Primitive physic; or, an easy and natural method of curing most diseases / by the Rev. John Wesley.

  • Wesley, John, 1703-1791.
Date:
1828
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Credit: Primitive physic; or, an easy and natural method of curing most diseases / by the Rev. John Wesley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    - THE PREFACE. When man came first out of the hands of the great Creator, clothed, in body as well as in soul, with immortality and incorruption, there was no place for physic, or the art of healing. As he knew no sin, so he knew no pain, no sickness, weakness, or bodily disorder. The habitation wherein the angelic mind, the Divince Particula Aurce, abode, although originally form- ed out of the dust of the earth, was liable to no decay : It had no seeds of corruption or disso- lution within itself, and there was nothing with- out to injure it: Heaven and earth, and all the hosts of them, were mild, benign, and friendly to human nature. The* entire creation was at peace with man, so long as man was at peace with his Creator. So that well .might the morning stars sing together, and all the sons of God shout for joy. A 2