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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	appetite_n	good_a	great_a	343	4	2.0856	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32828	A discourse of the nature, use and advantages of trade Proposing some considerations for the promotion and advancement thereof, by a registry of lands. Preventing the exportation of coyn. Lowering the interest of money. Inviting foreign families into England.	Child, Josiah, Sir, 1630-1699.	1694 (1694)	Wing C3855; ESTC R214188	11,649	37

A DISCOURSE OF THE Nature Use and Advantages OF TRADE Proposing some Considerations for the Promotion and Advancement thereof By A Registry of Lands Preventing the Exportation of Coyn. Lowering the Interest of Money Inviting Foreign Families into England From Slender Hints Men serious and discerning May gain Experience that is worth the Learning LONDON Printed and are to be Sold by Randal Taylor near Stationers-Hall 1694. A DISCOURSE OF THE Nature Use and Advantages OF TRADE WHEN fallen Man was driven out of Paradice the heavy Charge imposed on him was that in the Sweat of his Face he should eat his Bread And he who first was made of Clay must receive his Nourishment and Sustenance from the Earth His Body must be daily coveting the Necessaries of Life and his Mind as earnestly pursuing the Vanities and Superfluities thereof Thus thro' the whole Course of Humane Life is mankind destined to Labour and Trouble as the sparks fly upward And all his Industrious efforts after the good things of this World determined in Vanity and Vexation of Spirit 'T is true in the Infancy of the World Men contented themselves with the Natural produce of the Earth and it sufficed them to injoy such Fruits and Benefits thereof as that Portion of Land where their Lot fell did properly afford them But when the Inhabitants of the Earth began to Increase and Multiply those who had first gained the Possession thereof and assumed to themselves a distinct Propriety and Right therein had excluded the succeeding Race of Men from all other Livelihood and Subsistance but what was subordinate to and dependant on such Proprietors who having Power and means to support them did thereby claim a Right of Dominion over them Then Men began to build Cities and constitute Societies and propose to themselves establish'd Laws and Rules of Government and Commerce And as Men were more and more dispersed over the Face of the Earth they discovered That the Productions thereof were various in some Places and Countries from those of others That some Countries abounded in Corn Cattel and Woods Some in Drugs Spices and Balsoms Some in Minerals Gems and Precious Stones and severally produced things of different kinds and Natures And hence Man's restless mind became Transported with a fond desire of possessing and trying all things And tho' an easie Portion of Natures Bounties did suffice to Answer the ends of Life yet the Treasures of the Universe were not sufficient to satisfie the Pride of Life or give content to the unaccountable desires of boundless imagination What Men could readily possess and injoy were of little Esteem and soon became indifferent but things Novel and of difficulty to be acquired were accounted valuable even Apes and Peacocks if but far fetch'd and dear bought were thought Creatures of Ornament and Diversion And those Commodities which one Country did most readily part with were as earnestly coveted and sought for by another Mens Curiosities increased with their discoveries and their Inventions were wrackt to find out Arts and ways of Building Ships wherewith to Plow the Ocean and descry the remotest parts of the Earth and searching after the hidden Treasures thereof The Use and Nature of all those Secrets were industriously inquired into and Mens contrivances were set on Work to make those things desirable for Ornament or Luxury which were no way needful for common Use. Kings and Princes had their Crowns and Scepters beset with Gold and Precious Stones their Palaces and Thrones supported and Adorned with Marble Ivory and Cedar their Chambers Beautified with the Choicest Paintings and Carvings their Beds and Furnitures inriched with the costliest Tapestries and Imbroideries and their Cloaths and Linnen sweetned with the Noblest Perfumes their Tables Replenished with all those Delicacies that Art and Nature could contribute to indulge and gratifie the Nicest Appetites Every subordinate degree of Men in proportion to their Abilities studied to imitate if not outvie each other in profuseness And those of the meanest condition were only deficient in Power not in good Will to be as vain Glorious and Extravagant as the greatest Nevertheless There are excellent ends in all the instances of Natures Varieties and Productions thereof differing in so many several Countries from each other and the indefatigable Labour of Men in their Anxious Endeavours to possess and injoy them And all those excellent Arts and Inventions that have been studied to improve and apply them to the several purposes of Curiosity and Delight have Created most infinite and profitable occasions of Traffick and Commerce And the various measures and methods of making all things subservient to Man's Use or Pleasure are so many Providential circumstances of susteining those Millions of People that might Starve for want had they not opportunities of Ministring to those that abound in Plenty There is much of Innocency and Ingenuity in many Arts and Sciences in the various Manufactures and painful Imployments whereby the greatest part of mankind support themselves in the Exercise of their several faculties their business keeps them free from Passions they are generally sedate and composed in their minds and in their Recesses from their Labour they eat their Bread with chearfulness Since therefore Man is placed in a Sphere of Activity and either of Choice or Necessity will always be contriving and acting something more or less significant to busie or profit himself withal I hope it may not be improper to offer some short Reflections upon a Subject matter wherein the greatest part of mankind are so industriously concerned and imployed Now the great Ends and Use of Trade and Commerce are for our mutual accommodation whereby such occasional interchanges of one thing for another become a just measure of property betwixt Man and Man the chief inducements and motives thereto being created from a desire of Pleasure or Profit Thus when Men are possessed of some things wherewith they are satiated they either sell them for Money or exchange them for some other thing without regard to any gain thereby or any other end but that of pleasing their own fancy Sometimes Men part with such things as they can well spare for what they have a greater need of for their present accommodation but without any design of enriching themselves thereby but the principal part of Trade consists in such sort of Commerce in the disposal whereof men propose to themselves some gainful advantage And from the various opportunities of Men's ministring to each others pleasures or necessities is the great Concern of Trade supported and maintained And the Principal Advantage and Foundation of Trade in England is raised from that Wealth which is gained out of the produce of the Earth The Proprietors whereof having a greater proportion of Lands then they alone can manage to advantage are thereby induced to let out the same to Tenants who by Contracts and Stipulation with their Landlord do render some certain Rent for what they Hold and Injoy Hence the painful