zo8, Rules. and helps to Chr-iftian meekneff e.j vor, take the feavor at the beginning : There' have been, moil fearful' dillempers of paillon rifen from very (mall beginnings, which have broken out to moil fearful out-rages.As I remem- ber in the fiiftory of Lenite, I have read of two Sons of the Duke of Florence, that having been a hunting, there was con tion about which of their dogs killed the Hare, faith one, my dog caught it firlt, and the other, no, but it was mine, and io they continued till one drew the itivord upon, the other and fo flew his brother, and the brothers man that was (lain, seeing his mailer flaine, he drawes upon the other brother andkills him, and.fo the Duke bofes two of his ions at the fame time upon- that occafion. How often is.ic in your familyes, that a-litde fparke, what a fire doth it kindle; at the_fin i there may be but a word fpoken amifs, that might eafily have been pall over, no, but that word begets another, and that word begets another, and that begets yet another, and'foitgrowesto a ,mot' hideous flame, take heed of the beginning of pailìon : when ever any anger begins to arife in the family, or in your fouls, O 'tis time for you then talòok to your felves, fomecimes you shall have friends that at firft firft their fallings out begins but in the very counte- nance, one.man thinks, furely fuch a one looks not upon me with fuch a pleafant countenance as he was wont,todo,and from thence he begins to have furmiles and fufpicions, and then comes to make misinterpretations, and from thence there .comes a f'rangeneflé,and.from being flrange,they begin to hear- ken to tales that are carryed One against another,and to beleeve them, and to aggravate theta, and then they begin to fpeake force hard words one againi' another, and they begin to doe force ill offices one again{' another, and then break out into vi- olent and eminent contention and aotings one again(' anòther, whereas had there beenbut care taken at the beginning,all this might have, been p evented, Pro: 14. i .. The beginning of (tri fe is as when one letteth out wnter,therefore leave of contention before it ée médled with. Take heed of the beginnings of fin, if fo be that you would keep your fpirics in any meek and quiet frame. Then
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