A true relation of the wonderful cure of Mary Maillard, (lame almost ever since she was born), on Sunday the 26th of November 1693 ... To which is added, a letter from Dr. Welwood.

Date:
1787
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Credit: A true relation of the wonderful cure of Mary Maillard, (lame almost ever since she was born), on Sunday the 26th of November 1693 ... To which is added, a letter from Dr. Welwood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A TRUE RELATION OF THE WONDERFUL CURE MARY M A I L L A R D, &c. ^ HP ^ ^ not w^^out Reafon, that the mod A rational People of the World, and efpecially P^otefiants. (hew but a very flight and indifferent Inclination to believe Mira¬ cles which are faid to have been wrought fince the Times of the Apoftles, Indeed if we examine very narrowly into them, we fhall find, generally fpeaking, that they owe their Rife to the Intereft and Avarice of the Clergy ; who, under the Shelter of that thick Darknefs, which for fo long a Time had covered the Chrijiian World, invented a thoufand Miracles to eftablifh their Au¬ thority, their Opinions, and chiefly the great Revenues of the Church. This is fo manifefl a Truth, that we need but to read the Golden Legend, and Metaphrajtus, to be A 2 convinced