íri font ibrng '1' fl',V 33.eleniptton 333 to put off his Drugs, yet the reality ofhis grief was e- Chap. vident : his Senfe was overcome, though his Tongue rq-- ,e-,,, mained a Stoick. If words could charm. the.Senfe.not to feel pains,or compofe the mind not to refent afiâi- ons,'twere a relief to give mollifying Titles to them: But fince 'tis not Fancy that makes them flinging, but their contrariety to Nature, 'tis no relief to reprefent them otherwife than they are. All thofe fubtile notions va- nifh, when fenfible impreffions confute them. S.Others compofedthemfelves by con fidering the be Been fir nefit ofPatience. Difcontent puts an edge on troubles ; Henri' quit_ to kick againft the pricks exafperates the pain, to be quid corrigere reliefs and turmoiling increafes the Fever. But thisfit's' troy. is not properly a Confolation : for although a calm and qt iet fubmiffion prevents thofe new degrees of trouble, which by fretting andvexing we bringupon our felves yet it doth not remove the evil,whichmaybe veryaffli L- ing and grievous in its own nature : fo that without o- ther confederations to fupport the mind, it will fink un- der it. And as thefe, fo many other Arguments they ufed to fortifie the Spirit againft Sufferings, are like a hedg which at a diftance feems to be a fafe retreat from Gunfhot, but thofe who retire to it, find it a weak De- fence. This appears by the carriage of the belt ¿tea Heathens in their calamities: Profeffing themfelves to be wife in their Speculations, they became fools in practice, and were confounded with all their Philofophy, when they fhould have made ufe of it. Some kill'd them-. felves for the apprehenfion of fufferings their Death was not the effet ofcourage but cowardize, the remedy of their fear. Others, impatient ofdifappointment in their great defigns,refufed to live. I will inftance intwo ofthe mofi eminent among them, Cato and Brutus,they zen»oi á quo wereboth Philofophers ofthe manly feet and Vertu. `cet" rigid''. l' y virilisfaientia:, nevetappeared with a brighter lufire among theHea- thens
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