I2 The Life of GOD mine then1: and the not corifidering this, cloth frequently occafion very dangerous n1ifiakes, making men think well oftheln– felves by reafon of that feeming difference ·which is betwixt them and others; where– as perhaps their actions do all the while . flow fron1 one and the fame original. If we confider the natural temper and con– fiitution of mens fouls, we fhall find fome to be airy, frolickfom, . and light, which 1nakes their behaviour extravagant and ri– diculous ; whereas others are naturally fe– rions and fevere, and their whole carriage compofed into fuch gravity as gains ~hen1 a great deal of reverence and efieem. Son1e are of an hun1orous, rugged, and morofe temper, and can neither be pleafed ·rhenl– fel)!eS, nor endure that others fhould be fo. But all are not born with fuch four and unhappy difpofitions; for fome per– fan)) have a certain fweetnefs and benigt1ity · rooted in the1r natures, and they find the grcat.eft pleafure .in the e11dearments of fo-:– ciety, and the mutual complacency of friends, and covet nothing more than to have every body obliged to them. And it is \vell that .nature hath provided this con1plexional tendernefs to fupply the de– fect of true charity in th-e world, and to incline tnen to do fon1ething for one apother's
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