"Though the world was thoroughly sensible of this calamity, yet they were ignorant of the cause that produc'd it, and did not for a long time apply themselves to find out any means of cure, and ways of methods, by which this unhappy state might be retriev'd; by restoring reason the empire of the mind, and bringing the passions and appetites to their due subjection; when that order, beauty and harmony in the faculties and powers of the soul might be recover'd, in which the perfection of human nature does certainly consist; and by the breach and ruin of which, it is very evident, we become miserable."
Redemption: A Divine Poem, in Six Books
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1722).<br>
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See Richard Blackmore, <u>Redemption: A Divine Poem, in Six Books</u> (London: A. Bettesworth and James MackEuen, 1722). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T74301">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW112275719&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;