Volume 2

An examination of Mr. John Wesley's Primitive physic / [William Hawes].

  • Hawes, William, 1736-1808
Date:
1776
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Credit: An examination of Mr. John Wesley's Primitive physic / [William Hawes]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “ the doftor and he m^y divide the “ fpoil This reprefentation of the gentle¬ men of the faculty may poffibly not be thought very candid, nor very equitable : and if Mr. Wefiey’s cha¬ racter and conduct, as a divine, a po¬ litician, and a practitioner in phylic, were to be examined with the fame degree of candour that he hath exer- cifed towards others, he would cer¬ tainly not appear in the moft advan¬ tageous light. At leaf! it would be manifeft, that he was far enough from perfection, though that is a doc¬ trine for which he is well known to be a very zealous advocate. But, perhaps, thofe who are not thorough- initiated in Mr. Wefley’s peculiar te¬ nets, may not have a proper idea of what thofe qualities are which are ne- ceffary to conftiiute a perfect man. * Pref. to Primitive Phyjic, p. xiv. and alfo p. xxvii. a 2 It