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Show ~,00 ·~8. ~ Ch"J'.XIX J.lo C H.() S S, No 'CIR. '0 'IV f.l. ·IV oi!l f. He was Patient, and frugbl in. his Houfhdld•'EX1Jench ~,A!ttrtf,h faim; · ~~ had but one SerVant-; Sentcrtr· aver&; he hdd rrone. He :)Was 'mean 1n b~ Clothes, In his Diet by Fhil~n thus d~~cribea: c;: ,... ll .r~.l '~r Ht W~tcr o/ink.r, iben Broth a~ul Htrhs 66t1J 't61; , I ~t Tell{hmg b1s Scholm, 11/llltJjf fYJitlioNt -Meaf. · .. •' ,:.· His Challity wa~j'q Eminent, thJt it betame a l.'rov<A>; 'At chnf/e l.fhp0, When the New§ of his Del\IL<3me to llnrigd'ndt, he broke f6rth inlo . .'5;fl!' Words Whnt '" Obje9 hov~ llaf/? And being ask'd, Why he ldmirl:!! lijm fo mu~h? Bce'alift!, faith hC, tbtJ'l /JePow'tilftJnygrut Tibt'hgs upOn~ be WM ntVtr t/;er_IJoitb l:t4ftedi(Or fltjebed. fp-e, iJrbfnin!'~i 3:fte! bis.M.f_h, by a publick Dec:ree, erefud ~ ~ Statue to h1s Memorral; u runs th~t: ' W)lereas Zenq, tht Son of ~JMjtor, a Sc~ thi:.n, his prof~ll'ed Philotcr • phy about Fifty.Eight Y~tt. in >bis City, lmd in ll1 Thihgs performed the • Office of a good Man, encouroging thofe fbllcg Men, M!o applied rhem· ' felves to him, to the Love 'Of Virtue and Temperance, le:~ding hirhfelf a, ' l,i!e fuitable to the DoUrine which he profetfed 1 -a ParrerQ to the bell ' to imitate: The People have thought fit tO do H0nour to Zmo, :uld to f Crown him with a CrQwn of Gold, according to Law, in Reward of )lis • Virtue and Temperance, lnd to build a Tomb for him, publicklf-inrhc t Ceramick, t:/c. Thefe two were his Epitaphs,. one by Amipaur: Htlft Zeno lies, v;_ho I till Olympusfl:al'd, 1\~t he11pins Pelion on Ofi'a'r Head: ]\Tor 9' Herculean LohoJJr fo prevaii'J; B11t jo11nd o1tt 'finve's Pntb.r; which tbirbtr !d. The other by .Mnodotu.r, the StiJicR, rhus : ~no1 Thy Tearf to hoary .Age r:rurr fpe1ft_, ]\Or with vain Riches, but witb &1[~11-teirr. , I l §. LXXV. l!lentea, a great ond excellent Phil.Dfopher, who, wirh Epilf<· tu.r, £hall conclude the Tcfiirrronies of the Men of their Chara'iter, barb fo much ro our Purpofe, that his Works arc but a kind of continued Evidehce for us: He faith, Nature was not fo much an Enemy as tO' give an eafm PafT'age of Life to all other Crearures, and that Man a~lone fhould not nvc without fo m:tny Arts: She hath coorn.manded us none of thefe Thin~s. We have made all Things difficult to us, by difdai n,ing Things that are e:tf1e: Houfes, C!ombs, blettll, and Nourifhmem of Bodies, and thofe Things which are ~ow rh~ Care of Life, were eafic tb come by fre-ely gotten, and prepared Wl[h aLtghr Labour: For the Melfure of thefe Things was NeajJity, not Voluptuoufnifs: B!!t we have ma~e them pernicious and adtnir~ ~b]e; rhey muft be fought Wtrh Art and Skill. Nature fufficerh to rhat which fhe requireth. Appetite bath .1evolted from Natu_r~, which continually inciteth it fclf, and mcreafeth With the Ages~ helpmg Vice by Wit. Firft it began to de-fjre{ upetjlllouJ, then contrary Things: Laft of al~ it fold the 111fnJ to the Body, and commanded it to ferve the Lujls thereo£ All thefe Arts where· Wit!t the Ci~y fs continualJy fet at.work, and maketh fuch a Stir: do ttn~ tcr 10 the Affaus of the Body, to wh1ch all Things wete once pCrforme'd as to a Srrwutt, but now are pro\'ided as for a' Lord: Hence the Shops of l!.ligr11Verr, Perfumers, &c. Hence of thofe that teach effe'rninare MotiOns of the lrody, and \'ain and wanton Songr: For natural Behaviour is defpifed, w~ich Colf"!pleared Defires with neceifary Help: NoW it is Ciownifo~ nejs and t!l-Br~e~mg, to be conte~ted with as much as is rtquifhe. What thalli fpeak of ncb Marbler cunoufiy wrought, wherewith Tc111ple.r and JlouJer do fhme? \\That of fiately GaUerier and rich Fllrnirure? Thcfe are but the Divices of molt vile Sirroes; :he Inventions of Men, nor of - * Wifo .> voL. 1. k~ c~oss, #.cRow&. ~o; Wife Men : For Wifdom ./it Nletper ; it is-the Mui'refs of the Mind. Wilt t66S. thou know \IY~;u Things fhe hath found out, what fhe 4ath made? Not ~ unteeml}' Mot tons of the Bo~y, ~r variable Singin,g by Trumpet orP111ul Chap.XIX, nor yerWeaponr, Wan or Fortijica11ons: She endeavoureth profitable Things· She tavours Peace, and calls all Mankind to an Agreement: fhe leaderl1 ~~ a bletfed Eibte; fhe opeqerh the Way to it, and tbews what is Euilfcom what is Good, and chakth Vanity our of tbe Mjnd: Slle giveth folid Great· Tlffs, but debaferh thar which is p11jfed up, and would be fCen of Men : She bringeth farth the Image of God to he feen in the Souls of Men: And fo · fro!TI Corporea_l,_ the tranflarer~ into in~orporeal Things. Th11t in the 9oth Epifl!e to Luciltus.- To Ga)ho be wrrteth tbus: All Men Brother Gallio are defirous to live ha~py, yet blin_d to the Means of that'BteJfednefs; a; 1~~ as we wander htther and thither, and follow not our G11ide, bUt the 8ijjomnu Clumo11r of thofe that call on us, to underrak~ different Ways~ Olr Short Life is wea.ried and worn aw~y amongft Error~ altho we labour to get us a good Mind. There is no.thing thertfore to be more avoided tha_n foU.owing the (d.MititJJd~, witho.Nt ExtJmin~tion, an9. believing an; Th1ng wtthollt ]11dgmg, Let us enquue, what IS beft done nor what is moit ufually done; and what planted us in the Poffeffion of c'ternal Feli,I .. ry ; hot what is ordinarily allpwed of br the Mu/(it11de, which is the worjl . lnterf!retcr. of Trutb, I. call the Multztudc, as weH thofe that are clo-thed 10 Wbue, as thofe 10 other C:olo11rs: For 1 examine nor the Coloun of the Garments, wherewith their Bodies.- are clothed: I trufi: not mine Ejcs to inform me what a Man is\ I have a hener and truer Light whereby 1 cln diftinguifh Truth from Faljbood. Let the Soul find out th~ Good of the Sou_! : if once fhe mar have leifure to withdraw imrJ her fel{, 0 i how w11l the confefs; I WICh a11 I have done, were undone; and all I have faid, when} recolle_a it, I am afharned of it, ,wben I now hear the like ih others'· Thefe Th1ng~ below~ w~ereat we gaze, and whereat we fiaj, an~. wh1ch one ~an With Admaatton fhews unto another, do outwardly Shme, hut are rnwarJJy Empty.. let us feck our fomewhat that is Good not in AJ?pearance,~ but So~id, U'!ited and Be/1, in that which leafrappe:us? Let us difcover thiS. Neaher IS h far from us; We fb:tlllind ir if we feek it. For it is Wifdom, not to wander from that Immortal Natu;e but t6 /01:m our feh;es according_ to. his Law fl!ld Ex11mpl~. :Sleffed is. the 'Man~ ~~o Judgeth nghtl~: Blelfed IS .he who IS comeme~ with his prefent Con• dltlon : And Bleffed IS he, who gn•ech Ear to that Immortal Principle in the Govern!Dent ofhis Life.- An whole Volume of thefe excellent Thingt hath he wntten. No Wond~r o Man of his Doilrine and Life efcaped not the Cruel tv of Brutifh :Nero, under whom he fuffered Death ; as al· f~r di~ the A_pofile Pa11/, with ~hom, it is faid, Seneca had converfed. Whefi li.tros Melfenger brought htm the News, that he was to dye? with a· cornpofed aod undaunted C~?uqtenance, he received the Errand and pre .. fen~ly called for. Pen, Ink and Paper, to write his lall: Will and f~flament .- TVbtcb tb~Gtptmn refJJjing, be turned toward his Friendr, ant! toolc his Leav~ ~br1s ; Since, my Loving Friends, I cannot bequeath you any other Thin~ tn acknowledgement of what I owe you, I leave you at leaft the ricbeft and ~Hl P~nio~ I have~ that is, the !mage of ezy ~an~ers and Lif~; which do-trig, you will obtalll true ~a_ppmefs. Hts Fnends fhewing great Trouble for the Lofs of him, Where (jauh be) 3re thofe memorable Precepts of Phi· lofopby? Acd what _is become. o{ thofe Provifions, which for fo many Yearj tqgetherwe have l:ud up agamfr the Brunts and AfBi£l:ioos ofProvidepce 't \\'as Nero's Cru_elty 't!~1known to us? Wha·t could we expeil: better ar his Hands, that ktlled his Brother and murthered his .Jlorher but that he w~uld_put 3lfo his 'f11tor and_ Governour to Death? Tbu 1~rning to bir Wife, Pompeja Pa~ltna, a ~om~n ~ady, To11ng_ and Noble, be_(euhe~ ~cr1 for the.Lovefhe bore h-1m aod h1s PIJJ!ofdpby, to foftfr pariently hd: AffllaiOn;for (jaa'h he) my Hour is com~;, Wherein lmuft fhewt. nor only byDifcourfc h~t by De~tb, T~~ Fr~it I have _ _t~aped by my Meditations, 1emhrace it wuboJJ~ Gncf, wbercfor~ d~ flO/ Jijlionou;. it wi1h tby Te~~rs, Aif~age thy F f f Sorrow |