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Show The l" R i: r A c E. XXXiV The W-T-T ' i - It'are, to to great a Fulnels, that he kille h himlhlfvrith hindnefs in exalzingr ILS Blocd to a Valet/20m, thereoy rendring ‘ himfslf liable to an I'Iolpital ofDifcafes. Inx'eterate Anger degenerates into Malice, Limiting the hriind, serverting the fine Qeconomy of Seui andihody, taz icing away the Gaiety or our Nature, anti C(EIEIPECL‘UKC of "9|?de our Temper, putting us upon ill Wifhes, variety or quarrels, and iiiiiiiiniiccr revenge; whereupon we being highly dileon‘ipoied in our (""5" Ntindis, the Craiis of our Blood is fpoiled, and we rendred obnoxious to great diieafes, cenfures and clamours, to the pity of fome, and [corn of others. MW" . p T Ambition putteth .118 upon a. vain. expeétation of Eononr Whiting or fortune, which IS otten difappomted bya fruitlefs fuc, iiirslliiiitihlgdiir cefis, and mounteth us up by irregular motions, to a Sphere 31:31"; above our Selves, to {peak us great in the opinion of the World, making us to walk upon Rocks and Precipices, from which we tumble and dalh our Selves in pieces, and T/mcton ICOF Ina [- of 1051-; Lives highly undervaluing Iober Principles upon this Otisoftlie account, becaufe they run counter, as they conceive, to the {gag-cw grandeur , riches, and power, which may be acquired by cunning outwitting, and opprefsing others, and giving {trict bounds, and checks to the pleafant and overflowing firearms of Ienfual appetites : But in my Opinion the mifapprehenfion is very evident, becaufe the Syitetrie of Divine Philofophy doth highly enlighten the minds of Men, and render their A pe- tites more regular , their Reafon acted with more folid Prinz OLirReal'ou happinefs of this {tare of Grace more advanced, and that 32:3,: the Body, whereupon it is my humble Advice, to eIpoufe, as our good , the Ialutary precepts of Piety, Juflice, and other of Glory more aqured. Dhiaatff °f In the flare of original Righteoufnefs, We had a clear Rea, iiaiiiiliiigfris Profeiiors of Arts and Sciences, then to be Lovers of Man. . . . Societies kind, to efpoule fuch PrinCiples and Methods, as may igilaliriml. Prove and eflec‘tual prefervatives of Humane Bodies and Societies Efflfisl founded in Health and Happinels , which would be our Ion, a conformable Will, and the Irafcible, and Concupifcible E‘iifiti‘fi Appetites, obedient to the imperate ac'ts of the Will; all 3‘3"" which was accompliflied by Natures excellent Oeconomy, . Iuch as God iiiilitttted in Man, when he was configned b him to a more Divine and Glorious State; the Clirifiiztii The Chri: Law being only a noble Superftrué'ture, founded upon the re, iiiiiiid'c'iliiils paired Law of Nature, which is the fame for Iubftance with $355153; the Chriflian ; whereupon the Law of Nature is improved, £5,122," rc‘ great ends and perfeetions, the greateit felicity in this lower my! rci‘tored to greater degrees of perfection. A I ‘ God in the beginning formed many ranks of Inferior and 3:53;?! Orb, were we not deiigned by an infinite Goodnefi, to a more excellent and fubliine one above, l ane,aranged I'Iealt rand Happinefsgo hand in hand, as well as our earn? $223?" ell dehres to our Selves, as our well wiihes to others, in the fgfsfdc' clofes of our Drfcoririm and Letters, and the kindett language \ which which [peak a high d'fcompofure to the Mind, and ficknefs to Nothing can fpeal; a greater honour and advantage to the Hakim" - being too plain to be prudent, and too fimple to be fate; I‘den dream? ciples, and lets obnoxious to fallacious Arguments, the eleéti'isfiffefdm on of the Will, guided and determined by more Ibber die't, iiiincigiis, ates of the Underf'tanding, their policy more difcreet, the afitofertep """Y‘mnd- as being a deitnfative againft Sicknefs and Death. Iiodiesand .reprefents them, as the greatefl argument of our moft endear, ,ing civilitics rte can pay to i‘vianhind. Healththereioie, in which Happinefs is bound up, is our If" m utnioil endeavour, as weil as grand interelt to preferve, which aiipiiliifdisn. is beIt managed by the {elect wrihes and precepts of Clirifiian :Soiiytthe Philofopliy, which is highly cryed down by finite Men of 31055:; choice natura parts, as iticonhfleiit with Humane Politicks, as Philomphy, like lofe our fond Selves and empty Defigns. Thus have I given a profpee't of fome great Aberrations, Temperance, which being of a Spiritual temper, make us vimmm. altin to the Great Heavenly Adind, 'n Ilamping his Image upfflé‘sfifl on us, which giveth a Blelsing in the Ternporals of this life, imam xxxv ‘1‘ 1- ‘ "4; inordinate inclinations, and nouriiheth his Bony m , 1 oaiiit of our Farewels, liiperior Creatures, as re many Iimanations of his infinite EI: ""14"" in a beautifiil Qrder,as fubordinate to, and mutuz $333333: ally ferving each Other in all good Offices, as feilowah/Iem, Ehg‘éfir rs of that great Body, the Liniverfe; and at laft created gitifgiifga ‘vl an as the Epitome of the Creation, the laIt product and min 5333:?" when we take leave of our Friends and hunmation of it, to whom he gave Dominion and Soveraign- mid Lorriqf Strangers, in giving them our Val), our lai‘t mot‘t obliging ty over all the Creatures, living in this lower Region. And $3353."" ) beingr the iVIaIi'Cl‘PICCB of the Creation below, God or» Etteeins, in the kind terms of Health and Happinefs, which I‘Cp‘i‘CItill‘IS tied him to a noble end, and gave him parts ofhis Body and |