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can Cure a Fever^ and a Delirium in a jhorter time than: 
is fijppofed io the Propofition, as I mteoded to fiiow. 
But to prevent our rnalicious EnemieSj that coofefe 
we talk lilig Men of Wit but nothing for the uft of * 
Man, or Praftife | Oh! the great Power and Preroga- 
tive of a defeftofUnderftandiog : Is it not Reafon that 
guides that Experience they pretend to ? Is it not 
certain, that there can be no Experience without a fuit* 
able ufe of Reafon to ColkB Gircumftances > or why 
did a great Mao complain. of Experienti^thtmg Fallax} 
Is not this an unreafonable task to be put to defend good 
ferife ? Good Seoie will defend its own caufe with Peo- 
ple of Senfe^ but where are they? How fmall a 
number are they to the grofs of Mankind ? Will not a 
Goromoo Almanack-maker perfwade the moft of the 
World, that he can fore-tell an Eclipfe better than fuch 
an one ; who , perhaps Calculated thefe Tables from 
whence he has his Prediflion ? And what I fay of him 
may be inftanced in every thing elle. But , I fayj to 
let them fee, that tho' this Difcourfe has more of Humane 
Frailty than any thing faid among you ; I'll let them 
fee, that the neceflary Corollaries from this Difcourfe 
o very Pradicabie ; and could let them fee, that moft 
of their Pofirioos are moft inconfiftent , not only with 
what I have faid, but even with what th§y fay them* 
(elves. 
' FirBi If I had fpoke to Vefication in general, lihoiild 
have fliown you , that not only the Operation of a 
Blifter is great and fudden, but of mighty Goofe- 
quence. 
I lliould have made it evident, how Blifters mzy de^ 
rive^rouze People that are ftupid^ as well as deprcis too 
great m Agility of Spirits. 
