37o Prudence necefary in convening SERM. corrigiblenefs in fin has added a canine dif- XIV, pofition, a peevith and angry forwardnefs ; '.^^' who, abfolutely bent on wicked purpofes, is impatient of any thing which would divert him from them ; who has a fond conceit of himfelf, and fupported by fome trifling pre- tences of wit and humour, in his perverfe ways, defpifes all who would takeoupon them to corre& his errors : whereas the truly wife man has his mind always open to convi&ion, and is difpofed to hearken to good counfel for his amendment. Again, *finite a (corner, and the Pimple will beware : and reprove one that bath underflanding, and he will under.. fland knowledge. Let the proud and haughty finner, who difdains private inftru &ion, be left to the penal effe&s of his obftinate folly from the hands of publicjuftice, which ought to be impartially infli&ed for a warning to others, and to prevent the offences of men, whofe tempers are more flexible : but private pains will be better bellowed on better na- tured and more docile fpirits, who will be humbler and more inclined to hear reafon, We fee in thefe inftances, how deplorably the human nature is capable of being cor- rupted,and what lengths in wickednefs it may * Prov. xix, 25. run
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