Serin. 8. Carnal Relations. 169 his pallions, will endanger the turnbling¿his reafon out of the Chariot. How fhail that perfon in his rebukes fpeak reafon to another, that hath loft his own ? He that is a llave to his irafcible appetite , can never manage ingenious reproofs. A childe can never perfwade himfelf that fuck anger proceedeth from love , when he is made the fink to re- ceive the daily difgorgements of a cholerick flomach ; when theun- happy neceffity of his relation ties him to be alwayes in the way, where anangry difpohtionmufl vent and empty it felf. If thou that ruleft be thus unruly , how cani' thou expe6I thy Inferiours tobe regular, when thy uncomely demeanour does almoft convince them, that love can hardly be the genuine root of thine anger , but that they are ,made the fad objeas of thy native temper , or that thy repreherlion is fpiced withhatred? Obferve therefore a prudent adminiftrationof thy Rebukes. Gild thofebitter pills with thehopes of recovering thy favour upon amendment, mix thefe unpleafant potions [ sic ' vtte?i ;NIA] with fome fweet emollient juyces,that fuch inter-woven lenity may procure accefs for youradmonitions , and effecî your defired if- fue. The quality of the offence, and the various aggravations of it, mull Rate the quantity, meafure, and duration of thine anger. Great faults, if repeated, deferve a greater ardencyof fpirir. Confider like- wife the Ration and place of thy feveral relations. A wife ought not robe rebuked before ciildren and fervants , leaf her fubordinate au- thority be dìminifhed. Contempt call upon the wife, will refle& up- on the husband at lali. Yea, for fmaller offences in children and fer- vants, if they be nor committed openly , rebuke them apart, and in private. But above all, Take heed thou be not foundmore leyere in reproving faults againff thy felf, than fins againl' t he great God. They that honour me (faith God to Eli, in the cafe of his fons ) Iwill hoiottr, awl they that defpife me , (hall be light) efleemed. It is a point of ex- cellent wifdorne to manage thy Family aright ir. thefe cafes. A Pilot may them as much skill and dexterity in fleerng of a little Catch or -Pinnace of pleafure,as of the vati Gallions of Spates. If thou hall caufe to be angry, yet let not thy {forms run all upon the Rocks, but endea- vour [ eci,4af 0,27,ttiircu , p.;emov ö dilemay tha4 d Ty xuTiese RapúBuuov] fpeedily to cool theinflamation, to abate the Fever, and flake the fire ofanger. It is better for a Father tobe often and nimble, than robe heavy and durable in his wrath. Wink at infirmities; if not fuch as are immediately-Gnful, chide them with frowns, and not with bitter affaults ; referve thy publick and (harp reprehenfions for open and fcand-lous offences , for reiterated and repeated tranf- , greffions Plut. ibid.p it, Ga,Q'erzd.in cuy. Tom . ;p, rtr. F'ltft.t °v.p.2. 3: Sam. ä . 3 .
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