Note 71 — Chapter III · THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY UP TO 1758.

I owe to the kindness of Mr. J. R. Garstin my knowledge of this rare tract, of which the title-page is reproduced on page 52; the bidding prayer is given on page 10. A passage which smacks of the 17th century is as follows. The preacher is arguing that Learning can amply satisfy all the aspirations and desires of human nature. He concludes—“Lastly, what Raptures can the Voluptuous man fancy, to which those of Learning and Knowledge are not equal? If he can relish nothing but the pleasures of his Senses, Natural Philosophy exposes the beautiful bosome of the Universe, admits him into Nature’s garden, &c.”