The Miscellaneous Works of the Right Honourable Sir James Mackintosh
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t " This prison, where are so many, suffocateth the spirits of aged ministers. " — Life of Baxter (Calamy's Abridgment), part iii. P. 200.
t Journal, p. 186, where the description of the tiungeon called " Doomsdale" surpasses all imagi- nation.
perhaps be considered as the most mercifii; part of the prison discipline of that age. It would be exceedingly hard to estimate the amount of this mortality, even if the diffi- culty were not enhanced by the prejudices which led either to its extenuation... or aggra- vation. Prisoners were then so forgotten, that a record of it was not to be expected ; and the very nature of the atrocious wicked- ness which employs imprisonment as the in- strument of murder, would, in many cases, render it impossible distinctly and palpably to show the process by which cold and hunger beget mortal disease. But computations have been attempted, and, as was natural, chiefly by the sufferers. William Penn, a man of such virtue as to make his testimony weighty. Even when borne to the sufferings of his own party, publicly affirmed at the time, that since the Restoration "more than five thou- sand persons had died in bonds for matters of mere conscience to God.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
t " This prison, where are so many, suffocateth the spirits of aged ministers. " — Life of Baxter (Calamy's Abridgment), part iii. P. 200.
t Journal, p. 186, where the description of the tiungeon called " Doomsdale" surpasses all imagi- nation.
perhaps be considered as the most mercifii; part of the prison discipline of that age. It would be exceedingly hard to estimate the amount of this mortality, even if the diffi- culty were not enhanced by the prejudices which led either to its extenuation... or aggra- vation. Prisoners were then so forgotten, that a record of it was not to be expected ; and the very nature of the atrocious wicked- ness which employs imprisonment as the in- strument of murder, would, in many cases, render it impossible distinctly and palpably to show the process by which cold and hunger beget mortal disease. But computations have been attempted, and, as was natural, chiefly by the sufferers. William Penn, a man of such virtue as to make his testimony weighty. Even when borne to the sufferings of his own party, publicly affirmed at the time, that since the Restoration "more than five thou- sand persons had died in bonds for matters of mere conscience to God.
What to read after The Miscellaneous Works of the Right Honourable Sir James Mackintosh?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by James Mackintosh to read onlineMoreLess
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