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Show 1l4S r69l· ~ Parr II. Rejlellions 11nd !Ja,Jms: .VoL I. 61 He is always fQr fome folid Good, Civil or Moral; as, to ·make his Country more virtuous, Preferve her Peace and Liberty, lmplQ_y her Poor , Improve Land, Advance Trade, Supprefs Vice, lncourage Induftry, and ali Mechanick Knowledge; and th3t they fhould be the Care of the Government, a tid the Blefling aud Praife of the People. 62 To conclu,de, he is 'jult, mul fear~ God, 1tattJ Covetolljnifr, and efcbems l!.Vil. muJ lover bU 1\ti~:_hbour tU bmrfe/f. 6; liJf t!Je <liollm!mmt Of ~IIOUBfltll· . Man being made 'a R~afonab!e and fo a Thmking Creature; there tS nothmg more worthy of h1s Being, than the right Difeftion and Employment of -his Thoughts; Iince upon This, depends both his Ufefulnefs to the Publick, and his own prefent and fUture Benefit in all Refpctb. 64 The Confideration ofthis, has often obliged .me to lament the Unhap· pinefs of Mankind, that through too great :1 MIXtUre and Confufion of. Thoughts, have been hardly able to make a right or mature Judgment of Things. 65 To this is owing the various Uncertainty and Confufion we fee in the World, and the intemperate Zeal that occafions them. • 66 To tbis alfo is to be attributed, the imperfefl. Knowledge we have of Things, and rhe flow ProgrtfS we make in attainin_g to a better; like the Children of lfrael that were forty Years upon their journey, from J:.&ypt to Canaan, which might have been performed in lefs than one. 67 In fine, 'tis to this that we ought to afcrihe, if nor all, at leafi moft of the Infelicities we labour under. 68 Cleat there!Ore thy Head, and Rally, and Manage thy Thoughts fightfy, and thou wilt fave Tim·e, and fee and do thy B_ufinefs well; for thy Judgmeat will bediftind, thy Mind free, and thy Faculnes 1\rongand regular. 69 Always remember to bound thy_ Thoughts to the prefent OccafiOn. 70 If it be JbY Religious Duty, fulfet nothing elfe to !hare in them An~ if any Civil or 'temporal AfFair, obferve the fame Caution, and thou wilt t;e ~whole Man to every Thing, and do twice the Bufiners in thi:: fame tim~ • 71 lf any P'oint over· labours thy Mind, divert and relieve ir, by fome other Subjeft, , Of a more fenfibte, or mahunl ~ature, tat~ft t~ft. what in3.y aft'ea: the'U'ridCrftanding; for this were to write one 'tiling u(>Qn ano-ther, wh.ich blots out o·ur fot'mer Impreffions, or renders them lnegible. 72 They that are leal\ divided in their Care, always give the bell Ac-count of their Bufinefs. • 7~ As therefore tbou art always to purfue the prefent Subjea, ti11 diou haft mafiered it, fo if it fall out, tlut thou haD: more Affairs than oqe upon thy Hand, be fute to prefer that which is of moll Moment, and willlealk waitthy Leifnre. 4 74· He that Judges no~ well of the Importance of his Affairs, though tie max be always bufy, he \nuft make but a fmall Progrefs. 7S· But make not tnore Bufine!S heccll'ary than is fo; and rather lell'en than a~gment Work for thy felf •. 76. Nor yet be ovet·eager in purfuit of any Thing ; for the ~rcurial too often happen to leave Judgment behind them, and fometilpp1 make Woik for Repentance. 77 He that over .. runs his Bufinefs, leaves it for him that fol1ows more ~~~~e;la~~et;~eS~tw?f; Which bat often proved a profitable Harveft to ]8 'Tis the Advantage thai flower Tempers have upon the Men of"Jive- 1¥ Parts, that tho' they don't lead, they will Follow weU, and (1/enn Cle4n. 79 Upon the whole Matter, employ thy Thoughts ao thy Bufinefs .requires, and let that have Place according to Merit and Urgency; g1vmg eVery Thing a Jlcview and due Digeftion, and thou wilt pr~\'ent many Er· rors and Vexa tiona, as well as favc much Time to tlty felf in the Cowfe of thy Lif~. ao jl)f cl!\n,p. It inhe l'llatk bf an ill Nature, to lell'en good ~mons, 'ltld :lggravate ill Ones. · 81 Some VoL. I. Rejletlions and Ma:xims 8r Some Men do as much begrud e otbe • ' 849 on~ thBemfelves_; and perhaps that isgthe Re:t a gf~d Name, as they Want 1693· , 2 ut cena•nly they are in the Wr on o u .. becaufe others have their Due. ong, that can thmk they are lefi'cned, ~ 8; Such People generally have lefl M . . . Reward of orher Men's; and to be J em than. Ambition, that Cover th"" ~ Rob Otthers of their Due, than ano:~~:,;~6. J)~ ~3)Ure, thlt will rJthe; 84 t Is more an Error of our WiH eu taiJe. to be an Effeft: of our Paffion .uot ' than our Judgment : For we know it mote cUlpable in .our Partial Efiimate~~r Reafon; and therefore we are the 8) It IS as envtous as unjuft rO u d intrinfick ~ orth recommends ~bern ~oed-{~te anot~ets Aft:ions,' where the it 86 Nothmg fbews more the F II engaged mmds. ping of Merit and Reputation. o y, as wen as Fraud of Man, than clip~ 8_7 ~nd as forne Moo think It an Alia theti Rtght ; fo they know no End of Pi!~ t? themfelves, that other.; have 88 This Envy is the Child of Pride a ~~~. t~ ra1fe thea own Credit. .s? lc will have Charity, robe Obtte' n. 1~1ve_s, rather than Miitakes. m1l~ry, Craft; Bounry, Popularity. nlt~tfhn; v~nety, Covetoufnefs; Hu~ Rellgton, only Interett. Nay the b ft f orr, . ~rtue muft be Defign, and a But to allay their Merit a;d a bat~ tb .~ah.ties rnuft nor pafs without and they that have it, the worft of M.en 1 ea raJfe. Bafeft of tempers! 9° But Jul\ and Noble Minds R · · to augment their Praife. ejoyce 10 other Men's Succefs, and ht:lp' 9 I And indeed they are not without L v· tisfattion in feeing her Rewarded and 1i h do~e to rnne, that rake a Sa .. that do abhor to Jeffen ir. ' uc e crve to thare her CharaEler 92 lllf !J;IIIII'JJ J;ffe. Why is Man lef d bl h Hands, bu~ ~ecaute This u not the Place ~f ~{: R!ft /1n the Works of his 9l And It IS a Greatand Juft Reproach h" · Mind where. he cannot fiay himfelf. upon lm, that he !hould fix his 94 Were tt not more his Wifdom t b that will go With him, and ereit a Man6o i conhc~rned a~ou~ thofe WoJks neither over him nor it > n or Im where T1mc has Power welt' a;~~; [~i!~i~o~!. Man fo often to mifs his W:!y to his Bell, as 96 II:Jf .llmlifHan. They that foar roo h" h f · full makes a low and level Dwelling preferable. 1g ' 0 ten hard; whicli M97 Tf he tallell Trees are molt in the Power of tb~ Winds and A 6" • en o the Blafts of FOrtnne. 1 m tttous mtJ J:li[.da~£ ':o~ feen a~d obfervhed, -and moll envied: Leal\ Quiet but , . n not 01ren tot eu Advantage. , 99 Thofe Builders had need of a good Founclation that lie fo m h pofed to Weather. , uc e~ .. too Good Works are ~Rock, that will fupport their Credit· but llf Ones a Sandy Foundation that Yields to Calamities. 1 • ~~ AndhtrdulytBhey ought to ex pea no Pity in their Fall that whea·· Jn ower,. a no owe~S' for the Unhappy. ' ' 10 2 The worft of D11\eml?""'; alway• Craving and Thirfly, Relllefi and HDi~ted: A perfell Dehnu{ll In the Mind: Infuflerallle in Succe(S and ia f(Jppotntments moft Revengeful. ' . to D~fe:e! i!J&tfe oc .llJ.lP[Illlff. We are too apt to love Praife, but nor 1 0 4 Eut if we. would Deferve ir, we muft love Virtue more than Thar; 10 5. As there J! no Patlion in us-fooner moved or more deceivable fO' for that rcafo~ there is_ no~e over .which we ought to be more lVatchful, i;',h~~hder:e~fu~:~,o~::en'e It : For 1f we give it, we muft be fure ro mean Io6 If we are. PenUrious, it fhows Emulation; if we exceed, Flattery. r 07 Good Meafure belongs to Good A <lions; m9re looks N.ufcous, 6s ~ Q well |