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Show VoL. I. 136. Men are too apt to be concern'd for their Credit, more than for the CaIu3f7e.· cf[oqumu. There is a Truth and Bc auty .m Rbe tor." "' • bu t . 1t of mer ferves tll Turns than good ones. . • 1;8. Elegancy is a good Mien >nd JldJrtfr gtven to Matter, be It by proper or figurative Speech : Wh~re the Words Ol:IC. apt, and. Al!ufions v_ery natural, Certainly it bas a movmg Grace: But ~t IS to? 'arufictal for Stm· pliciry. and oftentimes for Truth, The Da~ger IS, left ~t delud~ the Weak, who in fuch Cafes may mi{lde the Handmaid for the Mtftrcfs. tf not Error, for Truth. . · be fi 1 139. 'Tis certain, Truth is LC3ft Indebted to Itt cau e fhe has ealt Need of it, and leatt ufes it. • • . . . 140, But it il a reproveable Debcacy tn them that defptfe 'truth tn plt~m Cia:~~:· Such Luxurittnts have but falfe Appethe~ J like thofe Gl~ttons, tbat by Sawces force them, where t~ey have no Stom~ch, and Sacnfi~ to their Palate, not their Health: Wh1ch cannot be wuhout great Vamty, nor that without fome Sin. . 142• CB:mllJCt, Nothing docs Reafon more Rtght, than the Coolnt.(r of thofe rh:n ofl"er it; For Truth often fuffers more by the Heat of It 1 Defenden, than from the Arguments of it's Oppofers. 143. Zeal ever follo~s an ~ppearanc.e o~ Truth,J and tbe Atl'ur~d are too apt to be warm ; but tis thelf weak S!de 1~ Argument ; Zeal bemg better fbewn :lg!_inft Sin than Perfons or theu Mtftakes. 144. 'IUutlJ. 'where thou art obliged. to fpeak,_ be fure to fpeak the Truth : For Equivocation is hal/ way to Lymg; as Lymg, the whole W4J to Ht:4;. ]llll{ce. Believe nothing againll: another,. but upon go<?d Authority: Nor report what may hurt another, unleiS 1t be a greater Hurt to others to conceal it. 146· eecucp. It is .. ijt not tofttk a Secret, and bontiJ not to rtVtll on~:47. Only rruft thy felf, and another !hall not betray _rhee. 148. Opennefs has the Mifchief, though not the Mabee of Treachery. 149: t:omplatencp. Never A!Ient meerly _ro pleafe others .. For that -is befide Flatt~ry, ohentimes Untruth; and difcovers a Mmd hab.le to be fervile and bafe : Nor conuadifl to vex others, for that !hews an dl Tem· per and pro\•okes • but profits noBody. ;;o. ~IJ{ftG. 'Do not accufe others to excufe thy felf; for that is neither Generous nor Juft. But let Sincerity and lngtnuity be thy Refuge~ . rather than Craft and FaHhood: For Cunning borders very near upon Kn:;':?iV"ifdom never ufes nor wants it. Cunning to Wife, is as an Ape to aM- f 1;2. ~ntentf. Intm11 has the Stturity, though not the Vi~tut o a Principle. As the World goes, 'tis the furer Side: For Men dally leave both Relations and Religion to follow i.t. · • . . . , 1>3. 'Tis an odd Sight but very evtdent, That Fam1hes .and Nauons, of crofs Religions and Humours, unite againtt thofe of then own, where they find an Inuna to do it. JS4· We are tied dpwn by our Stnfu to this World; and where rtba:t . is in QpeA:ion, .it can be none with worldly Men, whether they !hould not forf.tke all orher Oonftdc:ratlons for ir. 1 ;s. ]nquttp. Have a Care of Vulgar Erron Dillike, as well 31 Allow Reafonably. 1 r. 1 -;6. Inquiry is Human ~ Blind Obedience, Brutal. Truth never o,es by the one, but often fuffers by the other. 117. The ufefulleft ~rut~ are plaine!\; And while we keep to them, our Differences cannot nfe htgh. 158 •. There VoL. I. 829 158. There may be a Wantonnef.r in Search as well S · · TruUing. It is g-rear Wifdom equally to avoid ;he Extrea~s~ tupidtty In 169~· ~ 159. II.UII!Jt-tfm{niJ; Do nothing improptrly. Som w· · ~ Cold, Angry, . E:~ty, Sriif, Jealous, Carelefs, C.:.utious e C~nfidttty, CKltnfcd, Pan. L Open, bur all tn the wro11g Place. ' ent, o e, 160. h !sill mittaking w.hc:re th~ Mauer is of lmporltJ.ntt. 161. lr IS not enough that a Thmg be Right if it be ot fi bed If not Prudent, though Juft, it is nor advifeabl~. He tha~ L fit bto ~ne. had better lofe than get. o es 1 getung, 162. imolllle01Je. Knowltdge is the Trtdfurt but "ubmtnt th T furer of a wift Man, ' .t• b e re:le Mt6,;.UHfie that h>hs more Knowledge than Judgment, is made for another an s e more t an hts own. h 1D64:. Ifrr .cannot bek a good Confiitution, where the Appetite is great and t e tge ICJn wea . 16$. There are fome Me~ like DiOio11t1ritt; to be look'd into u on o c .. cafion, hut have no Connex.ton, and are little entertaining. p 166. Lefs Knowledge than Judgment will always have the Advantage upon the InJ.udu,om knowmg Man. 1.67. A wtfe Mat:t makes what he learns his own, t'other thews he's bur a Copy, or a Co1leEbon at moft. 168. !milt. Wit is an happy and frriking Way of expreffing a Thou ht 169. 'Tts n.ot ~ften, though it be lively and mantiing that it carrfes ~ great Body w1th u. ' . '70. Wit therefore is litter for Diverfion than Bufinefs, being more grit~ ful to Fancy than Judgment. · qr. Lefs.Judgment than Wit, is 111cre Sail than Ba0o!1. 172 .. Yet u muft be confeft, that Wit gives an Edge to Senfe. and recom~ mt'nds It extreamly. · 173• Where Judgment has Wit to fxprefs it, there's the heft Orator. 174· ~!Jellfence tD ttatmtf. If thou would'll be obeyed, being a Fa.o' ther i be1ng a Son, be Ubtdu-nr. 17)· He that begets thee, owts thee; and bas a natural Right oVer thee. 176. Next to God, thy Parents~ next them, the Mngiflr4u. 177. Kemember that thou art not more indebted to thy Parents for thy N aturt, than for their Luvc and Care. J7S. Re/JtUi~n, therefore, i~ Children, was mtde Death by God's Law, and the next Stn to Idolatry, 10 the People ; which is renouncing of God the great Parott of all. ' 1?9· 0/Jedit'!CC to Parents is not only our Duty, hut our Intertfl. If we recetved our L1fe from them, we proto~ it by obeying them : For Obedience is the firft Commandment with Promi e. I8c. The Obligation is as indi!Iolub e as the Relation. · 181. If we rf!Uit nor difobe~ God to obey them, at leafr we mufr let them fee, that there JS no1butg el{e Jn our Refufal. For fome unjuft Comm:~nd& tannor excufe the general Neglea of our Duty. They will be our Parents and we ~ufr be their Childr~n run: And if we cacnor afi fqr them ag:~inft God, netrher can we aa agamft them for our felves or any Thing elfe. r82 .. lBeat{niJ, A Man in Bufinefs muft put up many Affronts, if he loves hts own <l,p1et. 18~. We muft nor preten~ to fee all that we fee, if we would beeqjj • 184- It were endlefs to d1fpute upon every thing that is difputable. J8~. A vindiOivt Temper is not only unenfy to others, but to them that have tt. r86. t'IGnriliniJ. Rartly promife. But, if l>wful tMflonrly perform. 1~7· Hatty Refolutions are of the Nature of Vows ;1 and to be equally 3VOJded. _ 188. I will never do this, fays one, ytt dots it: I am refolv'd to do tbat; fays another; but flags upon tecond Thoughts : Or does it, tho' awkward· ly, |