The case of receiving the small-pox by inoculation, impartially considered, and especially in a religious view / Written in the year M.DCC.XXV by David Some and now published from the original manuscript by P. Doddridge.

  • Some, David.
Date:
1750
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Credit: The case of receiving the small-pox by inoculation, impartially considered, and especially in a religious view / Written in the year M.DCC.XXV by David Some and now published from the original manuscript by P. Doddridge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    *34 Receiving make a Tragical Outcry againft Inoculation upon this Account, and yet take no Care not to fpread the Diftemper in a more dangerous Way. Happy is he, that condemneth not himielf in what he alloweth But is it not a Diftruft of God’s Pro- videncer” I have had Occafion to touch upon the Thought more than once, and have already anfw’'ered, that when it becomes a probable Means for the Prefervation of human Life, it is Prefumption, and not Faith, to negledt it. And I have already proved, that in many Cafes it is fuch a Means, and have endeavour¬ ed to affift my Reader in judging when thofe Cafes occur. But ft ill, “ Some have Recourfe to the Decrees of ** God ; and afk, whether every Di- “ feafe have not its Commiffion, and whether any Precautions of our own can prevent what he has determined ? ” I anfwer, that I firmly believe, that “ our Days are determined, and the Number of our Months are with God : He has fet a Bound, which we cannot pafs § But it is God’s revealed Will, and not his fecret Purpofes, which we are to regard as the' Rule of our Duty. I would have all Men take heed, how they go about to excufe their Negledts this Way. They will find at laft, that the Blame ^will not lie, where they now attempt Rom. xiv, 22e § Job xiv. 5*