Probably you would not understand me, were I to attempt to shew
you that it would be absolutely inconsistent with the grand purpose of
life, that of rendering human creatures wise and virtuous: and that,
were it sanctioned by God, it would disturb the order established in
creation; and if it be not sanctioned by God, do you expect to hear
truth? Can events be foretold, events which have not yet assumed a
body to become subject to mortal inspection, can they be foreseen by a
vicious worldling, who pampers his appetites by preying on the foolish
ones?
Perhaps, however, you devoutly believe in the devil, and imagine, to
shift the question, that he may assist his votaries; but, if really
respecting the power of such a being, an enemy to goodness and to God,
can you go to church after having been under such an obligation to
him?
From these delusions to those still more fashionable deceptions,
practised by the whole tribe of magnetisers, the transition is very
natural. With respect to them, it is equally proper to ask women a few
questions.
Do you know any thing of the construction of the human frame? If
not, it is proper that you should be told what every child ought to
know, that when its admirable oeconomy has been disturbed by
intemperance or indolence, I speak not of violent disorders, but of
chronical diseases, it must be brought into a healthy state again,
by slow degrees, and if the functions of life have not been materially
injured, regimen, another word for temperance, air, exercise, and a
few medicines, prescribed by persons who have studied the human
body, are the only human means, yet discovered, of recovering that
inestimable blessing health, that will bear investigation.
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