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<head>1810 July 5 ++ 1<lb/> | |||
Fallacies</head> | |||
<note>1<hi rend="superscript">o</hi> ult<hi rend="superscript">o</hi><lb/> | |||
Ch. Jephtha's Vow<lb/> | |||
§.1. Exposition</note> | |||
<p>1</p> | |||
<note>1<lb/> | |||
Exposition A<hi rend="superscript">o</hi> 1810<lb/> | |||
This device an improvement<lb/> | |||
on Posterity-chainers<lb/> | |||
Instrument of fallacy an<lb/> | |||
Oath. <del><gap/></del> You being<lb/> | |||
King, to any arrangement<lb/> | |||
to which you wish to bind<lb/> | |||
subjects and successors<lb/> | |||
for ever add an Oath<lb/> | |||
to that effect, they are<lb/> | |||
if weak enough, bound<lb/> | |||
however mischievous the<lb/> | |||
effect. Thus tyranny to<lb/> | |||
any extent may be<lb/> | |||
perpetual.</note> | |||
<p><del>Ch. Posterity Chainer's second device.</del><lb/> | |||
Ch. Jephtha's-vow-pleading <del>device,</del> or Oath-abiding<lb/> | |||
<del>-<gap/> devices.</del> Posterity-chainer's device.</p> | |||
<p>§.1. Exposition. (A<hi rend="superscript">o</hi> 1810.)</p> | |||
<p>This device, <del>as already intimated</del> <add>of the nature of which an intimation</add> has been already<lb/> | |||
given is a sort of improvement upon the last foregoing<lb/> | |||
one.</p> | |||
<p>At the time of taking an engagement, <add>acting a part in</add> a ceremony<lb/> | |||
called the ceremony of an oath, is an operation<lb/> | |||
that accompanies it.</p> | |||
<p>Whatsoever might be done or not be done by the <add>an</add><lb/> | |||
engagement without the oath, superadd <add>employ</add> the ceremony<lb/> | |||
of an oath, and <del>you may</del> in the way above<lb/> | |||
described, if you are a King at least and a King of England,<add>+</add><lb/> | |||
<note>or of Great Britain,<lb/> | |||
or of Great Britain and<lb/> | |||
Ireland</note><lb/> | |||
described you may exercise over posterity, if posterity<lb/> | |||
be weak enough to suffer you <add>so you have but present <unclear>time</unclear></add> what sort and<lb/> | |||
degree of tyranny you please.</p> | |||
<note>2<lb/> | |||
Further instruments<lb/> | |||
1. A book called Holy<lb/> | |||
Gospels<lb/> | |||
2. An Archbishop<lb/> | |||
<lb/> | |||
You having settled<lb/> | |||
with yourself what<lb/> | |||
arrangements you<lb/> | |||
are most afraid of<lb/> | |||
hearing the people call<lb/> | |||
upon you to utter,<lb/> | |||
Archbishop asks you<lb/> | |||
whether you will keep<lb/> | |||
them for ever? You<lb/> | |||
kiss the book and say<lb/> | |||
<del>you</del> <add>I</add> promise to.</note> | |||
<p>For this purpose you must provide a book<lb/> | |||
and this <add>which</add> book must be called the holy Gospels<lb/> | |||
This done you must consider with yourself whether<lb/> | |||
there be any thing which it would be at all times agreeable<lb/> | |||
to do, and at the same time agreeable to you to think of<lb/> | |||
as being likely to be done by your successors</p> | |||
<p>Thereupon <add>Moreover</add> you provide a <del><gap/></del> man called an Archbishop<lb/> | |||
or a Bishop to state to you one after another the several<lb/> | |||
things which it would thus be agreeable to <del>d</del> you to do saying<lb/> | |||
to you before each will you solemnly promise and swear<lb/> | |||
to do so and so mentioning it. Your answer is — All <add>I solemnly</add><lb/> | |||
<del>this I</del> promise <add>so</add> to do or I <del>solemnly</del> will: or All this I<lb/> | |||
promise to do: <del>take</del> observing at the mention of the last thing<lb/> | |||
so say laying your hand upon the aforesaid Holy Gospels, <add>[+]</add> The<lb/> | |||
<note>[+] The things which I<lb/> | |||
have here before promised<lb/> | |||
I will perform<lb/> | |||
and keep. So help me<lb/> | |||
God: and then you kiss<lb/> | |||
the book.</note></p> | |||
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1810 July 5 ++ 1
Fallacies
1o ulto
Ch. Jephtha's Vow
§.1. Exposition
1
1
Exposition Ao 1810
This device an improvement
on Posterity-chainers
Instrument of fallacy an
Oath. You being
King, to any arrangement
to which you wish to bind
subjects and successors
for ever add an Oath
to that effect, they are
if weak enough, bound
however mischievous the
effect. Thus tyranny to
any extent may be
perpetual.
Ch. Posterity Chainer's second device.
Ch. Jephtha's-vow-pleading device, or Oath-abiding
- devices. Posterity-chainer's device.
§.1. Exposition. (Ao 1810.)
This device, as already intimated of the nature of which an intimation has been already
given is a sort of improvement upon the last foregoing
one.
At the time of taking an engagement, acting a part in a ceremony
called the ceremony of an oath, is an operation
that accompanies it.
Whatsoever might be done or not be done by the an
engagement without the oath, superadd employ the ceremony
of an oath, and you may in the way above
described, if you are a King at least and a King of England,+
or of Great Britain,
or of Great Britain and
Ireland
described you may exercise over posterity, if posterity
be weak enough to suffer you so you have but present time what sort and
degree of tyranny you please.
2
Further instruments
1. A book called Holy
Gospels
2. An Archbishop
You having settled
with yourself what
arrangements you
are most afraid of
hearing the people call
upon you to utter,
Archbishop asks you
whether you will keep
them for ever? You
kiss the book and say
you I promise to.
For this purpose you must provide a book
and this which book must be called the holy Gospels
This done you must consider with yourself whether
there be any thing which it would be at all times agreeable
to do, and at the same time agreeable to you to think of
as being likely to be done by your successors
Thereupon Moreover you provide a man called an Archbishop
or a Bishop to state to you one after another the several
things which it would thus be agreeable to d you to do saying
to you before each will you solemnly promise and swear
to do so and so mentioning it. Your answer is — All I solemnly
this I promise so to do or I solemnly will: or All this I
promise to do: take observing at the mention of the last thing
so say laying your hand upon the aforesaid Holy Gospels, [+] The
[+] The things which I
have here before promised
I will perform
and keep. So help me
God: and then you kiss
the book.
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