"But the knowledg of our Passions in their very Seeds, the measuring well the Growth and Progress of Enthusiasm, and the judging rightly of its natural Force, and what command it has over our very Senses, may teach us to oppose more successfully those Delusions which come arm'd with the specious Pretext of moral Certainty, and Matter of Fact."
A Letter Concerning Enthusiasm, To My Lord ***** [collected in Characteristics]
At least 10 entries in ESTC (1708, 1711, 1714, 1733, 1744, 1751, 1757, 1758, 1773, 1790). Letter dated September, 1707; printed the following year.<br>
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See <u>A Letter Concerning Enthusiasm, To My Lord *****</u> (London: J. Morphew, 1708). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T4501">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=yigJAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;<br>
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See also "A Letter Concerning Enthusiasm" in <u>Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times. In Three Volumes.</u> (London: John Darby, 1711). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T30440">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br>
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Some text drawn from EEBO and ECCO, most from Anthony Ashley Cooper, Third Earl of Shaftesbury. <u>Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times</u>, ed. Lawrence E. Klein (Cambridge: CUP, 2001). Klein's text is based on the British Library's copy of the second edition of 1714. [Texts to be collated.]