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Show S E B 7. 1t fignifies the individual, as fubjeét t Kiaow if his laft purpofe hold Or whether fince he is advis'd by augh his own contemplation or a&ion The fpark of noble courage now awake An frive your excellent fe/fto cxccl Next t Fairy Qu. the knowledge of God, this knowlcdge of our fe/ves feems moft worthy of our endeavour. Hale Since confcioufnefs always accompanies think ing, and it is that that makes every one to be wha hie calls felf; and thereby diftinguifthes himfelf fro all other thinking things; in this alone confift perfonal indentity, fe e. the famenef of.a ratlonal being Locke Tt is by the confcioufnefs it has of its prefen thoughts and ations, that it is felf to it fe/f now and fo will be the fame fe/f; as far as the fame con fcioufnefs can extend to attions paft or'to come Locke The fondnefs we have for fe7f; and the relatio which other things have to our Jelwes, furnifhes another long rank of prejudices Watts 8. It is much ufed in compofition, which i is proper to explain by a train of examples. It is to be obferved, that its compofition in Shakefpeare is often harfh Then held fhe her tongue, and caft down a felf accufing look, finding that in hexfelf fhe had fho out of the bow of her affe@ion a more quick open- ing of her mind than fhe minded to have doné Sidncy. Alas while we are wrapt in foggy mif Of our [e/f-love, fo pafiions do deceive We think they hurt when moft they do affift. Sid Till Strephon' plaining voice him nearer drew here by his words his Jelf-like cafe he knew Sidney Ah'! where was firft that cruel cunning found "To frame of earth a vefiel of the mind Where it fhould be to fo/f-deftruction bound ? $id Before the door fat felf-confuming care Day and night keeping wary watch and ward Fairy Queen My ftrange and fe/f-abuf s the initiate fear that wants hard ufe. Sh. Mach An 1 have heard fo much with Demetrius thought ¢ have fpok thereof' But being over-full of felf-affairs My mind did lofe it. "Shak: Midl. Night's Dream Nor know I augh By me that 's faid or done amifs this night Unlefs [elf-charity be fometimes a vice An He walks, and‘tha:fi/f-c};ain about his neck WWhich he forfwore Shakefpeare It is in my power, in one fe/f-born hour "To plant and o'exwhelm cuftom Shakefp. Winter's Tale His treafons will fit blufhing in his face Not able to endure the fight of day But fe/f-affrighted tremble at his fin Shakefp. Richard 11 "The ftars above us govern our conditions Elfe one [e/f-mate and mate could not bege Such different iffues Shakefpeare ¥P'm made of that /e/f-metal as my fifter And prize me at her worth Shakefp. King Lear. In my fchool-daye, when I had loft one thaft I thot his fellow of the felf-fame fligh The fe/f-fame way, with more advifed watch To find the other forth Shakefpear He may do fome good op her A peevifh fe/f~will'd harlotry it is Shakefpeare's Rowmeo and Fulict But left myfelf be guilty of felf-wrong "Il ftop mine ears againft the mermaid's fong Shakejpeare He conjuné, and flatt'ring his difpleafure Tript me behind : being down, infulted, rail'd Got praifes of the kin ‘The Everlatting fix And [elf-reproving More or Iefs to others paying Than by felf-sffences ‘weighin Shame to him whofe cruel ftrikin Kills for faults of his own liking | ‘Shakefpeare Bellona's bridegrdom, lapt in ‘proof Confionted him with fe/f-caparifons Point againft point Shake[peare's Macketh Self-love, my liege, is not fo vile a fi As [elf-negleing Shakefpeare's Henry V Anger is lik A full hot horfe, who being allow'd his way Self-mettle tires him Shake[peare His lords defire him to have born His bruifed helmet and his bended fwor Before him through the city; he forbids it Being free from vainnefs and Jelf-glorious pride Shakefpeare. You promis' To lay afide fe/f-harming heavinefs And entertain a cheerful difpofition. Shak. R.IIL In their anger they flew a man, and in thei Jelf-will they digged down a wall ‘Gen. xlix, 6 The moft ordinary caufe of a fingle life is liberty, efpecially in certain Jelf-pleafing and humorous minds, which are o fenfible of every reftraint as to think their girdles and garters to b bonds and fhackles Bacon Haft thou fet up nothing ia competition wit ‘God; no pride, profit, fe/f-love, or [elf-intereft o thy own Duppa Up through the fpacious palace pafied fh To whete the king's proudly repofed head If any can be foft to tyranny And [elf-tormenting fin, had a foft bed. Crafbazv With a joyful willingnefs thefe Jelf-loving re formers took pofieffion of all vacant preferments and withreluctance others parted with their beloyed colleges and fubfiftence Walton Repent the fin 5 but if the punifhmen Thou canft avoid, f¢/f-prefervation bids Milzon Him faft fleeping foon he found In labyrinth of many a round felf-roll'd. Milron Oft times nothing profits mor Than felf-eftcer, grounded on juft and right Well manag'd Milton's Paradife Loff Self-knowing, and from thenc Magnanimous, to correfpond with heav'n, Mi/ton So virtue giv'n for loft as feem'd Like that fe/f-begotten bird Shakefpeare's Othello For him attempting who was fe/f-fubdued He's full of alteratio Shakefpeare's King Lear. Depreft and overthrown to defend ourfelves it be a fin When violence affails us To change the courfe §hat Elis cannon "gainft fe/f-flaughter, Shakefpe Hamlet In th> Arabian woods emboit "That no fecond knows nor third And Jay ere while a holocauft From out her afhy womb now teem'd take 2 more efficacious pragmg imfelf intgje et a man apply Himfe f¢ the v Jélf-exami ation, by a' fiii&tk g whole c{tatj of his foul A fatal felf-impofture fign, and deftroys the fof iuch c €y qf_alli rel luftrious perfon, he may ¢ af him upon a b opinioned phyfician, wor fe han his gig thall make a fhift to cy e him ino 53;3" Negle@ of friends ca }ill ‘f)ve ‘prove the perfo eof-fufficient, and fuc mortal aflifia;ce never be piove pa ufing it g a ca - ea o B M‘." By all human laws, as well 25 d vine, (lfim der has ever been agteed on as the gmtefif; éfi:;m A [elf-conceited fop will fyaljoy; any t ,:,rg'"' From'Atreu LEfrany though your aficient lineagefic';;gg: Yet my felf-confcious worth, your hi ren yp Yourvirtue through the neighb'ring nations oy, | i He has givenyou all the commendatio wlrm Jelf-fufficiency could afford to 3y D Below yon fpher There hangs the ball of earth and water mixt Self-center'd'and unmov'd Diyd. State f I All thefe receive their birth from other s 5 ut from-himfelf the phenix only fprings; Self-born, begotten by the parent flam In which he burn'd, another and the fame, J The burning fire, that fhone fo bright Flew off all fudden with extinguifh'd light And. left one altar dark, a listle fpace Which turn'd fe/f-kindled, and renew'd the blas Drgle Thou firft, Oking ! releafe the rights of firy Pow'r, fe/f-reftrain'd, the people beft obey, Dryé Eighteen and nineteen are equal to thirty-feses by the fame Jelf-evidence that one and twoie equal to three ‘l@t) A contradiction of what has been faid, isa ma of 'yet greater pride and Jelf-conceitednefs, whenst take upon us to fet anotherright in his ftory, L I am as juftly accountable for any attion don many years fince, appropriated to me noiy by Jelf-confcioufnefs, as I am for whatd did thehi moment Each fntermediate idea agreeing on ‘eae} with thofe two, it is immediately placed betii the ideas of men and felf-determination appearo be conneéted Lfih This felf-exiftent being hath the power of perfection, as well as of exiftence, in hlmfglf;_ for is, hath the power of exif}ence, mfil:;:lf‘lfa;; He forrows now, repents, and prays contrite My motions in him: longer than they move not be wiithout the p ower ofGmuansy tCopofil Self-left Milton Sencca approves this fel/f-homicide Hakewill Thyfelf from flatC'ring fe/f-conceit defend Jelf-movent5 for motion is not of 'the_dl‘fl?‘ His heart I know how variable and vain Nor what thou doft not know, to know pretend Denban Man s that favage beaft, whofe mind From reafon to fe/f-love declin'd Farewell, my tears Denbans And, my juft anger, be no more confin' To vain complaints or fe/f-devouring filence reft by death, though they die in Jelf-murder, th Graunt Are not thefe ftrange fe/f-delufions, and yet at tefted by common experience South's Sermons If the image of God is only fovereignty, certainly we have been hitherto much miftaken, a hereafter are to beware of makin ourfelve un like God, by too much fe/f-denial and humility South If a ma would hav a devout humble, fin abhorring, feif-denying frame of fpirir, he canno Body cannot be fe/f-exiftent, becaufeit i8 body, becaufe we may have a defimuv.e M"P" of body, abftracted from that of motion fore motion is fomething elfe befides M)'_».v % thing without which body may be con@Gm‘ exift dedty, and i Yrd i fi Confidence, as cppofed to m guifhed from decent affurance, P."‘?C;ea:;m 77 opinion, occafioned by lgnorancg‘o?;;"' i O Bewilder'd Denham They are yet more mad to think that men ma greateft fin frgj itg that is above, or exifteth without, any cauley i Miltor's Agoniffes Delights to prey upon his kind o f n c n a ot ) I my tho Tl fome firft caufe, forhe e eife 2 B 3 Who form'd and rules all nature, 1 la an t ma bo If a firf W o f n r e r t n a S e fpa ef nd bo th i Be n:t dretermi)r'x‘ _ q f b n f a e t plain i *Ti gixsoptlhen will thi o h b l f Sel o g a e _ t t i Low n € n c i t o e i temper: a w & o t i a t o - l J way foftly s in abfurditi |