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Show L Pain; . Of MA N. Chagall. Bart I. ch'nethto Contention,Enmity, and War i. 3664qu the "3' 0f 0"" anc e Lor forgivcngfrc; (‘wil ohedi- or repell the other. Particularly, competition of punk, CFC "‘Cth by lbciety : for there is no other way by which a man can fecure his '0 I'Wafrm life and liberty, PM" Men'thatdiih‘ufi their own fubtilty, are in tumult, and fcditiQn, dvdfrm 4,: better difpofed for victory,than they that fuppofe themfelves wife, or flmfl oftheir Defire of Eafe,and fenfuall Delight,difpofeth men to obey a com- crafty. Forthel‘e love to confult,the other (fearing to be circum- awn Wit. mon Power 2 Becaufe by fuch Delires, a man doth abandon the pro« vented,) to {hike hill, And in fedition, men being alwayes in the preient condition -, as alfo, all men that are ambitious of Military command , are enclined to continue the caufes of warre; and to {lirre up trouble and {edition : for there is no honour Military but by gt 1. 0,. difliculty appears, they look for nothing but to have their in- Ear; -, nor any fuch hope to mend an ill game, as by cauling a new fuflicienCy difcoYCred. Vain-glorious men, fuch as eflimare their fufiicienCy by the flatte- Delire of Knowledge, and Arts of Peace, enclineth men to"obey a ry of other men, or the fortune offonae precedent action, without af- 1"" "f '1'"' common Power : For fuch Defire, containeth a delire ofleafure ; an‘d fured ground of hope from the true knowledge of themfelves, are cnclined to ralli engaging 5 and in the approach of danger, or difficul~ ty, to retire if they can :becaufe not feeing the way of fafety, they will rather hazard their honour, which may be falved with an excufe; than their lives, for which no falve is fuflicient, 51:2"? 1"" whofe judgement they value ; for of thofe men whom we contemn, f‘ we contemn alfo the Praifes. Defire of Fame after death does the fame. And though after death, there be no fenfe of the praife given 6 6 6 i i i i us on Earth, as being joyes, that are either fwallowed up in the un« fpeakable joyes of Heaven, orextinguilhed in the extreme torments of Hell: yet is not fuch Fame vain;be‘caufe men have a refent delight therein, from the forefight of it, and of the benefit that may re-1 dound thereby to their pofierity: which though the now fee not, et they imagine 5 and any thing that is pleafure in the gnfe the fame alfo H is pleafure in the ma maxim. ' ‘ digit"; , To have received tom one, to whom we think our felifes equall‘ Re um: reater benefits than there is hope to Require difpofeth to counterfciE "Z" B,§,_ ove'; but really fecret hatred ; and puts a mah into the Clinic ofa def- flu. perate debtor , that in declining the fight of his‘ creditor, tacitely wi{hes him there, where he might never fee him more. For benefits obe lige -, and obligation is thraldome ,- an'd unrequitable obligation ‘ perpetuall thraldome -, which is to ones equall, hatefull. But to havé i l ll l precincts ofbattell, to hold together, and ufc all advantages offorce, is a better liratagem, than any that can proceed from fubtilty of Wit. Vain-glorious men, {rich as without being COnfcious to themfelves Vm underof great liiilicienCy,delightin fuppofing themfelves gallant men, are taking from enchned onely to oflcntation ; but no: to attempt : Becaufe when dan- Vain-glory, . confequen‘tl prdteétion from fome other Powerthan their own. Low athr- Defire o Praife, difpofeth to laudable aétions, fuch as plEafe them if both which are hatefull; toareverence of Antiquity. For men contend With the living, "0‘ u e.. Afldfm" 4.9 Fears of Oppl-cilion, difpofeth aman to anticipate, or to feels ayd Trofipmefle 1"" "1'54" teétion might be hoped for from his own Induftr , and lab‘Our. Fear PM, flm of Death,and Wounds,difpofeth to the fame-,an for the fame reafon'. .f Death, or Onthe contrary, needy men, and hardy, not contented With. their Woundl- Chan 1. Competitor, to the attaining of his defile, is to kill, fubdue, fup .lant, with the dead 5t0 thefe afcribing more than clue, that they may ob-_ fcure the glory of the other. _ _ ‘V-f'frm OfA/AN. received benefits from One, whom we acknowledge for fu erio , d ‘ If P ur, cheerfullacceptation, (which men call Gratitud w. 5P1; 1o" : and 33m Ethgoblilgcrfii is taken generally for retfi'gultsiohc Effigy-:1: ive ne ts, t ioug from an e uall or infer' ' . 7 hope of requitall, difpofeth to ldlve : f)or in thelhiltie'nziidggg' 1511:2225 ‘gationas of ayd, enclines to love 5 becaufe the obligation is no ne and fervice mutuall . Men that have a {bong opinion of their own wifdome in matter of dmél'tl'flfl, government, are difpofcd to Ambition. Becaufe without publique from opmmz Employment in couniell or niagillracy, the honour oftheir wifdome "ffi‘fifi‘fiéh is loft. And therefore Eloquent fpeakers are enclined to Ambition; for Eloquence feemeth wifedome, both to themfelves and others. Pufillanimity difppfcth men to Irrefolution, and confequently to [rreflJ/Htiw, lofe the occafio'ns, and fitteft opportunities of tuition. For after men 1‘mm W have been in deliberation till the time of aétion approach, if it be not amt "It" thenmanifefi what is belt to be done, 'tis a figne, the diflei'ence of""g,"f [We Motives the one way and the other, are not great : Therefore not to mmm' refolve t ien, is to lofe the occafion by weighing of triflcs -, which is Piifillanimity, ' Frugality, ( though in poor men a Vertue,) maketh a man unapt to atclueve fiicliae‘tions,as require the flrength of many men at once : l-or it weakeneth their Endeavour, which is to be nouriihed and kept in vigor by Reward Eloquence, with flattery, difpofeth men to confide in them that Coir/WW! 1'7- liave it ~, became the former is feeming Wifdome, the later fecmino "ll/3T": ,f'fm . Kindnelle, Adth to them Military re utation, and it dilpofeth men [ti/10'1"," "f, to adlia'rc, and hibject them {elves'to thofe men that have them, The til/3:273:46 two former, having given them caution againfi danger from him 5 the Kindmfi. later gives them caution againfl danger from otliei'S. \V am or Science , that is, Ignorance ofcaufcs, diipofeth, or rather Ami 19W tanfiraineth a man to rely on the advife, and authority of Other-5. For [ig'm‘f'J/ffl‘ 0/ e ( infiltrate of . is viétor 3" and the 0th er rCVCn°€d b confellin it. thrrt'ing r, m2?2:21: do? more hurt to a man, thin he 3clan, or is lglllln to'exé balked. P ' n" thedoer to him the fuffer‘cr, For he muff expgeél KIvenge, to men whom the truth concernes, if they rely not on their own, 'T'WM" nlmli (fly 0"th QPlnlOn 0f {01116 Oillcr, whom they think wifer than "Hf" "mum"; and lee nor why he lhould deceive them, . Ignorance |