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Show S;o Refleo'lions and M4xims: VoL. I. 169;.: well as lnfincere, befides, 'tis a Perfecuting of the Meritorious, who are our ~ of Countenance to hear, what they deferve. Part ll. 108 Iris much· eafier for him ro merir Applaufe, than hear of it: And be never doubts himfelf more, or the Perfon that gives it, than when he bears fo much of it. 109. Bur to fay true, there needs nor m:J.n(Caurions on this Hand, fince the World is rarely juft enough ro the Defervmg. 110 However, we cannot he too Circum fpc(}: how we receive Praife. For if we contemplate our felves in a falfe Glafs, we are fu re to be mift:tk: en about our Dues; and becaufe we arc roo apt to believe what is Pleafing rather than· what is True, we may be too'eafily fwell'd, beyond ourJuft Pro~ portion, by the Windy Complemencs of Men. J t t Make ever therefore Allowances for whlt is faid on fuch Occafions or thou expofeft, as well as Deceiveft thY. felf. , 112 For an over~value of o\)r felves, gives us bnt a dangerous Security in many Refpeas. 113 We ex peEl: more than belongs to us; take all that's gi\•en us though never meant us; and fall out with thofe that are not as f110 of 11s as we are of our fel ves. 114 In flwrt, 'tis a Paffion that abufes our Judgment, and makes us bQth Unfafe and Ridiculous. 1 1 t 5 Be not fond therefore of Praife, but feek Virtue that leads to it. 116 And yet no more leffen or diffemble thy Merit, than over-rate it: For tho' Humility re a Virtue, an affe8:ed one is none. 117 stf <tonbutt in !!pretb. Enquire often, but Judge rarely, and thou wilr not ott en he mifiaken. 118 Ic is fa.fer to Learn, than teach ; and who conceals his Opinion, has notbing_to aniwer for. It 9 Vanity or Refentment often engage us, and 'tis two to one but we come off Lofers; for one fhews a Want of Judgment and Humility, as the other does of Temper and Difcretion. 12o Not that I admire the Referved ; for they are next to Unnatural ihat are not Communicable. But if Refervednefs be at any Time a Virtue "tis in Throngs or ill Comp3ny. ' 121 Beware alfo of .J.ffrOation in Spucbs it often wrongs Matter, an<), ever fhows a blind Side. . 122 Speak properly, and in as few Words as you can, but always plainly ; for the End of Speech is not Oftentacion but to be underfi:ood. 123 They that affea Words more than Matter, will dry up that Jirrle they have. 124 Senfe never fails to give them that have it, 'Vords enough to m:~ke them underftood. 125 But ktoo often happens in fome Converfarions, as in Apothtc~riu~ Sbopr, that thofe Pots that are Empty, or have Things of ftna1l Value in them, are as gaudily Drefs'd and Flourifh'd, as thofe that are full of preci-· ous Drugs. 126 This Labouring of flight Matter with flouri!h'd Turns of Expreffion, is fulfome, and worfe than the Modern Imitation of Tapeftry, and &fl-lndia Goods, in Stuffs and Linens. In {bore, 'tis but Taudry Talk, and next to very Trafh. 127 Glnfon o( .ftienbS. They that Jove beyond the World, cannot be feparated by it. 128 Death cannot kill what never dies. 129 Nor can SpiritS ever be divided that love and live in the fame Divine Principle; the Root and Record of their Friendfhip. 130 If Abfence he not Death, neither is theirs. 131 Death is but Ctoffing the World, as Friend& do the Seas; They live in one another ftill. 132 For they muft needs be prefcnr that love and live in llhat which is Qmniprefent. JH In YoL.L "n"'."n«• •ctro ns and Maxims. 133 In this Divine Glafs they fee F F Fru, as weH as P11re. ' ace to ace; and their Com·crfe j, 134 :rhis.is the_Comfort of Friends, that tho' th . yet the11 ~nendfhip and Society are in h b fi:So r.ey m<Jy be f<J1d to die, lmmorral. ' t e e .. n,e, ever prefenr, bec:~.ufe '35 ll>f.litfng lfafp fn ltfbing. 'Tis an H · from a Cu~zo~s Mind, as well as from a Dainty p~f~~nefs to be delivered ~~~ ~~c~t ~~r~~~ 0t~:i~ 0~~f~~00~ but Slavifh Thi.ng to be Nice. lequiJite to enjoy them. and Comfons, that make to much !JS To be Eafy in Living is much f h PI c Tempers will alw:~.y.s W:lJlt i~ o t e ea,ure of Life: But difficult an~ ~l~a~~~~Uif.r and Homtljt .Breeding is therefore preferable to one nic.c '4° And he that is taught tO live upon rc I . Wifdom, ~han he that has a great deal left ~i';' doo~es m~.re ;o hhls, F:~rhers 14f Chddrencan't well be too hard! b d, s to IS at ers Care. to beuNthe ro,u~heft P~ovidences, it is m~rc rMa:fc~~in~ef~i~~a;at ~ ~s tlhem 142 ay, tJs cenam, that the Liberty f th M. 'd · · n. e:1 thy. ;~}e~}ui:l:D~~rc~~i~ts.is ferved, inltead of b~ing ~ s~~V:l~~~~~gdbe~~ya PSjf~~: 143· ;s Nature is foon anfwered, fo are fuch fatisfied. 144 he Memory of the Ancients is hil dl · Th' celebrated ; than in a StriO On.d UfefJtllnjlil:tio~if To~,b mg more to he 14) By Laho11r they prevented Luxury in their ou p l . dom and Pbilofopby had taught them to Refift and befi~re ftop e, tdl Wif.. J46 I.r muft be therefore a grofs Fault, to ftri"e fo ha a fi ., our Bodtes. and be fo infenfible and carolers f h F r d or thf Pleafure of '47. ~f ~an'S ]nconffbttatenefs anb o ' e ree o!" .o our Souls. ::tble, If our civil Righrs are invaded or i~crof~~falftp. Tis \'ery ?hfe~v .. tou~h~, and ~II every Place with our Refem~e~t ~~d"Co"~p~fnr~lgh~~~y yileffJuls ~/SY~. ~~\~e~~~ft ~r:~~·ad~~s.Nobler Selves, to be the P1op;n; a~~ del~~~rjd f~~: ~~e w~~}~~~r~~!~ 0~~~~i}~~~i~~c~~~hG~:tubles, tilJ we are . 149 When he has h1s Dues from us, it will be time enough for him t . g1ve us o~rs out of one another. 0 wi:tfi 1:sco:r re~t Happinefs, if we could underftand it that we meet ~ uc _ec s m the C:uee.r of our worldly Enjoyrhenrs: left we fhould . orgetMthe ,Glv1e.r, adore .rhe Gift, and terminJte our Felicity here which lS not an s u nmate Bhfs. , '" 151 Out Loffes are often made ]11dgments by our Guilt 3'nd Af · vy our Rcpent.lnce. , CrcfCt J 52 Be fides, it argues great Folly in Men to let their Satiafa.R 'led the trb: Val11t of any Temporal Matter: 'For Difappointments ~~~ ~~~ ;u~~~~o:~t. me:tfur'd by the Lofs of the Thing, but the ovtr·VJ/IJt we 153 And thus Men improve their own Miferies for Want of:m E · 1 . and Juft Eftim~te of wh~t they Enjoy or Lofe. ' ~qua bfi54 ~here lies a Provifo upon every Thing in this World and we muft ~e::.v~b~ t~;Jr mo:~. PeriJ, viz. To !tJvt God above aU, and' AU for J11Jg- 'T"1H . ~ftbelll.u!e Of ]U~Ufng •. In all Things Rtafon fhould prevail: . IS quue ~nether Thtn~ to be flifj than fieady in an Opinion. 1<;6 Th1s may be reatonahle, but that is ever Wilful. · 157 In fuch Cilf~ -it always happens. that the clearer the Argument, the greilte: t~e Obftm:~cy, where the Defign is not to be convinced. to ~'ir~aJo~t:bictS:b~im~:.mour more than Truth1 and prefer af.10en Pride ;Q2 r59'Tis -8)1 169]: ~ Parr U. |