712 / 868
s o e
thln two guine. , .oou. lIy. L adic, are alfo aJmitred
meOlaers,
and
forcigncrs
are likcwifc aJmttted as hono–
r.ryor correfpontling membc:rs . T he moncy of Ihe fo–
ciety is pLlccd in the bank of
EnglanJ ,
in Ihe nl.':nl! of
lhe
prdid~lIt
and
vlcc. prdidcnts,
lhrte
of whom
;¡ r~
COl –
powtred
10
dr;:l w any
fUI11
the (ociet)'
fhA II orJer
10
be
plid. T he foeiely " offi ee is oppofi,e 'o Heallford build·
ing!' in ,he
St ranJ,
in
Loadoo,
\\'here thc.i r meetings are
belJ cvery \VcdnefJ,y evening, from Ihe feeond W " I·
nefday in N ovember, ' o Ihe lall W ,dnefday in !\lay, and
al
otller
times every
Grn
and
third
W~t.!ncrJa y
of evcry
month .
SO CIETY
J or
I h(
r(f ormalir.n
if
lIInnntrJ
J
2nd putting in
cxrcl1Iion
lhe
h W5
againll
immoralilY
and
profanenc:fs.
h
\\> a!
(el on
rOOl
:lbout
forty ¡ t US
ago,
by
fi vc or
(iK
private perfons in London,
bUI
is Gnce cxccc:dingly in–
creafcd
uy
numb:rs of
all
denomi nattons.
A
p:aticulolr
body of ,he mol! eoofid<rable hercof, be" ,he expenee
of rrofecutions.
OC'.
without 2ny COO[I ¡botian {rom lhe
rd l. T hefe eh"Ay app!y ,hemfe!ves ' o ,he prof<culing
people fo, fwe.ring, d ruokennefo, and prophaning ,he f.b·
balh. Ano,her body, of abou, fir,y ped on" apply .hem·
felve, 'o ,he fupprdling lewd oefs, and by Ihem above live
hundred lewd hou fes have beeo allually fupprelfed ; a
third hody eonfiCls of eonClables ; and a founh o( inforlR'
c.rs. Bcfides there. there are cighl other regular mixed
bodies of houfe.keepers and oRieers, who infpell
,h~
be·
b aviou r o( ,he conClables and o,her ollieers, affiCl in feareh.
iDg diforderly houf.., fcizing oll': oders, giving informa·
tion,
6e.
There are {everal o,her foeie,i. s ef ,his kind
at BriClol, Can,erbury, Nottingham,
<be.
SOC' ETY
flr pro" 'IiA/ing /h, gofp" in ( ordgn par/I,
was
iDCli,u,ed by kiDg W illiam, io
170 ',
for feeuring a main–
teDance for 2n on hodox c1elgy, and making other provi–
lions for ,he propagalion o( ,he gofpe! in ,t e plantadons,
colonies. front iers,
6(.
T o that end he
incorpor~ted
the
arehbifhops, fe veral bifhops, and o,her nobili,y, gcntry,
aod c1ergy, to the number of ninelY, Wilh privilege tO
pureha!e 'wo ,houfand pouAds per year, inheri,. nee aod
eRates for live, or
yeau ,
with OI her goods
(O
¡ny value.
T hey mee, yearl y on ,he ,hird F riday o( February, 'o
chufe a preCident, "¡ce-prdidcnt, and olher
officr.rs; and
the ,hird F riday in e..ry month 'o tranfall bufinefs, de·
PUte fi. pelfon. ' o "kc fubferipdons for ,he faid ufes , and
of all nlf)neys fo receivcd ro give accouJlt to the 10ld
c!U D·
cellor,
<be.
T hey hn e a Clandine eommittee
al
,he chapo
ter-houfe. lO prepare m;n lers fo r lhe moo\hly meeting
whieh i, held .. SI. Martin's library.
So c I
[T V
ror propaga/ing Chrij/ian ; no,olrdg' .
T his \Va<
b~gun
in
1699, by
fome perfons of won h,
&e.
lIS ori·
glnal ddign
was
10
¡>ropagale religioD in lhe pl:lOtalions,
to recure the
piaD s
education of
the
poor
M
home, . nd
to
rcclaim lhore
that
en
in
the
(undam: nuls
o"Ch riffio:n·,v.
lo
lhe
yeó\r
J
10 r.
lhcy!had procurcd conficferable ch.,itic·s,
a~d
Iranfmiuc:d the fame
la lhe
plantations.
in
lihru its ,
blbles,
C3t!chifins,
cre.
with
a "oll1ntary maintenJnce for
feveral miniflers to
be
employed in the plapratÍons ;
bUI
, h~
foei e. y f eir propag..ing ,he gofpel in foreign P''''
~ClOg
lhen tnnituted,
the y
wcrc: ilicorporaled
by
charter
rn lhe fame, and thus dif:hargcd
as
a pnticu!;¡r
fociclY
{rom ,he fU llh.r purfui, of ,ha, branch o( ,heir
ori~in.1
defign; whereupon .hey \Vholly .urned ,hemfelve,
10
.he
(¡I ~,er,
and >re now very conG j erabl , by grea, ",cdlion.
'% L. lI1.
N °
9-).
2
s
O D
from ,he
cJcr~y
and b i,y. They mee, weckly 'o eor <" t
OIc,¡furts fo r raifing charity fu r educalin;: poor chilJrcr,
::tnd
(ettin$!
up (cboCtI, for
1h"l
pur pofc.
2')
aBo
for
the
m'.,
t.!
rcgul:tr di(poLI of uooks for
tlu:
infl ruél;(.n uf ,lIe
ir.llÚ –
rolnl, crronceus,
&c.
For
lh:
(,lher
Cociclio
dh,blifhef!. by
ch.lrtu ,
r~ c
COL L FG E. C OM rAS Y ,
COílPOF..A T IO:'\,
dntl
S r ol;:~.
S OC IETY .
in SCOIS law. SCt: L AW,
TIt
xx
i.
5.
SOCIl
CRIMI:i l S,
iD
SCOl!:
law.
S:e
L AW ,
TIt.
xxxii:.
5° ·
SOC lt
I r\NS ,
in ehureh.hinory, a fee! Qf ChriCl i.n her.·
tics, fo called frol11 lhcir founder F,.unu3 Socinu"
a
n¿–
tive' of
Sieona' in
l taly.
lle,
abtUt lhe year
157 4,
began
opcnly
lO
declare
againn the: cath(Jlic
(aith, :md
l:lught,
]. That rhe eternal Father
Wi\S
the one on!y Godj lhat
lhe ' Vord was no more than an expreffionof
\he:
Godhe;;td,
and had nOI exined
fro01
all eternity ; and lhat
Jtfus
ChnH
was God
no
orherwi(e than
b,¡
h:s fu perioruy aboYe!
all ereaturcs who were
pUl
in
fubjc:él ion
to hím
by
lbe
,he
F. .
h".
2 .
Tha, J cfus Chlil!
"'as
no, a med:. ,or
betwecn God and meo, bu\ feot into \hc \Vodd to
(en ',,;
a!
a p:tu ern of their conduél.
3. Th.1t
lhe punifh 01er.t
of
hclJ
will
lan but fo r
a.
cen ,un tIme, ¡ (ter
14'lll ...
h
the
body and foul \Vi))
~e
deClroyed A,.d , 4. T ha! it " no,
lawful for prtnces to m. kc war. Thde {onr teocts were
wha, Soeinus defe9ded wi,h .he gre. IeCl ...
1.
In o,her
maners, he was a Lutheran or
a
CAlvinill ; and {he truth
i!,
that
he
did bUI refine upon
{he
crrors of ..
11 \nc
anti–
trinirarians that \Vt'nt before bim.
SOCOT ORA, an iCl. nd iD ,he Indian oe,.n, .boo, feven,y
miles long, and 6f,y broad : fi lua,e in
E.
long.
n°,
N.
lal.
1"
SOCRATIC
' H.LOSO '" Y,
,he dollrHoes and opinions,
with regard
l O
morality and religion, matnlaincd and
taught by Soera",. By ,he eharaller o( Socrales lef, u.
by , he ancien!S, panicularly by his feholar Pla,o, L .er·
tíus,
&c.
he appears to have beco one of
the
bdt and
the wifen perCons in aJl ,he h. ..heD wo,Id . T o him is
aferibed .he firCl inlrodueing of moral phil"fophy . ",hieh
is
what
IS
meaot by that ufua l raying, " T hat Socrates
.. 6rH eaJled philofophy down from heJven 'o earth," ,h"
¡s, from the conteolplation of the beavens 2nd heavcoly
bodiel, he
I.d
men
lO
confider lhemfelvcs, thcir own
pa.f~
(¡OM,
opini ons, facuhies,
dUtÍ,,!;
aé\ions.
6c.
He!
wrote
nOlhi ng himrelf; yo, ,11 Ihe Greeian fell. o( philofoph<rs
refer th(i r ori gin tObis dlfcipline, PJrtlcu1.lrly
the
pJaro.
n¡lb, peripaletics, acadcmic'=-, cyrt.'naics . floies,
6c.
but
,he grealeCl part of hi, I'hilcfoplq we have in ,he works
ofPI "o.
SO O :\.. or
H
EA T
oj
/1..
jI?maeh.
in medicino, ,he name
of
a
diHc~ per .;on(j(li n~
in
a
beat or troublerome buroing
about
the
pit of
the
fl omaeh, or its
Ic(t
moulh.
which
fomctiml:s is exttnried che wholc
len~t:l
of \hc refe·
phaglls, wid, a prelfure or fp. fmodie cuoClrillion, ufu,lIy
auacki ng the patient
by
fits.
Sec MED ICtNE.
SO O BUR
Y. "
mal ke,.(own of G loued lerrlllre, fi tuated !en
mil., nOrlh eaCl of B,irlol.
SO D a
1Y,
,he ImllJl ural erime of bugccry, tltus r all. d
(rolll ,he ei,y of Sod"m ,
~yhieh
Wa\
dellro)'eJ
by
fi r< (or
.he fame. T ho Leviliell law adjudp,ed ,hofe gu¡IIY
oC
1his exc.cfablc crime
te
death,
and the civil la\v
aflicn9
lhe fame puniflllllent tO
ir.
Our law airo m.tkcs it Ich:nv.
T hcre i, no n. ' u' e in Seotland again!1 fodomy ; Ihe
7
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t
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i<ud