rDi Plummy of íße Vbinv2ittributez Chap. r , awns than when joy ned with a Stoicalrefolution. And t_.."-v\.) they were not impeded Proficients, but ,Mailers in debCapes iequttrtis antum Philofophy. Seneca employs all the ornaments ofhis pulcherri n ac Eloquence tomake Cato'sElogy : He reprefcnts him as rmæ manfyecificeinetif- m, the confummate exemplar ofWifdom,as one thatreali- quæ not non zed the fubiime Idea of Vertue defcribed in their Writ- fertis,fed fido- re & fanguine ings. And Brutus was efteemed equal to Cato. Yet colendaelAf thefe with all the power oftheir Philofophy werenot a- pice mdrcurn ble to bear the fhock of Adverfrty. Like raw Fencers, Catonon. one thruft put them into fuch diforder, that they forgot all their inftrudions in the placeof trial. For being un- fuccefsful in their endeavours to reftore Rome to its li- berty, overcome with difcontent and defpair, they laid violent hands upon themfelves. Cata being prevented in his firft attempt, afterwards tore open his Wounds with fiercenefs and rage. And Brutus ready to plunge the Sword into his Breaft, complained that Vertue was but a vain name. So infufficient are the beft Precepts ofineer natural Reafon to relieve us in diftrefs. As Torrents that are dryed up in the heat of Summer when there is the molt need of them, fo all comforts fail in ex-remity that are not derived from the Fountain of Life. I will only add how ineffelual Philofophy is to fup- portus in a dying hour. The fear ofDeath is aPafli i- Et pridie on fo ftrong that by it Men are kept in bondage all their quam ocade days. 'Tis an Enemy that threatens nonewhom it doth retur,in fermo- nenato fuper not ftrike, and there is none butit threatens. Certain- ccenam,. aped l y that Spethre which t Cefar had notcourage to look 9 ifnarciTer in the face is very affrighting. Alexand r h that snis °itæ com- fo often defpifed it in the Field, When paf30n that tram- peminum ino- ported him cart a Vail over his Eyes ; yet when he was pinatumque. struck with a mortal Difeafe in Bab lou andhad Death prætulerat. Suer. , in his view, his Palace was filled with Priefis and Di- vid.Pìnrarch viners, and no fuperftition was fo fottifh, but he ufed to
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