5a ANTIENT METAPHYSICS. Book II. 



CHAP. II. 



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WealtJj is to be acquired by Trade and Maiiufaclures. — Our Trade 

 ivonderfully extenjtve^ as it is carried on all over the World. — The 

 lofs of Men by fuch a Trade mujl be very great^ efpecially when it 

 is carried on by Colonies^ and by a Military force ^ which we main- 

 tain in them. — ManufaSlures alfo carried on in Faciofies and great 

 Towns ^ cojifume a great many Men^ particularly the Cotton Manu- 

 fa£lure, — In all Trade to dijlant Countries ^ there muJl be a commerce 

 of difeafes as well as of other things, — /// tbis commerce the balance 

 is on our fide ; for except from India we have imported no difeafes^ 

 — whereas we have exported vices and difeafes to North America^ 

 by which we have deflated fome part of that Continetit. — Of our 

 Home Trade. — // makes every thifig venal; — Meat^ Drink^ Cloath- 

 ing, Houfes^ Arts and Sciences^ and even Religion. — Thefe bad ef- 

 fedis to be afterwards inlarged on. — Enough fiid at prefent to prove 

 that the acquiftion of Wealthy by Trade and Manufadlure^ is very 

 defruElive of Men. — Shown that Religion has been made^ by Money .^ 

 the infrument of the defru£iion ofmatiy^ by producing Ferfecutions^ 

 MaJJacres^ and Religious Wars — which were not known till the 

 Chridian Religion ivas e/labli/Jjed by Law. — This produced Bene^ces 

 and Princely Revenues^ — which occafoned frifes and contentions 

 for thefe Benefces and Revenues; — and at laji Perfecutions and 

 MaJTacres unknown in the Heathen World. — The romantic expedi- 

 tions to the Holy Land infplred by mi/laken zeal^ afource of great def- 

 truElion of Men. — But^ by thefe calamities^ the words of our Saviour 

 fulfilled. -— Of the difference betwixt the Confitution of Antient Rome 

 and of Modern States^ zvith refpeSl to Salaries annexed to offices Civil 



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