332 4£ Pannottpof tie Zítlítte Iftíxíbuíe« Chap. r 7. tears that couldnotmake his Son fpringout ofthe duff, replyed; For this reafon I weep becaufe my weeping can do me no good. Our delires after freedomfrom miferies are inviolable : fo that every evil the more fataland inevi- table 'tis,the more it afflicts us. Ifthere be no wayofef- cape, the Spirit is overcome by impatience or defpair. 2. From reflexionupon the miferies that befal others. Nullam tam But this kind of Confolation is vicious in its caufe,pro- miframnomi- ceeding from fecret envy and uncharitablenefs. There nabis ao,nuns is little difference between him that regards anothers mi- quat non inve- niat in milri- fery to leffen his own, and tholewho take pleafure in o- ore fotatium, `hers afllié}ions. And it adminifters no real comfort If lvlalcvoli fola- , tii genus turba a thoufand drinkofthe watersofMarah,they are not lefs mifererum, bitter. Serie Tully f eie'e to 3. Others fought for eafe under fufferings by remem- 4n.rEpSedvobis bering the pleafures that were formerly enjoyed. But voluptatum this inflames rather than allays the Diftemper. For as perceptarum things are more clearly known, fo more fenllbly felt by recoraatio be- ,tam viram fa- comparifon : He that is tormented with the Gout, can- cit,& quidem not relieve his mifery, by remembring the pleafant corpore percep- tarum. mfc Wine he drank beforehisfit. 4. The Stoicks Univerfal Cure ofafflietions was, to °ósccuc °& change their opinionofthem, and effeem them not real tanti quodque evils. Thus Pofdonius (fo much commended by Tully) maluntea who for many years was under torturing Difeafes and quanti taxavi- mus. Circum- furvived a continual Death, beingvifited by .Pompeyat syicc it}a quce Rhodes, he entertained himwith a Philofophical Dif- nosaQunt in infaniam, quæcourte; and when his pains were mofI acute, he faid, rumplurimis 1Vihil agis dolor, quanquamfis moleflra, nu»quam to effe lachrymis amittmrus, canafitebor malum : in vain doff thou affault me pain , fcimus non though thou art troublefome, thou (halt never force me damnum in his moletium eft:, to confefs thou art evil. But thefollyofthis boaftin is fed opinionem vifible : for though he might appear with a chearful damni, Scat-. countenance in the Paroxyfm ofhisDifeafe to commend his Philofophy,like aMountebank that fwallows:poifon to
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