Grattafiori moved to have his jailcell statements suppressed, […]

But to ſpeak a little more familiarly unto you, ſuppoſe that you ſhould arrive amongſt the Indians, and there finde but ſome ſilly Cottage in the deſolateſt place thereof, would you not thereupon conclude with your ſelf, ſurely this Land is inhabited, ſome man hath been here?

Some, out of præposterous zeal, object many times triviall arguments, and, because of some abuse, will quite take away the good use, as if they should forbid wine, because it makes men drunk ; but, in my judgement, they are too stern : there is a time for all things, a time to mourne, a time to dance (Eccles. 3. 4) ; a time to embrace, a time not to embrace (vers. 5) ; and nothing better than that a man should rejoyce in his own works (vers. 22).

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