Miscellaneous tracts, [electronic resource] : essays, satyrs, &c. in prose and verse. Written by Edmund Hickeringill, Rector of Allsaints in Colchester. Viz. I. A Description of Jamaica, with several Observations, Reflections and Improvements, that may be made in that Island; as relating to Commerce, &c. II. The Trial of the Spiritual Courts, shewing their Knavery and Impositions on the Subject; with a Table of their Just Fees, &c. III. A General History of Priest-Craft, shewing the Frauds of Priests of all Perswasions; in order to open the Eyes of the Laity, as they may not be Priest-Ridden. In Two Parts. IV. A Satyr upon Poverty. V. A Satyr against Fame. VI. An Appendix by way of Vindication of the General History of Priest-Craft, which fully confutes all that can or may be made to the contrary. Vii. The Survey of the Earth, and the Writ De Excommunicato Capiendo, as commonly us'd, unmask'd; 1st. As to the Power of that Capias, how and when granted; setting forth the general Vileness and Debauchery of the Age: 2dly. As to the Rights of the Church, and all other Sects and Sectaries whatsoever. Viii. Receipts to cure the Evil of this Wicked World. IX. The Art of Contentment, a Poem. X. A Satyr on Love. XI. A Farewel to Love, a Satyr. XII. A Defence against the Fears of Death, a Poem. XIII. The Parliament Tacks, being a full Account of the Tacking-Affair. XIV. Essays on several Subjects, in two Parts. Now collected together in one volume; with Mr. Hickeringill's Effigies curiously engraven on a Copper-Plate.