What Wesley Left Out

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as are fit to be fei- 
zed upon by the feveriry of laws, and banifhe 
‘from under the fun : and there are fome peo- 
ple who are bufie, but ix is as Domitian was, int 
catching flyes. -_ 
9 Let your imployinent be fitted to yours 
perfon and calling, Some there are that imploy 
their time inaffairs infiaicely. below the-dig- 
a A > _— onity 


ro Chap.r. Care of our timed . Se&its 
nity of their perfon., and being called by 
God-, or by the Republick to, help to bear 
great burderis, and to judge ia. people,. do 
enfeeble their underftandings , and difable 
their perfons by fordid and bratifh bufineffe, 
_ Thus Nero- went up and down Greece, and 
challenged the Fidlers at their trade. Aropus 
a Macedonian King miade Lanterns.. Harcatus 
the King of Parthia was a Mole-catcher : and 
Biantes the Lydian.filed- needles. He that is 
appointed to minifter in holy things,muft-not 
fufter fecular affairs and fordid arts to eat up: 
great portions of his imployment : a Clergy 
man mutt not keep a Tavern, nora Judge be 
an Inne-keeper 5 & it-was a great idleneffe in 

Theopbylact the Patriarch of C.P: tofpend his 

time in his ftable of horfes; when he fhould —_, 

_ have been in his ftudy, or the Pulpit;. or fay- 
ing his holy offices. Such imployments are 
the difeafes of Jabour, and the ruft of time 

_ which ic contrads, not by lying fill, but by | 
dirryimployment: | ; 

10 Let your imploymént be fuch as becomes 
a.Chriftian, that is, inno fence mingled with 
fin

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part of his life, and fpent better. 

—-£ Perfons of great quality, and of no trade, 
are to be moft prudent & curious in their im- 

_-ploymenc and traffick of time. They are mife- 
sable,if their education hath been fo laofe and 

-widifciplin'd,as to leave them: unfurnifhed of; 
skill.co fpend their time ::but.moft miferable _ 
are. 


Chap.t: | Care of our tha, Set. 


are they, if fuch mifgovernment and unskilful- 
weffe make them fall inta yitious and bafer 


company, and drive.on their time by the fad. 


minutes and periods of fin and death. * They 
that are /earned know the worth of time, and 
_ the manner. how well to improve aday3 and. 
they are to prepare themfelyes for fuch pur- 
pofes,in which they may,be moft ufeful in or-. 


der.to arts of arms,to counfel in publick, or: 


government in their Countrey:But for others. 
of them that are unlearn'd, let them choofe. 
good company, fuch as may not tempt them. 
to avice, or joyn with them in any 5 but that 
may fupply their defe&s by counfel and dif. 
courfe;by way of conduét or converfation.Let. 
them learn eafy and ufeful things, read hifto.. 
ry,and the laws of the Land,learn the cuftoms, 
_ of their Countrey, the condition of their own: 


- eftatey profitable and charitable contrivances. 


of ig:let them ftudy prudently to govern their. 
families, learn the burdens of their. Tenanrr,, 


the neceffities of their. neighbours» and in. 


their proportion fupply them, and reconcile: 
their enmities,and prevent their Law-fuits,or- 


quickly end them, and in this glut of leifure: — 


and difimployment,let them fet apart greater: 
portions of their time for religion, and:the: 
neceflities oftheir Souls.. ane 

-12 Let the women of noble birth and great: 
fortunes do the fame things in their propor. 
tions and capacities,nurfe their children,look: 
to the affairs of the houfe, vific.poor cottages,, 
and relieve their neceflities, be curteous to: 
the neighbourhood , learn in filence of their. 
hosbands,. or. their fpiritual Guides ,..read’ 
good boeks,pray often, and fpeak little, and! 

Karn. to do goad warks for pecelion ufes 3 for by: 


5S Fi 


. ¥2 Chap? Cite of cut timid. Se. 1 


thac phrafe $.Panl:exprefies the obligation of 


Chrifttan. women to good houfwifery, and 


charitable provifions for theis family and 
neighbourhood. | : 

13 Levall perfons.of all condttions avoid all 
delicacy and nicexeffe im theixclothing.or diet, 
becanfe fuch toftrefle: engages them upon 
great mifpendings

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much time to no real, civil, reli-. 

giviss,or-charitable purpole, . 
16 Let not your recreations be lavife fpend- 

ers of your time, but choofe fuch which are 


heal > fhort, tranfienc, recreatiye, andape | . 
; . to. 


Ghap.t.- Cave of ove tiene. Se&.r. 
to, reftefla you >but atno hand dwell upon 
them, or make shem-your great Lmployment:for 
he chat fpends his time in fports, and. calls ig 
recreacion,, 1s, lke hinw, whofe garment is alk 
piace of fringes, and his meat nothing bug 
fawces,they are healthles,chargeable and ule. 
lefle.. And therefore. avoid fych games which 
require rauch tine ox long attendance; o£ 
which are apt to theal thy aflections from more 
fevere ipyployments.. For to.whatfoever thoy 


1g 


haf geven chy aftectiona,thon wile not grudge - 


to give thy time. Natural neceflity aad the ex- 


7 am ple of 5. Jobn(wha recreated himfelf with cafiianm 


fporting wich aeame Pactridge reach us that 

ir ts lawfil corelax and unbend our bow,but 

net. co fuiger it to be ynready or unfirang. ° 
17. Set apart fome portions of every day 


Coflac 


24.¢. a5 


fox more falema devotion aa religious impleys | 


ment, which be fevere in obferwing :. aud if va~ 
— Hery of imployment on prudent affairsor civil 
faciety prefie upon. you,yer fo.order thy ruley 
thac the neceflary pasts of it be nov omitted 5 
aad though jalk ogcafiens may make your 
prayers fhonter,yet Ict nothing bue a violent, 
fudden. and impatient neceflity make thee

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may be- 

) filled'with religion: — ; | 
O1 & dv. 20. If by thus doing you have not fecured’ 
noice iy. Your time by an early & forehanded care, yet: 
dou. be fure by atimely diligence to redeem the- 
ave dug. tee, thatis tobe pious and religious in fuch. 
feapety, nftances in which formerly you have finned, 
Bum perresypay ae! Sor and to beftow your time efpeci-. 
Dopey eiomet atom, ally upon fuch graces, the con- 
zy. Procop.2 Vin q, ttaty whereof you have former- 
| ‘ly practifed ; doing actions of. 
chaftity and temperance, with. as great a. 


zea): 


so 


Chap..1. Care of our time. ‘Se&t.1, x8 
zeal and earnefinefs as you did once a& your | 
uncleanneffe : and then, by/aH arts to watch 
againft your prefent and future dangers, from 

day to day fecuring your ftanding;this is pro-, 
perly to redeem your time, thatis, to buy your 
fecuriry of it at the rate of any labour and 
honeft arts. | nee oe 

- 21 Let ‘him that is moft bufied-fet apart 
fome felem

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and 


therefore are to. be ufed as fhall be found ex. 


pedientfo every qnes condition. For, provi- 
ded that our daty be fecured;for the degrees 
and for the inflgumegts,every: man is permit— 
ted to himfelf and ye conduét of fuch who 
fhall be appointed tohim. Beis happy y thar 
can fecure every hour toa fober or a pious im- 
ployment: but the duty confifis nor fcrupus 
loufly in minutes & half hours,but ip greater 
portions of time; provided,thar no minnte be 
imployed in fin,and the great portions of our 
time be fpent in fober imployment; and alb 


the appointed dayes and fome portions.of ce. 
- very day be allowed for Religion. In all the 


leffer parts of time we are left to our own eles 


_ dtions and prudeat management, and to the 


confideration of the great degrees and diffe 


rences of glory thatare laid up in Heaven for 
us, according tothe degrees of our careand: — 


piety and diligence. 
The benefits of this Exercife. 


- This exercife,befides that it hath influence: 
upon onr whole lives,it hath a fpecial efficacy: 


for the preventing of 1. Beggerly fins,that is,. | 


thofe. fins which idlenes and beggery ufually: 
betray men: to,fuch as are lying,flattery fteal- 
ing, and diffimulation. 2 It is a propet anti- 
dote againft carnal fins, and fuch as proceed: 
from fulneffe of bread and emptinefie of im- 
ployment. 3. Ir isagreat inftrument of pre-. 


venting the fmalleft fins and irregularities of 


our life, which ufually creep upon idle, dif-: 
| 2 : 


imployed, 


- 


Chap.1. . Purity of intention. Sef.2, = 27 
imployed,and incusious perfons.4,It not one- 4. 
ly teaches us to avoid evil, bur ingag es us u 

on doing good, as the praper bufineffe ofalour 4. 
dayes. 5. Icprepar¢s us lo againft fudden chan- 

ges, that we fhall naceafily be furprized at 

the fudden coming of the day of the Lord : 

For he that is curious of his time,wil not ea 

fily be unready and unfurnifhed. 


4 


SECT. ITI. 
The fecond general inftrument

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obtain a mercy of God. 
Zecharias queftioned with the Angel about 
his meffage, and was made fpeechleffe for his 


. incredulitysbut the bleffed Virgin Mary que- 


ftioned too,and was blameleffe;for fhe did it 
toenquire after the manner of the thing; but 
he did not beleeve the thing it felf: He doubt- 


 edof Gods power,or the truth of the Meffen. . 
ger; but fhe onely of her own incapacity. =», 


This was it which diftingnifhed: the mourns 
ing of David from the exclamation of Saal: 
econfeffion of Pharaoh from that of Manaf- 
fess the tears of Peter from the repentance of 
das :*For the praife is not in the deed 
done,but in the manner of its doing.Ifa man 

© vifirs his fick friend, and watches at his pil- 


< low for charity fake, and becaufe of his otd - 


‘ affeGion,we approve it: but ifhe does it in 
“hope of legacy, he is a Vulture, and onely 
“ watches for the carkaffe. The fame things ¢re 


honeft and difhoneft : the manner of doing. °- 
*them,and the end of the defignemakesthe’ 


feparation

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that which began-well, and wasin- | 


tended for Gads glory, decline and ¢nd in thy 

awn praife, or temporal fatisfa@tion , or a Gri, 

A ftory told to reprefent the vilenefle of un- 

chaftity is well begun;but if thy female audi- 

tor be pleafed with thy language, and begins 

rather to like thy perfon for thy ftory,then ca 
ane diflike the crime:be watchful, left this goodly 
-utmeche- head of gold defcend in filver and brafie,and 
eurma- end in ton and clay, like Nebuchadnezzars 
gi -quamfnt image;for from the end it fhatl have its name 
Es. = and reward. m8 


blations andaprefents we can make-te God; 


6. Ifany accidental event which was not fir : 


intended by thee can come to paffle,let it ner 
be taken into thy ‘parpofesmor at al be made 
vile of; as if by telling a true ftory. youcan da 
-anilksurn to your enemy,by no means do its 
-burtwhen the tenrpeation is found qua, turn 
@ll thine enmity upon thar: - 7a 


Chap.t. Purity of trtention. : Se@.2. 

7 In every thore folemn adie of Religions 
joyn cogether

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thee, «! 
neither for thee will K make anend, — 

g. Inall actions which are of long continu- 
ance, deliberation and. abode, let your holy 
and piows intention be adfual, chat is, that 
by a fpecial prayer,ofadion,by a pecultar a® 


ef refignation or oblation it be giver to gi 
; ut 


~ 


4r 


a2 


Chap.1. .- * Purity efiniettion. . Se&t2, 
but in fmaller actions,and lictle things,and 
indifterent,fail not to fecurea pious habitual 
intention thatis, that it be included within 
your general care, that no action have an ill 
end ; and that it be comprehended in your 


- general prayers, whereby you offer your felf 
- and all youdo to Gods glory... — | 


_ 10. Gall not every temporal end, a defilinig of 
thy intention,but onely,1. When it contra- 
dicts any of the ends of God, or 2. Whenit 
is principally intended in an action of religi_ 
on.For fometimes a temporal end is part of 
our duty: and fuch are all the actions of our 
calling,whether our imployment be religious 
or civil. We are commanded to provide for 
our family: but if the Minifter of Divine offi- 


ces fhal take upon him that holy calling for . 
covetous or ambicious ends,or fliall not de- — 
figne the glory of Ged principally & efpecial- | 


Jy,he hath polluted his hands & his heart,and 
the fire of the Altar is quenched, or it fends 
forth nothing but the fmoak of mufhromes,or 
unpleafant gums. And itis a great unworthy- 
nefie to prefer the intereft ofa creature be- 


- fore the ends of God the Almighty Creator. 
_» Bat becaufe many cafes may happen in 
which a mans heart may deceive bimy and he - 


may not well know what is in his own fpirit 5 


therefore by thefe following fignes.we fhall 
beft make a judgement whether our intentions 


be pure, and our purpofes, holy. 
Signes of purity of intention. 


_ Ys Itis probable ourheartsareright with { 
- God,and our intentions innocent and pious, | 


if we fet ya actions of religion or civil life 


with an affeétion proportioned to the quality - : 
| the . 


Eo 


Chap.r. Purity of intention. Sedt.2. 23. 


the work ; that we act our temporal affairs 
with adefire no greater then our neceflitys 
and that in a@ions of religion we be zealous, 
active,and operative, fo far as prudence will 
permit;buc in al cafes that we value a religious 


: defigne beforea temporal; when otherwife 


’ they are in equal order to their feveral ends = 


that isythat whatfoever is neceffary in order to. 
our fouls health, be higher efteemed then whae: 


_ is for sipeal hoes the neceflities, the indifpen- 


fable nece 


ise ME 


*: Co ata 


ities of the fpirit be ferved before 
the needs of nature, when they are required 
in their feveral circumftances:Or plainer yet; 
-whenwe choofe any temporal inconvenience, 


’ sather then commit afin, and when we chofe _ 
~ todo aduty rather then to get gain. Buthe- 
"that does his recreation, or his merchandife . 
cheerfully, promprly,readily,and bufily, and 

_ the works of religion flowly. flatly, and with. 


out appetite, and the fpiric moues like Pha- 
robs chariots when the wheels were off,it is a 


_ figne that his heart is nor right with God,but 
| It cleaves to much too the world. 


2. Itis likely our hearts are pure, and our 


~ intentions fpotleffey when we are not folicitous 


! 


” Of the opinion and cenfures of men 3 but onely 
_ that we do our duty,and be accepted of God. 


' For our eyes will certainly be fixed there: 
’ from whence we expect our reward: and if. 
_ we defire that God fhould approve us, it isa 


figne we do his work, and expect himour 
: pay-Mafter, 
- 3. He that does as well in private between 


_ God and his own foul as in publike, in Pulpits, 
' In Theatres,and Market-places, hath given: 


4 


a 
7% 


' himfelf a good teftimony that his purpofesare — 


. fal ofhonefty,nobleneffe and integrity. For 
. § | what 


a4 


Chap.r. Parity of intention. 6 Sea. 2. 


what Helkanah -faid to the me ther of Sasnel, 


Seneca 
Ep. i13- 


8. Chryf. 
]. 2-de com- 
pun.cordis. 


$. Greg. 
moral. g. 
Cap 25. . 


Am not I bétret to thee then ten fons? Is hott 


eertainly verified concerning God: that he, 


who is to be our Judge, is better then ten 
thoufand witneffes. But he,that would have 
his vértue publifhted, fiudies not vertue, bat 
‘glory. Hé is nor juft, chat will nor be juft 
éwithout praife: but he is arighteous man that 


" 6does juftice,when to do fosis made infamous: 


éand he isa wifeman whois delighted with 
can ill name that ts well otten. And indeed that 
aman hath a ftrange covetoufnes,or folly,that 
“is not contented with this rewatd, that, He 
‘bath pleafed God, And fee what he gets by it? 
‘He that doth good works fer praife, or feen- 
“tar ends fells an ineftjmable jewel for a trifle, 
éand that which would purchafe Heaven for 
Shim, he parts with for the breath of the peo- 


‘ple, which at the beft is but air, and thatnot - 


often wholefome. mat 

4. It is well alfo when we are not follicitous 
or troubled concerning the efed? and event of 
all our actions,but that being firft by Prayer 
recommended to him, ts icf at his difpofe: 


_ for then in cafe the évent_be not anfwerable 
to our defires,or to the efficacy of the inffru- 


ment,we have nothing Jeft to reft in,but the 


honefty of our purpofesswhich it is the more _ 
likely we have fecur’d,by How much moe we — 


are ‘indifferent concerning the fucceffe. 


S. James converted bat eight perfons, when | 


he preacht in Spain 5 and our bleffed Saviour 
converted fewer,then hfs own Difciples did : 
And if thy labours prove mprofpérous.if thou 


- beeft much troubied at that,it is certain thou 


didft not chink soba feceré of a reward for 
yout intentron, which you might have done 


if it had been pure and juft. 5. He 


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Chap 1. Purity of Intention. ..Sa&.2. 28 
~ $d loves verine for Goris fake and ics own, 
that howes.and honours it where ever it is to be 
feen ; bur he thar is emvions ot angry at a vere 
_ thar is nos his own,a: the perfeétion or excel- 
lency of his Neighbous,is sos coverous of the 
vertue, but of its reward and-seputation, and 
then his irentions are pollired. [twas a great 
tagenuity im AMefes, thar withed all rhe people 
wight be propbess 5. burif he had defigned his 
own hoxour, he would have prophecyed a- 
lone. But he that defires.onely that the work 
of God and religion fhall go on, is pleafed 
with it, who ever 6 the inftrnment. . 
6. He that defpifes the world and all its ap- 
pendant vanities is the beft Judge, and rhe 
moft fecur’d of his intentions, becaufe he is 
the furcheft removed from a temptation. Eve- 
degree of mortification is areftimony of 
the purity of our purpofes, and in what de- 
ree .we defpife fenfual pleafere, or fecolar 
wnours, or worldly reputation, tn the fame 
degree we hall conclude our heart right to re- 
ligton and fpiritual defignes. a. 
7. When we are not folicttous concerning 
the infruments and means of our actions, bur 
ufe thofe means which God hath laid before 
us, wich refignation, indifferency,ard thank- 
- fulnefie, it isa good figne that we are rather 
intent upon the end of Gods glory, then.our 
own conveniency or temporal fatisfaction. He 
“that is indifferent whether he ferve God in 
riches or in poverty, is rather a feeker of Gad, 
than of himfelf 5 and he that will throw sid | 
a good book, becaufe itis not curioufly gild- 
ed, is more defirous to pleafe his eye, then to 
ee a Lappin’ — ae 
e ena tem co in ‘wi : 


en 
: Bs] _— 


26 Chap.1. Parityofintention. Seta; 
fpiritual, and pretended to be fubordinate to 
it, happens to fail and be defeated, if we cari 
vejoycein that, fo Gods glory be fecured, and 
the interefts of religion 5 it is a great figne 
eur hearts areright, and our ends prudently 
defigned.and ordered. |. 

- When our intentions are thus ballanced, re 
lated and difcerned,we may confider, 1 thas 


this exercife is of fo univerfal efficacy in the — 


whole courfe of a holy life, that it is like the 


Soul to every holy aéion, and muft be provided - 


for in every undertaking 5 and is of icfelfa- 
Jone fufficient to make al natural and indiffe- 


rent actions. to be adopted imto the family of | 


religion. | . 

2; That there are fome actions, which are 
nfually reckoned as parts of our religion, 
which yet of themfelves are forelative and 


Imperfect, that without the purity of intenti+ 


on they degenerate: and unlefle they be di- 
rected & proceed on to thofe purpofes which 
God defigned them to, they return into the 
family of common, fecular, or finful actions. 

Thus alms are for charity; fafting for temperance: 

prayer is for religion : humiliation is for humility : 
auftevity or fufferance_ isin order tothe vertue 
of patience 5. & when thefe actions fail-of their 
feveral ends, or are not directed to their own 
purpofes, alms are mifpent >, fasting is an im- 
pertinent trouble; prayer is but lip-labour 5 
bumiliation is but hypocrifie 5 fufferance is but 
pa i Lal we the alms * aa re 
rifee,the faft of Fezabel,the prayer of Fudah re- 
proved by the Jota Iaiab, the ideation 
ef Abab, the martyrdom of Hereticks; in which 
nothing is given to God bur the body, or the 


forms of religion, but the foul, and the power of ™ 


Godlineffe is wholly wanting. 3. We 


i a ne ee eee ae me. al Fit gems 


Chap-1.. . _ Purity of intention. -‘SeGt.2.. 27 
“13. We-ape to confider-thac io intention can 
fadttifie-anunboly ot unlawful action : Saul the 
kintg difobeyed Gods commandment,and fpa- 
red the cartel of Amalek to referve the beft for 
facrifice : And: Suuf the Pharifeé perfecuted | 
the Church of God with a defigne to do God 
fervice : and: they that-kild the Apoffles had 
alfa good: purpofes, but they had unhallowed 
actions: ‘When there is both truth in eledti- e 
‘on, and charity in the intention 5 when we jis,ae’ 
-go to God in wayes of ‘his.own choofing , or PF 
approving, then our eye 7s fingle,and our hands 
are clean, and our hearrs are pure.: Buc when 
aman doesevil that good may come of it, or 
‘good to an evil parpofe, ‘that man does like . 
‘him that rowls himfelf in thorns that he. may . - - 
fleep eafily : he roits himfelfin the fire, that 
che may quench his thirft with his own fweat 5 
he turns:his face to the Eaft that he may goto 
‘bed wirh the Sun. I end this with the faying 
of a wife Heathen. ‘ He is to be called evil 
“ thapis good onely for his own fake : Regard 
“net how. full-hands you ‘bring to God, but 
“how pure: Many ceafe from fin out of fear , ,,.. 
alone, not out of innocence or love of vertue, Mins. 
and they (as yet) are not to be called inno- 
cent, but timordus, 


+" " SEOT. IIE 
“The third general inftrument of holy living.: or 
__ the prathle of the prefence of God. 2 


| Hat God is prefent

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to come thither to them : but God js alfo: 


‘by the fame or a greater reafon prefent shere: 


~ where they meet ordinarily,by order,and publick; 


authority: There God is prefent ordinarily, that: 
is, at every fuch meeting. God will go out of: 


his way to meet his Saints, when themfelves'. 


1King.s.9. are forced out of their way of order by a fadi 


4 


Pials38. necefliry : but elfe, Gods ufual may is tobe; 


prefent in thofe places where his: fetyants are. 


appointed ordinarily to meet.But his prefence’. 


there fignifies nothing but his readines to hear: 
their prayers,to bleffe their perfons,to accept. 
their offices, and to like even the circom.-. 
ftance of orderly and publick mee¢ting.. For 
thither, the prayers of confecrdtion; the pub-; 
lick authority feparating it,and Gods love of- 


order, and the redfonable cuftoms of Religi- 
. on, have in ordinary, and ina certain degree 


fixed this manner of his. prefencey .and he 
lovestohaveitfo. = | .. 3% 

5. God is efpecially prefent

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and loves him as a Fatron. 
The benefits of this Exercife. 
"The benefit of this confideration and exer- 
cife being univerfal upon all:the parts of pie- 
ty, fhak lefle need to fpecifte any particulars5 
but yet mioft properly this exercife of confi- 
deriug the divine prefence is, 1, An ae 
| : | ne 


Chap.1. Pravide of the prefenee of God: Se&.3. 37 
len: help to prayer producing in us reverence 
and awtulnes to the divine Majefty of God,& 
accnal devotion in our offices.2.Ic producesa 2, 
confidence in God, and fearleffenes of our ene- 
mies,patience in trouble, & hope of remedy, 
fince God is fo nigh in all burfad atcidents, : . 
he is a difpofer of the hearts of men, and the 
events of things,he proportionis out oor tryals 
and fupplies us with remedy,8 where his rod 
firikes us, his flafe fupports us: To w* we may 
adde this,that God who is alwayes with ws, 1s 
efpecially by promife with usin tribulation, to 
turn the mifery intoa mercy,& that our great- 
eft trouble may become our advantage by in- 
titling us to anew manner of the divine pre- 
fence. 3. It is apt to produce joy and rejoycing 
in God 5 we being more apt to delight in the 
partners aad witneffes of our converfation; 
every degree of mutual abiding and converf- 
ing being a relation and an endearment : we 
are of the fame hcufhold with Godshe ts with 
us-in our natoral actions to preferve us, in our 
receations to reftrain us, mm our publick acti- 
ons to applaud or reprove us, in our private | 
to obferve, usin our fleeps to watch by us, in — 
our watchings to refrefh us : and if we walk 
with God tn al bis wayes,as he walks with us in 
allours,we fhal finde perpetual reafons to en- 
abl us ta kéep that rule of God Rejoyce in the 
Lord alwayes, and again I fay rejoyce. And this 
puts me in minde ofa faying of an old religt- sa vicam 
ous perfon.[ There is one way of overcoming 8 4:sh- 
-our ghoftly enemies, fpiritual mirth, and a 
perpetual bearing of God in out mindes JThis 
“effectively refifts the Devil, and fuffers us to 
receive no hurt from him. 4. This. exercife is 4° 
apt alfo to enkird’e holy defires of the Ee 


. 


_ . && Chap.1.- Pradtife of the prefence of God Se& 2 
"of God, becanfe it produces joy when we do 
enjoy him;The fame defires thata weak man _ 

hath for a Defender, the fick man for a Phyfi- 

tian, the poor fora Patron, the child for his 
Father,the efpoufed Lover for her betrothed. 

_  §.From the famefountain are apt to iffue hus 

3 mility of fpiit, apprehenfions of our great di 
-ftance & our great needs,our daily wants,and 
hourly fupplies,admiration of Gods unfpeak - 

able mercies: It is the caufe of great modefty 

and decency in our actions; it helps to recol. 

leétion of minde, and reftrains the {catterings 

and loofneffe of wandring thoughts;ic efta_ 
blifhes the heart in good purpofes,and lead— _ 

eth on to perfeverance} it gains purity and 
pecfeGiont according to the faying of Ged to 
Abraham, Walk. before me and be perfec) holy 
- fear, and holy love, and indeed every thing 

that pertains to holy living 5 when we fee our 

felves placed in the Eye of God who fets us on 
work,and wil reward us plenteoufly;To ferve 

him with an Eye-ferviceis very pleafing; for 

he alfo fees the heart: and the want of this 

_ confideration was declared to be the caufe 

_ why Ifrael finned fo grievoufly, [ For they fay 
Excks.o, the Lord hath forfaken she cath, and the Lord 
Pidltout. feerh not:therefore the land is full of blood, and 
the city full of perverfneffe. | What a childe 

-, would do in the eye of his Father,and a Pupil 


before his Tutor, and a Wife inthe prefence | 


~ofher hufband, anda fervant in the fight of 
his Mafterjlet us alwayes do the fame:for »e 
are made a (peétale to God,to Angels, and to-mens 
we are alwayes inthe fight and prefence of 
the Al-feeing and Almighty God, whoalfo is - 
to usa Father,anda Guardian, a Hufband, 


and a Lord, 
|  ~ Prayers 


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AdChap.1. ° Devetions for ordinary dees, . 398 


Prayers and Devotions according te 
the religion and purpofes of the 
foregoing Confiderations, 

oe ae a 
-- For Grace to (pend our time well. 


Eternal God who from all eternity 

XJ doeft behold and love thy own glories 
and perfections infinite, and haft created me 
to do thework of God, after the manner of 
men,and to ferve thee in this generation,and 
according tomy capacities;give me thy grace, 
that I may be a curious and prudent fpender 
of my time, foas I may beft prevent or refift 
all temptations,& be profitable to the Chrfti- 
an Common-wealth,and by difcharging al my 
duty may glorifie chy Name. Take from me 
al] flothfulneffe and give mea diligent and an 
active fpirit,& wifdom to choofe my imploy. 
_ ment, that I may do works proportionable to 
my perfon, and to the dignity ofa Chriftian,  - 
and may filupall the {paces of my time with — 
actions of religion and charity, thac when the 
Devil affaults me; he may not finde meidles - 
and my deareft Lord, athtsfudden comin 
may findeme bufie in lawful, neceffary, snd 
” pions actions, improving my talent intrufted 
to me by thee my Lord,that I may enter into 
the joy of my Lord to partake of his erernal 
felicities,even for thy mercie fake,and for my 
deareft Saviours.fake.Amen.. | | = 
. Here follows the devotion of ordinary dayess for 
- the right imployment of thefe portions of time 

which every day muft allow for religion the 


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throne, and to the Lamb for ever.andever. 
ice | fp 


Ad Chapsts.“Devetioni for ordinary dayer. 
The firft prayersin the Morning as foon as w® 
aa are drefed. - | 
Hurmbly and reverenty compofeyour felf,with heart 

lift up to God and your head bowed,and meek- 


ly kneeling upon your knees, fay the Lords Pra- . 
> yer safter which ufe the following Collects, or 


as many of them as you (hall choofe. 
Our Father which art in beaven, (9c. 


* if . * ; 
An ait of adoration being the fong that the Angels 


fing in Heaven ~ 


“| which was,and isjand is to come: Hea- 


‘ven and Earth, Angels and men, the Air and 


the Sea give glory,and homour,and thanks to 
him that fatetth on the throne, who liveth for 
ever and ever. * Af che bleffed fpirits and 


fouls of the righteous caft their crowns before 


the throne,& worfhip him that liveth for ever 
and. ever. * Thou art worthy O Lord, to ree 
ceive glory and henour, and wer, fc 

haft created all things, and for thy pleafure 


_ they are and were created. * Greatand mar- 
~ yellous are thy works,O Lord God Almighty: 


Juft & trne are thy wayes,thou King of Saints. 


' "Thy wifdom is ivfinite, thy mercies are glo- - 


riohs;and I am not worthy O Lord toappeat 
in tl y ‘prefence before whom the Angels 


hide rheir faces, 


_ *© Holy andEternal Jefas, Lamb of God, 
who wert flain from the beginning of the 
wosld, thou haft redeemed us.to God by thy 
blood out of every nation, and haft made us 
unto our God Kings and Pricfts, and we fhall 


reign with thee for ever: Bleffing,honour,glo- 


ry, and power be unto him thar fitetth on the 


Oly, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighry, 


or thow 


Ad Chap.r. Devotions for erdinary dees. 
‘i. oe 
, An alt of thanksgiving being the fong of David 
| for the Morning. | 
Ing praifes unto the Lordy O ye faints of 
his,and grve thank unto him for a remem. 
brance of his holirnefle. For his wrath endu- 


reth but the twinkling ofan eye: and inhis - 


pleafure is life : Reavinefle may endure fora 
night,but joy cometh in the morning. THou 
Lord haft preferved me this night from the 
violence of the {pirits of darkneffefrom al fad 
cafualryesand evil accidents, from the wrath 
which I have every day deferved:thou haft 
brought my foul out afhell, thou haft kept 
my life from them that go down into the pit: 
' thow haft fhewed me marvellous greatkindnes 
and haft bleffed me for ever:the greatnefle of 
_ thy glory reacheth unto the heaveus,and thy 
truth unto the clouds. Therefore fhall every 

good: man fing of thy praife withourceafing, 
_ Omy God Twill give thanks unto thee for Ge 
ver. Alleujah. . _ 

2 © © Cee 


An at of oblation or prefenting our felves to God 
: for the d ic 
Oft Holy and Eternal God, Lord and 
Soveraign ofall the creatures, I hum- 
bly prefenc to thy divne Majefty, my felf,my 


foul and body,my thonghts and my words,my 
_ actions and intentions, my: paffions and 


my fufferings to-be difpofed by thee to thy 


4? 


glory, tobe’dleffed by thy providence, tobe. 


guided by thy counfel,to be fanctified by chy. 


- {pirit, and afterwards that my body and foul 


may be received into glory:for nothing can’ ' 


’ perifh which is under thy cuftedy pone 


a cm a a =e 


dedicat to thy honour; and t 


Ad Chap.t. Devotions for ordinary dayes. 
enemy of fouls cannot deveur what is thy 
portion, nor take it out ofthy hands. This 
day, O Lord, and all the ey of my life I 
e actions of my 
calling ro the ufes of grace, and the religion 
of all ot Meath to be united to the merits and 
interceffion of my holy Saviour Jefus, that in 
himand for himI may be pardoned and ac- 
cepted. Amen. 7 
3 IV. | 
An aft of repentance of contrition. ° 


Orasfor me, I amnot worthy to becal- 7} 


led thy fervant,much leffe am J worthy to 
be thy fon, for I am the -vileft of finners and 


the worft of men,a lover of the things of j* 


the world, anda defpifer of the things of 
God, [proud and envious, luftful and intempe- 


rate) greedy of fin. and-impatient bfreproof, +) 
 @effrous to feem holy, and negligent ofbe- 


ing fo, tranfported with intereft,. fool’d with 
prefemprion & falfe principles, difturb'd with 


anger, with a peevifh and unmottified fpirit, 
and difordered by-a whole body of fin and 


death. Lord pardon all my fins for my fweet- 
eft Saviours fake 3 thou who didft die for me, 
Holy Jefus, fave me and deliver me, Ore- 
ferve not my finsto be punifhed in the day of 


_ wrath and eternal vengeances but wafh away 


my fins, and blot them out of thy remem- 
brance, and purifie my foul with the waters 
ofrepentance and the blood of the croffe, 
that for what is paft thy wrath may not come 
out againft me,and for the time to come I 
may never provoke thee to anger or to jealou. 
fie. O juft and dear God be pitiful and gracl- 
oustothy feryant. Amen, 

a : : Ma ; The 


Ad Chap.1. ‘Devotions for ordinary dayeg. 
pee pe Vi! . 


Feel The prayer or petition. 
B Leffe me gracious God in my calling to 
AJ fuch purpofes as thou fhalt choofe for me, 
or imploy me in: Relieve me inal! my fad- 
neffes,make my bed in my fickneffe,give me 
patience in my forrows, confidence im thee, 
and grace to cal upon thee in all temptations, 
O be thou my Guide in all my actions, my 
protector in all dangers : give mea healthful 
body,and a clear underftanding, a fan@ified, 
and juft,-a charitable, and humble, a religious 
and acontented fpirit 5 let not my life be mi. 
férable and wretched,nor my name ftained 
with fin & fhame,nor my condition lifted up 
toa tempting and dangerous fortuné;but let 
my condition bebleffed,my converfation ufe- 
ful to my Neighbours & pleafing to thee, that 
when my.body fhall lie down in its bed of 


_. darknefle,my foul may pafle into the Regions 


of light, and Jiue with thee forever through 
Jefus Chrift.Amen. i, ce se 
An a of interceffion er prayer for others to be 
added to thisyor any other office,as our devotions . 
, or duty, or their reéds {ball determine us. 
\y God of infinite mercy, who haft cont- 


hear the prayers of thy fervant who is un- 
worthy to afk any petition for himfelf, yet 
in humilty and duty is bound to pray for 


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_ J paffidn on all men, and relieveft the ne- ~ 
‘ceflities of all that ‘call to thee for help». 


others. *.O let thy mercy defcend upon gorhe 


the whole Church, preferve her in rrurh and Chuck 


peace, in unity and fafecy,in all ftorms,and a= 


gainft all remiptations 8 enemies, that fhe of- 


"fering tothy glory the never ceafing facrifice - 
- of prayer and shankfgiving may advance the 


honour 


ve 


— 


B% = Ad Chap,1. Devotions for ordinary dayes.. - 
~ honour ofher Lord, and be filled with his 
- Spirity.and partake of his Glory. Amen. . 
eee ee For the Ruler. 

Rice = In mercy remember the Ruler, preferve 
his perfon in health and honour, his power in 
weatth. and dignity, his dominions in peace 
and plenry, the Churches under his protecti- 
on in piety & knowledge,and a ftri& andholy 
religion: keep him perpetually in thy fear 
and favour, and crown ‘fim with glory and 

immortaliry.dmen fe sf ast 
Forthe — y Remember them that minifter about ho. 
Clergy. Jy things,let chem bé clothed With righteouf., 
neffe, and fing with joyfulneffe. Amen. | 
babe * Bleffe thy fervant ay Wife of Hufband } 


’ 


with health of body and of fpirit..O let the | 
hand of thy bleffing be upon his{orher |head _ - 


bight and day,and fupport him inall necefhi- 
ties, firenpthen him ih all temptations: com. 
fort him in alll his forrows,and let him be thy 
fervant in all changes; dnd make ps both to 
dwell with thee for ever in thy favour, in the 
lightof thy: countenance, and in thy glories 
ANTER- : PS en 
Foor  * Bleffe nry children with healthful bodies, 
chides: with pood underftandings, with. the graces 
and gilts of chy Spiri, with fweet difpot 
and holy habits, and fanctifie tliem throngh- 
.: eatin their bodies and fouls ‘and fpirits, and 
‘keep them unblameable to the coming of the 
Lord Jefus: Amen. 


gocitents _ * Be pleated, O Lord, to remember my: 


& Beneitd- friends,all that have prayed for me,8¢ afl that 
of | havedone nie good bere name fuch whom you 

would (pecially recommend: | Do thou good. to 
| them 8 return-al their kindneffe. double into 


tions 


— theirown ‘bofom, rewarding them with blef 


fingss . 


nal Gr 


Ad.Chap-1. Devotions for ordéary dayes. ~ 4 
fings, and fandifying them with thy graces’ 
ad trineing them to glory. . aie : 
_ * Ler all my family atid kinred,my nei Foon 
bours and acquaintance [here name what ather ~ 
relation you pleafe } receive the benefit of my 
prayers , arid the bleflings of God ; the com= 


Pe 


forts and fapports of thy:providence, aridth 
fanBificacion of thy Spe. as aa : oe 
- * Relieve and comfore all the perfecuted ror aig 
and affli€ted : fpeak peace to tronbled’confci- miler. 
ences : ftrengthen the weak: confirm the 
firong.: inftrucé the ignorant :deliver the op= ~ 
prefied from him that: fpoileth him, and re- 
Jieve the needy that hath no helper,and bring 
us all by the waters‘of comfort , and in the 
i he of righteoufneffe to the kingdom of 
reft and glory,throngh Jefus Chrift our Lord. 
Amen. ro 
To God the Father of our Lord‘ Fefus Chri#,To 
the eternal Son that was incarnate and born 
Of a Virgin, To the Spirit of the Father and — 
the Son,be all-bonour and glory, worfhip and 
” thanksgiving now and for ever. Amen. ~_ - 


é 


Another form of prayer for the Morning. 
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, andof 
the. Holy Ghoff. Our Father, dye. oon et 8 
“fA J Ok gloriqusand eternal God, Father of 
mercy, and God of all comfort, I wor- 
fhip and adore thee with the loweft humility —_- 
. of my foul and body, and give chee all thanks 
and praifefor chy infinite: and: effencial gloy - 
ties and perfections, and for the continual 
monftration of thy mercies upon me,upon all. 
mineand upon thy holy Carkatick Church. | 


__"Vackriowledge dear God that Fhave fer 


“~ 


ee 


 X upon Heaven & heayen 


ee oe Vv 


Ad.Chap:1.--Devotien for ordinary dayes. 

ved the greateft-of thy wrath and. indignati- 
on 3 aiid that if thou hadft dealt with. me ac~ 
carding to my defesving,| had sow ar this Th- 
fiant been defperately bewailing my.mifertes 
in the forrows and horrours of a fad_eternity. 
But thy, mercy triamphing over thy juftice 
and my fins, thou haft {till concimudd: to. me 
life and time of repentance;thou haft opened 


__., tome the gases of gyace and mercy, & petpe- 
=. tually calleft upon me to'enter in and to walk 


in the paths of a holy life,that I might glorifie 


thee and be glorified of thee eternally. 
| - TII 


lI. er 
"ID Ehold, O God, for this thy great and un- 
‘BJ fpeakable goodnefs; for the prefervaticn 
of me'this night, and forall other thy graces 
‘and bleflings I offer up my foul: and body,.all 
that I am, and all chat I have asa Sacrifice to 
thee and thy fervice; humbly begging of thee 


_ to pardon all my fins, to defend me from all 


evil,to lead. me into all good,and let my por- 
tion be amongft thy redeemed ones.in the 


_ gathering together of the Saints, in'the. King- 


dom of grace and glory. :.... 

Videme; O Lord,in all the ehanges and 
' varieties of the world, that in all things 
that fhall happen,I may have an evennefé and 


: Tenet) of fpirit 5 chat my foul may be 
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wholly refign'd to thy Divineft will and plea- 


fore, never murmuring at thy gentle chaftife- 
‘ments and fatherly correftion, riever waking | 


proud and infolentthough I feel a torrent of 

comforts and profperousfaccefies: . 

| Bs my thoughts my hopes and rhy ‘defires 
y 


a 


 things;seach me 
| tO 


‘Ad Chap.t. Devotions for ordinary dejer. ia 
_ todefpife the world,to repent me deeply for 
__ Inyfins;give me holy purpofes ofamendmeiit} 


and ghoftly ftrength & afliftances to perform | 


_ faithfully whatfoever I fhal intend pioufly.En 
~ fich my underftanding with an eternaltreafi re 
_ of Divine truths, that I may know thy will, 
_ and thou who workeft in us to willand to dé 


ofthy good -pleafure; teach me'toobey all . 


__ thy Commandments,to believe al thy Revez 


_ Cous promifes. 


lations, and'make me partaker of all.chy gra- | 


ed WI. eo | 
T Each me to watch over all my wayes,that 


T may never be: furprizd by fudden. 
temptations or a careleffe fpirir, nor ever re- 
tum to folly and vanity. Set a watch O Lordy 
before ny mouth, and keep the door of my 
lips, that I offend in my tongue neither a- 
gainft piety nor charity. Teach me to think 
of nothing but thee and what is in or- 
der to thy “glory and fervice 5 to fpeak no- 
thing but thee and thy glories; and to do 
Nothing but what becoms thy fervant whom 
thy infinite metcy by the graces of thy holy 
Spirit hath fealed up to the day of Redemp- 
tions - 
: V I I. 


L, Et al my paffions & affections be fo mor- 


| tified & brought under the dominion of 
grace , that I may never by deliberation and 


purpofe,nor yet by levity,rafhuefse,or ncaa+ 
fideration offend thy Divine Majefty, Make 
me fuch as thou wouldeft have me tobe» -” 


fitengthen my faith, confirm my hope, and 
Zivemea dayly increafe of charity , that this 


. day & ever ¥ may ferve thee according on : Z 


nN 
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eternizy. Amen, _ ¥ 

"To this may be added the prayer of inter. 
ceffion for others whom we are bound 
toremember;whieh is at the end of the 
foregoing fee :.or elfe you may take 
fuch fpecial prayers which follow atthe 


oe 


"end: ofthe third and-foorth Chapters) 


( for parents for children, kc. 


_ “After which conclude with this ejaculation, 
Now and in all tribulation and ‘anguifh of 


fpirit, in all dangers of fowl and bedy,in pro- 
{perity and adverfity, in the hour ofdeath, 


-and.in che day of judgement, holy and moft 


bleffed Saviour Jefus, have mercy in Mey 
fave me and deliver me and all faithful pe o- 
ple. Amen, 


Betwen this and Noon ufually are faid 


the publick prayers appointed by Auq 
thority ; to which all the Clergy are 


- obliged ; and other devour perfons 
_. that have leifure da accompany them 


Afsernoon , orat any time of the day, 


. When a devout perfon retires into his 
lofet for private prazer,or [prritual 


exercifes, he may fay the following 
| As. 


| MbVOtIONS, 


age 


Ad.Chap.t, Devotions for ordinary dayes, 


' Anexeércifeto be ufed at any time 
. of the day. 
N the -naine of the Father, and of the Son, 
- &e. Our Father, &c. - a “ 
+ Fhe hymn collefted out of the Pfalms, recounting 
the excellencies and greatnejfe of God. 

O be joyful in God all ye lands: fing prai- 
fes unto the honour of his Name, make his 


_Name to be glorious. * O Come hither & be-. 


hold the works of God, how wonderful he is 
in his doings toward the children of men. 

~ He rnleth with his. power for ever : He is 
the Father of the Fatherleffe, and defendeth 
the caufe of the widow, even God in his holy 


- ‘habitatien. 


He is the God that maketh men to be of 
one minde ina houfé, and bringeth the pri- 
foners out of captivity : but letteth che run— 
Nagates continue in fcarceneffe. 


Te is the Lord that commandeth the wa. 


ters; it is the glorious God that maketh the 
thunder, * Itisthe Lord that ruleth the fea 5 
the voice of the Lord is mighty in operation, 
the voice of the Lord isa glorious voice. 
' "Let all the Earth fear the Lord, ftand in 
awe of him all ye that dwell in the world : 
Thou fhale fhew us wonderful things in thy 
righteoufnefle, O God of our falvation, thou 
_ that art the hope ofall the ends of the Earthy 


and of them thatremain inthe broad Sea. 


*s Glory be to the F ather, &C. 
| Cc or 


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g0 Ad. Chap.1. Devotions for ordinary dayes, —- 
| | Or this. 

O Lord, thou art my God,I will exalt thee - 
I will praife thy Name, for thou -haft done 
wonderful things: thy counfels of old are 
faichfulneffe and truth, Jay 25.1. 
~ ‘Thou in thy ftrengch fetteft faft the mount. 
ains, and art girded about with power. Thou 


fiilleft the raging of the Sea, and the noife of - 


his waves, and the madnefle of his people. 

- They alfo that remain in the uttermoft parts 
of the Earth fhall be afraid at thy tokens; 

thou that makeft the out-goings of the morn- 

ing and evening to praife thee. 


O Lord God of Hofts who is like unto thee: | 


thy truth moft mighty Lord is on every fide. 
Among the gods there is none like unto thee, 
© Lord, there is none that ‘can do as thou 
doeft. * For thou art great and doeft won- 
drous things; chon art God alone. 


God is very greatly to be feared in the: 


counfel of the Saints: and to be had in reve- 

rence of all them that are round about him. 
Righteoufneffe and equity is in the habita- 

tion of thy feat: mercy and truth fhall go be- 


fore thy face, * Glory and worfhip are before’. 


him: power and honour are in his Sanctuary. 

Thou Lord.are the ching that I long for : 
thou art my hope even fom my youth ; 
through thee have I been holden up ever 
fince I was born: thou art he that took me 


out of my mothets*womb: my praife fhall- 


be alwayes of thee. 
* Slory be to the Father, &c. 


‘After this

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approach : for then they are leaft, and prohibere, 
thy faculties and ele&ion are ftronger 5 but peumiece. 
if chey in their. weakneffe prevail upon thy eabniee: 
ftrengths,chere wil be norefifting them when 

they are increafed;and thy abilities leflened. 

you foall ae ee of them to enl,if you fuffer. 

to begin. 

_ 3. Divert chem with fome laudable imploy- 

menit, and take off their edge by inadverren- 

€y, Oranor attending to them. For fince the 
faculties of aman capnot at the fame time 

with any fharpneffe atrend to two objedts, if 

you imploy your {pirit upon a book ora bo- 


- dily labour, or any innocent and indifferent 


impleymenrt, you have no room left for the 
prefent trouble of a fenfual tamtptation. For 
to this fence ic was. thac Adévander told rhe; 


_ Queen of Caria, that his Tucer Leostddy had 


provided two Cooks for him[ Hard marches al "°*!!7- 
night,and a fmall dinner the next day: Jehefe: 17% > 
tamed his youthful aptneffes to diffolation,fo’ M«e- 
Fong as he eat of their provifions. 1 SF Mle. 

4. Look upon pledfarés, wot upon that fide: 
that is next the Sun,or where they look beau- 
tedafly,that isjasthey come towardsyou tobe 
enjoyed 5 for then they paint,and fmile, and 


-drefie themfelves ap in tnfel 8 glaffe,geins & eae 


counterfeit imagery:bat when thou haft rifled: ar tas 
and diftompofed them with.enjoying their nas animis 
falfe' beauties, and that

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they begin to go. off, Tours" 
then behold them in theii nakednefse and <it,wo mi- 


; ° aes ; : : cupide 
wearmefse,See wharafigh and forrows what: sepetancur. 


naked Sentce ~- 


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Ya"avenice naked unhandfom proportions and a- filchy' 


Venustri- 
{tis abire 
folct. | 


Chap.2, - -Chriftian Sobriey. © -SeB'T: 


earkaffe they difcover, and the next time 
they counterfeit, remember what you have 
already difcovered, and be no more abufeds 
And I have known fome wife perfons have 
advifed tocure the paflions and-longings of 
their children by letting them taft of every 


thing they pafsionately fancied : for they 


fhould be fure to finde leffe init then they 
looked for;and the impatience of their being 
denied would. be loofned and made flack; 
and when our wilhings are no bigger then the 
thing deferves,and our ufages of themac- 


~ cording to our needs{ which may be obrain’d 


by trying what they ‘are, and what good the 

can do us). we fhallfinde in all pleafures fo 
little entertainment, that the vanity of the 
poffeffion will foon reprove the: violence of 
the appetire. And if his permiffion be in in. 
nocentinftances, it may be of good ufe : Bur 
Solomon tried it in all things, taking hisfill of 
a! pleafares:and foon grew weary of themall. 
The fame

~156 words

to Sodom. And when thy foul- 


dwells abovesand looks down upon the plea- 


fiirés of che World, they feem like things at 


diftance, little and contemptible, and men. 


running 


Chap.2. . Oftemperante in eating: * Se. 9, Ox 
ranning afte® the fatisfa&ion of their foittth 
‘a@ppetites:feem foolifh as -fifhes, choufands of 
‘them running aftet-a rotten worme that co: 
vers a deadly hookjor at the beft but like 
children with great noife purfuing -a bubble 
rifing from:a wallnut fhell,which ends fooner 
“thenthenoife.. fee ae 
- §. Toshis the example:of:Chrift and’ his 
Apoltles,of Mafes and all the Wife men ofal 
ages of the. world wil much help:whe undera 
fianding ‘how to diftinguifh good from evil; 
did choofe a fad and.melancholy way to feli~ 
sity,tather then the broad, pleafant and eafie 
path to folly and mifery. = 
- , Butthisis buc che general, les firft pare. 
. ticular is Temperance. 


et a ie ae 


ts SECT. 1 ha 


“Of Temperance in. Eating | 
ee xe. ,and Drinking. oY : 
Pt es oer he al 
Obriety is the bridle of the paffions of de= "5, zeg-- 
_ )fire,and Teniperance is the bit and curb of ‘Teta | ors 
_ that bridle,arefiraint put into a mans mouth, 45 & xp 
a moderate ufe of .meat and drink, fo as may- aq Lysir 
~~ beft confift with ouw-health,and may not hin- ,4.' g=- 
der

~234 words

help the works of the foul by. its ne- Suphare. 
 Ceffary fapporting us, and mimiftring cheer~ | ~ 
' fulneffe and refrefhment. 
Temperance. confifts in the a€ions of the 
foul principally :foritis a grace that choofes 
Natural means in order-to proper-and natural 
and holy ends : It is. exercifed. about eating: 
aud drinking becaufe they are neceflary y but 
| there: 


$3  Chap.2. | Of Temperance in eating. . Se&:2; 
therefore it permits the afeof thet: onely.as 
they minifter zo lawful-cads:: Indsesnot eare 
and drink for pleafare bot for need,:and for |, 
refrefhment, which is apart ora degree of }, 
need.I deny not but eating & drinking may be, ~ |. 
and in healthful bodies-alwayes 1s with plea- 
fore: becaufe there is in nature no greater 
pe than that al che appetites which God 
hath made fhould be fatishied:and a man may 
choofe a morfe] thatis pléeafaritsthe lefle plea- 
fant being reyected_-as being deffe ufeful, left 
apt tonouri{h, or more agrecing withanin- , 
firm ftomach, er when the day is feftival,by 
order, or by a privatejoy. In all thefe cafes it 
is permitred to receive amore free delight, 
and’ to defigne it tao,as the lefie principal : 
that is,that the chief reafon why we choofe |, 
the- more delicious, betheferviiip that end. 
for which fuch refrefhments and choices are 
permitted.But when delight is the onelyend 
and refts in ic-felftand dwells there fong,then» 
eating and drinking is nota ferving of God, 
but an inordinate action 5 becaufe itis notin 
the way to that end whither God directed it. 

_. Bat die chuinig of a: delicate before a more! 
Ordinary difh is. to be done as other huthane 
actions are,in which théreare no degreesand) 

.. precife nduiral limits defctibed but. laticude 

_ 2. Isindolged:: it matt be doe wioderately,pra- 

. dértly,and according te thé aécotints of wile,’ 
rélipiousand fober mehy arid

~175 words

of 
gluttony.yet it is inexcufable when thou eat- 
eft before the ufual time, and throfteft thy. 
hand ‘into the difh unfeafonably,out of gree- 
eee of thepleafire,and impatienc¢ of the _ 
de ye fs Ry as oe Poe : a Pe 
> g. Eat noe baffily and impatienty; but with 
fuch decent.and timely ation, that youreat- 
ing bea humane a&, fubjeé to deliberation 
and choice ,- and. that: you fnay confider in 
_ the eating: ‘whereas he that eats haftily,can— 
nov contider particularly: of the circumiftan- , 
cés, degreés,and Htrle accidents and ‘chances 
that happen in his méal'; but may.contrad 
many little .undecencies, and be fuddenly 
furprifed. = |. °: 2k 
36 Eatnot delicately, or nicely that is, be not 
troublefome:to thy felfor'others inthe choice 
of thy. méaty or the délicacy of thy fauces, ‘It 
was impuited-45-a‘fin to’ the fons of ‘Hrael, 
that they lothed'Manna aid longed for ficth: 
the quails tack in'thet noftrilse-and the'wtath 
of God fell upon’ thert: And “for the man 
ner of dreffing, the fons ef Zi were noted of 


= 


979 Chapa. .. Of temperance in eating: | Set. 
jndifcreet curiofity: they would not have the 
flefh boiled, butraw that they might-roft i 
withfire.Not renee was a fin to eat it,or defire. 
fneat roftedjbut that when icwas appointed 
- tobeboil'd, they refufed it, which.declar- 
edan intemperate and anice palate, It is law- 
ful inall fences rocomply with a weak and a 
nice ftomach: but not witha

~539 words

not.too much:load neither th fio- 
mach nor thy underftanding. Ifthou fr ata 
bountiful table,be not:greedy. upon it, & fay 
not shere is much meat on it-Remember that 
a wicked Eye is. an evil thing:8c what is cre- 
ated. more wicked then.an eye ? Therfore it 
weepeth upon every occafion.Stretch not thy 
hand whitherfoever it looketh,& thraff it at 
| wit 


il a 


Chap.2. . Of temperance ineating.. Sett.2. 43. 
wich him intothe difh. Avery little is fufficient 

for a man well nurtured, and he fetcheth not 

his winde fhort upon his bed. 


Signes and effects of Temperance. 


We fhall beft know that we have the gracer 
of temperance by the fullowing fignes,which . 
areas fo many arguments to engage usalfo 
upon its ftudy and practife. | 

a. A temperate man is modeft; greedineffe 

i9. unmannerly and rade. And this is intimated: 
in the advice of the fon of Sirach. When thom gectus 31. 
fitteft among ft many reach not thy hand. out firft of 1:-'*. 
all. Leave off firft for manners fake,and be not un— cx ape 
fatiable left thou offend. 4,2 Temperance is ac_ fsnuim or. 


companied with gravity of deporcment, gree- in quo de- 


corum il- 


 dyneffe is garifh , and_rejoyces loofely at the fax to. | 


fight of dainties. * 3 Sound , but moderate mtumfitum 
fleep is its figne and its eflect. Sound fleep com- verteaz. 
eth of snoderate eating : be rifeth early and bis 

wits ave with bim.* 4.A fpiricual joyandade- — 

Vous prayer.5.* A fuppreffed and feldom an- - 

ger.* 6. A command of our thoughts and 
Paflions.* 7,.A feldom retmrning and a never 


"prevailing temptation.* 8. To which adde, 


that a temperate perfon is not curiauis of fau- | 
ces and delicioufnefse. He thinks not much, 


and {peaks not often of meat and drink; hath 
- abealchful body , and long life, unlefse it 


. be hindered by fome other accident, where- 
' asto gluttony, the pain.of watching and cho- 


Og 


ft 


" 


Ibid. 


"ler, the pangs of ' the belly are continual com- 
‘ pany: And therefore Stratonicus faid hand- 
* fomely concerning the luxury of the. Rhodi- 
“ ang, “They built houfes as if they were inamor- 
\ © tal, but chey feafted as if they meant to live 


. ‘but a little while, And Antipater by his re- 


proach 


92 Chap.2. Of Temperance in drinking. Se&.2. 
pluck. proach of the old glittron Demades well ex— 
decupid. reffed the bafeneffe of thrs fin, faying, thar. 

Demades now old and alwayes a glutton, was’ | 
like a fpent facrifice, nothing left-of-him bur | 
his belly and his tongue, all the man befides, | 
gone, 
| Of Drunkenneffe. 
But I defire that it be obferved ; that. be- 
ccaufe intemperancein eating is not fo foon _ 
perceived by others as immoderate drinklag, 
and the.outward:vifible effe&s of-it are not 
either fo notorious or fo ridiculous,therefore | 
gluttony is not of fo:great difreputation a- |. 
- mongftmen as druakennefs : yet according to. f. 
— its degreeit putson the greamefs of the fia’ f: 
before God, and is moft ftri@ly tobe attend- |: 
ed to, left we befurprized by our fecurity 4 
.and want of diligence; and the intenrperance 
is alike criminal in both, according as the af- 
feétions: are either to the meat of drink. 
Gluttony is more uncharitable to the body, 
and drunkennefs to the foul, or the under- 
ftanding part of man ; and therefore in Scrip- 
ture is niore frequently forbidden and declai- 
med againft;then the other: and fobriety‘hath |. 
by ufe obtained to fignifie Temperance in | 


oe Me Saree ae 
~ Drunkenneffe is an immoderate affection, 
& ufe of drink. ’Fhael call immioderate,that is 
befides

~1,077 words

beyond it,it is inordinate arid crimi- | 
nabit is the vice of drankennefle. iets forbid- 
n 


Chap.4 Of teinperance-te drinking. Sef.2: 73: 
dén by. our -bléfied Saviour in thefe words. 


Send beed to your: felues left at anytime your Likes. 


earts be overcharged. with furfetting and drunk. 
enneffe.'| Surfertiag, | tharis the evil effets, 
the forcifhnefs and remaining frupidiry of ha- 
bitual, or of rhe laft nights drunkenneffe.: For 
Chrift forbids both the actual and habirual in- 
temperance 5 not onely the effect of ir, but 


.. alfo the affection to ic: for in both 


there is fia. He that drinks bur lic. "ee7™™ ee 
tle, if chat litele makes him drunk, (1%: @#E 7 x~one 


_and if he know beforehand his "7° Schol. tn 


own infirmity, is guilty of furfe- Arifloph. 

ting, not of drunkenneffe: But he tdem fere apud Plutarch. 
that drinks much and is ftrongto ee ica. 
bear it, and is not deprived of his  <briets futilicacm fi ir 
reafon violently, is guilty of the “" “°° “* 

fin of drunkenneffe. It is afin not to prevent 

fuch uncharitable effe&s upon the body and 
underftanding :. And therefore a man that 

loves not the drink is guilty of firfetting: ifhe . . 
does not watch to prevent the evil effect: but ’ 

itisa fin, and the greater.of the two, inordi- 


a nately to love or to ufe the drink, though the 


furfetting y or violence do not follow. Good 5.14. 
therefore is the counfel of the fon of Syrach : 31.25 
Shew not thy valiantneff[e inwine 5 far wine hath 
deftroyed many. — 


Evil confeqnents to drunkenneffe. 


The evilsand fad confequents of drunken- p..,,,; 
neffe (the confideration of which are fo many +. 
arguments to avoid the fin) are to this fence 25. 
reckoned. by the writers of holy Scripture, *0tbrn 


and other wife perfonages of the world. 1. It aax pots 


caufeth woes and mifchief, wounds and for- det. seit 
row, fin and fhame * ; it cares bitternetfe 
rane e 


74 Chap.2: Ofi bémperancein drinking. . Se&.2.. 


Prov. 


of {pirit, brawling and quarrelling, it encreal- 
eth rage and leffeneth firength, it maketh 
red eyes, and a loofe and babling tongue. 


2,1 particularly minifters to luft, and yet 
difables the body 5 fo thatin effect it makes a 
man wanton as a Satyr, and impotent as age: 


And: Solon in enumerating the evils of this 


vige addes this to the account : Thine eyes fhal 
behold ftrange’ womens and thy beart fhall utter 


23-33+ perverfe things: as if the drunkard were onely 


defire, and then impatience, mattering and 
enjoying like an Eunuch imbracing 4 wo- 
man.. 3. Icbefors and hinders the actions of 


- the underftanding , making a man brutifh in 


Infsnia comes eftira, contu- his patlions, anda fool in his reda-« 
bernslis ebriceas. Plutarch. . bare y . 

ee Corpus dona LON and differs nothing from 
Heternis vitiisanimum quo madneffe, but that icts volunta- 
ae p egrav 


ac. ° eqe 
fovicts ot yoluntariainfa- FY, and fo is ane val evil in na- 


Ll2.- § 


Ephef,. 
518. 


see ture, and a worfe in manners. 


4. it takes off all the guards, and lets foofe 
the reins of all thofe evilsto which a man is 
by his nature, or by his evil cuftomes in- 

ined, and from which he isrefirained by 
reafon and fevere principles. Drunkenneffe 
calls off the Watchmen from their towers, 
and then all the evils that-can preceed from 
a loofe heart, and an-untied tongue, anda 
diffolute fpirit, and an ungarded, unlimi- 
ted will, all that we may put pon the ac- 
counts of drunkenneffe. §. Itextinguifhech 
and quenches the Spirit of God: for no man 
can be filled with the Spirit of God and 
with wine at the fame time: And therefore 
S. Paul makes them exclufive of each other. 
Be not drunk with wine wherein is exceffe, but 


- be filled with the Spirit: And fince Fofepbs 
_ Cup was put into Benpamins fack, no man 


hath 


. Chap.2. of temperance in drinking. Seé.2. . 


hath a divining goblet. 6. It opens all the 
Sandtuaries of Nature, and difcovers the na- 
kedneffe of the foul , all its weakneffes. and 
follies 5 ic mulcplies fins and difcovers them 5 
it makes a man wncapable of being a pri- 
vate friend, or a publick Counfeller. 7. It 
taketh a-mans foul into flavery and impri- 
fonment mor. “hen any vice whatfoever, be- 
caufe it difarms a man of all his reafon and his 
wifdom, whereby he might be cured, and 
therefore commonly it grows upon him with 
age: a drunkard being-ftill more a Fool and 
leffea Man. [ need-not adde any fad exam-' 
ples, fince all ftory and all ages have too ma- 
ny of them. Amnon was flain by his brother 
Abfalom, when he was warm and high with 
wine. Simon the High Prieft and two of his 


- fons were flain by the'r brother at a drunken 


feaft.. Holofernes was drank when Fudith flew 
him: and all the great things thar Dante! 


fpake of Alexander were drowned with the 4, 


fet of one nights intemperance : and the 
drunkennefs of Negh and Lot are upon record 
to eternal ages, that in thofe early inftances, 
and righteous perfons and leffe criminal drun- 


kenneffe then ts that of Chriftians in this pe- - 


riod of the world, God might fhew, that very 
great evils are prepared to punifh this vice 5 
no leffe then fhame and flavery,and inceft,the 
firft upon Noah, the fecond upon one of his 
fons, and the third in the perfon of Lot, 


Signes of Drunkenneffe. 


75 


Prov. - 
1.4. 
sders 3 
qatar | 
at oKt~ 
Tit, oo | 


syb SwACE 


lexin- 
drum in- 
temperart- 
tia bibenci 
& ille Hev- 
culanus ac ; 
f3euis 
Schyphus 
perdidat. 


But if it bé ay on concerning the peri« 


ods and diftin& fignifications of this crime, 
and: when a man is {aid to be drunk? To this 


I anfwer, That drankenneffe is in the fame 
D2. man- 


Chap.2. Oftemperance in Drinking. Se&.2. 
manner to be judged as ficknefle. As every 
illneffe or violence done to health inevery 
part of its continuance is a part or degree of 
ficknefs : fo is every going off from our natu- 
ral and common temper and our ufual feveri- 
ty of behavipur,a degree of drunkennefle. He 


-4s not onely drunk thatcan drink no more ; . 


for few are fo; but he hath finned ina degree 
of drunkennefs who hath done any thing to- 
wards it beyond his proper meafure. But its 
parts and periods are nfually thus reckoned. 

a. Apith geftures. 2. Much talking. 3. Im- 


- - moderate laughing. 4. Dulnefle of fenfe, 


§. Scurrilicy, that is, wanton or jeering, or 
' abufive language. 6. An ufeleffe underftand-_ 
ing. 7. Stupid fleep. 8. Epilepfies, or fallings, 
and reelings and beaftly vomitings. The leaft 
_of thefe, even when the tongue begins to be 
-untyed, isa degree of drunkenneffe. | 
‘ But thac we may avoid the fin of intempe.~ 
tance in meats and drinks, befides the former 
et cf meafures, thefe counfels alfo may be 
alfeful

~1,416 words

if they. live within. 
the reftraints & laws of their particular eftates. 
chaftely, temperately, juftly and religioufly. 


The evil confequents of Vacleanneffe.. 


The bleffings and proper effects of chaftity- 
we fhall beft underftand by reckoning the 
evils of uncleanneffe.and carnality.. 

I. Uncleannefle ofall vices is the moft. - 
fhameful. The eye of the adulterer waiteth for the. Prov. é, 
twilight, faying No eye(ballfeeme: and difgui: 23.. ° 

‘Seth his face. In the dark they dig through boufes. 
which they had marked for themfelves in the day: Job 24. 
time : they know not the light : fer.the morning is. 15. 
bo them as the fbadow of death. He is fwift as the: anys 
waters 5 their portion is curfed inthe earth, he be-.7eddy. 
holdeth not- the. way of the vineyards. Shame is: 
the eldeft daughter of Uncleanneffe.. 

2.. The appetites of uncleannefs.are full of: 
cares and trouble, and its fruition is forrow &: 77, fe: 
tepentance; The way of the. adulterer algci ‘Ge 

: with. 


fo ee ee ee 


84 Chap2; . Of Chaftity. Seft.gi 


Anpetitus ypith-shorns : fall of fears and jealoufies, burns. 
risamie ing defires and impatient waitings, tediouf 
tescit: & neify of delay, and fufterasce of affronts, and. 
pvcitenia. gmazements of ditovery. ° 
oe" 3, Moft of its kindes are of that condition, - 
that they involve the ruine oftwofouls: and 
he that is a fornicatour or adulterous, ficals 
“the foulas well as difhonoms the: body of his. 
Nesghbaur = it becomes ny ag 
falling Lucifer, who brought apart of the ftars. 
srry dope pita Heaven. = | 
4. Of. alcarnal fins it is chat alone which the 
Devil takes delight to imitate & counterfeit 5. 
communicating with Witches and impure: 
perfons in no. corporal a@,but m rhis onely. 
8. Uncleannefie -wirhal! its kinds isa vice: 
Cor 61g. Which hath a profefled enmity againft the bo- 
| dy. Every fin which amanidoth is without the bos 
"dy, but: be that comsnitteth fornication finneth a~ 
gainft bis. own bedy. | 
: 6. Uncleanneffe is hugely contrary to the 
g8aprte Spirit of Government by embafing. the fpiric 
xof Tée Of'a man, making it effeminate, fneaking,faft,. 
apyer.. and foolifh without courage , without confi 
dence. David felt:this after his folly with - 
_. Bathfbeba: he fell to unkingly arts and ftrata- 
gems to hide the crime, and hedid nothing 
but increafe it 5: and remained .timorous and- 
Sri ©POOrfpirkted,tilhe prayed to God once more. 
rezcoutic- LO efablifh himiwith a free anda. Princely fpi- 
mPiasts i, And’ no fuperiour dare firifly obferve 
' .°. difetpline upon his charpe, if he hath let-hims 
 felfloofe to the fhame af Hacanaiice: 7 
' 9: The Gofpel hath:added two.arpuments 
againft uncleannefs which were never before. 
_ufed, nor mdeed could-be, fince G OD hath 
"given the holy Spiric to chem that are‘bapti- 
zedj.and rightly con‘irmed, and entered.in- 


} 


Lad 


> Chap.2. Of Chaftity Sez; 88 
to coyenant with him, our bodies are made 


|’ ‘semples of the holy. Ghoft in which he dwels: 


and therefore uncleasnedie is Sacriledge and 
dcfiles a Temple. It is S. Pauls argument,. 
{ Kaow ye not that your body is the Temple ef the 1 cor.s.19. 
holy Gbo#? | and { He that defiles a Temple, bim ' 63-11 
will God defiroy. Therefore Glorifie God in your 
bodies, that 155 flee fornication. | : 
Towhich for the likenefleof the argument 

adde, That our bodies are members of Chrift,and 
therefore God forbid that we thould take the 
members of Chrift and make them members of a 
harlot.So that. uncleanneffe difhonours Chrifts. 
and difhonours the holy Spirit: iris a fin ae 
gainft Godsand in t his fence a fin againft the 
Holy.Ghoft. : : | 

@: The next fpecial argument which the gypet.s.3s 
* Gofpel minifters efpecially againft adultery, 
and for prefervation of the purity-of marri- 
age, isthac (_Marriageis by Chrift hallowed 
_ into amyftery,to fignifie the Sacramental and. 
myftical union of.Chrift and his Church, He 
therefore that breaks this knor, which the 
Church and their mutual faith hath tyed,and 
Chrift hath knit up into a myftery,difhonours 
a great rite of, Chriftianity, of high, fpiricual * 
and excellent fignification. 
. 9. S. Gregory.reckons uncleannefle to be the yor’: 
parent of thefe monfters: Blindnes of minde, - 
inconfideration . precipitancy. or giddineffe 
in adtions, felf love, hatred of God’, love 
of the prefeygt pleafures, a defpite or de- 
fpair of che joyes of religion here, and of. 
Heaven hereafter. Whereas apure minde 
in a chaft body is the Mothier. of wifdom 
and deliberations, fober counfels, and in- 
genuous actions, open deportment and fweet- 

| — CAITIARL, . 


96 


S.Cyprian 
de bono 
pudicitia. 


Num.5.14. 


Chap:2,  —»—sOF- Chaftity. $e8.3. 


carriage, fincere principles, and unprejudi. 
cate underftanding ,; love of God , and felf- 
denyall, peace and confidence, holy pray- 
ers.and fpiritual comfort, and a pleafure of 
Spirit infinitely greater then the fottifh.and 
beaftly pleafures of unchaftity. For to overcome 
pleafure is the greateft pleafure, and no vichory is 
greater then that which is gotten over cur luffs 
_ and filthy inclinations. Ban, Hos. eg 
10 Addetoall thefe, the publick difho- 
nefty and dif-repuration that all the Nations 
of the world have caft upon. adulterous and 
unhallowed embraces. Abimelech to the men 
of Gerar made it death to meddle with the 
wife of Ifaec; and Judah condemned Tha 
mar to be burnt for her adulterous concepu- 
on: and God, befides the Law made to put 
the adulterous perfon to death,did confticute 
afetled and conftant miracle .to difcover the 
adultery of a fufpeéted: woman, that her bow- 
els fhould burft with drinking. the waters of 
Jealonfie. The Egyptian Law was to cut off 
the nofe of the adulserefs, and the offending 
part of the adulterer. The Locrians put out 
the adulterers both eyes. The Germanes (as 
Tacitus reports )placed the Adultereffe amidft 
her kinred naked, and fhaved her head , and 
caufed her husband to. beat her with clubs 
through the city.. The Gortinzans crowned 
the man with wool to fhame him for_his effe- 
minacy : and the Cumani caufed the woman 
to ride upon an affe naked and hooted at: and 
for ever after called her by an appellative of 


Onfin:, fcorn { Arider upon the affe |All nations bar- 


barous and civil agrecing in their general de- 
figne of rooting fo difhoneft and. fhamefull 
vice from under heavem. : 

The: 


——s 


=. 


> og oe oP fe 


Chap.2. _ OF Chaftiy. Seit.3. 87 
The middle + ages of: the Church were not £.°o%'l- 
pleafed that the Adulterefle fhould be put ¢¢-Concil. 
to death : but in the primitive ages the* civil fe Cio. 
Lawes by which Chriftians were then govern- ‘2°, 
ed, gave leave to the wronged husband to kill atuttciiis. 
his adulterous wife, if he took her in the fa : j3)-3°7,. 
but becaufe it was a priviledge indulg'd'to &Co4. 
men, rather than adire& deteftation.of the aduteriis 
crime,a confideration of the injury rather then * °8“"~ 
of the uncleanneffg, therefore it was foon al- 
tered : but yet hayh caufed an inquiry , whe- 


ther is worfe,the Adultery of the man or the we- 


an. ; 
The refolotion of which cafe in order. to. 

our prefent affair, is thus, In. re(pec? of the 

per(on, the fault is greater in a manthenina 

woman, who is of a more plyanc and eafie 

fpirit,and weaker underftanding, and hath 

nothing to fupply the unequal ftrengths of 

men, but the defenfative of a paflive nature 

and armour of modefty, which is the natural 

ornament of that fex. And itis unjuS that the $P2d hur? 

man fhould demand chaftity and feverity from his conive. 


Plut con- 


wife » which himfelf will not obferve towards jug. we. 


her, faid the good Emperour Antonius: It is “?* 
as if the man fhould perfwade his wife ro fight 
againft thofe enemies to which he had yeeld- 
ed himfelf a prifoner. 2. Inre(pect of the ef: 
fects and evil confequents, the adultery of the 
woman is worfe, as bringing baftardy into a 
family, and difinherifons or. great injories to. 
the Lawfull children, and. infinite violati«: 
ons of Peace, and murders,. and divorces,. 
and all the effects of rage and madneffe.: 
3. But in refpe& of the crime, and as relating - 
to God they are equal, intolerable, and dam-- 
nable :. And the Church anciently. refufed co 
a . admit: 


28 


«--.Caffo faltem dele 


dorus, 


cryetirac arSpeietir 5 Th have achat eye and hands: 


Chap.2. Of Chaffity. “Sett.33. 


admit fuch perfons to the holy Comraunion,. 


untill they had done feven yeers penances in 


- fafting, in fackeloth, in fevere infli€ions and 


inftruments of chafiry and forrew,according: 
to the difcipline of chofe ages. - 
Aéhs of chaftityin general. 


The actions and proper offices of ‘the: 


grace of chaftity in general are thefe. 


1. To refift all unchaft thoughts 5 av no hand: 


entertaining pleafure in the unfruitfal fancies 


- and remembrances of uncleanneffe; although. 
no definite defire or refolution be enter _ 


tained. 7 ie 
2, At nohand toentertain any defire, or any 


reftrained from a@®. 


ji id ° e e e 
Tink videre, unde pofis cede for itis all one with what pare 


» & noli fieri perverfa fimpli- ome . 
we Dinesauug “™ to the body we commita dulte 


ry:8cifa man lets his eye loofe, . 


/ 


and enjoyes the laft

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evaporates in the open air like 
Camphyre, being impatient of lightand wit= 
neffes, 7 } 
8 Ufefrequent and earneft prayer to tke 
King of Purities, the firft of Virgins, the 
an . ; ‘ eternal 


Chip'2, —. OF Chastity. Set. 3. 99 
eternal GOD, whois of an effentiall purity; 
thet he-~wortd-be pleafed to reprove and 
caft out the unclean Spiric. For befides the 
bleffings of prayer by way of reward, it 
hath a natural vertue to reftrain this vice: 
becaufe a prayer againft it, is an unwilling- 
nefs to act 13 and.fo long. as we heartily pray 
againft it, our defires are fected , and' then 
this Deyilhath no power. Thiswas S, Pauls 
other remedy. [ For this caufe I_befonght the 
Lord thrice. |. — 
_ 9. Hither bring in fuccour from confide- 
ration of the Divine prefence , and of his hot 
Angels, meditation: of Death , and the paffi- 


- ‘ons of CHRIST upon the Crofs, imitation 


of his purities, and of the Virgin Mary his 
-anfpotted and holy Mother, and of fuch e.i- 
nene Saints who in their generations were 
byming and fhining lights, unmingled with 
‘fuch uncleanneffes which defile the foul, and 
who now follow the Lamb whitherfoever he 
O€S. Dainty, Higham 
. 10. Thefe remedies are of univerfall effi- Dandi eh 
cacy in all cafes extraordinary and violent: ssutino

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and all 
-that we have 5. our bodies'and our fools, our 
actions and our fufterings, our conditions at 
” -gome, our accidents:abfoad our marly finnes, 
‘and our feldome vertaésjare as fo many argu- 
‘merits to make our fouls divel low in the deep 
‘valleysofHomiliry, © | 
‘Arguments againlt pride by way of confideration. 
1 1. -Our Body ts weak and impure, ‘fending 
out more uncledamefles from its‘ feveral fivigs 
then could be endured if they were not ne— 
eeffary and natural: and we are forced to paffe 
_that through our mouthes, which as foon as 
we fee upon the ground, we loathe like rot- 
tensielle and vomiting. | - | 
» 2. Our" ftrength is inferiour to that of many 
-Beafis ‘and our infirmities fo many that we 
a2 : are 


. the: szoft! Leaimed: Man hath nothing to be 
prot of, unle(s this bé a fuflidient argumenc. - 


Chap.2. OF Hianifity. Sati4. 
are foreed. to dreffeand tend Horfes and Af... 
f¢s, that they may help our needs, and relieve 
our.wants. | - 

_ 3. Our beaxty is in colour inferior to many’ 
flowers, and in proportion of parts it is ber... 
ter chen nothing. For even a Dog hath parts 
- as well rt igh prohe and fitted to his pur- 

pews » ‘and the defignes of his nature ,. as we 

ve:and whien itis moft florid and gay, three 
fics of an ague can change it into yellowneffe 
and leannefs,and the hollownefs and wrinkles 
ofdeformiry: <.. ey mc 
_ 4 Our learning is then beft when it teaches. 
thoft humility : bucto be proud of Learning 


is the greateft ignorance inthe World. For | 


our learning is fo long in getting, and fo 
very ‘imperfe& 5 that the greateft Clerke 
Kinowes noc the. thoufand-part of whae he 


isiignorant.and:kaoweés fo: uncertainly whae- 


he feemes to know » ‘and: knowes. 10 other 
wife: then. a Fool, era Childe, even what 
is told him,or what he gireffes at, thar excepr 
diofe things which eoitcern-his ‘duty, and’ 
wiiich God. hath revealed cohim , which alfo 


erery: Wemah knowes fo far as ‘is necefia'y ¢ 


toexdle him, that he uneertainly gueffes ay 
fame more unneceffary things then many 
others, who yet know all that concernes 
them, and: mide. other things more ne- 


ceffary forithe needs of life and Common- . 


wealth. tae oo oF ONG : a 
- 3L. He Bat is prod of: riches: is a Bool, 


Fer if he be exalted: above his Neighbours _ 
becanfe he hath more gold , how much - 


” jnferiour is he toa Gold Mine ? . How 
Me ee Eg much 


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183 


mutch is he to give place to a chain of Pearl,or 
aknot of Diamonds? For. certamly that hath. 


the greateft excellence from whence he-de-~’ 
_ rivesall his gallantry and preheminence over - 


hisNeighbours.. ot 
- 6 If aman be exaleed! by-reafon of ‘any 
excellence in his foul, he may pleafe:to: ree. 
member, that all fouls are equal; ‘and . their 
differing operations are becaufe theif infiru- 
ment is in better rune, their body 1§ more’ 
healthful, or better tempered :.which is no. 
more praife to him,then itis thathe was born: 

fn Ttaly.. eas ae Saas tea a pe aes 
9. He that is proud of bis birth is proud of: 
the bleffings of others, not of hinifrlf: for if: 
his parents were more eminent: in any cir-: 
’ cumftance then their Neighbours , he is to’ 
thank God, and to rejoyce in them » bur Mill 
he may bea Fool,or unforounate,or deformed3' 
and when himfelf' was :bern.,. it-was indiffe« 
rent to him whether his kathet were:a King’ 
or a Peafant 5 for he knew not any thing, nor. 
chofe any thing:and moft ‘commonly it is 
true, that he that:boafts of his Ancteftors, who 
were the founders and ravers. of:a Noble Fas 
mily, doth confeffe ‘thar he! bath in himéelf aj 
leffe vertue and a leffe-hénobr , and: therefore 
thatheisdegenerated: = 5 tit 
8. Whatever other difference there is be-. 
tween thee and thy Neighbour, if it be bad, 
itis thine own, ‘bur thou haft no reafon to 
boaft of thy mifery and fhame : if. icbe goody 


thou haft received it from God; and then’. 


thon art more ‘obliged: to pay duty: and tri- 
bute, ufe and principal to him ; and it were a 
- ftrange folly for aman to be proud of being 
moreindebtthenancther, 2 5° - 
ake 2 - . a 19+ Remember 


“ ~ 


Chap.2, Of Humiliy, =” * Se&t.4. 
’ g Remember what thou wert before thou 
wert begotten ? Nothing. What wert thou in 


- the firfi regions of thy dwelling, before thy 


birth? Uncleannefs. W hat wert thou for ma- 
ny years after? Weaknes. What in all thy life? 
great finner.. What in all thy excellencies? 


. » Amere debter to God, to thy parents, to the 
earth,to all the creatures. * Buc we may if We poutine de 
pleafe ufe the method of the Platonifts, who Lama. 


thing to commend thee to thy felf, bue that 
: EBS. 


reduce all the caufes and arguments for hu- 
mility which we can take from our felves, to 
thefe feven heads. 1. The fpiric of a man is 
light and troublefome. 2 His body ts brutifh 
and fickly. 3. Heis conftanc in his folly and 
errour, ard inconftant: in his manners and 
good purpofes. 4. His labours are vain, intri- 
cate,and endleffe. 5. His fortune is changea- 
ble, but Seon te never perfed. 6. His 
wifdom comes not till he be ready to die, that 


_ isytill he be.paft ufing ic. 7. His death is cer- 
tain,alwayesready at the door , but never far 


off *. Upon thefe or the like meditations if 


we dwell, or frequently retire tothem, we . 


fhall feenothing more reafonable then to be 
bumble, and nothing more feolifh then to be 
proud, 2, : : oe : . 
a _ Adds ar offices of humility, 
following rules. 7 

.- ¥. Think not thy felf better for any thing 


that. happens to thee from without. For al- 


though thou mayeft by gifts beftowed upon 


~. thee be better then another, as one horfe is 
. better then another, that is, of more ufe to 


others ; yet as thouart aman, thou haft no- 


onely 


The grace of humility is exercifed by thefe | | 


103 


SO. ralise 


104 


Chap. 2. Of Humiliy. Se& 4: 


-onely by which thou arta matt; thatis, by 


what thou choofeft and refufeft. 

2. Humility confifts not in railing againt 
thy felf , or wearing mean clothes, or going 
foftly and fubmiffely 5 bur in a hearty and real 
evil or mean opinion of thy felf. Believe thy 
felf an unworthy perfon, heartily,as chow. be. 
lieveft thy felf to be hungry, or poor, or fick, 

when thou ast fo. 

3. Wharfoever evil thou fayeft of thy felf 
be content that others fhould think co be 
true : and if thou calleft thy felf feel, be nor 
angry if another fay fo of thee: For if thon 
thinkeft fo cruely, all men inthe world defire

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good 


Bring thee to. evil. Ufe she praife. as 
ais ee E$ you 


Nos Chip.8: . Of Munili. Selt.4. 


you ufe your pledfure in eating‘and drinking :. 


if ic comes, make itdo drudgery, let it ferve 
other ends, and minifter to necéffities, and to 
caution, left by pride you lofe your juft praife 
which you have ‘Yeferved 5 or’ elfe’ by being 


praifed unjuftly, you receive fharne into‘ your 


felf, with God'and wife men. > 


Io, Ufe no ftratagems arid devices: to get 


praife. Some ufe v0 enquire into 
the faults of their own actions or- 
difcoutfes on purpofe to. hear 
that it was well done or fpoken, 
and without faule: others ‘bring 


m trnaly oedtoney x2- 
wets aL TATE, HSE 
Aov ine ee merry ree 
Savy, x brongrs~ 
Sim bax Uy 07g 
© IY ZB DILODPS, 
Arrian Epith, cap.21. 
i 


themfelves into company,and in- 


- thought or fpoke of. Thefe men 
make a baie to perfwade themfelves to {wal- 
Tow the hook, till by-drinking the waters of 
asters Abbas and burft.. - | 
_< HT, Ma 
fideo! thou art difgraced or- flighted, by pleafing 
plumehea- thy felf with fuppofing thou didft deferve 
sitisanms Pfaife, though they underftood thee not, or 
ssnulussenvioufly detracted from thee: neither doe 


thou get:to thy felf a private theatre and flat- | 


terers, in whofe vain'neifes, and phantaftick 


ptaifes thou mayeft keep up thy own good 0+ 


pinion of thy felf. 


12. Entertain no fancies of vanity.and pri- 


vate whifpers cf chis Devil’ of pride : fuch as 
‘was that of Nebuchodonofor 5 Is not this great Baw 
bylon which I have built for the honor of my name, 
and the might of my maiefty, ahd the power of my 

_ “kingdom? Some phantaftick {pirits will wali 
alone, and dream waking, of grearnefies, of 

_ palaces, of excellent orations, full theatres, 


loud 


the matter into, calk por throft 


timate and give occafion_to be — 


0 fuppletories to thy felf,when | 


met = epee 


Chap. 2. OF Humility. Se&t.4. ~ 10} 


loud applaufes, fudden advancement , ‘great 
fortunes : and fo will fpend an hour with ima- 
ginative pleafure,all their imployment being 
nothing but fumes of pride, and fecret,inde- 
finite defires, and fignifications of what theig 
heart wifhes : In this, although there is no- 
thing of its own nature dire@ly vitious, yet it 
is either an ill mother, or an. ill daughter, an 


all figne or an ill effe& 5 and therefore at no 


confifting- with the fafety and interefts 


‘of humility. 


-. 13. Suffer others to be praifed in thy pre- 
fence : and entertain their good and glory 
with delight : but at no hand difparage them 
of Ieffen the report,or make an obje@tion,and 
think not the advancement of thy brother is a 


'  eflening of thy worth. * But this a& is alfo to 


extend further. : 
44. Becontent that he fhould beimployed, 


. and thon

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them by his. victory, and tharhinifelf mighe “tt75- 
Jearn fomething of that {kill, and:dothem ci- rari 
das ae eke ee 
Vistpuchom ch leek beet Bede et Sa Pl 


19-Befides the foregoing parts apd actions, 
humility teaches us to fubmit our felves and 
all our faculties to GOD: To. deljeve off 
shiner ,to do all things, te fuger ell things:;which 
his will enjoynes us 50 be contentin ever 
ry eftace or change, knowing we have defers 


a 


{x1o Chap.2: OF Humility: - Se&.4 
_ ved worfe then the worft we féel: And(as An- 
ytus. {aid to Alcibiades ) he bath taken but 
‘half, when he might have taken all:to adore 
his goodnes, to fear his Greatneffe,to worfhip 
Mitil ita, his" eternal and infinite excellencies, and to 
odio uteo- fubmit our felves to all our fuperiours in all 
ram mor. things according to Godlinefie : and to be 
dacuibus fs athe and gentle in our converfation towards 
resent. Omer. . : oP in 
Piaarcte Now although according to the Nature of. 
every grace, this begins as a gift,and is increaf- 
ed like a habir, that is , beft by its own ads, 
yer befides the former aéts and offices of hu- 
miliry, there are certain other exercifesand 
confiderations, which are good helps and in- 
ftruments for the procuring and incre: 
this grace and the curing of pride. 
Meanes and exercifes of obtaining and in- 
| creafing the grace of Humility, : 
_-,¥ Make.confeffion of thy fins often to God; 
_and confider

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of humility'by 


_ way of confeffion and addrefle to God, and 
-Peflection upon thy felf 


- 9,. Avoid great Offices and imploy- 
ments, and the noifes of worldly honour.For 
in thofe flares many times, fo many. ceremo- 
nies and: citcumftances wilr feeme necef- 


ary, as will deftroy che fobriety of thy 


thoughts. If the number of thy fervants 


be fewer, and their obfervances lefle , and 
their reverences leffe folemn, poffibly they 


6. Pray often for this grace with al homili- 


Fabissbti- will feeme lefle then thy dignity : and if 
Pythago. they bee fo much and fo many, itis likely 
Magiltratus they will be too big for thy: pirit. ~. And 
Pr uci, here be thou very: careful, left thou bee a 
Fa ereaban, bufed by apretence en ae 


ws 


- 


_  getous. 


Chap.2; Of Humility, Se&i4. 133 


thy' great Dignity as an opportunity of do- 


— - Sng great good. For fuppofingic might be 


good for otliers, yet it is not good for- 
thee.: they may have encouragement in 
nable things from thee, and bythe fame 
inftrument thou mayeft thy {elf be tempted: 
to pride. and vanity ; And ‘certain it isy 
GOD:ssas much glorified by. thy. exam- 
ple of humility ing low or temperaté_con- 
dition, as.by thy bounry ina great and dan- 


8, Make no reflexe acts upon: thy owne: 
homiliry nor upon any other grace with. 
which GOD. hath enriched: thy foul. For 
fince G O D oftentimes hides from his Saints 
and Servants the te of thofe excellent 
things by which path ine to others(chongh 
the darke fide uf the Lantern be towards 
theméelves ) that he may fecure the grace of 


: _ hamifiry 3 ‘ic is good that thou do fo thy 


a rivoal pride is very dangerous, not api 


Sa eg ER gee SEN 


felf: and. if thou beholdeft a praceiof GOD 
inthee, remember: to give him thanks for 
it, that you may not boaft in that which 
is none of thy. own: and confider how thou 


haft fullyed it, by handling ic with yar 4 
1 


fingers, with thy own imperfections, and-w 
mixrure of unhandfome. circumftances. a 
Freafon, it fpoiles fo many graces by which 
wee drew nigh to the kingdome of G O D; 
but alfo becaufe itfo frequently creeps up- 
on the fpiric of holy. peefons. For it is no 
wonder for a Beggar to call hinfelf poor; 
or -a Drunkard to confeffe that he it no fober 

rfon : Bue for aholy-perfon to-be hume 
Bie > for one whom all men efteeme a Saint, 


. to fear left himfelf become a Devil, — | 


x14 Chap.2. Of Humility. Sett.4.' 
to obferve Hits own danger, and to difcern his” 


Mat.j1. 2s r) 


~ 


own infirmities, and make difcovery of his 
bad adherencies, is as hard as for a Prince to 
fubmit himfelf to be guided by Turors, and 
make himfelf ‘fnbject to difciptine like the 
meaneft of hisfervants. = eis 

9. Often meditate upon the: effects of 
Pride on one ‘fide, and Humility on the o- 
ther. 3. That Pride is like a Canker, and 
deftroyes. the beauty of the faireft flowers; 


' the moft excellent gifts and graces: but 


Humility crownes them all. Secondly, Thae 


Pride is a great hinderance to the percei- 


ying the things of GO D, and Humility is 


James 4.6. 


an excellent preparative and inftrument of 
fpiritual wifdom. Third!y, that: Pride. hin- 
ers the acceptation of our prayers , bue 
Humility pearceth the clouds, and. will not dea 
parttill the moft High {hall regard. Fourthly, 
That Humility ts but a fpecking teuch, and 
all Pride is a: lye. Fifthly, That Humility is 
the moft certain way to:rdall honours, and 
Pride is ever.aftronted or defpifed. Sixthly, 
That Pride turned Lucifer into a Devil,and 
Humility exalted the Son of God above eve- 
ry Name,and placed him erernally ar the right 
hand of his Father. Seventhly that God reff 
eth the proud, profelsing open defiance and 
hoftilicy againft fuch perfons, but grveth grace 
to the humble,* Grace & pardon,” remedy and: 
telief againft mifery and opprefsion,*content 
in al Conditions,* tranquillity of fpirit,* pas 
tience in afili€tions,* love abroad, * peace at 


~ home, * ard utter freedom from contention 


and * the’fin of cenfuring others, and * the 


trouble of being cenfured themfelves, For ’ 


the humble man will not judge his brother for 
. ‘the 


~ 


} 
Chap.2. Of Hurniliiy. Se&.4. 118 
the mote in bis ‘eye, being more troubled at the 
beam in bis. own eye; and is patientand glad 
to be reproved, becanfe himfelf hath caft the 
- firft ftone at himfelf, and therefore wonders. 
not that others are of his mmde..° 
- 16. Remember that the bleffed Saviour of 
the world hath done mote to aba be, and: 
 tranfmit,and fecure

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without envy and 
‘an evil minde. What is it to me if my Neigh- | 
bours Granfather were a Syrian, or his 
Grandmother illegitimate , or that anather is | 
indebted five thoufand pounds, or whether | 
+» his wife be expenfive? buc commonly curious | 
perfons (or as the Apoftles phrafeis ) bufie bo- : 
dies are not follicitous, or inquifitive into the | 
beauty &.order of a well governed family, or | 
after the vertues of an excellent perfon; but if | 
. ghere be any thing for which men keep locks | 
and bars and porters, things that bluth to fee : 
the lights and either are fhameful in manners, 
| x | | or 


e 


| ‘ | 
Chap.2. Of Modeffy. Sedt.s. 122 


or private in mature,thefe things are their care 
and their bufinefle. * Burif great things will 
 fatisfie our enquiry, the courfe of the Sunand 
Moon,the fpots in their faces, the Firmamene 
of Heaven,and the fuppofed Orbs, the ebbing 
and flowing of.the Sea, are work enough for 
us: orif this be nor,lec him tell me, whether 
the number of the ftars be even or odde, and 
_when they began to be fo? fince fomeages © 
have difcovered new ftars which the former 
knew not,but might have feen,if they had bin 
where now they are fixed. * If thefe be too 
troublefome,fearch lower, and tell me, why 
this turfe this year brings forth a Daifie , and 
the next year a Plantane:why the apple bears 
his feed in his hearts and wheat bears it in his 
head: let him tell,why a graft taking noorifh- 
ment from acrab-ftock fhal have a ae t more 
noble then its nurfe and parent: let him fay, 
why the beft cf oyl is at the top, the beft of 
wine in the middle, and the beft of hony at 
the bottom, otherwife then it is in fome li- 
quors that are thinner, and in fome thatare 
thicker? But thefe things are not fuch as pleafe . 
bufie bodies. They muft feed uponTragedies, . 
and ftories of misfortunes and crimes; and yet 
tell them ancient ftories of the ravifhment of 
chaft maidens,or the debauchment of nations, 
or the extream poverty of learned perfons, or 
the perfecutions of the old Saints,or the chan- 
ges of government,and fad accidents hapning 
in Royal families amongft the Arfacida, the 
Cafars, the Ptolomies, thefe were enough to - 


. feratch the itch of knowing fad ftories. But 


-  unlefs you tell them fomething fad and new, 
.  fommething that is done within the bounds of 


their own knowledge or relation, it feems te- 
wo F dious 


122 


< 


= gf -- 
Chap.2.. Of Modeffy. Se&.s3 
dious and unfatisfying 5 which fliowes plainly 
it isan evil fpiric: envie and idlenefs married 
together, and begot curiofity. Therefore P/x- 
tarch rarely well compares, curious and inqui- 
fitive ears to the execrable gates of cities,out 


_ of which onely Malefafors,and hangmen and 
tragedies paffe, nothing that ischaft or holy. . 


*If a Phyfitian fhould go from houfe to houfe 
unfentfor and enquire what woman hath 2 
Cancer in her bowels, or what man hath a fi- 
ftula in his colick gut, though he could pre- 
tend tocure it,he would be almoft as unwel- 
come asthe difeafe it felf:and therefore it 
is inhumane to enquire after crimes and dif- 
afters without pretence of amending them, 
but onely to difeover them.We are not angry 
with Searchers and Publicans when they look 
oncly on publick merchandife;but when they 
break open trunks, and pierce veflels,and un- 
tip packs, and open fealed letters. 

Curiofity is the dire& incontinency of the 


. fpiric : S. adultery ic felfin its principle is ma- 


“ny times noching but a curious inquifition af- 


ter, & envying of another mans inclofed plea- 
fures: and there have been many who refufed 
fairer objedts,that they might ravifh an inclo- 
fed woman,from her retirement & fingle pof- 
feffor. But thefe inquificions are feldom with- 
our danger, never without bafenefs; they are 


~ neither juft nor honeft, nor delightful, & very 


often ufelefs to the.curious inquirer. For men 
fiaud upon their guards againft them, as they 


 fecure their meat againft Harpyes & Cats,lay~ - 


ing all their counfels and fecrets out of their 


way 5 oras men clap their garments clofe a-_ 


ut them when the fearching & faucy winds 
would difcaver their nakednefs:as knowing 
| thae 


y 
\ 


ye | 
— Chap.2. 7 oF Modefty.  Se&.s, 123 
. that what men willingly hear,they do willing+ - 
_ ly fpeak of.Knock therfcre at the door before 
you enter upon your neighbors. privacy ; and 
remember that there is no difference berween 
entring into his houfe, and looking into ir. | 
Aéts of Modefty as it is oppofed to boldneffe. . acim 
1, Let us alwayes bear about us fuch impref- 
fions

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humble carriage :towards them and 
all your kinred be fevere in the modefties of 
chaftity : ever fearing , left the freedoms of 
naturall kindnefs fhould enlarge into any 


_neighbourhood of unhandfomeneffe. For all 
~ inceftuous mrxtures,and al circomftances and 


degrees towards it, are the higheft violations 
of medefty in the world : for therefore inceft 
is grown to be fo high.acrime, efpecially: in 
the laft periods of the world, becaufe it breaks: 
that reverence which the confent of all nati- 
ons and the feverity of humane laws hath en- 
jnyned towards our parents and neereft kin- 


he red, in imitation of that law which God gave 


to the Jewes in profecution of Modefty in - 


this inftance. ; 
6. Bea curious obferver of all thofe things Philip... 


publick honefty. For publick fame, andthe ~ 
: - F 3. fen- 


. 126 Chap.2. “Of Modefly. Se&t.$. 
fentence of prudent and publick perfons, is 
the meafure of good and evil in things indif- 
ferent: and charicy requires us to comply with 
thofe fancies and affections which are agreable 
to nature, or the analogie of vertue, or pub- 
lick laws,or old cuftoms. It is againft Modefty 
for awoman to marry a fecond husband as 


Femer:trix Jong as fhe bears a burden by the firft, or to” 


ten velo admit a fecond love while her funeral tears 
raif'm mie AE NOt wiped from her cheeks. Ic is againit 
nore publick honefty to do fome: lawful attions of 
Mit’ privacy in publick theatres, and therefore in 
fuch cafes retirement is a duty of modefty. 

7. Be grave, decentand modeft in thy 
clothing and ornament

~291 words

walking, proud, nice and ridiculous 
geftures of body, painting and lafcivious 
dreffings, all which together God reproves by 
taieh.315- the Prophet : The Lord faith,becaufe the daugh- 
ters of Sion are haughty, and walk with Sretched 


forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing . 


as they go, and make atinkling with their feet, 

_ therefore the Lord will finite her with a {cab of 
Prov.6.13. the crown of the head,and will take away the bra- 
' very of their tinkling ernaments. And this duty 

of modefty in this inftance is exprefly en- 

joyned to all Chriftian women by S. Paul, 

sfim9, That women adorn themfelves in modeft apparel 
with (oamefaftnefs and fobriety,not with broidered 

. . " batr 3 


anne. 


=m By 


Chap.2. _ Of Modefty. Se&.§. 127. 
hair, or gold or pearl, or coftly array . but (which 
becometh women profeffing godline{s.) with good 
works. — 
9. As thofe meats are to be avoided which 
tempt our fiomacks sar ond our hunger, fo al- 
fe) 


"fo fhould prudent perfons decline al fuch fpe- 


Gacles, relations, Theatres, loud noyfes and 

" out-cryes which concern us not, and are be- 
- fides. our natural or moral intereft. Our fenfes oedipum: 
fhould not like petulant and wanton Girles jie... 
wander into Markets and Theatres without ms‘ov 
~ juft imployment 5 but when they are fent a- micacs: 
broad by reafonyeturn quickly with their er- °“* 
rand, and remain modeftly at home under 
their guide, till they be fent again. 
~ Io. Letall perfons be curious in obferving 
modefty towards themfelves in the handfome 


"treating their own body, and fuch as are in 


their power,whether living or dead. Againft 
this rule they offend who expofe to others 
their own, or pry into others nakednefs be- 
yond the limits of necefliry, or where a leave 
Is not made holy by apermiffion from God, 
It is alfo faid that God was pleafed to work a 
miracle about the body. of Epiphanius,to re. 
prove the immodeft curiofity of anunconcer- —~ 
ned perfon,who pryed too neer when charita- 
ble people were compofing it to the grave.In 
all thefe cafes and particulars, alchough they . 
feem little, yet our duty and concernment is 
not little. Concerning which,I ufe the words 
of the Son of Sirach, He that defpifeth little 
ahings, {ball perifh by little and{ittle. ° 


28 Chap.2..  OfContentedneffe..  -Se&.6. 


> SECT. VI 
Of Contentednefs in all eftates and 
accidents. | 


Ertues and Difcourfes are like Friends, 
necefiary in all fortunes 5 but thofe are 

the beft

~732 words

for his 
well being, but onelyon GODand hisown | 
Spirit. We our felves make our forcunes ¢ Ser 
good or bad, and when God lets. loofe a Ty- years : 
e gi dyads Shaws wage gravity Aeift. coli Ep. 


332 Chap.2: of Convemedacfe.. Se&.6. 


rant upor us, or a ficknels, or fcorn, or a 
Jeflened forrune, if wefear to dye, or know 
not to be patient, or are proud, or cove- 
tous, then the calamity fits heavy on us. Buc 
+f we know how to manage a noble principle, 
and fear not Death fo much asa difhoneft a. 


Gion, and think impatience a worfe evil then | 


a Feaver,and Pride to be the biggeft difgrace, 
and poverty to be infinitely defirable before 
the rorments of covetoufneffe ; then we who 
now think vice to be fo eafle, and make it fo 
familiar,and think the cure fo impofiible, thal 
quickly be ef another minde,and reckon thefe 
accidents amongft things eligible. 

But no man ean be happy that hath great 
hopes and great fears of things without, and 


events depending upon other men, or vpon — 


the chances of Fortune. The rewards of Ver- 
tue are certain, and our provifions for our 
natural fupport are certain, or if we want 
meat till we dye, then we dye of that dif- 
eafe, and there are many worfe then-to dye 
with an atrophy or Confumption, or unapt and 
courfer nourifhment : But he that fuffersa 
tranfporting paffion concerning. things with- 
in the power of others, is free from forrow 
and amazement no longer then his enemy 
fhall give him leave; and it is ten to one 
but he fhall be fmitten then and there where 
# fhall moft trouble him : for fo the Adder 
teaches us where to ftrike, by her curious 
and fearfull defending of her head. The 
old Stoicks when you told them of a fad 
flory would ftill anfwer ci ess ut 5 What: 
zs that to me ? Yes for the Tyrant hath 
. fentenced you alfo to prifon. Well? what 

6 that ?'He will put acBain upen my leg, a 
i“ 


‘ 


Chap:2. Of Contentedneffe. Se&.6. 333 
he cannot binde my foul. No: bot he will kill 
you. Then Iledye. If prefently let me go 
that I may prefently be freer then himfelf:but ,,; 
if not till anon or to morrow, I will dine firft, '_. 
or fleep,or do what reafon & nature calls for, Hibrigae 
as at other times. This in Gentile Philofophy Chi be 
is the fame with the difcourfe of S. Paul, have pve fofrie 
Jearned in whatfoever State I am therewith tobe .e ta” 
content. I know both how to be abafed,and I know P20 vert 
bow to abound, every where and in all things Iam 
inftruéteds both how to be full and to be hungrys 
both to abound and fuffer need. 7 

We are in the world sike men playing at, 
Tables,the chance is nér in our power, but to 
play 1t, is} and’ when itis fallen we muft, ma- 
nage it as we can, and let nothing trouble us, 
but when we do a bafe ation, or fpeak like a 
fool,or think wickedly-thefe things God hath: 


ip4av 


"putt into our powers: but concerning thofe 


things which are wholly in the choi¢e of ano- 
lpia cannot fal] under our deliberation, 
& therefore neither are they fit for our paffi- - 
orts.My fear may make me miferable, but it 
cannot prevent what another hath in his. 
power and purpofe:and profperities ean one- 


, _. lybe enjoyed by them who fear not atall to. 


lofe them, fmce the amazement and paffion. 

concerning the furere takes off all the plea- — 

fure of the prefent poffeffion:thereforeif thou: 

haft loft thy land, do not alfo Jofe thycon- — 

ftancy:and if thou mnft die a little fooner,yet 

do not die impatiently. For no chance ts eviF 

tohim thatis content, and to-4man nothingis_ 

eniferable, unlefe it be unreafonable, No man can ©# 

‘make another men to be his flave,umles ke ees 
‘hath firft enflaved himfelf spies mde 90 jn Tare. 

. - co A 
to pleafare or pain,to hope or fear, hele: 


¥34 


Chap.2. Of Contentednefs:  — Sed.z, 
thele paffions,and youare freer then the Par- 
thian kings. | 
Inftruments or exercifes to procure contentednefs. 

Upon the firength of thefe premifes we may 
reduce this vertue to practife by its proper in. 
ftruments firft,and then by fome more f{pecial 
confiderations or arguments of content

~613 words

be flattered into pride and 
carlefleneffe .This isthe Charity of Chriftian 
Philofophy,which expounds the fence of the 


. divine providence fairly,and reconciles us to 


it by acharitable conftrudtion:and we may as 
wel refufe al Phyfick if we confider it onely as 


unpleafant in. the taft,and we may finde taule 


with the rich valleys of Thafus, becaufe the 

are circled with fharp mountains:but fo alfo 

we may be incharicy with every unpleafant 

accident, becaufe though it taft bitter, it is ine 

intended fot health and medicine. — 

if therefore thou falleft from thy imployment 
ye in 


~ 


~ - 


aera get STN 


Chap.2. Of Contentednefe. | Se&t:4. 


in publick,take fandtuary in an honeft retire- 
ment being indifferent to thy gain abroad, or 
thy fafery ac home : If thou art out of favour 
with thy Prince,fecure thy favour of the King 
of kings, and then there ts no harm come to 
thee : and when Zeno Citienfisloft al his goods 
- na ftorm he retired to the ftudies of Philofo- 
phy,to his fhore cloak, and a fevere life, and 
gave thanks to fortune for his profperous mif- 
chance. When the North-wind blows hard, 
and it rains fadly,none but fools fit down in it > 
and cry; wife people defend themfelve; a- 
gainft ic with a warm garment, or a good fire, 
and a dry roof : when a ftorm of a fad mif— 
chance beats upon our fpirits, turn it into 
fome advantage by’ obferving where it can 
ferve another end, either of religion or pru-~ 
dence,of more fafety or lefe envy: it wilturn 
into fomething that is good,if we lift to make 
ir fo: at leaft it may make us weary of the 
worlds vanity,& take off our confidence from 
uncertain riches,and make our fpirics to dwel 
in thofe regions, where content dwels effen- 
tially : ific does any good to our fouls, ic hath 
made more then fufficient recompence for al 
the temporal affliGion. He that threw a ftone 
— ara dog ghit his crnel] ftepmother,faid,that al 
though he intended it otherwife,yet the ftone 
was not quite loft: and Jf we fail in the firft 
 defigne,ifwe bring it home to another equal- 
Ty to content us, or more to profit us, then ° 
_we have putour conditions paft the pow- 
er of chance : and this was called in the 
old Greek Comedy a being reveng'd on for- 
tune by becoming Philofophers and turning the 
chanée into reafon or religion : for foa wife 


man fhal overrule his ftars,and have a greater. 
ae : influence 


i 


135 Chap.2. Of Contentednefse. Se8t.6; 


influence upon kis own content, then all the 
conftellations and planets ofthe firmament. 
: 9, Neger compare thy condition with thofe 
abgwe thee;but to fecure thy content look up: 
on thofe thoufands with whom thou woulde 
_. notfor any intereft change thy fortune,and 
condition.A fouldier muft not think himfelf 
unprofperous, if he be not fucceffeful as the 
fon of Philip, or cannot grafp a fortune as big. 
as the Roman Empire : be content that thou: 
~ art not leffened as was Pyrrbus: or if thou be- 
eft, that chou artnot routed like Craffus:and’ 
when that comes to thee, it isa great profpe- 


rity,that thou art not cag’d and made a fpeta- 


_ le like Bajazet or thy eyes were not pull’d out 
like Zedekiahs, or that thou wert not flead a- 


live like Valentinian. If thon admireft the- 


greatnes of Xerxes,lopk alfo on thofe that 
digged the mountain Atho, or whofe.ears and 
nofes were cut off,becaufe the Hellefpent car 
ried away the bridge.Ic is a fine thing (thou: 
thinkeft to be carried on mens fhoulders:but 
give God thanks that thou art not forced to» 
carry a rich fool upon thy fhoulders as thofe: 
poor men do whom thou beholdeft. There 
are butafew Kings inmankinde, but many: 
thoufands who are very miferable , if compa. 


red to thee. However it isa

~190 words

God as well as good. 
Antipate? of Tarfus ufed this art to fupport his 

forrows on his death bed, and reckoned the 

good things of his paft life, nat forgetting to. 
recount it asa bleffing, and argument thas 

God took care ofhim, that he had:a profpe- 

¥Rafpe. rousjourney from Cilicia to Athens. Or elfe 
pan deod, Blea(e thy felf* with hopes of so ipsa : for we 
veri ‘were not born with this fadnefie upon us;and 
ren Be was achan ge that brought us into it, anda 
olimfi: ert Change may bring us out again. f Herveft will 
“et YP" cose, and then every farmer is rich, at leaft for 
¥& eg moneth or two.1t may be thou art entered in. 
“m4 ~~ to the cloud which will bring a gentle fhow- 
rset er torefrefh thy forrows. ' 
| Now fuppofe thy felf in as great a fadneffe, 
asever did load thy fpirit., wouldeft thou 
not bear it cheerfully and nobly, if thou 
wert fure that withina cerrain fpace fome 
firange excellent fortune would relieve thee, 
and enrich thee,and recompence thee fo as to 
overflow all thy hopes and thy defires and 
capacities ? now then, when a fadnefle

~195 words

the 
better know how to eftimate the remaining 


parts, and to account for every degree of the - 


{ueviving bleffings. Ariftippus ina great re 


40 


whole creation, and in God himfelf: and he 


Chap. 2. Of Contentednefve. Se&.6, 
law loft a Farm, and toa Gentleman who in 
civility pitied and deplored his loffe, He an- 
fwered,I have two Farms left ftil, and that is 
more then I have loft and moe then you have 


by orie. If you miffe an office for which you 


fiood Gandidate, then befides that you are 
quitof the cares and the envy of it, you ffilt 
have all thofe excellencies which rendred 
youcapable toreceive it, and they are better 
then the beft Offise in the common-wealth. If 
your eftate be leffened; you need the leffe to 
care who governs the Province,whether he be 
rude ot gentle.I am croff'd im my journey,and 


t H{caped robbers; and I confider, that if E . - 
d bin fet upon by villanes,1 would have re- 


deem’'d that evil by this whieh § now ‘fuffer, 


and Mave-counred ita deliverance : or if I'did — 


fl into the hands of theéves,yet they did rot 
fteal my land ‘or Fam

~252 words

of a 
Man, and the beft infiruments of content: 
but when we create needs that God or Na- 
ture never made, we have erected to our 
felves an infinite ftock of trouble that can 
have no period. 

Sempronius complained of want of clothes, 
and was much troubled for anew fuit, being 
_afhamed to appear in the Theatre with his 
Gown a little thread-bare: but when he got 
it and gave his old clothes to Codrus , the 
poor man was ravifht with joy, and went and 
gave God thanks for hisnew purchafe: and 
Codrus was made richly fine and cheerfully 
warm by that which Sempronins was afhamed 
to wear; and yet their natural needs were 


: : ly was, that 
both alike, the cai ca one y Semerindus 


146 


VV acare 
culpa in 
calimicati- 
hus m Xi. 
mum fola- 
Zium. 


Chap.2. Of Contentedneffe. Se&.6. 


Sempronius had fome artificial and phantafti- 
cal neceffities fuperinduced,which Codrus had 
not ; and was harder to be relieved, 8 could 
not have joy at fo cheap a rate becaufe the 
one lived according to Nature, the other by 
pride & illcuftomes, and meafures taken by 


other mens eyes and tongues, and artificial: 
~ needs. He chat propounds to his fancy things 


greater then himfelf, or his needs, and is dif- 
content and troubled when he fails of fuch 
purchafes, ought not to accufe Providence,or 


blame his fortune but his folly. God and Na-_ 


ture made no more needs then they mean to 
fatisfie: and he that will make more muft 
look for fatisfaction where he can. 


8. Inalf troubles and fadder accidents, ler. 


us take fanctuary in religion, & by innocence 
caft out anchors for our fonls to keep them 
from fhipwrack

~1,910 words

and when all things look 
fadly round about ussthen only we fhall finde 
how excellent a fortune ic is tohave God to 
friend; and of all friendfhips that only iscre- 
ated to fupport us i our needs. For it is fin 
that turns an Agne into a Feaver, & a Feaver 
' to the Plague, fear intodefpair, anger into 
rage, and loffe into madneffe, and forrow to | 
amazement and confufion : but if either we 
were innocent, or elfe by the fadneffe are 
. made penitent, we are put to School , or in- 
.to the Theatre, either to learnSiow, or elfe 
actually to combat for a Crown; the accident 
may ferve an end of mercy, butis not a Mef- 
fenger of wrath. 
Let us not therefore be governed by exter- 

nal and prefent, and feeming things 5 nor let us 
make us the fame judgement of things, that 
common’ and weak underftandings do 3 nor . 
amake other men, and they not the wifeft, to 
be judges of our felicity, fo that we be happy 
or miferable as they pleafe to think us; but 
let reafon and experience, and religion, and 
hope relying upon the Divine promifes be 
the meafure of our judgement. No wife man Bestiudo 
did ever defcribe felicity without vertue: and fettiscon- 
no good man did ever think vertue could de- Misinat- 
pend upon the variety of a good or bad for- asimi con. 
tune. Itisno evil to be poor, but to be viti- definentt- 
ous and impatient. ue foe 

Means to obtain content by way of confederation. 

To thefe exercifes and pe inftrumen 


é 


(148 Chap.2. Of Contentednefe. - Se&.6, 
if we adde the following-confiderations con- 
cerning the nature and circumftances of hu- 
‘mane chance,we may better fecure out peace. - 
For as to children who are afraid of vain Ima-- 

es » we ufe to perfwade confidence by ma- 

ing them tq handle and look neerer fach 

things, that when in fuch a familiarity they 
perceive them innocent, they may overcome 

their fears : fo muft timorous,phantaftical, fad 

and difconrented perfons be treated 5 they 

muft be made to confider and on all fides to 

_ look upon the accident, and .to take all its 
dimenfions , ahd confider its confequences, 

and to behold the purpofe of God, and the 
common miftakes of men, and their evil fen- 

_ fences they ufually paffe upon them:For then 

we fhall perceive that like Colts aad unma- 

_ naged Horfes we ftart at dead bones and live- 
 Tefle blocks, things that are unadtive as they 

are innocent. But if we fecure our hopes and 

our fears, and make them moderate and 

within government, we may the fooner over- 

' come the evil of the accident : for nothing that 

we feelis fo bad as what we fear. 

Nonterd 1. Gonfider that the univerfal providence of 
eenuit 0 0d hath fo ordered it, that the good things © 
Assam of Nature and Fortune are divided , that we 
arems. may know how to hear our own and relieve 
Sauer @ each others wane and imperfections. It is not 
nacre: fora Man, but fora God to have all excellen- 
nitusehe Ches and all felicities. He fupports my pover- 
lis Sipe ty with his wealeh, I counfel and initrud him 
fcaie with my learning and experience. He hath 
“many friends, I many children: He hath no 
Heir,I have no inheritance; and any one great | 
bleffing together with the common portions 
of Nature and neceflity is afair formmne, if 


" 


—F “~~ et US TT Ue 


Chap.2: . Of Contentedmfs. Se&.6. 149 


be but health or firength, or the fwifttefs of 
Abimaaz, For itis an unreafonable difcontent 
to be troubled that I have not fo good Cocks, 
or Dogs, or Horfes 2s my Neighbour, being 
more troubled that I want one thing chat I 
need not, then thankful for having received 
‘all that I need. Nero had this difeafe, that he 
was not content with the forttme of the 
whole Empire, but put the Fidlers to death 
for being more fkilful in the. trade then he 
was : and Dzonyftus the elder, was foangry ac 
Philoxenus for {mging, and with Plato for di- 
fpuring better then he did, that he fold Plato. 
a Slave into Aegina, and condemned the o- 
ther tothe Quarries. Y 

_ This confideratiorris to be enlarged by ad- 
ding to ir that there are fome inftances.cf for- 
tone and ‘a fair condition that cannot fiand 
‘with fome others, but if you defire this, you 


_moft Iofe that, and unleffe you be conrent 


with one;you lofe the comfort of both. If you. 
covet Learning, moft have leifare and a 
retired life : if to be a Poftritian, yon muft go 
abroad, and get experience, astd do-all bufi- 
neffes, and keep all company» and have no 
leifure at all. If you will be rich, yon muft be 
frogal: If you will be popular, you muft be. 
bountiful : If 2Philofopher, you mnft de- 
fpife riches. The Greek that defigned tomake: 
the moft exquifite pictore that could he ima- 
gined, fancied the eye of Chione, and the hair 


of Pegnium, and Gelephe and Philenium's- 
eb 


chin, and the forehead of Debphia, and. fet all: 
thefe upon Milphidippa’s neck, and thought 
that he fhould out-do both Art and Nature.. 
But when he came to view the proporttons,. 


hee found, that what was excellent m 


: G 3. : Tar fias. 


150 Chap.2/ 


__ cy of P hilenium 5 & although fingly they were ° 


Tarfra, did not agree with the other exceHen- 


rare pieces,yet in the whole they made a moft 
ugly face. The difperfed excellencies. and 
bleflings of many men, if given to one would 


~ not make ahandfome, but a monfirous for- 


* Prandet 
Ariftoteles 
quando 
Philippo 
luber, Di- 
orenes 
quando 


tune. Ufe therefore that faculty which Nature 
hath given thee,and thy education hath made 
actual, and thy calling hath made a duty: bue 


if thou defireft to be a Saint, refufe not his 


perfecution. If thou wouldeft be famous as 
Epaminondas or Fabricius, accept alfo of their 


poverty, for that added luftre to.their per- 


fons and envy to their fortune, and their ver- 
tne without it could not have been fo excel- 


lent. - Let Eupberion fleep ‘quietly. with his 


old rich Wife: and let Medis drink on wieh 
Alexander , and remember, thou canft. not 
have the riches of the firft, unleffe. you have 
the old Wife too ;. nar :the favour which the 
fecond had with his Prince, unleffe you-bny 
it at his price *, that is, pay. thy. fobriery 


down at firft, and thy health a little after ; 


and then their condition though ir looked 


Diegaal. {plendidly, yet when. you handle it on all 


Aides, it will prick your fingers, — 


2. Confider how many excellent perfonages 


_in all Ages have fuflered as great or greater 
calamities then this w now tempts thee to 


impatience. Ags was the moft noble of the 
Greeks,&& yet his Wife bore a childe by Alc- 


~ btades: and Philip was Prince of Jturea,and yet 


. have noted that their moft eminent Scholars’ 
| | were. 


‘his Wife run away with his Brother Herod in- 


to Galilee : & certainly in a great-fortune that 
was a great calamity. But thefe are but fingle 
inftances. Almoft all the Ages of the World 


Of Contentedneft. Seft.6. 


ee ee ee ee 


Chap.2. Of Contentedneffe. Sef.5. 15F 
were moft eminently poor , fome by choice, 
_ but moft by chance, and an inevitable decree | 
of providence: And in the whole fex of wo- 
men God hath decreed the fharpeft pains of 
childebirth, to fhew that there is no ftate ex- 
empt from fgrrow, and yet that the weakeft, 
perfons have ftrengchs more then enough to 
bear the greateft evil: and & greatéft Queens 
and the Mothers of Saints and Apoftles, have 
no charter of exemption from this fad fer- 
tence. Put the Lord of men and Angels was 
alfo che King of fufferings,& if thy cours robe 
trouble thee, remember the fwadling clothes 
of Jefus : if thy bed be aneafy, yeritis not 
worfe then his Manger; and it is no fadneffe 
‘to havea thin table, if thou calleft to minde 
that the King of heaven & earth was fed with 
alittle breft milk; and yet befides this he fuf- 
fered all the forrows which we deferved. We : 
therefore. have great reafon - to fic down up- 
on onr-own hearths, and warme our felves at 
our own fires; & feed upon content at home: 
_ for ic were a ftrange ptide to expe to be 
more gently treated by the Divine provi- 
dence then the beft and wifeft men, then A- 
poftles and Saints, nay, then the fon ofthe 
Erernat God,the heir of both the worlds. 
. This Confideration may be enlarged by fur- . 
veying al the ftares and families of the world: - | 
and he * that at once faw Aigina and Megara, « sevice 
-Pyrans and Corinth lye gafping ‘in their ru- Swrits+ 
~ inesy. and almoft buried in theirown heaps 
had: reafon to blame Cicero for mourning im- 
patiently the death of oné woman. In the 
moft beauteous and fplendid fortune there 
‘are many cares and proper interruptions and 
allayessIn the fortune ofa Prince there isnot 


! 


' ¥$2 Chap. | Of Contentednefs. Se&.6: 


the courfe robe:of beggery 5 but there are ine. 


‘ e + 
#-Hic in foro “beatus ee fMite cares: and the * Judge fits 


creditut a en, UPON the Tribunal with great cere- 
Cum foribus apertis A" mony and oftentation of fortune, 


Foperat malier, jubetom- and yer at his houfe,or in his breaft 


bay f litigat, A . 
Muea adferust ili dolo- there is fomething that caufes him 


rem, nihil mihi. 


Ferre quam fortem pati. to figh deeply. Pittacus was awile . 


uaturomnes and valiant man, but his wife over- 
"+ threw the Table when he had in- 

- vited his friends: upon which the good maa 

to excufe her incivilicy and his own misfor- 


mune faid, that every man had oneevil, and — 


' he was moft happy that had but that alone: 
- And if nothing elfe happens, yet fickneffes 
2% fo often do imbitter the fortune and eqatenc 
of a family., chat a Phyfician in ¢ few yeers, 
and with the praétife upon a very few fami- 
lies gets experience enough to minifter to 
almoft all difeafes. | es oS 
And when thy little misfortune troubles 


_ thee, remember that thou haft known the 


beft of Kings, and the beft of Men put to 
death publickly by his own Subjects. 
3. There are many accidents which are 
efteemed great calamities, and yet we have. 
reafon enough to bear them well and wacon- 
cernedly 5 for they neither touch our bodies 
mor our fouls: our health and our vertue re- 
‘Mains intire, our life and our reputation. Kt 
may bel am flighted,; or I have received ill 
langoage, but my head akes not forit, nei- 
ther hath it broke my thigh, nor taken away 
my vertue, unleffe I lofe my charity ormy 
patience. Inquire therefore what you are the 
-worfe either in your foul or in your body, for 
what hath happened: for upon this very ftock 
. Many evils will difappear,fince the body and 


the 


a a ree * 


‘Chaps. - OF Corentedmffe. -- SeA.6. 15F 


the foul make up che whole man : and when 
the daughter of Stifpo proved 4.,; uses Trop! ine (olus 
wanton, he faid it was none of his ae 


fin, and therefore there was no fea - ‘bictio tuo. | 
fon it fhould be his mifery: And if F<liciaem hane fi quis 


romifit Dtun 


_ am enemy hath taken all that from a testis jure, non mela ie 


Prince whereby he wasaKing; he geimprobe eiffer. 
may refrefh himfelf by contider- ee 
ing all that is left him, whereby he is a man.. 

4. Confider that fad accidents and a ftate 
of afflifion is a School of vertue : it reduces 


our fpirits to fobernefs, and our counfels

~3,484 words

and the 


“gate of glory. 


§. Confider that afflictions are oftentimes 


_ the occafions of great temporal advantages > 


and we maft not look upon them as they fie 
down heavily. upon us, - but as they ferve 


-fome of Gods ends, and’ the purpofes of uni-- 


verfal Providence :. And whenva Prince fights- 
juftly, and yet unprofperoufly, if he could fee- 
all thofe reafons for which God hath fo onde 

red it, he would think it the moft reafonaBle- 
thing in the world, and thacit would be very 
iro haveict otherwife.. Hf a-man could have’ 


G: 5: “opened 


154 Chapy2. Of Contentedneffe. Seft.4 


opened one of the pages.of the Divine.coun- 
fel, and could have feen the event of Jofephs 
being fold tothe Merchants of Amalek, he 
might with much reafon have dried up the 
young mans.tears: and when Gods purpofes 
ate opened in the events of things,as it was in 
the cafe of Jofeph, when he fuftained his Fa. 
thers family and became Lord of Egypt, 
then we fee what ill judgement we made of 
things, and that we were paffionate as chil- 
dren, and tranfported with fenfe & miftaken 
mtereft. The.cafe of Themiftocles was almoft 
like that of Jofeph, for being banifhed into 
Epgypt,.he.alfo grew in favour.wich the King, 
and told his wife, He had been undone, unlefs he 
had been undone.For God efteems it one of his 
glories tharhe brings good out of. evil,and 
therefore it were but reafon we fhould truft 
God to govern his own world as he pleafes : 
and that we fhould patiently wait till the 
change cometh,or the reafon be difcovered. 
And this confideration is alfo of great ufe 
_tothem who envy at the profperity cf the 
. wicked, & the fuccefs of Perfecutors , aud the 
baits of fifhes,. and the bread of dogs. God 
fails not to fow bleffings in the long furrows 
which the plowers plow upon the back of the 
Church: and this fuccefs which troubles us 
_ Will bea great.glory.to God, & a great bene- 
fit ro his Saints and fervants, and a great ruin 
to the Perfecurors, who fhial have but the for- 
tune of Theramenes one of the thirry Tyrants 
of Athens,who fcaped when his houfe fe] up- 
on him, &-was fhortly after put to death with 
torments by his Collegues in the Tyranny. 
Vo which alfo may be added that the greae 
@vils which happen to the beft and w;feft men 
are. 


hh le 


Chap.2. § OfContentednefs.. Se&.4.. ¥8$° 
are one.of the great arguments, upon the: 

: big ok of which we can exped felicity to 

our fouls, and the jeyes of another world. 
And.certainly they are then very tolerable: 
and eligible, when with fo great advantages. 

- they minifter to the faith and hope of a Chri-- 

ftian. But if we confider what unfpeakable: 

. tortures are provided for the wicked to all’ 
eternity, we fhould not be troubled to fee: 
them profperous here, but rather wonder’ 
that their portion in this life is not bigger,and: 
that ever they fhould be fick,or croffed, or af-- 
fronted, or troubled with the contradi€ion 8: 
difeafe of their own vices , fince if they were: 
fortunate beyond their own ambition it could: 
not make them recompence for one hours! © 
torment in Hell,which yet they fhall have for- 
their eternall portion. 

After all thefe confiderations deriving from: 
fence and experience,grace and reafon, there. 
are two remediesftill remaining,and they are 
Neceffity and Time. : , 

6. For itis but reafonable to bear that acs. 
cident patiently which God fends , fince im... 
patience does but intangle us like the flutter-- 
ing of abirdin a net, but cannotar all cafe: - 
our trouble, or prevent the accident : it muft Nemo rev. 
be run through, and therefore it were better juotie- 
we compofe our felves to a patient; then-to ai “* 

,  ttopbled and miferable fuffering. ; 
». . 9, Buchowever, if you will not otherwife 
be cured,. time at: laft will doit alone 5 and: 
then confider, do you: mean to mourn: 
alwayes, or but: for a time ? If alwayes; you are: 
miferable and foolifh. If for a time; then why- 
. will yow not apply thofe reafons-to your: 
| grief: acfirft, with which you will‘ cure a 
| 3 | t 


286 Chap.2, OF Contentednefe. Sef. 6. 


laft : or if you will noe cure it with reafon,fee 
~ how lictle of a man there isin. you,that you 
fuffer time to do more with you then reafon 
— of religion : you fuffer your felves ta be cured 
juli as a beaft,or a treeis 5 let it alone and the 
thing will heal it felf 5 bur this is neither ho- 
nourable to thy perfon,. nor of reputation to- 
thy religion. However be content to bear thy 
calamity, becaufe thou art fure in 2 little time 
it will fit dewn gentle and eafie: For toa 
neortal man no evil is isamortal : And kere let 
the worft thing happen that can, ic will end 
in death, and we eommonly-think thar to be 
heer enough. | : | 
&. Lafily, of chofe things which are recko- 
- ned ainongft evils, fome are berter then their 
_ @ontraries 5 and toa good man the very: worft 
is tolerable. . 


’ Poverty or a lom Fortune. 


¥. Poverty is Letrer then riches 5 and a 
mean fortune to be chofen before a great 
an¢ fplendid one. It is indeed defpifed, and 
‘makes men contemptible: it expofes aman 
to the infolence of evil perfons, and leaves 
_ aman defencelefle : ic is alwayes fulpect-— 
ad :: its ftories are accounted lies, and all 
its counfells follies :. it puts a man from | 
all imployment: it makes a mays difcour-. 
fes tedious, and his fociety troublefome. 
Fhis is the worft of ic-: and yee all this 
and far worfe then this the Apoftles fafte- 
' fed for being Chriftians; and €hriftianity 

it fel& may bee efteemed an affliction as 
well as poverty , if this be-all char cam be 
fuid ‘agatnft it, for the Apofttes aad the moft 
@minent Ghrifligns wete really poor » and 
e-4 were. 


Chap.2. Of Contentedneffe. S$e&.6. ©1567 

were ufed contemptaoufly : and yet,that pn- 

verty is defpifed may be an argument to 

commend it, ifit be defpifed by none but... pu. 
perfons vitious & ignorant. However certain ia alto er. 

it is that a great fortune is a great vanity,and ¥6/0°F 

riches is nothing but danger, trouble, and _ 

- temptation ; like a garment that is too leng, 

and bears a train;noc fo ufeful ro ene, but it is 


| _ troublefome to rwo5to him thar bears the one 


part upon his fhoulders,and,to him that bears. 

the other pare in his-hands: but poverty is. 

the fifter of a good minde, the parent of fo- 

ber counfels and the nurfe of al] verte. 
_- Fen, what.is it that you admire im the for- 

tune of a great King ¢ Is ic thathee al- 
wayes goes in a great cOmpany ? You 

may throft your felf into the fame crond , 

er go often to Church » and then you: 

have as great a company ashe hath 5. and 

that may upas as good greund pleafe you 

as. hima, thar is, joftly peicher: for fo m- 
pertinent and ufeleffe pomp, and the other. 
circumftasces of his difiance, are not made 

for him, but for his Subje&s, that they 
may learn to feparate him from common 
wages, and be taught to be governed. But _ ; 
- #¥ you look upon them as fine things insiiton, 
thenifelves 5 you may quickly alrer your sonitads 
opinion when you fhall confder that they 
cannot cure the toothach, nor make one 
wife, or fill the belly, or give one nights 
fleep, (though they help to break many } 
nor fatisfying-any appetite of Nature,or Rea— 
fon,or Religion : but they ase ftates of great 

neffe which onely makes it pofitble. for a 
Man to be made extreamly- miferable. And 
it. waS.long agoe obferved by the Greeke 


 Trag: dians, 


FF 


188 Chap.2, Of Contertednefie.  Se&.6, 


Tragedians,and'from them by Ar= 


“adele SD wees Bae riamus, faying, That all our ‘Trage- 


yediay CUT M's ¢ dies are of Kings and Princes, and* 


Ck Oo fur “Tich and ambitious perfonages,bur 


cantero eR0 86°08 “you never fee.a poor man have a: 
yeltlaeuret ‘part, unleffe it be asa Chorus, or 


Paty evedtnn ‘potum “to fill up: the Scenes, to dance or 
or ectus ac : ‘ ; 3S, ' 
oe - “tobe derided : but the Kings and: 
Dil-e hiud nimismsEn the great Generals 5 Firft (fayes 
Tamsl.inTriged- he) they begin with joy stam cu- 
ware crown the honfes : but about the third’ 

. Sor fourth A&, thy cry out, O Citheron why 

¢ didft thou fpare my life toreferve me for 


¢ chis more fad calamity ?’And: this is really 


true in the greataccidents of the World: for 


. agreac eftate hath great crofies,and a meair 
fortune hath butfmall ones. It may be the 
pect mans loffes a Cow(for if his childe dyes: 

eis quit of his biggeft care) but fuch an ac- 
cident in arich and {plendid Family doubles 
upor-the fpirits of the parents: Or it may be. 
the poor man js troubled to pay his rent,and’ 
that’s his biggeft trouble : but itisa bigger: 
care to fecure agreat fortune ina troubled e- 
ftate, or with equal preatneffe,or with the cir-- 
cumftances of honour , and the niceneffe of 


reputation to defend a Law-fuit: and that 


which will fecure acommon mans whole e- 
ftate, is not enough todefend a great mans 
honoer. . . 
ates And therefore it was not without myftery: 
Templo Obfery'd among the Ancients, that they who 
Nondum | made gods of gold and -filver,of hope & fear,. 
Jas nummo- Peace and forrune;Garlick and Onions, Beafts: 
mus aras and Serpents, and aquartan Ague, yet never 
Pee deified money:meaning,that however wealtis 
-cs-" was.admired by common or. abufed under- 
; : andings:: 


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chap.:2. Of Contentednefse. Se&.6. 159 
_ Randings; yet from riches, that is, from that 
proportion of good things which is beyond 

the neceffities of Nature, no moment could 

be added toa mans real content or happines. 

Corn from Sardinia, herds of Calabrian cattel, 
nieadows through which pleafantLiris glides, poaroa: 
filkes from Tyrusy and golden. Chalices to 13-li.1. 
drown my healch in, are nothing but inftru- _ 
ments of vanicy or fin, and fuppofé adifeafe _ 

in the foul of him that longs for them, or - 
‘admires them: And this I * have otherwhere | 
reprefented more largely 5 to which I -here ei 
adde, that riches have very great dangers to. Covcte 
their foules , not onely whe covet them; burto ° 
all that have them. For if a great perfonage_ 
undertakes an ation paffionately, and-upon 

great intereft,lec him manage it indifcreetly, 

let the whole defigne be unjufi, let it be 

acted with allthe malice and impotency in 


"the World 5 he fhall have enough, to flat- 


ser him but not enough to reprove him; he 


‘had need. be a bold'man that fhall tel! his Pa- 


tron, he is going to Hell: 5 and’ that Prince — 
had need be a good man that fhall futier fuch: - 
a Monitor: And though it bea itrange kinde 
of civility,and an evil durifulneffe in Friends 
and Relatives to fuffer him to periflwith- 
out reproof or medicine-, rather then 
to feem onmannerly to a great finner, yet 
it is none of theis-leaft infelicities that their 
wealth and greatneffe fhall put them into: 
finne,and-yet put them paft reproof. I need’ 
not tnftance in the habicuall intemperance 
of rich Tables, nor the. evil accidents’ and: 
efie&ts. of fulneffe 5 pride and loft ,.wan- - 
tonnefle and foftnefie of difpofition, huge: 
. talking and an imperious.fpirits defpite of. 
. . Religion,, 


= 


360 Chap.2. . Of Contentednefe.  - Sekt.6.: 


Religion and contempt of poor petfons: At — 


the beft,it is a great temptation for a man to have 
in bis. power whatfoever be can have inbis fen{ual 
defrres; and therefore riches is a bleffing like 


2 Jams, 6,7, 


to a prefenc made of a whole Vintage toa | 
Man ina: Heick Feaver 5 he will be much: . 


tempted to drink of ic , and if he does he is 
inflam’d and may chance to die with the 
kind neffe. . | 


' Now befides what hath been already noteds. 


in the ftate of poverty there is nothing to be 
accounted for, but the fear of wanting necef= 


- faries, of which if a man could be fecured, | 


thar he might live free from care, all the o- 
ther parts of it might be reckoned amongft 
the advantages of wifé and fober perfons, 


rather then objections againft that ftate of. 


fortune. . . 


_ But concerning this I confider, that there: 
muft needs be great fecurity to. all Chrifti- — 


ans, fince CHRIST notonely made ex- 
preffe promifes that we fhould have foffici- 
ene for this life ; but alfo took great pains 
. and ufed many arguments to. create confi- 


' : dence in us : andfach they were which by ~ 
their own ftrength were fufficient, thonglt — 


_ you abate the authority of the Speaker. The 
Sonne of GOD told us, his Farher takes 
. €are of us: He that knew all his Fathers 
counfels and his whole kindneffe towards 


mankinde , told us fo. How great is that’ 
_ truth, how certain, how nece > which: 
CHRIST himfelf proved by arguments. The- 


excellent words: and moft comfortable fen- 
tences which are our Bills of Exchange,. up- 
on the ctedit of which we lay our cares down: 


and receive provifions for our need, are thefe- 
is “Take ‘ 


Chap.2. Of Contentednefs. _ Se&.6. 162 
‘Take no thought for your life what ye fhall eat 
‘or what ye {ball drink, nor yet for your body vix.6.25. 
_ ‘what ye shall put on. Is not the life more then 
 “medt, and the body then raiment? Bebeld the 
._ § forols of the atr, for they fow not, neither do they 
. “Sreap,nor gather tnto bernes.yet your heavenly Fae 
“ ther feedeth them. Are ye not much better then 
* they? which of you by taking thought canadde one. 
“ cubit to his flature? And why take you thoughe for 
“raiment 2 confider the Lillies.of the field, how 
* they grow : They toil not, neither do they (pin,and 
© yet I fay unto you, that even Solomon in all bis 
* glory, was not arayed Like one of thefe. Therefere 
* 2f God fo cloth the grafs of she field which to day 
* 15, and to morrove is caft into. the oven, fball be 
“notmuch more clothe you, O ye of little faith > - 
* Therefore take ne thought, faying, what (hall we 
¢ eat, er what fhall we drink, er wherwithal foal 
“we be clorbed ? (for after all thefe things do the 
“ Géntiles feck 5_) For your Father knowin 
“eth sharye have need of all thele things. But: 
‘ feeke ye firft the kingdom of God,and his rightes 
“oufnefs, and all thefe things fhall be added un- 
‘to. you Fake therefore no thought for the mor- 
“vow :. for the morrow (hall take thought for the — 
“shings of it felf : fuffictent to the day is the e~ 
* wal thereof. The fame difcourfe is repeated 
by S. Luke: and accordingly our duty 18 Ur= puke 12 22 
ged and our confidence abetted by the Difcie tothe13 
ples of our Lord in diverfe places of holy ; timsiz 
Scripture. SoS, Paul,Be careful for nothing,but 
in every thing by prayer and fupplication with 
anksgiving, ket your requeft be made known unte 
God: And again,Charge them phat are rich in this 
world that they bee not Bigh minded, nor truft 
in uncertain riches , but in the hung GOD, 
who giveth us richly all things to enjey : oe 
mia 2 = ye 


p62 


\ 

Chap.2. Of Contente dneffe. Se& 6, 
and yetagain, Let your converfation be without 
covetoufneffe, and be content with fuch things as 
ye have; for be bath faid, I will never leave 
thee nor forfake thee: Se that we may boldly fay, 
the Lord ts my helper. And all this is by S. Pe- 
ter f{aummed up in our duty, thus : Cag all your 
careupon him for be careth for you: Which 
words he feems to have borrowed out of the 
$$ Pfalm, verfe 23. where David faith rhe 
fame thing almoft in the fame words; To 
which | onely adde the obfervation made by 
him, and the argument of experience ; I hexe 
been young and now am old and yet faw I never the 
righteous forfaken,nor his feed begging their bread, 
And now after all this, afearleffe confidence 
in God, and concerning a provifion of necef- 


” faries is fo reafonable, that itis become a du- 


ty 3 and heis {carce a Ghriftian whofe faith is 
fo little,as to be jealous in God and fufpitious 
concerning meat and clothes: that man hath 
nothing in him of the noblenefs or confidence 
ef charity. — 

~ Does not God provide for all the birds and 
tbéafts and fifhes? Do not the fparrows fly from 


_* their bufh,& every mornmg finde meat where 


‘they laid it not? Do not the young ravens call 
* to God and he feeds.them?and were it reafo= 


nable that the fons of the family fhould-fear 
the Father would give meat to the chickens 
and the fervants, his fheep and his dogs, but 
give none to them? He were a very ill Father 
that fhould do fo:or he were a very foolith fon 


_ that fhonld think fo of a good Father. * But 


hefides the .reafonablenefs uf this faich and 
this hope; we have infinite experience oft. 


_ How innocent, how carelefle, how fecure 


is infancy ? and yet how certainly mivided 
or! 


Chap.2. Of Contentednefre. | Se&. 6. 


for ! we have lived at Gods charges all the 
dayes of our life,and have(as the Italian pro-~ 


verb fayes fet down to meat at the found ofa — 


Dell ; and hitherto he hath not failed us : we 
have no reafonto fufped& him for the furure 5 
we do not ufe to ferve men fo 3 and leaft time 
of tryal creates great confidences in us to- 
wards them who for twenty yeers together 
never broke their word with us:andGod hath 
fo ordered ic thaca man fhall have had the 
experience of many years provifion,before he 
fhall underftand how, to doubt, that he may 


be provided for an anfwer againft the temp- 


tation fhall come, and the mercics felt in his 


child-hood, may make him fearleffe when he- 


is a man. * Addeto this that God hath given 

us his holy Spirit; he hath promifed heaven 

to us ; he hath given vs his Son; and we are 

taught from Scriprure to make this inference 

from hence How jbauld not be with him give us. 

all. things elfe? PS 
_ - The Charge of many Children. « 4 


-. We have atitle tobe provided for aswe 
are Gods.creatures: another title as we are his © 


Children: another becaufe God hath promi- 
fed : and every of our children hath the fame 


title; and therefore it ts a huge folly and in--’ 


. fidelity to be troubled and ful of care becaufe 
we have many children. Every childe we 
- have to feed is anew revenue, a new title to 
Gods care and providence 5 fo that many 
children area great wealth: and if it be faid 
they are chargeable,” it is nomore then all 
wealth and great revenues are. For what dif- 
ference is it;Titia keeps ten ploughs, Cornelia 
hath ten childrenzhe hath land enough to im- 
ploy, and to feed all his hindess flie pice 


\ 


16$ 


~ 


and promifes,and the provifions arid the truth 
of dod to: maintam all her children. His 
hindes and horfes eat up all his com, and her 
children are fufficiently maintained with het 
little . They-bring in and eat up; and fhem- 
‘deed eats up, but they alfo bring in from the 
fiore houfes of heaven, and the granaries of 
God : and my children are not fo much mine 


. asthey are Gods: he feeds them in the womb 
_ by wayes fecret and infenfible 3 and would 


fot work a perpetual miracle to bring them 


forth,and then to ftarve them. 


(+ Wiolent necefsittes.: 
But fomemen are highly tempted, ard aré 
Bronghe to a firaie,chat without a miracle they 
eanmot be relreved, what fhall they do ? ft 
may be their pride or vanity hath brought 
the neceffity upon them, and it isnot a need 
of Gods making and fit be nor, they muft 
cHre is themfelves by leflening their defiresy 
and moderating their appetites 5 and yee 
if it be itnocent thongh unneceffary , God 
does ufualty relieve fach necefsities 5 attd he 


does not onely upon our prayers grant us moe 

,, then Be promifed of ccaperal things:bue alfo 

_” he gives many times more then we afk. This 
+8 no objet for our faith, bur ground enough 
- fora teniporaland prudent hope - and if we 


fail in the particular,God will turn it to 2 bige 
ger mercy, if we fubmit to his difpenfation, 
and adore him in the denyal. But if ir bea 


‘matter of necefsity, let nor any man by w 


of impatience cry outsthat God wil not wor

~3,994 words

duty 
when he received the blefling. Poverty there- 


fore is in fome fences eligible and tobe pre- 
ferred before riches, but in all fences it 1s vee 
ry tolerable. bs 


Death of Children or neereft Relatives and 


= Friends. 


' There are fome perfons who have beenn 
ted for excellent in their lives and paffions, 
tarely innocent , and yet hugely penitent 
for indifcretions, and harmleffe infirmities, 
fuch as was Paulina one of the ghoftly chil- 
‘dren of S, Hierom, and yet whien any of her 


~ thildren dyed.fhe was -arrefted witha forrow 
_ fo great as brought her to the margent of her 


grave. And the more tender our fpiritsare 
miade by Religion,the more eafy we are to let 
in griefe,if the caufe be innocent, and be but 
‘Inany fence twifted-with piety and due af- 
fections, * To cure which we: may confider 
thatall the world muft die,and therfore to be 
impatient at the death ofa perfon,concernin 
whom it was certain and known that he mu 
die, is to mourn becaufe thy friend or childe 
was not born an Angel, and when thow’haft 
awhile made thy felf miferable by anim- 
‘portunate and wleleffe grief, it may. be fone 
. ~ alt 


ee 


) 


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ONT Le ee en ae re 


Chap.2. Of Contentednefs. | Se&.6. 1.67: 


{halt die thy felf, and leave others to their 
choice whether they will mourn for thee cf. 
no:but by that time it wil appear how imper- 
tinent that grief was which ferved no end of 
life, and ended in thy own funeral. Bur what 

eat matter isit, if fparks fly upward, or a‘ 

one falls intoa pit,if that which was com...” 
 buftible be burned, or that which was liquid 
be meleed,or that which is mortal do die ? It. 
' js nomore thena man does every day;for e- 
very night death hath gotten poffefsion cf 
that day, and we fhall never live thatday o- 


"yer again;and when the laft day iscome there _ 


 areno more dayes left for us to die. And what 
is fleeping and waking, but living and dying? 
. what is Spring and Aurumne, youth‘and old 
e, Morning and evening, but real images’ 
of life and death,and really the fame tomany 
_ confiderable effeétsand changes? 


Untimely death. 


_ Butitis net meer dying thatis pretended 
_ by fome as the cavfe of their impatient 
* mourning; bue that the childe dyed young, 
_ before he knew good and evilshis right hand 
~ fromhis lefe, and fo loft all his portion of ° 
* this world, and they know not- of what ex- 
' ¢ellency his portion in the next fhall be. * If 
: he dyed young,he loft but little,for he under- 
* ftood but little, and had not capacities of 
* great pleafures, or great cares: but yet he dy- 
' ‘ed innocent,and before the fweétneffe of his 
“fowl was deflour’d and ravifhed from him by 
“ the flames and follies ofa forward age: he 
went out.from the dining-rooms before he 
had fallen into errour by the intemperance 
of his meat or the deluge of drink: sa : 


\ ~ 


368 Chap.2. Of Contentednefs. 


hath obtain’d.this -favoor of God, that his 
foul hath fuffered a lefle imprifonment, and 
her load was fooner taken off that he might 
with leffer delayes go and: converfe with im- 


mortal {pirits : and the babe is taken.into Pa- © 


tadife before he knows good and eviJ, (Fer 
that knowledg threw our great Father. out) 
avd this ignorance returns the childe thither. 
* But ( as concerning thy own particular) 
_femove thy thoughts backto thofe dayesin 
which thy childe was not born, and you are 
now but as then you was, and there. isno 
difference but that you had a fon born, and 
if youreckon that for evil, you are. unthank- 
ful for the blefsing ; 1f it be good, it Is better 


‘that you had the blefsing for a while then 


notatall,and yet if he had never been bom 
this forrow had not been at all: but be no 
more difpleafed at God for giving you the 
blefsing for a while, then you would have 


been ifhe had not given icat all 5 and reck- 


on that intervening blefsing for a gain, but 
account itnot an evil; and if ir bea goods 
turn it not into forrow and fadneffe. * But 
if we have greatreafon to complain of the 
calamities and evils of our life, then we have 
the leffe reafon to grieve that thofe whom 
we loved, have fo {mall a portion of evil a 
figned.to them. And it is no fmall advantages 
~ that our children dying young receive : fof 
their condition of ablefled immortality 5 
rendred to them fecure by being fnatcht 
from the dangers ofan evil choice, and cat 
ried to their little cells of felicity, where 
they can weep no more. ‘And this the wifelt 
of the Gentiles underftood wel,when thy fot 
bad any offerings or libations to be mae 


Se& 6; | 


St SOS SET WR OT 


Chap.2, OF Convetednef. - Se&.6. 


dead. Infants, as was ufual for their other 


dead 5. as believing they were entredintoa — 
_ fecure poffeffion, to which. they went with 


no other condition, bur that they paffed into 
it through the way of mortalicy , and for a 


- few moneths. wore.an uneafie garment. And 


let weeping parents fay, if they donot think 


_ that the evils their little babes have fuftered 


are fuffictent. If they be, why are they trou- 
bled that they were taken from thofe many: 
and. greater, whieh in fucceeding yeers are 
great enough to try all the reafon and religi- 
on which Art and Nature, and the grace of 
God hath produced in us, to enable us for 
fuch fad contentions, And poffibly we may: 
doubt concerning men and women, but we 
cannot fufpect that to Infants death can be 
fuch an-evil, but that it brings to them much 
more good, then it takes them from in this 


life. 
: Death unfeafonable. 3 
, But others can well bear the death of In- 
fants: but when they have fpent fome yeers of 
childechood or youth,and are entred into arts, 
and fociety, when they are hopefuland pro- 


‘vided for, when the parents are to reap the 


comfort of all their fears and cares, thenit 
breaks the fpiric tolofe them. This is true in 
many 5 but. this is not love tothe dead, but 


to themfelves : for they miffe what they had 


flactered themfelves into ot sche 8 opinion : 
and if ic were kindnefs to t 
confider, that fince we hope he is gone to 


God and toreft, itis an ill expreffion of our | 


Jove to them, that we weep for their good: 
fortune.For that life is not beft which is long. 


eft : and when they are- defcended into the 


H grave; 


e dead, they may. | 


169 


170 
. Savenis re. 
Jinguitvi- 
tam juem 
Di dilt- 


gun. 
Meaand. 


— 


Chap.2. Of Contentedneffe. Sek.6. 


grave; it fhall not be enquired how long they 
have lived, but how well. And yet this 


ing upon opinion, .For if men did naturally, 
live but twenty yeers, then we fhould be fa- 


tisfied if they died about fixteen,or eighteen, - 


and yet eighteen yeers now are as long as 
eighteen yeers would be then 5 and if aman 


were bat of a dayes life,it is wel if he laftstill. 


even-fong, & then fayes his compline an hour 
before the time : and we are pleafed and call 


not that death immature ifhe lives till feven- 
ty:and yet this age is as fhort-of the old peri- — 
ods, before and fince the flood,as this youths 


age (for whom. ye mourn) is of the prefent 
fulnefe. Suppofe therefore a decree paffed 
upon this perfon (as there have been many 
upon all: mankinde) and God hath fer hima 
fhorter periods and then we may as well beat 
the immature death of the young man, as the 
death of the oldeft men: for they alfoare 
immature and unfeafonable in refped of the 
old periods of many generations.-* And why. 
are we troubled that he had arts and fciences 
before he died? or are we troubled that he 
does not live to make ufe of them? the firft 


is caufe of joy, for they are excellentin oF- 


der to certain ends: And the fecond cannot 
be caufe of forrow, becaufe he hath'no need 


| to ufe them as the cafe now ftands , being 


provided for with the provifions of an Angel, 
and the manner of Eternity. However, te 
fons and the parents, friends and relatives 
are in the world, like hours and minutes to 4 


day. The hour comes and-imuft paffes and 


fome ftay but minates, and they alfo palles 


- and fhall never requrn again, But letit be 


confidered, 


ort. 
ning of their dayes is an evil wholly depend-. 


a a? ee 


Chap. 2. of Contentednefs. - Seh.6. rrr - 


confidered, that from the time in whicha 
man is conceived, from that time forward 
to Eternity he fhall never ceafe to be: and 
Jet him dye young or old, ftill he hath an im- 
mortal foul, and hath laid down his body 
onely for a time, as that which was the in- 
ftrument of his troubleand forrow, and the 
fcene of fickneffes and difeafe. But heisina 
more noble manner of being » after death, 
then he'can be here : and the childe may 
with more reafon be allowed to cry for lea- 
ving his mothers womb for this world, then a 
man. can for changing this world for another. . 


Sudden deaths or violent. 


Ochers are yet troubled at the manner of 
their childes or friends death. He was drown- 
ed, or loft his head , or died of the plague, 
and this is a new fpring of forrow: but noman 
can give a fenfible account, how it fhall be 
worfe for a childe to dye with drowning in 
half anhour, then to endurea Feaver of one 
and twenty dayes. And if my friend loft his 
head, fo he did not lofe his conftancy,and his 
religion, he dyed with huge advantage. 


Being childeleffe. 


- But by this means Lam left without an Herr: 
Well, fuppofe that : Thowhaft no Heir, and I 
have no inheritance ; & there are many Kings 
and Emperours that have died childelefs:ma- 
ny Royal lines are extinguifhed: And Axgu- 
us Cafar was forced to adopt his wives fon — 
to inherit al the Roman greatnefs. And there 
are many wife perfons thatnever married 5 8 
“ge reade no where that any _ the aan | 
‘ = 2. ‘ 


aes ke 


“G72 Chip.2. Of Contentedneff. Se. 
the Apoftles did furvive their Fathers:and all 
that inherlt any thing of Chrifts Kingdom 


come to it by adoption,nor by natural inheri- _ 


tance: and to dye without an natural heir is 


no intolerable evil , fince it was fanctified in 


the perfon of Jefus who died a Virgin, . 
Evil or unfortunate children. 


And by this means we are freed from the 

greater forrows of having a Fool, a Swine, or 

a Goat, torule after us in our familes: and 
yet even this condition admits of comfort. 
Kpciosey Kor all the wilde Americans are fuppofed to 


yfier x¢- he the fons of Dodonaim 5 and the fons of Fa- 


w 


a 2) * cob are now the moft fcattered and defpifed 
_ of eaxi- people in the whole World. The fon of So- 
Papeoree eee was but a filly weak man; and the fon 
Epitl. ‘of Hezekiah was wicked : and all the Fools 
and barbarous people, all the Thieves and 
Pirates, all the flaves and miferable men 
and women of the World are the fonsand 
daughters of Nogh 5 and we muft not look to 
be exempted from that portion of forrow 
which God gave to Noah, and Adam, to Abra- 
wi & ham, to I(aacand to Faceb : \ pra God fend 
<pxelTa us into the lot of Abraham. But if any thing 
a uea- happens worle to us, it is enough for us that we 
Sei. boar it evenly. . 2 2 
ere __ Ourowndeath, 
cum per. . And how if you were todie your felf ? you 
venerisne ‘know you muft, Onely be ready for it, by the 
Pytug. preparations ofa good life; and chen it is the 
greateft good that ever hapned.to.thee : elfe 
there is nothing tharcan comfort you. Buti 


you have ferved-God in ahely life, fend away 


the women aud the weepers, tell chem itis 45 


auch intemperance to weep-too much, asto, | 
' 7 laugh 


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ag 


Chap.2. Of Contentedneffe. Se&t.6, 173 - 
‘Yaugh too much : and when thou art alone, or 
with fitting company, dye as thou fhouldeft 5 
but do not dye impatiently and like a Fox 
catcht in a trap. For if you fear death, you 
fhall never the more avoid it, but you make 
it miferable. Fannias that kild himéelf for 
fear of death, dyed as certainly, as Portia that 
eat butning coals, or Cate that cathisown _ 
throat. To dye is neceflary and natural, and ¢ yefacz 
it may be honourable: but to dye poorly, yo 7. . 
and bafely, and finfully, that alone is it, that yo» go° 
can make a man unfortunate. No man can govpdy 
be aflave, but he that fears pain, or fears to geef, - 
die. To fuch a man nothing but chance and 
peaceable times can fecure his duty, and he 
Mepends upon things withour, for his felici- . 

ty 5 and fois well but during the pleafure of 

his enemy, or a Thief, or a Tyrant, or it may: 

be, of a Dog, or a wilde Boll. . 


BDOBISLASAS ISS ELLE 
Prayers for the feveral Gra- 
> | ges and parts of Chriftian 

- Sobriety. 


A Prayer againft Senfrality. | 
Eternal Father, thou char firceft in Hea-_ 
Ore invefted with Effential Glories and: 
Divine Perfettions, fill my fou! with 2 acch 
a fence of the excellencies of fprritual & Nea- 


venly things, that my a ae ca lee 


#174 Ad.Chap.2, Prayers for feveral graces 9 - 
ed from the pleafures of the world, and the 
Falfe allurements of fin, I may with great.feve- 
rity and the prudence ofa holy difcipline and 
ftrict defires, with clear refolutionsand afree | 
fpirit have my converfation in Heavenand 
heavenly imployments; thatheing inaffe€i._' 

ors asin my condition Pilgrint andaftrans 
ger here; I may coverafter and labour for ' 
an abiding city, and at laff may enterinto | 
and for ever dwellin the Celeftial Jerifalem 
which is the mother of us all, through Jefus 
Chrift our Lord. Amen. . 


For Temperance. |. c 


Almighty God and gracious Father of 
Men, and Angels, ‘wHo .openeft thy | 
hand and filleft all things with plenty, and 
haft provided for thy fervant fufficient to.fa- 
tisfie all my needs: teach me to ufe thy crea- | 
tures foberly and temperately, thar I may | 
“not with loads of meat or drink make the. | 
temptations of my énémy to prevailipon me, - 
or my fpirjt unape for the performance of my 
duty, or my. body healthleffe, or my affeéti- 
ons fenfual and mholy. O my God, never, 
foffer thatthe bleffings which thon giveft me 
may either minifter to-fin of ficknefs , but to 
- . healeh and holinefs, and thankfgiving, that. 
in the ftrength of thy provifions [may cheer- 
. fully, and adtively, and diligently ferve thee: | 
that I may worthily feaft at thy Table here, 
-¢,, and be accounted worthy through thy grace 
to be admitted to thy Table hereafter at the 
Eternal Supper of the Lamb to fing an Alle- | 
lnjah to God the Father, the Sen, and the 
Holy Ghoft for ever andever. Anien,. 
a5 i 5 4, Uae Fer 


 Ad.Chap.2. Prayers for feveral graces, 
For Chaftity: to be faid efpecially by unmarried 


, perfons. 
| Lmighty God,our moft holy.and eternal 
A Father, who art of pure eyes, and canft 


behold no uncleannefs 5 let thy graciousand _ 


holy Spirit defcend upon thy fervant, and re- 
prove the fpiric of Fornication and Unclean- 
neffe, and caft him out, that my body may be 
a holy Temple,and my foul a fanctuary to en- 
tertain the Prince of purities,the holy & erer- 
nal Spirit of God. O let no.impure thoughts 
‘pollute that foul which God hath fandified 5 
no unclean words pollute that tongue which 
God hath commanded to be an Organ of his 
- praifes 5 no unholy and unchafte action rend 
‘the vail of that Temple where the holy Jefus 
hath been pleafed to enter, and hathchofen 
for his habitation: bur feal up all my fenfes 
from allail vain objects, and let ther be en- 
tirely poffeffed with Religion , and fortified 
with prudence, watchfalnefs, and mortifica- 
_tion: that I poffeffing my veffel in holinefs, 
may lay it down witha holy hope,and receive 
it again in a joyful Refurrection through Je- 
' fus Chrift our Lord: Amen. . | 


“A Prayer for the lave of God,to be faid by Virgins 


- and Widews profefsed or refolved fo to live 
and may be uled by any one. 


Holy and pureft Jefus who welt pleafed | 
‘to efpoufe every holy foul and joyn It to: 


thee with aholy union, & myfterious inftru- 


_ ments of religious fociery and Communicati-. 
“ons, O fillmy foul withreligion and defires,. 
_ holy as the thoughts of Cherubim, paflionate 


“ peyond thelove of women, thac.Lmay: love: 
H.4 ce 


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_ 3976 Ad. Chap.2. Prayers for feveral Graces; 

thee as much as ever any creature loved thee, 
even with all-my foul, and all my-faculsies, - 
and all the degrees.of every faculty 5 lee-me 
know no loves bucrhofe-of dry and chasity, 
obedience and devotions that may forever 
_ runafter thee whoart the King of Vingpasand 
with whom whole iy le are in love, and 
for whofe fake Queens have died 5 & at whofe 
feet Kings with joy have laid their Crowns 
-and Scepters: My foul is thine O deaneft fela; 
thowart my Lord,and haft bound ap my eyes 
and heart from all ftranger aflectioms5pive me 
for my dowry purity and humiliry , modefty 
and devotionghariry and parience,and at bit 
‘bring me into the Bride-chamber vo partake 
ofthe feliciries and to tye im the bofom of 
the Bridegroom to eternal ages, O holy and 

fweereft Saviour Jefus. Amer, - ... > 


A Prayer w be aid by married perfons inbebalf of 
—— themfelves and eachother. 


() Eternal and gracioms Father who haft 
X_J confecrated the holy eftave of-marria 
to become myfterious, and toreprefent t 
union of Chrift and his Charch , lec ety holy 
Spirit fo guide me im the domg the duties 4f 
this ftare, that it may not become a fin-anto 
me ; nor that liberty which thou haft hallow- 
ed by peer Jefus, become an occafion of 
_ licentioufhefle by my own weakneffe and 
 fenfurality : and do thou forgive all thofe ir- 
 Fegularities &:t00 fenfual applications which 
~ may have in any: degree "Titcompofed nly 
~ {pirit and. the feverity. of a Chriftian. Let nie 
40 all accidents and ciccumftances be fevere 
.m my duty towards thee, affeGionate and 
dear to my Wife (or Husband }.a guide _ 
: se : good 


SS sey el ME ae eee Ee 


Ad.Chap.2. Prayers fer feveral Graces, 


good example to my family, and in all qui- 


étneffe, fobriety, prudence and peace, a fol- 


ewer of thofe holy pairs who have ferved 


thee with godlineffe and a good ‘teftimony : 


and the bleflings of the eternal God, bleffings 
‘of che right hand, and of the left be npon the 
‘body and foul of thy fervane my Wife[ or: 


Husband } and abide upon her [or him } till 


the end of a holy and happy life; and grant’ 


that both of us may live together for ever in: 
the embraces of the holy and eternal Jefus,. 


our Lord and Saviour. Amen, 


A Prayer for the Grace of 


, OC Holy and moft gacions Mafter and Sas 
oO 


viour Jefus, who by thy example and: 
By thy precept, by the practife of a whole: 
life and frequent difcourfes didft command 
us to be meek and humble in imitation of thy- 


incomparable fweetnefle and great humility > 
- be pleafed to give me the grace as thou haft 


given me the commandment: enable me to: 


do whatfoever thou commandeft , and com- 
mand whiatfoever thou pleafeft: O- mortifie: 


in me.all proud thoughts, and vain opinions - 
of my felf: fet me return to thee the acknow- 

ledgement and the fruits of all thofe good’ 
things thou haft given me, that by confefling: 
Yam wholly in debt to thee for them, I may’ 
not boaft my felf for what I have received, - 


and for what I am highly accountable: and for - 


what is my own, teach me to be afhamed and’ 
Humbled, it being nothing bur fin and mife- 


TY»: weaknefle and Boessnaete Lert are 


3 


177 


{ 378 Ad:Chap.2. Prayers for feveral graces 
before my brechren in nothing but in ftri- 
ving to do them honour and thee glorys ne- 
“wer to feek my own praife 5 never to delight 
in ic when it is offered; that defpifing my 
felf I may be accepted by thee in the ho- 
nours with which thou fhale crown thy. hum- 
. ble and defpifed fervants for Jefus his fake 
in the kingdom of eternal glory,- Amen. 
Adds of Humility.and modesfy by way of prayer 
’ - and meditation: oe 


: I. | | 
Lord I know that my fpirie is lighe and 
thorny, my body. is bruitifh and expofed to 
ficknefs ; I amconftant to folly, and-incen. 
fiant in holy purpofes: My labours are vain 
and fruitlefie ; my fortune full of change and 
trouble, feldome pleafing, never. perfect :- My 
wifdom is folly; being ignorant even of the 
_ parts and. paffiens of my own body: and what 
amI, OLord, before.thee, but a miferable 
perfon, hugely in debt, notable to pay ? 
aes 


Lord’ Tam nothing, and T havenothing of 
my felf, I am ‘leffe then the leaft ofall thy 
_ Mercies. 


“ 3- 

What was | before my birth? Firht nothing 
and then uncleannefs. What during my child- 
hood? weakinefs and folly. What in my youth? 
folly full and paffion, Inft-and wildeneffe, 

| What in my whole life? agreat finner, ade. 
_  €eived and an abufed perfon. Lord pity me, - 
for itis thy gocdnefs that Iam kept from con- 
fiufion and amazement, when I confider the 
mifery and fhame of my perfon, and the de- 
Hlemenrs of my narure,. | oat 
| 4: Lord 


Ad,Chap.2. Prayers for feverabGracer:; - 


__ Lord what am I, and Logd what art thou 2 
‘What is man that thou ate mindefyl of him,. 
‘& the Son of Man that thou fu regardeft him? 


.. ow can Man he juftified with.God? or how 
can he be clean that is born of a Woman 2 
Behold even.to the Moon and it fhineth not, 


yea, the Stars are not pure in his fight. How: 


B72 | 


much leffe Man that isa Worm, and the fon: . - 


_ of Manwhichisa Worm? Fob 25. | 


A Prayer, for a contented {pirit, andthe grave’ 
of moderation and patience... | 


© Almighty God,Father and Lord ofall the 

* Creatures» who haft difpofed all things 
and all chances fo as may beft glorifie thy 
wifdom,and ferve the ends of thy juftice, aad 
magnifie thy mercy, by fecret and andifcern- 
able wayes bringing good out of evil ; I moft 
humbly befeech thee to give mewifdom from: 
above, that I may. adore thee and admire: 
thy wayes, and footfteps,. which are in the: 
great Deep, and not to be fearched out > 
teach me to fubmit to thy providence inal: 


things, to be content in. all changes of pere | 


fon and condition 5 to be temperate in pro- 


fperity, and to reade my duty in the lines. 


- . OF thy mercy; and in adverfity.to be meek,. 


patient and refign’d, and to look through: 


the cloud, that I may wait for the confolati_. 


on of the Lord,. and the day of redemption 3, 
in the mean time doing my duty. with an un- 
wearied diligence, and an undifturbed. re-. 
folution, having no fondneffe for the vani- 
ties or poffeffions of this World, but lay 


Ing up my hopes in Heaven 2nd the ised 


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when his needs require it. 
And thus God gave neceffities to men, that 
all men migtic need 3 and feveral abilt- 
ties to feverall perfons, that each Man might 
lielp. to fupply the publick needs, and 


_ by: joyning to fillup all wants, they ey 


gion enjoyned in all irs parts by - 


ture. [ Whatfoever ye would that 
' _men fbould do to you,even fo do to 
them. | This is the meafure of cormminicattue 


| 
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« Chap:3. Of Christian Faftice 287 
be knit together by juftice,as the parts ofthe + 
‘world are by nature :.and be bath made us all 

obnoxious to injuries, and made every little 
thing ftrong enough to dous hurt by fome in. 
ftrument er other;and‘hath given us all a fuf- 
ficient ftock of {elf love, and defire of felf. 
prefervation, ro be as the chain to tye toge- 
ther all the parts of fociety,.and to reftrain us 
‘from doing violence, left we be violently 
‘dealt wichal our felves, | . 
The other part of juftice is commonly cale gom13. 7 

‘Ted diftributive,and is commanded ba this rules

~436 words

Law, and 
_ undervalues the Authority.For humane Laws 
differ from divine Laws principally in a = 
: : 1 ’ | . ; }. T phe 


* 


tqav “- firft they are to be in the erder of obedience. 


wend. ofthe Laws, and feeknot to reverfe their 


we may appeal where the Law permits. us,yet 
we muft fit down and reft in the judgement 
of the Supreme : and if we be wronged, let us _ 


Being obeyed , but becaufe fhe is dif leafed, 


Chap. Of Obedience. 
1. That the pofitive commantts of « man may be 
broken upon fmaller , and more reafons then 
the pofitive commands of God : we may upona 
finaller-reafon omit to keep any of the fafting 
dayes of the Chorch, then omit:to give alms 


to the poor: onely this, the reafon muft bear | 


tght according to the gravity and concern- 
mee of the Law; a Law ina ical Matter may 
be emicted for a fmal teafon,im 4 great matrer 
not without a greater reafon.Anid 2. The nega- 
tive precepts of men may ceafe alt infiru_ 
ments, bylcontrary cuftoms, by publick dift 
retifh, by long omMion = but she negative pre. 
cepts of God never can ceafe, but when they 
are exprefiely abrogated by the fame Autho- 
fity. But what chofe reafons are that can dif- 
as fe with the command of a man,aman may 

hts own Jud ge,and fometimes take his pro« 
Porcions from his own reafon and necefficy, 
fomtimes from publick fame, and the prafile 
of pions and fevere perfons,and from popular 

ftoms, tn which a man fhall walk-moft fafee 
by when he does not walk alone,bat a {pirien, 
allman takesfim by thehend. 

‘9. We muft not be too forward m oe 
ting difpenfactons : nor ufe them any | yr 
then the reafon continues for which we firft 
procured them: for to be difpenfed withal is 
an argument of natural mfirmity, if itbe ne. 
eeffary;but if it be nor, it fignifies an indifct- 
plined and unmortified fpiric. 
~ 10. We mrft not be too bufie in examiming: 

the prudence and unréafonablenefle of hu- 


‘Mane Laws: for alrhough we are not bound | 


to believe them all to be the wifeft, yer if by 
enquiring into the lawfalneffe ofthem, or by. 
‘any other inftrament we finde them to me 


Sef 1. 183 


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that wifdom with which fome- others are or- 
dainedy yet we muft never make ufe of it to 
difparage the perfon of the Law-giver, or to 
countenance any mans difobedience, much 


leffe our own: 


Chap.3: - Of Obedience. - | Sef.xs 


11, Pay that reverence to the perfon of thy 2 


prince, of his minifters, of thy Parents and 
{piritual Guides,which by the cuftoms ofthe 
place thou liveft in are ufually paid to fuch 


perfons in their feveral degrees: thatis, that - 
the higheft reverence be paid to the higheft 
perfon,and fo ftill in proportion:and that this. 


reverence be exprefied in all the circumftan- 
Cesand manners of the city and nation. 
_ 12. Lift not up thy hand againft

~1,665 words

being accountable to all our Supe- 

riours, and {0 are they. to = : they are a= 

bove us, and God is a em... 

__ Remedies againft difobedience: and means te 
endear our obedience, by way of 
., _-  confideration, 

1. Confider that all authoriry defeends from 
God,& our Superiours bear the image of the 
Divine Power, which God imprints on them 
as Onan image of clay, ora coin upona leffe 
perfect mettle, which who fo defaces, fhall 
not be anfwerable for the loffe of fpoil of the 
materials , but . the affacing -the Kings I- 
mage, and in the fame mealure will God re- 
quire itac our hands,ifwe difpife his authorie 3 
ty upon whomfoever he hath imprinted ite 
He that defpifeth you, defpifeth mee And Daw a 
than and. Abiram were {aid to be gathered ee 


| WBS cps. OF Obedient. «Beh. 


ther againft the Lerd.'And this was §. Pault 
argument for ot obedience|_The powers that 
be, are ordained of God. | ; 
2.. There is very great peace and immunity 
from fin im refigning our wills up to the com- 
mand of orhers:for provided that our dury to 
God be fecured,thetr commands are warrents 
to us in all things elfe and the cafe of tonfci- 
ence “is determined, if the comniand be evi* 
dent and prefimg: and itis cerrain,the action 
thar is but indifferent, and without rewards! 


done onely spon our own choice, is an act of 


_ 


dary and of religion, and rewardable by the 


grace and favout of God, *f done ini obedrente 
to the conrmand of our Superiours:For finte 
naturally we defire what is forbidden us, and 
fornetimes there isno other evil in the things 
at that itis forbidden ca re hathm grace 
enjoyned and proportionably accepts ob die 
énve as peed eats oppofed to the. for: 
mierly irregularity, and it is acceptable ab 
though there be no other good in the ing. 
that is commanded us, but that it fs com- 
manded. — so 8 
Fs By obedience we are made a fociet¥ 
4nd a republick,and diftinguifhed from herds | 
of Beafts, and heaps of Flyes, who do what, 
they lift,and areincapable of Laws, and 0- 


hey none, dnd therefore are killed and de- 


ftroyed, though never punifhed,and they n¢- 
ver canhaveareward. ae 
4. By obedience we are rendred capable 


, Of all the bleffings of government , fignified 


Bom.t.3¢ by Saint Fan! in thefe words He is the Mint-- 


fier of Godt thee for good, jand by S.Peterin 


ePaoas. thefe[ Governours ave fent by him for the pee. 


nifoment of evil doers, andor the praife luni 
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Chap.3. Of Obedience: Se&.x. 189! 


that do well. | Aud he that ever felt, or faw, or 
can underftand the miferies of confufion in 
poe affaires , or AmaZement ina heap of 

ad, cumultuous, and indefinit theughts, may: 
from thence judge of thé admirable effets of 
otder, and the beauty of Goy ne. Whar 
health is to the body, and peaceis to the Spi- 
rit, chat is Government to the focieties of 
‘ Men, the gercateft bleffg which they can re- 
ceive in that temporal capacity. 

5. Noman fhall ever be fic to govern others 
that knows not firft how toobey. For ifthe 
fpirit of a Subje& be rebellious,ina Prince it 
will be tyrannical and intolerable, and of fo 
ill example, thar as ic will encourage the dié. 
obedience of others, foicwill render it un- 


- . geafonable for him to exact of others, what ia 


the like cafe he refufed to pay. 

6. There is.no fin in the World which God 

hath punifht with fo great fevericy and high 
deteftation as this of difobedience. Fer the 
crime Of Idolatry God fent the Sword a- 
mongft his people, but it was néver heard 
that the Earth opened and fwallowed up a» 
ny buc Rebels againft their Prince. 
9 Obediente is better then the particular 
> ations of Religion, and he-ferves God bet- 
. ter thatfollows his Prince in lawful fervices, | 
then he that refufes his. command upan pre- 
tence he muft go fay his prayers. But Rebelli- 
nis compard to that fin which of all fins — 
feems the moft unnatural and damned impt. 
‘ety. Rebellion as isthe fin of Witthcraft. : 

8. Obedience is a complicated act of vertue 
and many. graces are exercifed in oneact af 
obedience ft is an a& of Hmilicy, of mortifp- 
cation and Self-denial, of charity to.God, of 


‘W” § gf90 Chap.3. «OF Obedience. “Sehr. 
fi care of the publicky, ‘of order and: charityto | 
our felves and all our fociety., andagreatin- 
fiance of avidtory over the moft refractory 
and unruly paffions. =" 7 
- 9, Tobea Subject isa greater temporal fe- 
Jiciry then to be a King : for all eminent Go- 
vernments according ‘to their height havea 
preat apes ea infini te a lit. 
me ty ew gg tle reft, * innumerable fears, 
Sera ieee ben bee ood all that he enjoyes a- 
“2. nao T San Teper 8 pore another is , ee is 
base uiuans. Hom. 11.8. pager aed the things of the 
8 : World with other circum- 
fianceés, and a bigger noife 5 and if others f0 
at his fingle command, it is alfo certain he 
muft fuffer inconvenience at the needs and ¢ 
difturbances of all his people: and the evilsof © 
one man, and of one family are not.enough 
for him to bear, unlefs alfo he be almoft 
crufh’d with the evils of mankinde. Hethere-  « 
fore is an ingrateful perfon that will prefs the ; 
fcales down with a voluntary Icad,and by di 
obedience put morethorns into the Crown 
or Mitre of his Superiour. Much better is the 
advice of S. Pani, Obey them that have the rule ° 
over yousas they that mmft give an account for your 
fouls, that they may deit with joy and not wit 
gtief : for: Cbefides that it is unpleafant 0" 
them ) it-is unprofitable for yous 
10. The Angels are miniftring fpirits and, 
perpetually execute the. will and commane- 
ment of God: and all the wife men and all the 
-good:men of.the world are obedient to thest 
Governours :and theetemal. Son of God ¢- 
fieemed it his Meat and drink to. de the ¥ 
of his Father, andifor hisobedience alont 
obtained the greateft glory : and no mane 
ve 


Chap.3. Of Obedience. Se&.r, 39x 
ver came to perfection but by obedience: 
and thonfands of Saints have chofen fuch in- 
fictions and manners of living, in which’ 
they might not choofe their ewn work, nor 
‘followtheir own will, nor pleafe themfelves, 
_ but be accountable to others, and fubje& to 
difcipline, and obedient to command, as 
knowing this to be the highway of the Crofs, _ 
the way that the King of fufferings and humi- 
A did choofe,and fo became the King of 
J. | 
13. No man ever perifhed who followed 
~ fick the will of God, and then the will of his 
_Saperiours: but choufands have been damned 
_ meerly for following their own will, and rely- 
ing upon their own judgements,and choofing 
ir own work,and doing their own fancies : 
orifwe begin with our felves, whatfoever 
ems good in our eyes, is moft commonly 
_ difpleafing in the eyes of God. | . 
_ +12, The fin of Rebellion,though it be a fpi-: 
_ ftual.fm and imitable by Devils, yet itis of 
_ that diforder, unreaforiablenefs and impoffi-. . 
__ bility ammongft intelligent fpirics,that they ne- 
Yer murmured or mutined in their lower ftati- 
_ Ons againft their Saperiours. Nay, the good 
: Angels of an inferiour Order durft not revile 
a Devil ofa higher Order. This confideration 
which I reckon to be moft preffing in the dif- 
. ourfes of reafon and obliging next tothe ne- 
_ @fliry. of aDivine precept, we learn from | 
S.Jude [ Likewife alfo thefe filthy dreamers de{pife Jucet.s: | 
doninion and [peak.evil ef dignities : And yet Mi- 
chael the Archangel when contending with the 
Devil he difputed about the body. of Mofes dur 
tot bring againft him a railing acoufation: |<: 
~ Bur becaufe our: Superiouss mie by oad 


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Chap. 3. Of Obedience.’ Sex. 
example, ‘by thew word or law, and by. the 


“rod, therefore in. proportion there are feve- 
ral degrees and parts_of ohedience , of fe-. 


. weral excellencies and degrees. towards per 


fetion, 
| | Degrees of Obedience. - 
"as Thefirht is the obedience of the outward 


work: and thisis all chac Humane Lawes of 
themfelves regard : for becaufe Man cannot | 


- Judge the heart, therefore it prefcribesno- - 
thing to it: the publickend is ferved not by | 


goodwifhes, but by real and aétual perfor. 
muances ; and if a Man obéyes againft his will 
he is not punifhable by the Laws. —- 

2. The obedience of the will, and.this isalfo 


- yweceffary in our obedience to Humane Laws, | 


not becaufe man requires it for himfelf , but 
becaufe God commands it towards Man 3and._ 
of ic (alchough Man cannot,yet) God willde- . 
mand account. Forwe are to. doit asto the 
Lord-and not te men 5.and therefore we-mult do 
ic willingly. But by. thismeans our obedi- 
ence in private is fecur’d againft fecret arts 
and: fubterfuges ;.and when we can avoid the | 
punifhment, yet we fhall not decline our du» 
ty, butferve Man for Gods fake, that is, chee — 
fully, promptty, vigeroufly, for thefe are the pro 
per pares of willingnefsand choice. 
- 3. TheunderSanding muft yeeld obedience ™ 


-- _ general, though not in the particular inftances 


that is,we mutt be firmly perfwaded of the ex 
cellency of the obedience, though we be not — 
bound in all-cafes rothink the parcicular Law 
tobe moft prudenr. Bur inthis, ourrules 
plain eriogh. Ourunderitanding ought sh 


_Chap.3. The dutyof Superiours. Se&.1, 193 
Inquifitive wherher the civil conftitution a- Fa 
gtee with our duty to God; bur we are bound | 
to inquire no farther 5 And therefore beyond 

_ this,although he, who having no obligation + 
| toit (as Counfellours have) inquires notat 
' allinto the wifdom or reafonablenefs of the 
Law, be not alwayes the wifeft Man, yet he is 
ever the beft Subje@. For when he hath gi- 
ven up his underftanding’ to'his Prince and 
Prelate, provided shat his duty to God be fe- 
cuted by a precedent fearch, hath alfo with 

_ the beft, and with all the inftruments in the 

World fecured his obedience to Man. 


Sea, 2. 


_ OF Provifton , or that part of Fuftice 
| Which is due from Superiours to 
Inferiours. 


S God hath imprinted his authority in 

feveral parts. upon feveral eftares

~602 words

love of the people , which there- 
fore they muft with all arts of fweetnefle, 
remiffion, popularity » nobleneffe and fin- 


' cerity. endeavour to fecure to them- 


felves. ; 

6. Princes moft not multiply publick 
Oathes without great, eminent , and vio- 
ler neceffity, left the fecurity of the King 
beconte a {nare to the people , and they be- 
come falfe when they fee themfelves fufpe- 
ted, or impatient when they are violently 
held faft: bucthe greater and more ufeful 
caution is upon aa then upon perions ; 

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Chap.3. The duty of Superiours.  Se@.22 
and if fecurity of Kings ean be obtained o- 


therwife, it is better that Oathes fhould be 
the laft refage, aad when nothing elfe can be 


fufficient 


“L-avaritia 


-7, Let not the people be tempted with 


- argaments to. difobey , by the impofitien of 
" great and unneceffary taxes : for that loft to 


the fon of Solomon the dominion of the ten 
Tribes of Iftael. ° ; | 
8. Princes muft in a fpecial manner be 
Guardians of Pupils and Widows » not fuf- 
fering their perfons to be oppreffed, or their 
ftates imbecilled, or in any fenfe be expofed 
to therapine of covetous perfons,but be pro- 
vided for by juft laws, and provident Judges, 
and good Guardians,ever having an ear ready 


open co their juft complaints, and a heart full 
of pty, and, one hand to fupport them, and 


_ Of trials be appointed, fees moderated, and 


he other ro avenge them. . 


9. Princes muft provide that the Laws may 
~ be fo.adminiftred, that they be truly and re-. 
ally an-eafe to the people, not an inftrue. 


ment of vexation :and therefore muft be 
careful.chat the fhorteft. and moft equal ways 


‘intricacies and windings as. much cut offas 


- Chico. 
pra ilr a-3 
ittrato 
Arches -he 
venda |... 
giuititia. 


may be» left injured perfons be forced to 
perifh under the oppreflion., or under the 
Law, inthe injury or in the fuir. Laws are 
like Princes, the beft and moft beloved, who 
are moft eafie of acceffe. 


_ 10. Places of judicature ought at no hand 


to be fold by pious Princes:, who remember 
themfelves. to be Kattiers-of. the people. For 
they that, buy the Office. will fell the a, and 
they that at any rate will be judges, will not 
‘@tan cafic rate dojuftice; and their slat 

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-Chap.3- The duty of Superiours. Se&.2. 


leffe punifhable , when bribery opened the 
‘door by which they entred. . 


11. Ancient priviledges,favours, cuftomes,. 


and Ads of graceindulged by former Kings- 
to their people,muft not without high reafon 


and great neceflities be revoked by their fuc- 


ceffours 5 nog forfeitures be exacted violerit- 
ly, nor penal Laws urged rigoroufly, nor in- 
light cafes, nor Laws be maltiplied without 
great need» nor vitious perfons which are 
publickly and defervedly hated , be kept in- 
defiance of popular defires, nor any thing 
that may unneceffarily make the yoke heavie, 
and the affection light, that may increafe 
murmiares 5 and feflen charity; alwayes re-- 
membring, that the intereft of the Prince and: 
the Peopleis fo isifolded in a mutual imbrace,. 


that they cannot be uncwifted without pulling 


a limb off, or diffolving the bands and con- 
junétion of the whole yee 

| 12. All Princes muft efteem themfelves as 
much bound by their word,by their proce 
by their promifes,as the meaneft of their Sut-- 
jets are by the reftraint and penalty of Laws: 
- and althongh they are fuperiour to the peo- 


ple, yet they are not fuperiour to their own: 
voluntary concefsions, and ingagements,. — 
their promifes and Oathes, when once they: 


are paffed fromthem. 
The Duty of Superiours as they ave Iudges. 


1, Princes in judgement, and their Dele- 
gate Judges muft judge the caufes of all per-. 
fons

~203 words

mighty, or the bribe of 3 rich, ot theneces: | 


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! a 498 Chap.3. | The duty of Superiours. Seo. 
of the poor. For alchough the poor muft 


fare no worfe for his poverty, yet in ju- 
ftice he muft fare no betrer for it: And al- 
thongh the rich muft be no more regarded, 
yet he muft not be leffe. And to this pur- 
pofe the Tutor of Cyrus inftrué&ed him, when 
ina controverfie where a great Boy would 
have taken a large coat from a little Boy, 
becaufe his own was too little for him, and 


.the others was too bigs he adjadged the 


. great coat to the great Boy : his Tutor an- 


¢ 


{wered, Sir, If you were made a Judge of de- 


cency or fitneffe, you had judged well in gi- 
ving the biggeft to the biggeft: but when you: 
were appointed Judge, not whom the coat 


did fit, but whofe ic was, you fhould have 


confidered the title, and the pofieffion, who 
_did the violence, and who made ir, or who 
bought it? And fo it muft be in judgements 


between the rich and the poor: it is not to be 
confidered what the poor Man needs, buec 
what is his own

~208 words

in bargains you are to a-. 


void not only what is falfe,but tliat alfo which 


decewvess a ; 
3, In prices of bargaining concerming uu- 
certain Merchandizes you may buy as cheap 


ofdinarily as you can, and fell as dear: as you: 


can, fo it be 1.without violence, and’2. when 
you contract on equal terms, with perfons in 
all fenfes ( as to the matter and. fkill of bar- 
gaining) equal to your felf, that is,Merchants 
with Merchants,wife men with wife men,rich 
with rich: and 3. when there is no deceit,and. 
no neceflity , and no Monopoly : for jn thefe 
cafes viz. when the Contractors are equal, 
-and no advantage on either fide, both parties 
are voluntary, and therefore there can be no 
injuftice or wrong ‘to either. Bucthen adde 
-alfo this confideration, that the publick bee 
not oppreffed by unreafonable and unjuft 
rates: for which the following rules are the 
beftmeafure. on 
4; Let your prices be-according to that 
meafure of good and evil which is eftablifhed 


in the fame and common accounts of the wi- 


feft and moft merciful Men fkill'd in that ma- 
nufacture or commodity 5 and the gain fu 


_ which without fcandal is allowed to perfons 


in all the fame circumftances, — | 

- §. Letno prices be heightned by the ne 

ceflity or unfkilfulneffe of the contractor 5 for . 

the firft is direct uncharitableneffe to the per 

fon, and injuftice in the thing ( becaufe the 
7 a Mans. 


Chap.3. Of Civil Coxtragts, Se&.3. 
Mans neceffiry could not naturally enter into 
the confideration of the value of the commo- 
' . dity

~206 words

he can gain lawfully this yeer, pofsibly 
next yeat will be cempted to gain fomething 
unlawfully. | | 
* 7, He that fels dearer by reafon he fels nor 
for ready money, muft increafe his price no 
higher then to make himfelf recompence for 
the loffe which according to the Rules of 
trade he fuftained by his foi bearance,accorde 
ing co common computation,reckoning in al- 
fo the hazard, which he is prudently,warily, 
and charirably to eftimate: But alchough thi 
be the meafure of his juftice, yet becaufe it 
happens either to their friends, or to necefsi- 
tous & poor perfons, they are in thefe cafes. 
to confider the rulesof friendfhip and neigh+ 
bour-hood, and the obligations of charity, 
left juftice turn into unmercifulneffe.  ~ 

8. No Man isto be raifed in his price or Metcontis” 
rents in regard of ariy accident, advantage OF fai Vie 
dif.dvantage of his perfon. A Prince mult be Parca, 
wed con{cionably as wel as a common ae 


207 


208 Chap.3., Of CivilContralls: = Sect.3 


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and a Beggar be treated jofily as well asa 
Prince ; with this onely difference, that to 
poor perfons the atmoft meafare and extent: 
_ Of juftice is unmerciful,which to arich perfon: 
‘iSinnocent, becanfe it isjoft, and he needs: 
not thy mercy and remiffion. 
9. Letnomanfor

~243 words

nothing make you break your promife, unlefs 
it be unlawful or impoffible, that is either oat 
of your natural, or out of your civil power, 
your felf being under the power of anotherjor- 
that it be intolerably inconvenient to your 
felf,8¢ of no*advantage to anothersor that you — 
have. leaveexpreffed,or reafonably prefumed. . 


crim + fecl nee fi febricitavero: (ubelt n. tacita exceptio, fi bebo 

‘ x 3 i 55 « cy - 1 orero fi de “ 
= ass ene bs st eo Mite ‘ cnm exigitur, qui fae cue peomiteetem La 
a f it hi alt.juid intepyeneri i. ibi {2 praeita 
idem famLigc.gg. de Bence stvencrit novi--Eadem mihi omni p 


12, Let: 


Chap3. Of GivillContrafls. —_ Se&.3.. 209 
12.Let no Man take wages or fees fora 
work that he cannot do,or cannot with pro- 
- _bability undercake, ot in fome fenfe profita- ? 
: _bly,and with eafe,or with advantage manage: | 
' Phyficians muft nor meddle with defperace 
difeafes, and known to be incurable, with- 
ont declaring their fenfe before hand; that 
if the patient pleafe he may entertain him at | 
entare, or to do him fome little eafe. Ad- 
vocates muft deal plainly with their Clients,  - | 
and tell them the true ftate and danger of | 
: their cafe 3 and muft not pretend confidence 
: Manevil canfe : but when he hath fo cleared | 
+ His own innacence s if the Client will have 
: COollgteraland Jegal advancages obtained by 
» hisindufiry, he may engage his endeavour, 
* provided he do xg injury to the right caufe, 
~ STany Mans perfon. ee 
- (13. Let noman apprepriate to -his own os 
/ le whar God by a fpecial mescy , or the pears vot _ 
» Republick hath madecoamon; for that is increm, | 
both agajnft Juflice and Charity too: and"? 
Ly miraculous accidents God hath declared 
Is difpleafure againft fuch inclofures

~170 words

the waters which 
‘were lately {prung and were very healthful, 
‘inftantly the waters dryed up, and the hope 
-Ofgainperifhed atc, 4 | 
_ The fumme of all is in thefe words of 
1 Theft4.c. Saint Paul[ Let no man go beyond and defrand 
Levitt9-13. bis brother in any matter 5 becaufe the Lord is 
Mar. 10.19. the avenger of al fuch | and our bleffed Savi- 
our inthe enumerating the. duties of juftice, 
befides the Commandment of [ Do not freal 

addes [ Defraud not | forbidding (as a diftm 

‘explication ofthe old Law) the tacité and 
fecret theft of abufing our Brotherin Civil 
Contracts. And it needs no other arguments 


to enforce this caution, but onely, that the - 
Lord hath undertaken to avenge allfuch - 
- perfons: And ashe alwayes does itin the - 


preat day of recompences :fovery often he 
‘does it here, by making the unclean portion 
of inujftice to be as a Cankerworm eating: up 
~~ all the other increafe : jt procures beggery, 
- anda declining eftate, or a caytive, curfed 
“fpirit, an ill ee of the injured and 
opprefied perfon, and a Fool or a Prodigal to 
be his Hetr. _ 


- Se, 


Chap.3: . Of ReWitution. Seg: 


SECT. lv. - 
Of Reftitution. 


R Eftitution is that part of Juftice to which 
aman isobliged by a precedent contra& 


ora

~369 words

to pay for all the loffe,becanfe it did all ae o. 
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a) 


: 


914. Chap.3. Of Reftitution. Se&t.4. 
from his ownillintention. It is like murder _ . 
| gavolunta- committed by a drunken pay involuntary, 
siumortum sy fome of the effect, but voluntary in the other 
rio cenfernr parts of ttand i all the caufe,and therefore the 
Bio.” guilty perfon isanfwerable for all of it, And. | 
when Ariarathes the Cappadocian King. 
had but in wantonneffe ftop’d the mouth _. 
of the river Melanus, although he intended _ 
no evil, yet Euphrates being {well'd by that 
means,and bearing away fome of the firand 
Strabo Of Cappadociadid great fpoil to the Phrygi- 
ans and Galatians, and therefore by the Ro- 
man Senate was condemned in three hundred 
talents towards reparation of the damage. . 
Much rather therefore when the leffer partof 
the evil was dire€ly intended. - 
4. He that hinders a charitable perfon from 
giving almes to a poor man is tyed to reftitu- 
tion, if he hindred him by fraud .or violence. 
ecaufe it was aright which the poorman 
_, had when the good man had defigned and re- 
folved its and the fraud or violence hinders 
the effe& but not the purpofe, and therefore +. 
| he who ufed the deceite or the force isinju- 
Twonx— rious, and diddamagé tothe poor man. Buc. 
ad sdi0 if the alms were hindered onely by intreatys 
{fos the hinderer isnot tyed to reftitution, be- 
- easxphe caufe intreaty took not liberry away from 
pandia the giver, but left him ftill mafter of his own 
yxtuSse act, and he had power toalter his purpole, 
gin __ and fo long there was no injuftice done. The 
faine is the cafe of a Teftator givinga legacy 
either by ‘kindeneffe, or by promife an 
‘common right. He that hinders the charita- 
ble Legacy by fraud or violence, or the due 
Legacy by intreaty, is equally obliged to 
reftitution, The reafon of the latter part pe 
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as. 


Ghap. 3. Of Seftitution. . 
this cafe is, becaufe he that intreats or per- 
fwades toafinisas guilty ashe thar actsic: 
and if without his perfwafion the fin and the 


injury would not be acted,he is in his kinde’ 


the intire caufe, and therefore obliged to re- 
pair the injury as much as the perfon that 
does the wrong immediately. 

5. He that refufes

~295 words

without 
a bribe, is bound toreftore that money; be- 
caufe he took icin his Neighbours wrong,and 
not asa falary for his labour,-orareward of 
his wifdom(for his ftipend hath paid all that, 
or) he hath obliged himfelf. to do it by his 


:“. voluntary undertaking. 


6. He that takes any thing from his Neigh- 
bour which was juftly forfeited ,but yet takes 


it not asa Minifter of juftice,but to fatisfie his 


own revenge or avarice,is tyed to repentance 
but not to reftirution. For my Neighbour is 
not the worfe for my act, for thither the Law. 
& his own demerits bore him,but becaufe I 


took the forfeiture indirectly Lam anfwerable 


to God, for my unhandfome,unjuft, or uncha- 
ritable circumftances. Thus Philip of Macedon 
was reproved by Ariftides for deftroying the 


' Phocenfes 5 becaufe alchough they deferved it, 
"yet he did it not in profecation of the law of 


Nations, but to enlarge his own dominions, 

7. The heir of an oblig'd perfon is not bound 
to make reftitution, if the obligation paffed 
onely by a perfonal a@ : but if it paffed from 


his perfon to his eftate, then the eftate paffes — 
with all ics burden. If the Father by perfwae . 


ding his neighbor to do injuftice be bound to 


. reftore,thea@tion is extinguifhed by the death 


of the Father; becaufe itwas onely ‘the Fa- 


thers — 


Seet.4. 215 ? 


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Chap.3. Of Reftitation. Seerg 


thers fin that-bound: him, which cannot di-. 
rectly binde the fan; therefore thefon is free: 
And this is Joinall perfonal. ations, unleffe 
where the civil Law inverpofes and alvers the 
cafe. of a 
“ Thefe rules’ concern the perfons that are obliged 
to make reftitmrion: the other circumftances 
of it, are thuy defcribed. . 


_ 8, Hethat by fa&,.or word, or figne, either 


fraudulently. orviolently does hartjto~ his 
Neighbours body, lifes

~646 words

according as they are 


capable to be made, in all thefe inftances we |. - 
muft feparate idtreaty and inticements from 


deceit or violence. If I perfwade my Neigh- : 
bour to commit adultery, I ftill leave himor . 


her in their own power; and though I am an- 
fwerable to God for my fin , yet not to my 
Neighbous.For I made her to be willing; yet 

' fhe was willing 2, that is, the 


we . 


2 AldbmoBiortpaey alae fame at laft as | wasacfirft-but |: 


eS eit ° Epic} e 


Steins dxsow St- her to believe a lieb, upon 
pei at ddndeiac, Plaut which confidence fhe did [the 


Noh licet fuffurarimen- actand without it fhe would ° 


temvel Samarttant. R- yor (as iff tellawoman her : 


Maimon.Can. Eth. Hutband is dead,. or intended 


_ her the deceit or the violence. 


to kill her,or is himfelfan adulterous man ) 
or if I ufe violence, that is,either force her of 


— <a =| 


threaten her,with death,ora grievous wound, 
or any thing that takes her from the liberty 


ofher choice, I am bound toreftirution, that 
is,toreftore ber to aright underftanding of 
things and to full liberty by taking from 


9 AN 


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. if L have ufed fraud, and made © 


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Chap.3. Of Reftitntion, Set.4. 227 

_ 9. An adulterous perfon is tyed to reftitu. - ae 
tion of che ‘injwy'y,fo far as it 1s reparable, and Y ae 
can be made: to the wronged perfon; thatis, a 
to make provifion for the children begorren 

in unlawful imbraces,that they may do no in- 

jury co the legitimate by receiving acommon 1 
portion: and if the injured perfon do account an 
of it, he muft facishe him with money for the 

wrong done .to. his bed. He is not tyed to of. a 
fer chis, becaufe it is no proper exchange,but ; 

be is bound to pay it, if itbe reafonably de- 

manded: for every man hath juftice done 
him, when himfelf is fatished , though by 

a word, or an.action, or a penny. go ad 

yo, He thachath kilda mans bound to re- A 
ftirution by al’owving fucha., Eee ert a 
maintenance to the children . - feds opal i 
and neer ares of A de- 5. “Seopa saa 

ceafed as they have loft by “ST her TB inerm ei *; 
his ieahoonidctine and al. 27+ Mich. Ephes. ad.s. 
Jowing for all circenmftances ~ 

of the maus age, and healcth,& probability of 

living. And thus Hercules is {aid to have made 
expiation for the death of Jphitus whom he 

flew, by paying a mulé to his children. 

11, He that hath really leflened the fame ... y.:. 
of his neighbor by fraud or violence is baund tus:ctire 
to reftore it by ics proper inftruments: fuch as to sceus- 
are confeffion of his fault,giving teftimony of tions 17.4 
his innocence or worth,doing him-honour,or 441. 
Cif that will do ir, and both parties agree) by 
money which anfwers all things. i 

x2. He that hath wounded his neighbor is 
tyed to the expences of the Surgeon & other ! 
incidences, and torepair whatever lofshefu- , i® 

| Sains by his difabiliry to workor trade: and | 
the fame is in the cafe of-faife imprifonments 
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an 


p18 Chap.3. Of Reftitution. ~ Se8.4 
in which cafes onely the real effectandre- 
maining detrimentare to be mendedandre- 
paired: for the action it felf is to be punifh- 
ed or repented of , and enters not intot 
queftion of reftitution. But in thefe and all 
other cafes the injured perfon istoberefto- 
red to that perfect and goodcondition from . - 
which he was removed by my fraudorvio- 
lence, fo far as is poffible. Thus a ravifher 
muft repair the temporal detriment or injury 
- done to the maid,& give her a dowry, oF mat- 
ry her if fhe defire ic. For this reftores her in- 
_ to that capacity of being a good wife, w” by. 
_ the injury was loft, asfar asit can be done. - 
_ 43. He that robbeth his Neighboor

~431 words

it. . Better. it is to g0 beg_ 
. ging to Heaven, then to go to Heil laden wich 
. the fpoils of rapine and injuftice. © 

15. The order of pa,ing the debtsofcon- __ : 
tract, or reftitution, are in fome inftances fec 
down by the civil laws ofa kingdom, in 
which cafes their rule is to be.obferved : In 
deftitution or want of fuch rules, we are £. to 
obferve the neceffity of the Creditor. 2. Then 
the time of the delay : and 3. the fpecial ob- 
ligations of friendfhip or kindneffe: and ac- ' 
cording to thefe in their feveral degrees,make ' 
ourrefticution, if we be not able todo all pon 
that we fliould: but if we be, the beft rule is 
to do it as foon as we can,. taking our 2c- 
counts in this as in our humane actions, ac- 
cording to prudence, and civil or natural 
conveniences or poffibilities 3 onely fecuring 
thefe two things. r. That the duty be nor 


wr epee oe ame. 


_ 


at all ont of coveroufnefie, or any other prin-. 


ciple that is vicious. Remember that the 
fame day in which Zacheus made reftitution 
to all whom he had injured, the fame day 


Chrift. himfelf pronounced that falvation was 
come to his houfe.5.4.5 : 

16. But befides the obligation arifing from L#k: 
contract or default, there is one ofanother 19-9+ | 
fort w» comes from kindnefs, and the acts of * Gr¢- 
charity and friendfhip. He that does mea fa- titud?. 
vour hath bound me to make him a retarn of | 
thankfulnefs, The obligation comes not by 
Covenant, nor by his own exprefle intention, 
but by the nature of the thing 3 and is a duty 
fpringing up within the fpiric of the obliged 
perfon, to whom it is more natural to love his 

friend,and to do good for teen soreren- 
| os 3 2 evi 


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P25 Chap.3: 


' Of Reffitution. Sedt.4/ 
evil for evils becanfe a man may forgive an 
injury, bur he amaft never forget a good turn. 
For every thing that is excellent, and every 
thing tharis profirable,whatfoever is good in 
it felf or good to me, casinot but be beloveds 
and what we love, we naturally cherifhand 
do goad to. He therefore that refufes to do 
good to them whomihe is: bound to love, of 


~ goJove that which did him good, 1s unnatu- 


raland monftrous in his:affe@ions,and thinks 


all che world bern to minifter to him, witha 


greedinefs worfe then that of the Sea , which 
although it receives all Rivers into it felf,yet 
ir furnithes the Clouds and Springs with a re- 
tumofailthyneed. = * 


- Our dury to Benefactors is to.efteem and 


love their perfons: to make them proportio- 


- able returns of fervice,or duty,or profit, ac- 


cording as we can, or as they need, or as Op- 
portunity prefents ic felf, & actording to the 
_greatnefs of their kindnelles