THE PROSE WORKS OF JONATHAN SWIFT
Reading edition
By Jonathan Swift, D.D.
Edited By Temple Scott With A Biographical Introduction By The Rt. Hon. W.E.H. Lecky, M.P. VOL. IV of BOHN'S STANDARD LIBRARY
LONDON
GEORGE BELL AND SONS
1898
CHISWICK PRESS:—CHARLES WHITTINGHAM AND CO.
TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON.
CONTENTS
SWIFT'S WRITINGS ON RELIGION AND THE CHURCH
A LETTER FROM A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN IRELAND TO A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN ENGLAND CONCERNING THE SACRAMENTAL TEST. WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1708.
THE PRESBYTERIANS' PLEA OF MERIT.
A NARRATIVE OF THE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, WHICH THE DISSENTERS OF IRELAND HAVE MADE, FOR A REPEAL OF THE SACRAMENTAL TEST.
QUAERIES WROTE BY DR. J. SWIFT, IN THE YEAR 1732. [RELATING TO THE SACRAMENTAL TEST.]
THE ADVANTAGES PROPOSED BY REPEALING THE SACRAMENTAL TEST, IMPARTIALLY CONSIDERED. BY THE REV. DR. SWIFT, DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S,
REASONS HUMBLY OFFERED TO THE PARLIAMENT OF IRELAND FOR REPEALING THE SACRAMENTAL TEST, &c. IN FAVOUR OF THE CATHOLICS, OTHERWISE CALLED ROMAN CATHOLICS, AND BY THEIR ILL-WISHERS PAPISTS.
SOME FEW THOUGHTS CONCERNING THE REPEAL OF THE TEST.[1]
TEN REASONS FOR REPEALING THE TEST ACT.[1]
SERMONS.
ON MUTUAL SUBJECTION.
ON THE TESTIMONY OF CONSCIENCE.
ON THE TRINITY.
ON BROTHERLY LOVE.[1]
THE DIFFICULTY OF KNOWING ONE'S-SELF.[1]
ON FALSE WITNESS.
ON THE WISDOM OF THIS WORLD.[1]
DOING GOOD:
ON THE MARTYRDOM OF KING CHARLES I.
ON THE POOR MAN'S CONTENTMENT.
A SERMON ON THE CAUSES OF THE WRETCHED CONDITION OF IRELAND.[1]
A SERMON UPON SLEEPING IN CHURCH.
APPENDIX I. SWIFT'S REMARKS ON DR GIBBS'S PARAPHRASE OF THE PSALMS.
THE FIRST FIFTEEN PSALMS, TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH VERSE.
APPENDIX II. A PROPOSAL HUMBLY OFFERED TO THE P T FOR THE MORE EFFECTUAL PREVENTING THE FURTHER GROWTH OF POPERY.
APPENDIX III. SWIFT AND SERJEANT BETTESWORTH.
AN EPIGRAM.[1] INSCRIBED TO THE HONOURABLE SERGEANT KITE.
"THE YAHOO'S OVERTHROW; OR, THE KEVAN BAYL'S NEW BALLAD."[3] UPON SERGEANT KITE'S INSULTING THE DEAN.
"ON THE ARCHBISHOP OF CASHEL,[1] AND BETTESWORTH.
APPENDIX IV. A TRUE AND FAITHFUL NARRATIVE OF WHAT PASSED IN LONDON, DURING THE GENERAL CONSTERNATION OF ALL RANKS AND DEGREES OF MANKIND; ON TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY LAST.