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Show (o @onceening the Seage ‘Muu ¢ decline the Theatres, and.all other dan¢ gerous Diverfions, which ftain the In¢nocence of the Soul, and flip into th , ¢ Will through the Senfes St. Auguftine in his 5¢5. Epiftle to Mar cellinus will afford us fomething upon th o nt Argum fam « The profperity of Sinners is their gred¢teft Unhappinefs. If one may fay fo e 1f Neky B hed i o the Thin Bu s ey ool i th D=fo i o i o e wi A g i the f Fi , anc t o Ufl '005 £ : - lgu chang0' g rfiOH' ‘lfld \W ¢« They are moft Funifh'd when they ar ¢ gverlook'd. By this means their ba ¢ Temiper is encourag'd, and they are mor ¢inclin'd to be falfe to themfelves ; And ¢« we know an Enemy within, is more dan- ¢gerous than one without. But the per ¢ verfe Reafonings of the Generality, make ¢ different Conclufions. They fancy the ¢ World goes wonderfully well whe ¢People make a Figure. When a Ma ¢isa Princein' his Fortune, buta Begger, ¢in his Vertue; Has a great many fine Things about him, but not fo much a ¢ one good Quality to deferve them. Whe ‘the Play-Houfes go up, and Religion go's ‘down. When Prodigality is admir'd ‘and Charity laugh'd at. When the Plsy¢ers can revel with the Rich Man's purfe ¢ And the Poor have {carfe enough to kee ¢ Life and Soul together.--When Go ‘fuffers thefe Things to flourifh, we ma ‘be fure heis moft Angry, PrefentIm ‘punity, is the deepeft Revenge Bu when 17 |
