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Show . 39° 'No C-R 0 S S, No C R 0 W N. 1668. nOf' Sba,»e ro aU fucb Tbings j,jcjf .. Solem, il:riking his Staff _ha~d upon the ~ Ground, replyed, /Jilt in ajhort Tune, ~e n·ho approve of 1h1.1 lund ~1 le~i Chap.Xl.X. jhaU :ife it in Earneft in out· co11/mon .AjJaJrJ an~ ~ontrafls. Lt ~ne, he abt<r lutely forbad him to teach or 11tl Plt~ys, contelVUlg them Dece1tful and. UIJ. profitable; diverting Youth ... and Trades-men from more nece{fary and "J.hUous Employments. H~ defined th~m Happy, tvbo are competently fotrni}i;cd Stob. sent. 3• wit/J their outward Calling4, that live Tt:mper~rdy and Honcfl!y ~ He would fay, Tbat Cztie.r 1zre the Common·fh?re of Wukcdnrfr . . He !l.ffirmed, TbJz. 10 bet be bejl Family, wbicb got nor unju1Uy, kept _not unf:11thfull~·, fprnr nor with Repentance. 04ferve (faith he). HM.ejly tn t!JY Conr:erfnnon, HIOtt; lfdctlp !!Jan an lDat!l. Seal Wonls w11b Ss/enct 1 Szknu wub OpportUnity, ]\'ever L1e, hut (jeak 'rbe Truth. Fly Pleafure f?t ir brings Sorrow. J!~vife not the People what ir mofl Plct~janr, b11t wbaJ tr Belt. 111ake ~ot fNtnd;. in bafie no1· bajlily part with tbem. Learn to Obey, and thoN tWit know ,_,.,UI to Com,;and. Be arrogant to none; be .Mild lo tbif~ tbat _ore about thte. Converfe not with Wicked Perfons. Meditate onfenorn 17Jmgr. Reverence thy Parenti. Cherifh thy Friend. Conform to Rer~fon, a>rrl in all Things Ckm. Alex. taM Counfel of God. In fine, his two !hart Sentences were thefe, Of 110· Sttom. 1, thing too much .; and Knaro thy fel£ • §, LJ. 4t!lilon, onother of the Wife Men of Grm<l w~uld fay, Tbas it was the Pcrtetlion of a Man, to fore-fee and prevent M1fchtefs. Tb.tt here· in good People diff:r from bad Ones, rheir Hopes were firm and afi'ured, That God was the Great Touch· Stone, or Rule of Mankin'd. That Men'S Tongues ought not to ou.t~run their Judgment. ';fh:lt we 'Ought not to flat~ ter Great Men left we exalt them above their Merit and Station ~ nor to fpeak bard~ of the Helplei.S. They that would Govern a State "'-ell, mufr Govern thetr 'Families well. He wouldJny, That !1 Man ought fo to behave himfclf. that he fall neither into Hatred nor Dtfgrace. That i'!Jllt Com~ man-Wealth isHappiefi, n'berethe People mind tbe Law.mare tban the L~ }'ers. ·Men fhould not forget the Favours they te<;eive, nor remember thofe they do. Three 'fhin_gs he .fai~ were difficul~, yet necdff:uy to be ~bff:tvea, To keep Secret,, Fargtve lnJ1Irtes, ana uje Tu11e dJeU. Sp~ak .not 111, (fPJt be) ofthy Neighbour. Go llowly to tire Feafts ofthy Fnehds, but fwiftly to their Troublos. Speak Well of the Dead, Shun BuJie Bod1es. Preftt Lofs before Covetous Gain. Defpifo not the Miferable, If Powerful, bf" have thy fclf Mildly, that thou may'ft be loved, rather than <feared. Otder thy Houfe well, Bridle thy Anger : Gtafp not ~t much : Make not Hafte, ~eithet dote upon any Thing below. A P~ince (faitb btv 'Inuit not take up his Time about Tranfitoryahd Mortal1lhlf!SS; _Etern~_l an~ Immortal arc fitteft for him. To conc/JJde t He wtU fa Y-41 '"all hu ditf1onr, thut Laettius teDs '"• He profel\ed in. his Old Age, Thll be hod . never done any "'hing contrary to the Conf~Lenc~ of an Upnght ~an;_ onlr, that 'C)f ~ne Thing he was doubtful, havmg gn'en Sentence agamfi lris Bnend, .ac.tording to Law, he ad vi fed ftis Fl\iend, to appealftom him (his ]Ndg<) fo to preferve both bis friend and the Law. Thm 'f-rNt ttnd ·Tendrr war Confci"tnce"' Hwbm Cbil""' · ~ §. Lit t~enanbR, (Prince and Hhilofopher toe) W4111d f<J', That dei• fures arc Mortal~ but Virtues Jmmonal. In SucteB, be MIXierate ; In ~p :Baart Sni<l· appohmnents., 'patient and Prudent. Be alike to t'hy Etibnds, Jn . ·Pfo(~~~y Protag. scob. and in Adverflty. Peace is Good; ~fhnefs, Dange)ous; Gam, Sordtd. 28, Betray not Secrr:ts: ,funifh the Guilty: Reftrain Men frOm Sin. Thty__.tb.a' would Rule Safely, mull: be guorde4 by Love, not ArDis. :r"' <Mckid<, J•irb be, Live worthy ofPr:>ife, fo wilt thou Dye'Bldfcd, . . ·§. Ull, ·2Sil!ll, one ofthe Seven Wife Men, beillg in ,a Starn\ wtthw)Ck• l.aet"t. Stob. ·ed "Met!, who cry'd mightily to God ; H.DIJ ){JilT To11guu, f1itb he.,1t:r»~rt :hetttr be knew nor. you were bere: A Say.iog t.hat ha~ grelt Dofuine10 It" ;froJ• ~~- 8,. t'he Devotion o£ the Wicked doth them DO Good : It anfwers to 'thit Paf· .fage in Sc:ri~ore, The Prayu1 of the Wit~d are an JibO'Ibin4titmJ-Q Ybe lard. An ungodly M:!n alklng him, What Godhnefs was? He \val filerft ! but the otbei: murmuring, f•irb be, What is that ro thee, _that is not thy Con¢e~~ ..\ No CROSS, No CROWN. He was fa tender in his ~ature, that he feldom j_udged any Crimlnat rd 166~. Death, but he \Vept l r~ddmg, One Part goerh to God, and that other Part ~ I m~i~give th~ L:1w .. That Man is. unh:tppy, faitb be, t~at cannot bear Chap.XlX. AfthEbon. It 1s a Dtfeafe of the Mmd, w defire that wh1ch canner, or is not fit to be hJd. It is an ill Thtng not to be mindful of otHer Men's Mife~ ries. To one that aJk'd,. What h hard? He anfwer'd, To bear chearfully a Change for the worfe. Thofe,fap he, who bufie the:mfelves in vain Know-ledge, refemble Owls that fee by Night, and are blind by Day; for they are fh:Irp·fighted in Vanity f but dark at the Approach of True Light and Knowledge. He adds, Undertake deliberately; but then go through. Speak not haitily, left thoU' Sin. Be neither Silly nor Subtil. Hear much ; Speal\ little and feafonably. Make Profcffion of God every where; and impute rhe G()od thou doll:, not to thy felf. but to rhe Power of God. His Coun-try being invaded, and the People flying with the Beitof their Goods, aik'd. tVby be carrid none of bir? I, failb he, carry my Goods within me.-- Valeriut Mllxim1rs adds. in his Breafr; not to be feen by the Eye, but to be prized by rhe Soul; not to be demolifh'd by Mort:tl Hands; prefent witlt them that fray, and not forfaking thofe thar fly. §. LIV. ¢leofJU(U£1, Prince and Philofopher of Lymlus, he waald j{1j1 iaerc. Pint. That it was Man's Duty to be always employed upon fomething that was Syml>Or. Sap. G?<'~· !fgain, ~e never Vain. nor. Ingr~teful. Beftow you; DaughteJs ret Stob. VHgtns m Years:, but Matrons m D1fcrenon. Do Good to tliy Friend, to keep b.im ; to thy Enemy, to gain him. li\"hen any Man goerli fonh, lee him confider, what he hath to do; when he returneth, examine, what he harh done. Know, that to Reverence thy Father, is thy Duty. Hear wil· Jingly, but uufi not haftily. Obtain by Perfwafion, not by Violence. Be-ing Rich, be not exalted: Poor, be not dejected. Forgo F.nmity: Jn.: itrufl thy Children: Pray to God, and perfevere in Godlinefs. , §, LV, 19fttacua being alk'd, Wbat wa1 B<jl? He anfweted, To do the Pl•tarch prefent Thing well. lie would Jay, What thou daft take in in thy Neigh· Scob.28. bour, do not thy felf. Reproach not the Unhappy; for the Hand of God is upon them. Be true to thy Truft. Bear with thy Neighbour: Lo\•e thy Neighbour. ReproJ.ch not thy Friend, tho' he recede from thee a little. He wou!J Jay, That Common· Wealth is heft order'd, where the W'icked have no Command, and that Family, which hath neither Ornament nor N~ceility. To conclade: He advifed to acguire Handly; love Difcipline; obferve Temperance; gain Prudence; mind Diligence; and keep Truth, f~irh and Piety. He had a Brother, who dying wirhout Nfue, left him h1s Eftate; fo that when Crtrfitr ofFer'd him WeJ!th, lie on free red, I h<l\'C more by Half than I defire. He alfo affirmed, Th:n Family the Belt, who got not unjufrly, kept not unfaithfully, fpent not wirh Repcnrance: And, T~at HappinetS confifts in a Virtuo.us and Ho~eft Life; in being content ~1th a Competency of outward Thmgs, and m ufif)g them· temperat«ly. .And to conclade, He earncftly injoyn'd all to flee Corporal Pleafure; for (f~y1 he) it certainly brings Sorrow: But obferve an honeft Life, more llnt'tly than an 0Jth: Meditate on Seriou9' Things. §. LVI. l)ippfa~. a Philofopher, it is recorded of him, That he would Ck.lib, de have every one provide his own Ncccffaries; and" that he might do what Oro~t. he taught, He WtU hir own Tradefman. He was fingular in all fuch Arts and Employments, infomuch as he made the very Bujki1u lie wore. A bet~ ter Life than an .Alexander's. §. ~II. The Q;pnmofopbfllllt were .a Sell of Pbilofopbm in .!Eg;pt, tim Plin. 7·., fo defpifed Gaady Apparel, and the refi Qf the World's Intemperance. that Cic,ftTuf~;, they went almoit Naked ; living poorly·, and with great Meannefs; by Q.!_le ·~· Which they were enabled againft aU ('old, and overcame that Lnfl: by Inno-ce. nce, which People, that are cal1ed Cbrifliam, tho' covered, are overcome ~nhal. §. LVlii. The lsamfipcatfl were a certain Grw P<Dpi<, that inlubited Qi~Out the River Tygri.r in .IJ.jia, who, obferving dJ.e great Influence .Gold, r , Srlver, and Pretivut Jewels bad 11jOIJ rheir .A1indt) a-'ru4 to bJJrJ aU m the P m~ Ettrtb, |