...Seventeenth Century," Journal of the History of Ideas, 3 (Jan.Apr. 1942), 51-73, 190-219. Robert Boyle, The Christian Virtuoso: Shewing, that by Being Addicted...Assisted, Than Indisposed, to Be a Good Christian ([London], 1690), went far in equating the word virtuoso with the word scientist (although the latter...

...Theology compared with Natural Philosophy, in Works, vol. 4, p.2. 25 The Christian Virtuoso, showing, that by being addicted to Experimental Philosophy,...rather assisted than indisposed to be a good Christian, Works, vol.5, p.509. 26 Excellency of Theology, Works, vol. 4, p. 1-3. 27 Thomas Sprat, The History...

...science were, in fact, seen as complementary to each other, as evident in the work of Boyle and his Christian Virtuoso: Shewing that by being Addicted...rather Assisted than Indisposed to Be a Good Christian (1690). Further, it may even be said that there is more evidence of attitudes to science being influenced...

...of Things, that the Author of Nature Pre-ordain'd those ends and uses."14 More generally, Boyle held that "by being addicted to Experimental Philosophy,...Assisted than Indisposed, to be a Good Christian," as the subtitle to his Christian Virtuoso (1690-1) reads.147 Newton, too, embraced final causes. Writing...

...wisdom of God in his creation. Echoing Bacon, the Christian virtuosi later in the century asserted that 'by being addicted to Experimental Philosophy,...assisted than Indisposed, to be a good Christian' (Boyle 1774, V: 37). Bacon's reform programme leads directly to the kind of natural theology that we...

...on Several Occasions (1 661; 2nd edn, 1669) The Christian Virtuoso: Shewing, That by Being vol. 1 1 Addicted to Experimental Philosophy, a Man is Rather...Assisted, than Indisposed, to be a Good Christian (1690-1) Appendix to The Christian Virtuoso, ed. vol. 12 Henry Miles, first published in Birch's edition...