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Show 388 1668. IJ""V".-' Chap.XlX. No CROSS, No CROWN. Vou .I. refer himfelf to his own Haufe, as to a Court of Judicattue, uking gl'eat Care to preferve natural Affetlion. 1hat they be Examples of Temperanae in their own Families, and to the City. That in Courts of Judic;arure none attelt God by an ll)a!b, but of< ib<11f[elves Jo to Jprak,, or tb<y .may .be be· litved without an Oar b. That the Difcourfe of that Fhtlofoper IS vam, by which no Paifton of a Man is Healed: For, as there is no Benefit of Medi· cine, if it expel not Difeafes out of Bodies; fo neither of ~hilofophy, if it .expel. not Evil our of the Soul. Of God, an Heavenly Life and. State, be faith tbur, They mutually exhorted one another, ibat they jhouid not teM of•nJer God wbicb it in !belli. Tbei! Study and Fxien1Uhip, by W!>rds a.nd ACtions, had Refetence to tome D1vtne Temperament; and to l.Jmon wtth God and to Unity with the Mind, and the Divine Soul. That all which theY determine to be done, aims and tends to the Acknowledgment of the Deity. This is the Principle; and the whole Life of Man confift, in this, !bat lJe foUollJ Cl!ltl, and this is the Ground of Philofophy. He Jairh, ' . Hope all Things, for to none belongs dcfpair, All Things to God eafic. and perfea arc. The Work of tbt MinJ, is Life. The Work of God, is Immortality, Eternal Life. The Mind in Man is ttrlfld God, by Participation: Tbe Ratibnal Soul, if direfltd by the Mind, It inclines the Will to Virtue, and is term'd the gOod Da:mon, Genius, or Spirit. If by Pbantafie and ill .A.jfetlions, it drar:ru rbe Jt!illto Vius, the evil Thtmon : Whence Pythagoras defired of God, To }.eep 111 from Evil, mtd to jbew every one the Dzmon, or good Spirit, be ought to ufe. The Rational Man is more Noble than other C.rearures, as more Divine; not content fo!ely With one Operation (as all other Things drawn along by :Nature, which tlfways aOs after the J~me Manner) blit endued with various Gifts, which IJe ufetb according to his Free Will, in Rej}ell oj which Liberty, • I -Men are of Heavenly Race, Taught by diviner Nature, what t'imbrate. 1 By Divint:r ]\Tature, is meant, the IntelJeOua/ Soul: As to Intellell, Man approaches nigh to God; as to InferiorSenfes, he recedeth from God: Cborm, the Infinite Joy of the, Ble!fed Spirits, their immutable Delight, lliled by Homer, &.-1ff1of )''""' (inextricable Laughter) For, what grearer Plea jure than to behold tbe ferene .d.j}eO of God, tlrtd next him the Ideas and Forms of aD Things, more p11rely anl tranJparently, than fecondarily, in crt· awl Beings. The Pvrbagoreans had this Difiith, among thofe tommonly nlled the Golden Verflr: Rid of rbit Body, if the Heavens free Tou reach, henceforth Immortal JOU jhal1 ht. Or rhus: Who nfrer Death, arrive at th'beav'n!y Plain, .Are flrait like Gods, and_ never Jye again. §. L. J;s!Olo~ eUeem'd, as Tbales, one of the feven Sages of Greea,.a Plutarch Hc:rod. Noble Philofopher, and a Law-giver to the Jirbenianr, was fo humble, that he refufed to be Prince of that People, and voluntarily bani{ll'd him· feU, when Pifi_flratm ufurp"d the Go\'ernment there; refolving, never to out-live the Laws and Freedom of his Country. He -would fay, That to make a Government !aft, t mujl obey the Laws, and the People the Magiflrates. It was 'Fhat Riches brought Luxury, ttnd Luxury broU&ht Tyranny afk'd by Cr~tfus, King of Lydia, when feared in his Throne, richly CLothed, and magnificently Attended,: · If he had ever feen any Thing more Glorious? He anfwered,' Cccks, Pelco~ks, and Pheafants, by bow mJJ(b their BtdJJty is N111ura!. Theft: under•nlum~ " Exprol· VoL. I. No CR-OSS, M CROWN. 8 . Expreffions of Wife So/011, meeting fo at u 3 9 Cirttjtn, they parted. The one defirous ~f To~~na r~eVPr~J~ and Luxury of 1668. Example and InftruEtor of true J\ob l.t n amt1es; the other an ~ King's Effeminacy. Another Time er~fo ~fe.[htJJe, ~h:J.t contemned the Chap XIX. eft ~an 10 the World > Ex pet\ in he fhould rm, ho was the h 1 ppr· HJofi Famous for Wealth in thof~ Pans. he have £ud, CrtrJus, becaufe the Poor, yer was an bonefl and good Man a;d anfwJred, hTellus, who, thollgb Plutarch 4{ttr be btJd fervtd the Common~We~ltbfi coz~yre Wit what he bnd: That iac:rt. Grand-Cht!Jren virtuoufiy EduClted J ed J/ ~~;; ~C nndft~n bu Cbt!dren anA and W4s earned by bu Children 10 h' 3' 01 IS o:mtry m a good old A~e, but he d1£fembled it. Whilft So!o~s re:Oave. , ~hJs much d1f~leafed Vttfus, Cr~t/Ju moved, demanded whom he affi mmen e the Happmtfs of Tellus, queftron but himfelf !hould be named)~~~;~ the r.exht Place ro > (making no tb4t loved well, bad a Com etenc ./ rs, aJt he, and Btto, Brerbren Tender and Ohed1ent to th~r .M/,b/JJerR. 0J great Health and Strength; moft tn the Ten!ple' fell afleep and wak rd ehgtoll.t of Life, who after facrifoing \ ' ) Angry, Strange! fanh he doth :ur H mo.re .. .. Hereat Cra:fus, growing thou wih not tank us Equ;l with 1 applnefs feem fo defp1cable, thu thou C1UJU1re of 111 t~bout humane ..AJ[t pr ~3~ Perfons ~ StJion anfwered, Doft VIdence zs fevere and often /lili o/'1; nowe1tbou not, that Dlvme Pro4 Time, fee manyTb~ngs o:e would not~ ~tratu'd r,;~o not we; 'ttl Procifs Df nor? 0Jitnt .Man's Life at Sevent i y, an Jll.utr mhny Thzngs we would fond, TmoHundredandFi/t tmd~dd~s, wh~tbmakes.,. TwemyS1xThou- *Accordm ether t So that every one )'Q Cr~fus ~1' there IS fcarttly one Day bke an· to the A the:~ peareft to me very Rtch a~d Kmg ' IS atte~dttl rvitb CrojJts. Tbo11. t!fJ"' manAc;:count. a.fkejl, I cannot refoive, ~~ll 1 bear /b~:rh:Ji"Y /j''h; ~11 the i.!eftJOn tboJI. that bath much Wealth 11 nor ba pier tb ben e t ~ ays Happzly · For be D"y ~ un!t[s ProVIden;e conrmu: tboJe ~~od !Jbt gelt bzJ Bread from Day to In e1.:ery Thmg , 0 Kmg we mufl hav R d mgt, nn tbnt be duth well. God JifpenJeth worldly' good Thm s e b/gar to the End; for Man, to whom his D1fi:ourfe, not flattering cr!.}. at 141.11':tftrlj deJerts. Solon, after that h~ &egleft:ed the prefent goo/s Ou~as f R.m1 'dand accounted unwire~ that w~lt the Fables, being then at Snrd ~ fc egar t.Q the future. .IE fop, much tn Favour wah him w • It, ent for thathcr by Crtr/11$ and rnift; and faid to htm soion a~:~eved. to fee Solon fo unthankfullf dif.. what may pleafe them; No, faith Sol~tt ettier tell Kings nothing at a11, or for them. However it was not Lon n, eu er notbmg at alit or wbat is be{l for, being taken Prifoner by qy 1 i' }ut Cr~tjus was of another M1mf: and by his Command Fetter'd Nud. t e ounder of the !J>erjian Monarchy' Herodo. Crttfos fighed deeply, :.tnd crfe~n oP£u~~n a Pt}e of Wo.od, to be burn'd: Habcar. er afk, On whom he called ) He ~as fil ' Solon CyrJtS bid the Interpret.& Tf,~n h1m, whom I J{fire, above eli Wea/~hn~; ~~~ft., .!Jp'reffing·Him, anfwered:r ..,hiS not underftood upon b h I ' 011 ave 'f_Oke!lulitb ali Tyrants tbnuan, who long jin'ce fa s rt er mponunity he told them, Solon an A~ tt ;lbefides, what be rod ml ;~~;,:;;: ;~m:, N_nrl{1.bg my Wealth, Jifpifed alone, hut to all Mankznd efpe 11 h .r. h · or 1 II Collnftl belong to me r~fur faid thus, the Fi'rc be~;~{~ k(:al:' t~nkhtbemfel'lvubappy. Whilft y the Flame; C)'rus informcd'of th I ' an t e out aftsrt'o be feJzed to be troubled; and knowm hurlfetf t nterpreters, what CrJefus faid, begari. ?fDt tnfJrzor to hlm{'l/f m We;ltb fo'fev o bf a M~n, and thatL to. ufe another, lnftantly Comman!ed the p1re to he ']_lit e~e J' h:{~t one Daytbe retahared, ~e brbllght off. Whom ever after as nc e ' a rttfus;4ttr:b..hu Fnends i6 F..ftcem. ~Thus Solen g~m.,d duePr~tfe lo;g asf!:,e lil'td, Cjr./Js had in great Ontl und znjlrulled rhe Other A '~ at, 0 ..A.Wb.Kmgs, hr..,.d.dVJ..ct Jw'd l?/,,y:tWere firft iuveoted, fo "was ~d as 'ftwas1n Solo»:.,'s TJme,ilflac Trttt~ca't the lnconvenil!ncies -that follow de ~0 fev.ere aga1ntl rhcm; foie-f~~flg that ;Novelty of'P!cafure 1 ~ ' upon the Peoples bemg lffeEted ,,itb. to tlk Play, and after it. w t JS: reported of him, Tb:~~t he went himfelf and afk'd him Jf he. were as ended, he wen No TbefpiS, rhe great Ailor great an Aud:rory~ T./Jf:O. nrJ~[,fhamded to t'fJfo..m~tny_Li'et rlf the Face.r{ J; qlS <I were , as It IS now ufual, rber..e is no 11~r!JJ ncr. l .•. .. |
