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Psal« 11 9
Os Reputation, Carriage.
as a bridle we curb and break our rank, and unruly
Passions: keeping as the CaspianSea, our {elves ever at
one heigth without ebbe or ressux. And albeit true it
is that Galen saith, we are commonly beholden sor the
disposition of our minds, to the Temperature of our
bodies; yet much lyeth in our power to keep that
fount from empoisonjng, by taking heed to our selves;
and as good Cardinall Toole once said, to correft the
malignity of our Stars, with a second birth. For cer-
tainly under grace, it is the root of our Reputation
and honest Fame; without the which, as one saith, we
are dead long besore we are buried.
For Moderation of the mind and affe&ionsj which
is the Ground of all Honesty , I must give you that
prime receit the kingly prophet doth to a young man,
teaching him wherewith to cleanse his way, that is, by
keeping, saith he ( 0 Lord ) thy jiatutes, meaning the
fear of God in general!, without which (heeverfirst
sinking at the head) our Judgments are depraved,
and lefc to our selves; we are not abje to give any thing
his true esteem and value. Therefore find to be truly
Honest, is to be truly Religious; for if the fear of men
be a great motive to keep our selves within compass,
much more will the fear of God, recall us from our
lusts and intemperance. Hereby the mind getteth the
dominion and upper hand,wisely governing that good-
ly Kingdom, Nature hath allotted her. And if it was
sometime said of Fab'iusy Cities Solent e stta sphara divel-
li, qtthm Fabium ab honejiate potuijfej how heedfully
ought a Christian, who carrieth the lantern in his hand,
look to his feet, when an Heathen could gosodire&ly
in the dark, only by the glimpseof Nature, and with-
out stumbling ?
Moreover since the Civill end of our life is, ttt in
honore sum dignitate vivamus, you ihall withall find
good learning, and the Arts to confer a great help and
furtherance hereunto, being a polisheros imbred rude-
stess and our informity, and a curer of many diseases
our
Psal« 11 9
Os Reputation, Carriage.
as a bridle we curb and break our rank, and unruly
Passions: keeping as the CaspianSea, our {elves ever at
one heigth without ebbe or ressux. And albeit true it
is that Galen saith, we are commonly beholden sor the
disposition of our minds, to the Temperature of our
bodies; yet much lyeth in our power to keep that
fount from empoisonjng, by taking heed to our selves;
and as good Cardinall Toole once said, to correft the
malignity of our Stars, with a second birth. For cer-
tainly under grace, it is the root of our Reputation
and honest Fame; without the which, as one saith, we
are dead long besore we are buried.
For Moderation of the mind and affe&ionsj which
is the Ground of all Honesty , I must give you that
prime receit the kingly prophet doth to a young man,
teaching him wherewith to cleanse his way, that is, by
keeping, saith he ( 0 Lord ) thy jiatutes, meaning the
fear of God in general!, without which (heeverfirst
sinking at the head) our Judgments are depraved,
and lefc to our selves; we are not abje to give any thing
his true esteem and value. Therefore find to be truly
Honest, is to be truly Religious; for if the fear of men
be a great motive to keep our selves within compass,
much more will the fear of God, recall us from our
lusts and intemperance. Hereby the mind getteth the
dominion and upper hand,wisely governing that good-
ly Kingdom, Nature hath allotted her. And if it was
sometime said of Fab'iusy Cities Solent e stta sphara divel-
li, qtthm Fabium ab honejiate potuijfej how heedfully
ought a Christian, who carrieth the lantern in his hand,
look to his feet, when an Heathen could gosodire&ly
in the dark, only by the glimpseof Nature, and with-
out stumbling ?
Moreover since the Civill end of our life is, ttt in
honore sum dignitate vivamus, you ihall withall find
good learning, and the Arts to confer a great help and
furtherance hereunto, being a polisheros imbred rude-
stess and our informity, and a curer of many diseases
our