A reply to the objections made against taking the small pox in the way of inoculation from principles of conscience. In a letter to a friend in the country. / By a minister in Boston. ; [Three lines from Luke]

Abstract

Half-title: A reply to the religious scruples against inoculating the small-pox. In the signed preface, Cooper acknowledges his authorship. Erroneously attributed to Cotton Mather. First published in 1721 as: A letter to a friend in the country, attempting a solution of the scruples and objections of conscientious or religious nature, commonly made against the new way of receiving the small-pox.