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Show t69~· Frame of Humanity is preferved, he would Aamife and. Ador~ his good ~ and great God. Bur Man is become a ft~ange CO,nlr-f411h,'{" , t6 hitnfelf; rart L but it is of himfelf: Not being by Conlhtutto~, b~.t,Co!rupt,on fuch .. 22, He would have others obey him, even hts own Km.d' ~ut he wtll not obey God, that is fa much a bore him, .and who made htm. • !23:. He will lofe none o£ his AuthoncY.: ,no, not bate an 1ce , of It : He is humorous to his Wife, bC beats his Children, is .:mgrywi~li his~rJa'ms, ftri8: with his Neis;hbours, revenges all Affront~ to Extr~man bur, alas! forgets all the whtle th3t he H the Man\ and IS mo.re m_Arrea:r tO Go4, that is fo very patient with him, than they are to htm wuh whom he is fo ftriC\ and impatient. l · , 24· He is curious to wafh, drefs and perfum~ P.ls Body, but dfetefs. of. l!is Soul. The one !hall have many Hout5, the other not fo ma~y M!Hut~1 This {hall have three or four new SuitS in a Year, 6ut that muit wear it's: old Cloatbs ft111. ' 2)r If he be ro receive or fee a great ¥an, how pice and anxiOuS is hC' that all Things be in Order? And with what Refpea and Addrefs does he. apt>\'<llch and mall~ his Court 1 but to God, how dry and formal ~hd con· fttiih&! in his Devotion ~ ·•e:' In his Prayers he fays, Tb] WiU be done : but means his own: Ai1edJ aEls fo. 2]· Iris too frequent to begin with God and end with the Wor7l; But He IS the goo,d. Man's Beginning and End; his AlphA and Omega. .. , 28. II.UJIItp, su,h is now l>ecome Our Dehcacy, that we Wl\1 no! e~c ordinary ~eat nor drin'k fmall, pall'd Liquor; we mull h2ve tM bell, ahcf tbe beft cook'd for our Bodies, while out S'ouls feed on empryor'cohilp!' ed Things. • • 29. In !hort, M~n is fpendipg all. up?n ~ ba:e Houfe,, a~d hath h~t}i! _of no Furniture withm to recommend u; whtch 1s pt:efernn~ the Cab1ncJ lie· fore the Jewel, a Leafe of feven Years before an ~n~fitan~. ,- _So .•bfliiif a thing ts Man, 3frer all hts proud Pretences to Wtt and Undedf.tndmg. ;o. 'JnmnObmtiDft. T4e Want of due Confidera.tion is 1,t,e caui'O of all the Unhappinefs Man brings upon himfelf. For his fecor!<71thoughts rarely agree wtth his firft, which pafs not Without a confiderable'Rtrrencti• ment or Corret\ion., And yet that fenfible W"rning is, too frequently, not Precaution enough for his future Condu~. · . ~·· Well may we f2y, our Infelicity is of o~r felv.,; fince tHere is nO. thing we do that we fl\ould not do .. but fiJe Jcno-rt ir, on~Jll do it. . 32. !IDtfappofntnmltll anb l!.efl!lllafioll. For ~iJ"f>~oinrment~, tha( come not by our own Folly, they are the Tryals or Correa1on of lfei,·en: And it is our own Fault, if they prove not,our Advantage. 33· To repine at them does not mend the Matter: It is on1y tO Grumble at our Creator. But to fee the Hand of God ln them, with an hum tile Sui\. minion to his Will, is the way to turn oJ Wour i11to Wine, abd cngag.e the greattft Love and Mercy on our fide. , - H· We mull: needs diforder our felves, if we only look at our Loll'es. But if we confider how little we defervc what iS left, our Pafllon will cool, and. our Murmurs will turn into Thankfulncfs. ~~· If our Hairs fall not to the Ground, left do we or our Suoftincc without God's Providence. , 36. Nor eon we fall below the Arms of God, how low foe1•er it be we fall. 37· For though O\lt Saviour's Paffion is onr, his Compaffion is· pOt. That never fails hit humble, fincere Dlfciples: In him, they find more thari ;\1 rh•r they lofe in the World. ~8. ttuemudag, Is it reafonable to take it ill, that ~ny Body defires of us that which is their own> All we have is the Almighty's: And !hall not God have his own when hi calls for ic 1 . ' . 39· Difcontcntedncfs is not only in fuoh· a <=:are Irigr:atitude, -but fnjuihce! . For we arc both unthankful for the Time we had it, and not honeit enOugH. to reftore it, if we. could keep ir. 10. But VoL. I. RefM/ions and Maxims:; 40. But it is hard for usro look on Thin . 823 a J?lfiance from this low \Vorld. and yet.~ tnfuch a Gllfs, and :It fuch 16 . \V1fdom :1nd our Glory to do fo.' It lS our Dury, and would be our ~ 41. >lteafotfoufneli!. We are apt ro b Parr 1 where we wi11 nor endure Advice our felv e ~ery per~ at cenfuring others ~ nefs f!lore th:m to be fo tharp-fighted at fies.. nd nothing ~cws our Weak: purblind about our own. pytng other Mens Faults, and fo 42· When the A8:ions of a Nei hhour all our Wits about us, arc fo u 'c~ ~r~ upon the Stage, we can llave find o~t every Failure and Infilr~it a:ndB~rltlca _we can fpl!t an Hair, and very bttle Senft of our own. Y tare WllhtJIIt [ulmg, or have hut 43· Much of this comes from ill Nature Value of our felvcs: For we love rambli b as well as from an inordinate the unhlappy, rather than covering and relTev~~ter hthan Home, and blaming 44· n fuch Occafions fome !he h · M ~ ' em. fortunes; others their Ju ftice th w t eu alice and are witty upon Mif.. their Charity; efpecially if it' be ~{,ocanMefled: Mapace; but few OI none 45· You fhall fee an old Mifi ut oney . Jtters. ~ much Severity JgJinfi the DJ.ftre!fecome forth WI!h a fet Gravity, and fo he has done, -pur it our of all QJ g! co e.;cufe his Purfe, that he Will 'ere With him. This, fays he, n tb~ Fru~~~; hat R I~ H ~ s is ~i,gbtcou/nef.r Covetoufnif.r were no Faulc) Or f if yp_ur. Prodrgaltty (as If, _poor Man Trt~de: While he himfelf would h yo~ ro;hfl.r, urgrafping ojter agrco; had not the Courage to venturofo ~ve honed t ~fame Thing, but that he Hand.r, though ir had been to have b uc rea r . lOney Ollt oj his Otcn trujly But the Proverb is juft, . VIce fhpllld ,!~u!~~e~~;!ack the Jndie.r in Return~ 46. They have a Rigiu to cenfi h · · is Cruelty, not JuiHce. " ure, t at have an Heart to ]Jelp: The reft 47·lt!miRDJJ of llrDatftp, Lend nor be d .. lend our of rhy Ability. efpecially whe . yon11 hthy Abthty, nor refufe to burr thu. ' n It WI el Pothers more tbtm it con 48 •• If thy Debtor be honeft and c~ able h . no~ With Enc~ea~e, with Praife: If hi pro~et. ofi r.an thy l-1oney. aga!"· if get that, wbrch 11 will not ruin thee to lafi , fn O 'enr, don t Ruw h1m co ::~nd another js thy Owner, Mailer and ]~d~~. or thou art but a Steward, 49· The more merciful Acts thou dolt the M and if with .a charitable Irnploymenr 0f tli more crcy ~.hou wile receive; efl: Eternal Treafure, thy Purchafe is infin .Y ~eTloral .R1ches, thou gain· Art of Multiplying indeed. ne · ou Wllt have found the 5o . .ftugalftl' ot lSollntp. F r . . . . wirh it. The firll is leiving off jfga ~y 15 ~ood, tf Ltbetality be joyn'd them to the Benefit of others that~~~ uoT x~nce~; the lafi beftowing Coverouf•efs ; the !all withont the firft b he prll ~nhout the !aft begins make an excellent Temper. Happy the Pl~tns h tO(ligali~y : Both together St. Were it univerfal we fhould he ~ w ere that IS found. Excef.r: And the one w~uld fupply the o~~~ d of dt~o bE?ttreams, Wont and a Mean; the juft Degree of eanhly Ha . [;? an o nng both nearer to ;2 It is a Re h R r . ppme s. ven.f and Excefs,proac to e Jgton and Government to fufFer fo much Po~ 53· Were the Superfluities of a Nat' • 1 ed Tax or Benevolence, there would be mo~~nAI~ u h , find h ma~e a perpetual than Schola!s; , ao~ enough to fpare for Govern~e~: b:n~:sn oor; Schools ty !4~1reo~g~r~~~: 1:~~R i~t the poerer Sort are the Subjcits of our Boun· 55• lDtftfplfnr. If tho~'J'~uldft b h d p · hove all Things obferve Difcipline. e appy an ea Y m thy Family, a~ anJ6p1;~e7o::~:~ iT fh?nld know their Duty; and there lhould be a Time to btsin and tnd wTrb j;J~; :and whatever el:li; is done or omitted, beJIIre 56. ]nDulh:p |
