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Show ll3o' , 693. ly, for his Woid's Sake: As if it were worfe to break his Word, than to do amifs in keeping it. ~ t89. 'VearnoneofthineownCbains! but keep free, whilftthouart free. Pan. I. I~o. It is an Effect of Paffion that W1fdom correEls, to by thy felf unrler Refolutions that canr.ot be well made, and worfe perform'd. 191. .ftb!litp. Avoid all thou can'ft being Entrufled,. Bu! do thy. ut· moft ro difcharge the Trull thou underrakeft: For Carelefnofs 1s InJurtoiH, if not unjuft. . . . . . 192. The Glory of a Serv:1nt ts F,Jeltty; wh1ch cannot be Without Di· ligence, as well as Truth. . 1 93· Ficldity has Enfroncbiftd Slaves, and adopted Servants ro be Som. 194. Reward a good Servant well: And rather quit than Jifq11iu thy felf with an ill one. 195· !ll}allt1:. Mix Kindnifs with Authority; and rule more by Dif· crttion than Rigour. 196. lf rby Servant be Faulty, !hive r~ther to convinc7 hi~ of his Error, than difcover thy Paj}ion : And when he IS fenfible, fo,gzve htm. 197· Remember he is thy FcUoto·Creature, and that God's Goodnift, not thy Merit, has made the Difference betwixt Thee and Him. 198. Let not thy Children Domineer over thy Servanrs: Not fuffer them to flight thy Children. 199. Supprefs Tales in the General: But where a Matter requires-Notice, encourage the Complaint, and right the Aggrieved. 2oo. If a Child, he ought to nuuat, and not to command; and if a Servant, ro comply where he does not obey. 201. Though there fhould be but one Malter and Miftrcfs in a Family, yet Servants fhould know that Children have .the l}everfion. , . 202. ~etll811t, Indulge not unfeem!y Thmgs. 1n thy Mafter s Chrldren, nor refufe them what is fitting: For one is the btgbefl Unfaztbfulnejt, and the other, Indifcrelion as well as Di{refpefl. • 203. Do thine own Work honei\ly and cheirfullyr And whed that rs done, help thy Fellow; that fo another Time he may help thee.· • 204. If thou wilt be a good Servant, thou rnuft be True; and thou can fi ·- not be True if thou Defraud'fl thy Mafter. 2o;. A Mafter may be defrauded many Ways by a Servant: As in Timt, Care, Paint, Money, Tn,ft. 206. But, a Tr11e Servant is the Contrary: He's Diligent, C4refulJ Tru .. fly. He tells no Talu, reveals no Secret!, refufes no Paim: Not to b1 tempted by Gain, nor aw'd, by Fear, to Unfairbfulnifr. 2c7. Such a Servant, ferves God in ferving his Mafter; and ha! double Wages for his Work, to wit, Here and Here"fur. . . 208. ]ealouD! lie not fanci[•YJ Jealous: For that IS Foolijh 1 as, to te renfonnbly fo, IS Wife. · 209. He that fuperfina upon other Men's Aaions,. cozens himfelf, as well as injures them. 210. To be very fubtle and fcrupulous in Bufinefs, is as hurtful, as being over· confident and fecure. 211. In aifHcult Cafes, fuch a Temper, is TimorOU$; and in Difparch lrrefolute. . .212. &perirnce is a fafe Guide: And a Praflical HeJi is: a great HappL· ncfs in Bufinefs. 213. tollttftp. We are too ~;arelefs of Pofteriry, not confidering that as they are, fo the next Generation will be. 214. If we would amend the World, we fhould mend Our Selvu; and teach our Children to be, not what we are, but what they (hould be. 21). We are too apt to awaken and tune up their Paflions by the Ex:Jm· ple of our own ; and to teach them to be pleafed, nor with what Is belt, bnt with what pleafes beft. . 216. h-is our Duty, and ought tO- be our Care, to ward agamll: ~hl$ Paffion in them, which is more efpecially Qur own Weakncfs and A.Oilfhon: ·for we are in great Meafure accountable for them, a• well as for our felves. • ~'7· We VoJ.. I. 217. Wtareinthisalfo trueTurntnoftl ··.;...v; ld .CJ · · ney is firfi, and Virtue l:J.ft, and leaft in our Ca or up;t• e dow11: For M'O, · 169~. 1:I8.1tis notHowweleaveourChildren bre.lV ~ 219. To be fure VlnJteis but a Su I • ut hat we.l~v~ them. Pom I. Portion o.nd Ch.ara8:er: and therefor~pw~m;:er, fi.anl~ lotr~i !jnwpal in their among the Ricb, in Proponion to their Wel.lth 0 1tt e 1P om or Goodnrfr 22" .llltounfqt~fft. The Co•ntry Lifi : be r. • we fee the Works of God ~· but in Cities u:tfe ~lfitob p~e w. d; ~~r there .And the one makes a better Subjea for our Conte~ ur ~ e orks o; .iMen: ma~~fhip~oPG~~r: Wer~r~h~ Pan,.~ Babiesh tohChRildf;~~~~~ ~hMa~~se ,V~r~~ God' . . ~:.rure, e t e ealtty. W~:k~ ) for :b~~~~ :::t~a~~sh~i~~wF;u;Vi.fndd"Ex~~J~ GoT~nift; ~u~ MUa~'s the other, chiefiy, fo.r Oflenrotioll, a'nd Luj?. · e one JS or Je, he 2R~~zhc fc;,nrry IS !both the Phi!ofopher's Garden and Library in whicb a_n . ntemp ares the Power, Wifdom and Goodnefs of G d L 224: It II h1s Food as well as Study; and gives him Life as w0 el.l a earnmg. ' s 225 .• i\ ~weet and Natural Retreat from Noife and Talk 1 andaJJow 0 ponun1ty ,or RefieUion, and gives the heft SubjeCts for it 5 .P" 't 2tj, ~n ~dorftt,Bltifis anr. Original, and rhe Knowledge and. Improvement of I , an so e u me1s and Trade, :1nd the bell he can be of. "7· .11ct ano ~'fill"* .Arr is Good h · · b fi · · wifely bounded his .Kno~Jedge' and lnft;uErio~eblyrPts n~ne Clal. Socratu 2 8 H , ~- h , raco~ce. or •t 2n t· b L.l\e a "-"'ret ere,ore of ProjeOr: And yet defipife nothing ra"'ly e ump. u1 , 'T'L 229- InPr'gen.~~irdy, as· well a~ Religion, fometimes fuiFers between twO' ~meves; nen ers and Defpifen. 230. Though injudicious and difhoneft Projelton often difcredit Art t the.moft ufeful and extraordinary Inventions have not at firft efcap•d ib Scobrn of.Ignoranc~; as their Authors, rarely, have cra~king of' their Headse or reaktng of theu Backs. · ' 231. Undertake no _Experimenr, i~ Speculation, that appe:us not trlle ill An; nor then, at tbtne own Coit, 1f coftly or hazardous 1n making 2_32. As many Hands make light Work, fo fe\'eral Purfes make ch~p Ex· peuments. th;U;.~"~f~~i;,. InJuflry, is certainly very commendable, and fupplies !I: H. Patience. and Dilige_nce, like Faith, remove Afo11nraint. 23)· Never g1ve out whll'e there is Hope; hut hope not beyond Reafon for that fhews more Defire than J udgmenr ' . 236. It is~ profitable Wjf~om to k90": ~hen we have done enough: Much Ttme and Pams are fpared, 10 not flatrertng our felves againfi: Probabilities 2J7. ~empotal l!appinefll. Do Good with what thou haft or it wili do thee no good. ' •· 238. Seek not. to be Rich, but Happy. The one lies in Bags, rhc other 10 Content; wh1ch W\:alth can nex.er gtve. 239. We are ap~ to call Things by wrong Names. We will have Prof. pemy to be. Happrnefs, and.Advetfity to be Mifery; though That 1s the School of Wifdom; and ofcennmes the Way to Eter11al Happinef1 , 240. If thou wouldft be happy, bring thy Mind to thy Condition and have an IndJfferency for more than wbat is fufficient. ' 241. Have but btt!e to Jo, and Jo it rhyftlf.~ And do to others as thou. '!'~uld£1: have them Jo to tbu: So, thou c:mft not {a,ij of Temporal Fehcity. 242. T~e Gcner.ality. are !he. w_orfe for their Plenty. Tho- VoluptuolfS confumes rt, the Mtfer htdes tt: T1s the good Man that ufes it, aad to good Purpofes. Bur Cuch are hardly found among the Profperous. 243· Be rath~r Bountiful, than Expenfive. •4+ Neither |
