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 of the late Te/tilence. 141 feklom appears without fiich Forewarnings, and gradually diffijfes according to the greater or lefTer Liberty for the nitro-aerial Poifon to move in, and the firft Perceptions of it are fo terrible, what Miferies and Defblations may not be expected from it, when it is arrived in its full Force ? A Pejlilence that is fierce and deadly in its pft At tacky foon ceafes. I call fuch a Peftilence fierce, that imme- diately deftroys the itrongeft. Coiiftitutions, and which being every where diffufed, feizes all at once •, for the fooner the venomous Seminium is fpread and wafted, the fooner will its Fury be over. THE Times of a Pejl Hence in its De- creafe, are in Proportion to the Times ef its Increafe. FOR the infectious Poifon does not act precarioufly, but in a regular and uniform Manner, as it fully appeared by the Courfe of the late Sicknefs amongfc us -, (not to mention others at a greater Diftance of Place and Time) but this will be befl made