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Show "' ROSS No C R.OU! N. VoL. I. · S6 COlO C ' . . . e .At what Time foevtr J e other Side, :J.ny Thtng Dtvm ~nd to be at Refi; for a t668. m.tne ;_ not ~n. th hy PoWer to retire into thy felf,Refl and freer from a{! ~ thou fiJllt, It ts m_ t n tbbir!Jcr IO be more nt Jei tbir Retiring conuChap. XlX. Man cannobt r~tlre f/s ~wn Sou/. .Afford tb~nlf.tby D~~h bangetb over tbec, Ilufinejs, t an tntb 1 efrefh and renew t1Jj Je · d How much Time and nua~'l_, andltbe;e !n ',md wbiljl thou may)t te Go~l~at his Neighbour hath t»hi/jt'yet I JOU zv~., who is not Curious ro now wh3t he doth himfelf, Ltifure Jotb:~ ga~n'or hath attempted, ~ut onJY himfelf totut off AEl:iooi fabid, _or ~abe yZ}1 ;,d Holy. ~eit~er m~lfoh~h~te are not nece!faryff.; foHr fo t arrt maJ h d I magma nons d and cur o . e ts only, put Thong ntse ~~nr JlOions the better be pr~~:'i~e himfelf :ill Things f.IJi!luTJneceff"p/Ydo ~~eed ot another, and ~:tth Magnanimity rather, :tnd Poor, that ~n i:fl Confider well, whet ~r . nd Holinefs, whether needfu~ for his d ~r~e Simplicity, and Eq~a:Htmtty, t~at which iS Chiefeft true Ltberty a~ Reafonable and Natural. h ?n?~rwhit:h makes Ufe of all ~bej~b~~ft P~werful in the V{orld, asnd :{; a~~sthy felf; Honour th~t which an . d Governs all Thmgs: .o a o K" d and Nature wtth that; : ~~~~Jcftnand moll Pow~~~~·b~fn1'in°{h?;,e tu:~eth all other ~~~~'i,'~ .. for it is~~ ve;~Jb~;:O~ alfo thy Life iTgovfl~~:~ -~er of them, ' its ohwn do~ ftay for ? An Extintl:i?ndor aB rta~ill tha; Time tome, what that t ou d t ted Mm . u ·fi G d and to do ~~~~~~u~~~: ~~~~:~if~~~~~. ::fj\:b!:it~;::~~~~~:hk;~ ~.~fft{; thus Think more of Death, than o d =y' Son to You, and to God, i.fbt t tts w~ll as I. Adding, 1 recommc'! r. h" r-lf firom the 1 be' d Cfed to .ave tm"' "' 0§"iu. ¥!tttina~. alfo Empe;""N , 'r~b~r'bovel donerbat Ijhovld do fo_! FurY of the Mutineers, an~webreld ~d fhould ne\'et give Ground, where tt Sh . that Innocence IS o ' a . Pl ewmg, it felf be heard, and have faa ~Y· that reigned :.tmong Officers .. §.j]JxL'u. ¥!tfcmnfull feei"J. thj[;,Z;'aug,:~~n}irj! Sala,ies, t/hlttbey mi&~ of Jufiice, advtfed, That ~u.fes or Ptrquijius. He fald, He would not or do their Duty without any. rl bs ifi d wben be was Dead. . . ft d fend t1Je Livin._g, rhabt be_:';~u;P~~v~ng tailed both of a pnvate L1 ~j, ~r~~ § XL!ll iileJ:IIII rt .. t. ' C fi Emreror<, fays he, are t the State ~fan Em.peror, had thiS r. !J t~c~any unufe}ul1l'Ioutbs; wbere}lore ers of zbe Pllhhck. Revemte, to ;e .l' ·uab/e. He would not emp oy ;::~errencb'd l>is Family fr.om£ompoftlck SS::ice, thinking it roo mean f~r Perfons of Qp.altty m bts h" o~eAdding That Perfonal ServiceOwffiJS t ef d too co{tly for 1m· 'H 1d never fuffer ccs o ~~~k o1nthe lowell ?,rde[; ?t t~~ ~~ot;,~t }!:.~~~bot ft)tn jho~ Sf,l ~'t Juftice to bcfol~; {~ic=~t He 'was imparrial in .CorreC.hon Y t {e ':oulci }~{ ~i' ;a~de~~~o ~e, but the Commo:·T~~1:bi:1111~t:;~· Thaet we ought _to fa~ Tb~t Sweetning Power to the Je.op~, that is by Kindnefs. He ~aid, ai~ our Enemies, as we kup_our ne;t: ~ear AffitB:ions; that tbofe 17mtgz bot weougbtto Defire Happmefs, anbut the Troubles we avoid, mayh3V~ ·»~bicb are defirable, mty be plea{~;/; t like Pomp in Religion ; f.flior tt. IS An moft Profit in the End. He ! nob t the Piety of him that o ers tt. Gold that recommends the Sa~nfic~, u Chrifii3ns and Keepers of Tav~~A Haufe being in ContR.ft J:tWIX:he o:r~er to Sell Drink thereln, he ~ec;d ~o ~~: M:u~~ r~~~o:v,o:it :,\m•'" bif";· t~:~~t'd"'lei;'ri,~:~::·~ir r .. w; rjhip GoJ, t1Jan ro make a . auent o l .H hens. . th~ Wifdom and Virtue that thtn~d amongha~~g threatned a certam To,~n § XLIV ilUtdianu£1, the Empero~, ld not /t(lve a Dog alive t!J~rtlf!, . thai: had r~helled againit hi~{aThb:o:~h:o:hem eafily to th¢ii Duty, D1d blr ~1.u~;f~~)i,~:I:t:i}"'v~;~,e i•d pard9ned th• reople. §. x~v. WoC.R.-IJSS, NoCROWN. §. XLV. !l>fetleffan would fay, That tbtre fSJ/1.1 notHing mre tlif/icult 1668. tb4n to Reign will.; and the Reafon he gav-e Was, That thofe wba bad the ~ Ears qf Print.es, Jo fo C1111tin!la'YjJ lay A~nb~tjhcs lo furprize them to their ln• Obap_.XlX. to·ejls, that tbey call hardly make one rJg~tSteP,. §. XLVI. !JUiflllicoming to the Emjme, drove from the Palace, Troops of 'Eunuchs, COoks, Barbers, f!Jc. His Reafon was this, Tbdt bizvlng no Wcmerz, beiueded.ncft.Unucbs; am! loving [tmp!e plain .Meat, he nceJrd 1hJ CookS ; ·And ltelfa1d, O'ite Barber 'WOJt!d ferve a great many. A good Ex~ :.tmple Jbr .the LUxurious Chrifiians of our Times. §• XLVll. ~bRibOilllll the Younger, wao, 10 merciful in his Norure, ·that in!teaa of putting People to Death, he wi!h'd, lt rrerc in his Por.cer I IJ c11U the Dtr~d ta,Life again. Th~e were the Seotiments d£ the Ancient Grandees of the World, ro wic, E111peror.r, .Kings, Prhtues., CaptoiJu, Staufmen, &::C1;1'Kft un\tatih)' .of the thoughts of Perfons of the f3rne Figure and OJ,Jality now in Being : And for that E"!l rhey are here colleaed, 'that fuoh may with more Eafe and Bre\•ity behold ihe Trm Stat11.tt of the .Antienu, ndt loft, orJ.effen'd by the Decays of Time, \ , 1 • ~ . I , UI. J will noW: proceed to report the VirtuotH DoUrines attd Sayintt D/ 111eQ d[ tnore Retirement; fUch o.sPhi!afopbers and Writers, of both GTceki and Romans, who in. their refpefHve Times were M:ifters in the Civility, KIJ'owledge and- Victuc that were among the Gentiles, being mofi: of rhein many Ages before the Coming of fi:HIUST. X(..Vlll. W!lalell, an .Ancient Greek Philof;pher, bei<lg alk'd by a lle;fon that .:had committed 1\.dultery, f/ be migbt Swrrrr? anfwer'd; By no :Means? for P~.rjury is tt_or J~jJ Sill[11i than Adultery; and .fo tbo14 wo11!djl commit Two Sins to cvver One. Being afk'd, What was the heft Condidon of a Gol'ernment.?' anfweted, ThOr_ the .Peaple hr nrirbe'r Ridnthr Poor; for he placed External Ha:ppinefs in Mooor3Gon. He would fay, Tbat t/Je bardejl Thing in the World wa.t, to know a Man's felf; but tb~ be/1, to avuid tbaft Things tA;bich ·tot' •rcprdve ln. o7bitrs-; an ~etcellent and clofe&ying. Thi1t'We Ollgbtto chufewel~ •and then to ~ld fa!!:. That the fellcity of the Body con6fts in Health!; .drid tharin Tetnperance; ::tnli the Felioiry 'pf the :s~~t. in Wift/()111, He thaught rh!lt (iGd was widiotu, Beginning Qr.-End ; that H'e )vas the Searcher of '.HeartS; ':(..hatJhe faw Thooghts, as weri as AEHonS : Fot ®ing ask'd of10ne, Jf he c&uid Sin,•andlt.ide ~t from -God ?~ He anfwer'B, Nc, HtnJJ can I, when he tQnt .thiJtki f:v'il, Cltlt1tort? XLIX. i9!'t!JBll018ll, a Famous and Virtuous Philofopher 'rYf Italy, being afk'd, Wben Men might take the Pleafure of rheir Paflions ? Anfwered; TVben tbey have a Min& to be mof)je. 11e .faiJ,, The Worla was like a Co. medy, and the 'l'rue Philofophers ~heSpo!\aiors. He would fay, That Luxury led to Debauchery, and Debauchety to Violence, and that to bitter Repentance. That he who taketh· trid thtlch Care of his Body, makes , the Prifon of his Spul •tbo're -infulrerable. Tbkr thbfe who do reprove us, are our befi: Friends. That Men o.ugh't t.o preferve cbejr Bodies from Difeafcs by Tempeunce; their Souls from Ignorance by Meditation; their Will from V!t;e, by SelH)eniaJ, md •heir Countiy from Civil Wot , by }ufllce. 'l'hru i.t is beuer to be Loved llha:n feued. 1Thot VirtucJmakes Jbold; but, faith ht, there Is nothing fbfealinl a~ an £1-iL Con.fliienee. HI' fnid, Thit · Menihoul.d belie\'e of-a D..ivinit¥1 that lt is, o.nii'tha't itVJverlp:tJb cl1f1rl, ail( , ncglet\eth them nat; fhere ris no::Being nor P.lac.e·Wirhout Gnd. Ne t,o./J ·rb:t 8nuuon of Crqtonia (IJein-.r 'l'wo Tboifond) 'fJrtJyiwg IJ1.S Advice, That lhey received their Country as a IJJepqjltu.p:, or 'lliuft from the People.;. wherefort t~Co/lhould manageril acca.rdingJy, !Iince they fwete to -re1ign ~he1~ ~Goun.t, Wtthl tlteit Tr.uft, ·fo <rlmr own,Qbilanln. i'bdr the w~y to ,do LPf, was tQ be &pw,to all the Citizens, aod <o~xcOl obet!i in nothing more th:tn Juf! lce, Tb61 every oa'c af •hom iboul~.fr> ·gol'ern their Family, ~t !he might · Ddd2 refer |