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Show 556 !67J.' ~ Chap. X. J.aert.o The Chrifrian Quaker, and hi~ Vo-t. J. • lt is better to dye, than to cloud tire Soul bjJntlmper•nc6or '~'•ffion. (d)Pyth•g,·as returns rtot Reproaches lo'r Repro~ches.Tho•Jgh forne Profe! fors of Chriftianity Reproach when they ore nor RCf!roacbed. ; B~hol4 the Difference berwi.r. a :lOber I'iwhal, ~nd fuch fcolding Chrii}I:inj, but therefore no True Chriftia!l£. · · V . .i!n•x•gaw held, ' That Contlntp!•riM uf-6-d~ was the En.~ ~fl,ife1 • and that Liberty of Mind, whiCh pwceeds fro"! fue)!. Heavenly 'Medua- ~ ti?~~ne wf10 blam'd nipt for neg!eEi"lng his CoLintty; 'Wrontpu .,) (faid he) dty gre,ltefl Care is my C~untt"Y? Pointing t! H~ayen. ·- Suida~ taitl'l,' That he wa~ caft mtt'l 'fln.fon hT tl:tt lbnuans, .for mtro~l1~· ' ing 3 NetJJ Opini01C concernrng God, anct bamfht tb, £:ry, rhou~h P.trule1 ' undenoQ.k to plead his Caufe. . • Jofephds faith, ' Thor the .Arl!eninns ~elieving the. S~o to he God, l'hicb • he affirrh~d to be fJJitboJJt :Senfeand K110wledge, heWls ~y the 'Votes of::. • few of them eontlen\p'd ro Death. · \, ~ HoWever, thus they ~it upon his Grave, :~s Englifl,~t- y T. syur;ry. fftre lies w1Jo t1JroJtg1J the tr'rufl Pathr did pJf~ To'rb Wo;ld Cei<Jii•l, AN A X A G 0 R AS. ' Which was an high Tefiimony to his Good Life, artd their Belief of hi> :J.ttaining of Jmmorrality. .\ PiafPhrd, VI. Socratn tells us, "(e)' Right PbitoJophy is theW:~y to ttueH3ppinef~) '"the Offices whereof are two, To contemplate-God, and to rtbflrall 1/Jr Se-tt! 'frcm Corporeal Senfe, , . ( /) ' To do Good is the bell Courfe of Life. Xen. Mem 3· ' Vertue is the Beauty. V1ce the Deformtty of the SO'Ul. P· 78o. ~ ' Nobility is a Good Temper of Soul :md_Body. ~~~-~~;: ' The bett W3y of worfuippin& qoo_ is, To do p:h.+t 1Je Comm.mar. An Stob. 2l8. ' hard S<Jying to Profeflbrs of Chnfriamty, bur a grea~ Truth. xen. Mem. 4· ( t) ' Onr Prnyen., fhoutd be for 'Blellings i.n General; ~or God kno~s P. 8o3. beft whnt is good for us. God confiders lnugniJ, not ltltll)ifice1Jce. Th1s· ;~2~;~:,~ jcdgeth f t rmal Chriftiahs, wi!h their. exterior ;-v.ofrhip. u. Mem. 3. ' The Office of a Wife Man ts, to difcern what Is Good and Honeft, a11d Apolog. ' to fhun that which is Dilhoneft. · (h) ' They who know wlpt they ou~ht to do, and do i.t nOt, :'Ire not '' Wife and Temperate. but Fools andj111prd. Libanim faith, ' Of all Things whic.h N:lan can _call his, •ucratcHOn~· ' tiered the .Soul to be chief; and that, (z) He onl,y;s trll/y btrppf n~q6.J'flrl' firth that from ~Cf. He taught eyery where, ~ That a Juft Man and an Fl:t·ppy Man were :~.11 Clem. AI. , One Strom. 2 ' 417 He 'r:~.id ' He wondered at thofe who carve lm::~ges of ~tove, th:n they· l.aerf. f take fll~h Care to make Stones refemble· Men, whilfltbq nrg!cO anl ' Juffcr tfJemfelvcs to refemble Stones. He meant, they had Stor.y Heans~ as the Prophet..cx.ptdfeth.i.r,_ (d) Who 'ftlbtn be 'ftl.trl(JvileJ, l(evilrd noug.sin, 1 Pet. 2. 2.3• ' ~1{~ !:;~!"':ito~~;, t::fe~~!"!h~~ ':fn~';;~~}: ~~~·,;i;,up hil Cro[sJ ,r,Jifo:tw #:,. L~~ ~~.a:~!~, Theli: fententious 'Expreffions to have every one: of t,hcm a Scri uuo, wot!ld be ted10u~ and fuperfluous ; for they are almoft Word for Wo'd s,riptiK~ i' ret~ as who· knOW• ct~ ~cr;~r,~ ~h,~l,la~r~r. r;~;6, 27· . UJ 7k Pwc ;, He41t fl1JIJ foe G~i, .Mat. $1 8.._ Vol.. f. 5'>7 Being d•"!"•~~~/'Wko iiY.l: withodt Pffiutbation? ile-anfwered, (k) Thej )6' ' · • r»bo areC.nfiii>N< rolbeirifelve)of no tvli'TIIing. ,,, · · ;:" Being demanded whom lie• lhougllt • RK:hc!l~~ he liAfwet'd, (I) Ht wb• ~. }e ' is comcmed wrtb !eafl; for Content IS th~ Riches .<;If Nature. Stob. 40. BeiOg 4·etnana~d, What CA~tt-ineocc is-? ~e ;Jnfwered1 G'otv'rrnm~itt of €Qr· Stob . .w. c fora/ Pka[urtFi I r . .:r S~ob. 4- ... 'Good Moo mtift let the World fee, tbtd thei,. ManheN are mort.fir.m 5 'rha11 tf!f.Oatl!J ~ This Saying fhews· a St::n·e~b( Integt'ir-;: iabove. Swe:u1ng· to!>. 114• that Socr{un' h~il a Sight of\ ahd preferr'd before Sweariog1 o.s I moy ugai~ obfCrve. But tG proceed, let us he;1r the Cbatge of his'E\rernies, · ;:~iJ!J' 'liiS Defence. :.~ , . ! '. Melittn, Son of Me/itt'!, a Py~hiari1 accufed Sncrat-u, Soniof SophJo! ' ~i[cus, ~n Alopect~n: .So~ratet \1Jolat~th the I::n~. not:\ pelieving tfl~ Pe· ~ mes whtch t41s Cuy beheveth; B11t rntrodllcllfj a!foi!Jer God: b'tJ>tJJIJ!Kf.ei ' tbe Laro likew_ife in Corr~tpiing -r:outb: tb~ P11Kijhment·, Dtatb. · ,, if The Charge 1< the fame 'to thts pay; Good Men oro made Offenders f0r4•Word, and Dlrknefi CJ11ed Light, and Light Darkner9. •,~.'.\ o!l\1 .... Soon after Anytus, who caUfed that BilLtt>- be prefened by .MelitiJ. ·iri Lihan. Ap. that Socrates indufirioufly a(fay'd his OvertJltow, and the Refi of his Co~ 11• 644· mital A!fociates '(for they were Gomedian1) fent priva>RW t<>hlm, l!ellilng him to form;ar the mention. of his Trade; and aflhres fiim, that he «roulc:f tbefbllpor~ wtthd"!ro bU .A.{!zon., ~at Socrates returned h\m ~Anfwer (mJ '~'nhlt (. fM .f))()Jt/d n1ver forbear f.Malwrg Truth Js long tU be Lived: ·"Th-at h~ 'Would always ~f~ the fameSpteches conc:e,tninghi.m' Tfi<it tliis Accufati'lln c, . was not of Fbrce enough, to make h1m refram fr6m fpc<fking· £hofe \ Things, which he thought himfelf before oblig'd to f•F Again obterve ~ his Refolution. t ' I~ is likely1 God io his Love to me, hath ordain'd, that I fhould Dye tin the mo{l convenient Age and by the Geotlefi Means. For, if I aye c hr. ~ent~nce, 1 a~ allowea tbe Bene.6t of the moft eafie kind of Deat' i ' I ~all gtve my Fnends the leaft Troubl~.c Further, If, when I giVe )In • Atebunt of my Aaions towards God aqd Men, the Judges think lit to 1 cQndemn me, J will rather cbufe to Dre, tf!rtn to beg Of them a Life worfe. ' t~an Death. • • ' Yet that I dye unjuftly, it will not trouble me, it is not :1 Repx6aFh t Pet•1· tf, ' ~o me, but to Thofe who Condemned me; I am muc~ farisfied with t~e ' 'E~ample of J?ql,zm~des., who fuffered Dea~h ia the lilie ~anner : He j~ ' much more commended, than UlyjJis the Procurer of his Death. I ' ltn.6w, both future ,and pa,ft Times will witnefs, I neve!' b11rt qr fnjfire4 ' any, but on th~ contrary hf!V~ AJvantag',d_ a1l that converfrd with 'lf/C to my ' utmofl Ability, .communict~ting what Good !·could Gratis, afld wot for G~h:z. 1 I think it11t{!jl unbefwnip~ a Philofqpher to StU bi> Advice. aod Cl[:' ' tre:~mly contrary to my PraEhce; for ever fince hy God's Command, l .lirlt 'l'inter'd into (n) Philojopby, I wat ntver known to take any Tbing, l;mt ' keep my Exercifes in publick, for every one to hear that will. I neither ' Lock the DQQr when I teach, nor go abroad to t~e Mubitude, <md .ex .. ' aa Money of the Hearers: As fome heretofore have done, and to~e in our Times yet do. Djd not Socrates then excel the PrieRs of our Day, I mean as well fome Creeping Non~Conformifts, as ·any other, who make a Trade of it, '3nd ~U ~~~:,~~;~:~,~;:~;;:,:,tzt~~~~i;~,2~· rim. 6. 6• (m) Nothing l~y collld do was able to draw him out of his Ende:nours to det~ tQeJoqr~ Comedians, that rought therefore hi; Ruin. · " W~~~s~;:'~n~+}~~h~~g~~~~ h~;!~eo?~fro~t;~v~~~;t~,';~~~!:,' !~i~p~ i%i~: ·~. trle 'ftay CJ(.Holy ,r.ivinJ, not-Y:ltin 11n.d _tlntow4td C::on"ftJ abou' lmBratti~;able Thm&~· iodeed .· } |