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Show t668. ~ ChapXIX No C R 0 SS1)vo C JlO W .M~ Vat.. l. §. LXIII. !l)miOttttu~ r»auld Jay, That he had lived '? an extraordina.Age by keeping himfelf !rom Luxury and Excefs. That a hrrle, Illate wen~ a great Way with Men th<i.t wete neither Covet om .nor Prodtgal . . That Luxury furnHhed great Tables with Virie~y ; a..na 1:emperana. furmfheth little ones. Th\u Ricbu do not tonfUI in the Po!feffion, but !'gbt Ufe of Wealth. He auu a Man 0{ great Retirement, av014mg . p~bl1~k .Honours and Employments: &wai/'d hy the People of Abdera !U ~ad, "bdf/ mJred & anlyfmiled a/the Madnefs of rbe World. . § LXIV. IIOttiiU~. the molt Ue!i'glo11~ and Lear~ed Pl"iifol!berofbis Plat. A to Time (and ofwliom 'tis reponed, ApoU~ gave th1s ~ti:uaae~, 1'bt~t he wat rliog. Ccrt f t1Je tvifejl Man on Earth) W:IS a . Man of a Severe Life, an.d wftr~fred P~o~ Helvie. Cic. legratisinjufl, grdVt and, vtrt~OtH Manner.r: For Whic~,,bemgen~Jed Tnr.~el\:. h b Jirijlophanfi, the vain Comtcal w,~ of that Age, :IS on~ fpc!l10~ the Trade ~~~~~~~r. 0 f -Plap, andexercifmgthe Gtmer:rhcy o~th~ People,_ ,~Hh n:ore noble and Liban, Apol. virtUous Th:in~s; was reprefented by htm tn a P!tty, m wh~ch. he rcndr~d 'Varro. H!ft• 8dcrares fo ridiculous, that the Vulgar rMOJdd rather p~rt wah So~rat~ 111 St:hof· Anft. tarncft_, than Socrates iniefl; which made way for .tltctr Impcachmg h:m, :l!i an Enemy to their Gods; for which they put htm to Death. But tn a 1)1ort Space, his Eigbty Judges, and. the whole People, fo d,eeply tefented ·the Lots, that they flew many of h1s Jic.cufers: Some ~ang d themfelves; nOne would uade with them, nor anf1ter them a Que{bon. T~ey erca~!l .ieverll Stttruu to ~is P_rtti[e; They forb~d bH Not!le toke mcntiO'feP., t.bat they might forger the1r In;uft_ice: They c:11ld home hts bamfhcd Fr1e.n~.rand Scbolor.r. And, by the mofi wife ~nd Le~~ned Men of that Age, tt IS oQ· ferved, That flmous City was pumfhcd Wtth t_he f!10ft dreadful Plagu~.r that ever r<Jged amoogft them; :1nd all Greece, .with It, never pro,fpered many confiderable Undertaking; but from t~at T1me alw~ys decay d. A,tnongtt many of his Sober :1nd Religious Maxtms, upon wh1ch he was accuftomed to difcourfe with his Difciples, thefe are ~orne. He rJughr ever} where That an upright Man, and an happy MaQ, are ~~~~. t.~~; aU one. They that ~o Good, are cmpl~yed'; they t~at fpen~ their Time x~n. me. 3• in Rccre:nions, ar~ rd/e. To do Good, IS the beft Courfe of Ltfe; h_e.only P· 720. xcn. ·is idle; who might be better employ' d. An Horfe is nor ~nown by h!s·fur ... me. 3• P· 78• -'rliture but Qualities; foMen are ro be efteemed for Vtrtue not \Ve:Iltb. ~79b. 1:oh Being 'ajked Who lived wifbout Trouble? He anftxered, Thofe who are con• s~~rm. ~- ~ 1. fcious ro rh'emfel ves of no EVil Thing. Ta one ~bo dc!'l'mded • Wbat wa1 Stob. 4· 6. Nobility ? He apfweml, A &ood Temper and D1fpofit1?n of Soul and BoStab~ ~· ,s. dy. They who know what they ough~ rp dQ, :md do lt P?t, are no~ W)fl xen P • :1nd Temperate· but Fools and Stupid. To one that complameJ, /Je ba~,trt, ~~~~. 3Epift. been bn1efire4 b.f bis Travels; Not without Reafon (fays Socrard). diod J, 103. didft traVel witti thy Self: Intimating, he knew not the Erer~al Mttld of Stab. 28• God, to direfl: ::tnd inform him. Being demanded~ .What Wijdom W!s f f.1id, A virtuofl! Compofurt of the Soul. And, betng afked, w~o we~e Stob. 32. Wife ? anfwered, Thofe tbat ~n not. Seeing a young Man Rub,. but .Xc~,Mem. 1• ignorant of he:~,venly Things, and pUifuing Earthly.Pieafures; Be hoi~ (f~yt ~h~n. 9• he) a Golden Slave. Soft Way.r of Living beget m:rtber a good ConflJtupD!l to • 37' cf Body nor Mind. Fint and Rich tC!oatb.r are only for Comedi~ns. Being der:,n:lnded from what Thing<> Men and Women ought to refnun? He an· Stab. 37· fwcted, Pit (!jure. Being afked, what Continence and Tempera'!a We1.e? S~ob. &7. fJid Government of Corporal Defires and Pleafures. The fllJCke4 /JVI :~e~: Me1Il· to c~r, 8rc. butt he Gpod ear ~olive. Ttmperate Perfon~ become t~e ~oft /£Han. Yer. e:(Ce11ent- Ear tbnt wbidJ neuber lJurtr the BoJy nor 111md, and wbub J! tiHift. 9· fie to be ,;tteh. One faying, It was a great M:1ner to t~bflain fr?~ wha! one Defircs; But (f:~ys he) it i.r better t1ot to defire at all. [Th1s IS dcel' Stab. 37• Religion, even very' hard to prof eft Cbriflions.] 'It is the P:operty of God, X~h. ' to need nothing ; and th·ey that need, and are contented wuh lealt, co~e t~· 4· ' neareft to Go(l The only and heft Way ro worfhip God is, to mmd ht.Ph~· ' and obey wh:ltfoever he commands. That t.he Souls ofM~n :1nd Wo~e~ '5 • ' oartake of the Divine Nature: That God Js feen of the vutuous 'Mmd · • That by waiting upon himJ they are united unto hiril, in :~n fna,ccs_ffible . ' <~ VoL. I. No cR.oss, No CR.OtvN. 395 : ~!~;ehi~~- Purity and Elappinefs : which God, he a!fettM always io be t668. M~ny more arc. the e~ce11ent Sayi~gs of r.his Gre.u Man_, who was not ~ lefs famous for h1s Sa_y•ngs, than hts. Example, wich the greareft NJti-ons; yer dyed he-a SJcnfice to the fotttfh Fury of the vain Worid. The Hii~ory of~is ~ife r.eP?rts,, that his Father was told, Hejhouldbave tbe Xen. Mem. G111de af hu Life. tvubm htm, wbicbfool41d be more to him, r ban Five Hun- 1, P• 710. drrd Aiaflcrs; whtch proved tr~e:: Iuftru~ing his Scholars herein, Charging th.em, nat t~ negle{l tbeje D!vme AjJa1rs, which chiefly concern Man, ro mmd or e1Jqu1re afrer fucb Tbmgs 111 are witba11t in tbe vijibteWorld. He taught the Uft: of.ou~ward Things.' _only as th~y were necelrary to Life and Xen. Mem; ~ommerc.e i forLtddm~ Superjl111ttes and Curtojities. He was Martyr'd for 4· Plato de bts Duft!tne, after havtn~ l1~ed feventy Years, the rnoft admired, follow-- Le&ib. ed and vtfited of.all !vfen m h_ts Time, by Kingr and Common-IVeolths; and thaa who~, Ant1quuy mennons none with more Reverence :1nd Honour. Well were 1t for poor England, if her conceited Chriftians were true Socra• u.r's; whofe fi.ri8:-,.J· uft a_n~ Self-denying Life doth not befpeak him more Famous, than tt wtl Chnfi1ans Infa.mous Jt the Revelation of che Righte· ous Judgmenc,_ where.l;Ieathem Vlrrue fhall agg~:1vate ChriPian.r Jnumpe· ranee ; and theu Humzlt_ry, the others exceffive Pnde : And juftly too, fince ~;:~b~cr ~i~nL~;aru 15 come, whofc Name they profefs, but they will §. L~V. «:ato, that fa~~us Ph!lofopher and Scholar to Sacrarer, was PlatodeR , ~o gr~ve, and devoted to Dtvtne Thmgs, nay, fo difcreetly Politick, that ept tn h1S Common-Wealth be would not fa much at harbour Poetical Fancies (m_11cb !efs ope11 Stages) as being _too effeminate, and apt to withdraw tb~ Mtnds of Youth, from more Noble, more Manly as well as more hea- 0 . venlf Exercifes. Plato feeing a young Maa play at Di;e, reproved him fharp- 1og. Latrfli !Y i the oth~r a~fwere~, What for fo fina/1 a ;Hatter? C.vflam(faith Plato) zs no f!11alJTkmg: .Let zdle H~ur.r be fpcnr 111ore ufefuUy. Let 10uth (faid he) take Delight m Good Tbmgs; far Pl~a[Nre.r a:e ~he Baits of Evil Qb ... L:aert. in vie. ferve, tbe MomentarySwutnif.r of a De!wom Life u followed with Eternal x~n. C~t. Sorrow; tbefhort Pain oft be contrary with Eternal PleaJure: Being com· Stob.J£1ta~ !~landed to put on a Purple Garme11t by the ~ing of Sicily; he refufcd, fay .. tng, JJ.e WtU a Man, onil [corned fucb Effemmacies. Inviting Timo1by, the Jltbeman_ General, to Supper, he treated him wi[h lUrbr, Wour, and fuch Jpare .Diet, as he was accuftomed .to Ear. 7imotby's l''riends next Day la~.,ghtng, aiked, how .~e was ent~rtatned? he anfwered, Ntvcr beuer in his Alchilloug; r Lje; far he Jlept .all J\•1gkt afur bu Supp~r: Thereby commending his Tem-f_ JeTMct • • He ad~tEted htmlelf to Reltgtous Contemplltions; and is faid to~ave hved a T}trtuauJ and/ingle Life, always eJing and obeying the Sl}tn~ ~h1ch he fomcnmes call~d, G,oJ1 the Father oj aU Tbings i affirming, Wb~ lt~~ ~o,jhou!d beco"!e bke bn11, andfo be re/111ed to, and joyn'd Plitb tiM Drvm11~ 11 felf. Th1s fame Plard,' upon his Dying· Bed, fent for his Friends about h1m, ~nd told them, The whole _Wor!J wat o111 of the Tl'ay, in that they wrderjloM. not, nor _regarded the Mtnd, (tb;Jt is, God, or the Word, '01' &gou~n Of Gad) a§11rm~ them, Thoje .Men dud moP Comfortably. thllt [j. ved m.?ft Conformable to R1ght Reafon, andfo11gbt llnl ador'd the firfi Caufe, rile:tnmg God. • • §. LXVI. zntiUDtnt~. An Athenian Phliifdpher, had taught in the SruJl taert. •it. cf Eloqn:nu 1~~ral Ye:1rs; hu_t ~pon ~is hearingSocrater treat of the Sett· iocro .&lia~ oufnefs oL RelJg'LOb, ~f the Dtvme Ltfe, Et~rnal Rewards, &c. Bm{ aU hi$ Scboim f<ekrh"'' • '.7\eU! ~fd{ltr; for be bad foud one for qimfcif' Where• ."fore, feUtng h1s Efiate,. h~ difttibuted i'r: td the Poor, and betook himfelf wholly to ~he .Confideratton of Helvenly . Things~ gain~ chearfullr Six .Miles every Day1 to hear Souatet. - ..J.. Bu't where are rbe like Preachbs -ond<lonverrs amongft th~ ~eovle c•lled CIJ'Ij/l•m 1 ObfervdhcD.tily Pain• :of Souares; f.u~ely he dtd not Srudy a \:Veek to read a W~itte~ Sermon: We are affu.rM of t~e comrar~; for 'tWd~ frequent wid\ him to Pre:Jch to ~~e .~eople at any Ttme <Jf the Day, in. rhlrvery SrteetS, ·35 Occ:tfion-ferved; .. 1 ~. * E c: c 2 ;mel |
