends to him with the ame Quetion, how he felt himelfe; why truly o Well, ays he, that I am e'en ready to Dye, of I know not how many Good Signs and Tokens.