Parr:z.SeCt-3- Cure ofMtlancholy. Memb.,, 308 refpeet, t Behold,{a~th he,ajjdJacleworthy ofGod: Agoodmancontentedrvith t£ccejpellacu- ht<eftatt. A tyrantls thebell facnficeto Juprter, as rh~ ancients held, and hil tum 'Deo dig_- bell obJeCt acontentedmmde. For thy part then rell fansfied,ca.ft aUthy care on · •um.P~tfortu hrm,thy burdm on htm, rely on htvJ, ' tmft on hlfn, andht fba!l nottrin. thee ea malafortuna fi h . h h. h d•r; r . h 'd d )" ' rt <ompofir,.. ort ee,g.vet eet me carts ljtre;taywn Dav• ,Go tfourhope&ftrength .z, Pet. 5-7· in troubles ready tobtformd, P(al. 46.I. for they that tmft in the Lord flMUbe.d PjaJ. 55· "· '!'Ount Sion,whic(JCannot be removed, P(al. I 24. I, 2."' the mormtains are abot~t Jerufalem,(o is tht Lordabout hi<people,fromhenccforth and forevtr. MEMB. z. Deformity ofbody,ftckne!Je, ba(ene/Jeofbirth, pemliar diflontents. di~conrents and grievances,are either of body,minde,or fortune, wh1ch asrhey wound the foul ofman,producethis melan. choly, and many great inconveniences; by that antidote of good counfel and perfwafion may be eafed or expelled. Deformities and imperfeCtions ofour bodies :as lameneife,crookedneife,deafnefie,blindnelfe be t.hey innate or accidemall, torture many men: yet this may comfort them' that thofe imperfellions ofthe body do not awhit blemiih the foul,or hinde; the operations ofit, but rather help and much increafe it. Thou art lameof body,deformed to the eye,yet this hinders not,but that thou maill be a good '&rpfub ,._ a wife,uprigh(,honefr man. • Setdome, faith Plutarch, honefty andbear<ty drnU j;m ~j; bone- together, and oftentimes under a thread-bare coat, lies an excellent under. h:::,itant.orma franding,f£pe fub attrit!tlatitatJapientia vefte.*Corntliu1 Mt<f!i.s that famous ~ JojephwMuf- preacher in Italy, when he came firfr into the pulpit in Venice, was fo much {~.~~-:,;{:'I,;,_ contemnedby reafon ofhis outfide,a little,lean,poore;dejeCl:ed perfon,tthey vu,macilent,., were all ready to leave thechurch,but when they heard his voice they did ad- :!~• h•minu, mirehim,and happy was that Senator could injoy his company,or invite him Adf/uporem firfrto h1s houfe. Afilly fellow to look to, may have morew1t, learnmg,hoeJ.. eruditio- nefry, then he that Hruts it out Ampfflli< jal1an11&c. grandiagradien1, and is ;~~,1':.;!:;_ admired in the worlds opinion: Vi lis(£pc cad11s nobile neliar habet, The bell · mirati (unt. wine comes out ofan old veifel. Howmany deformed princes, king•, empe. rours,could I reckonup,philofophers ,orators~ Hannibal had oneeye,Appiu; claudu,t,Timoleon, blinde,Multaffes king ofTimif, John king ofBohemia,and h Nox habet Tirptt< the prophet. brhe night hath hi!plea fore; and forthe loife of that one ~U:: 'fJolupi4- fenfe fuch men are commonly recompenfed in the refl:; they ha.ve excdlem tLib.s.aJfinem,c<tcuspoteflelft(izpirnr& beat~a~ · &c. c/nCM'Vi'IJiO lib.z5. memories,other good parts,mufick,and many recreations; much happines, great wifedome, as T11Uy well difcourfeth in his t TrifCulan quefrions: Homtr was blinde,yet who(faith he)mademore accurate,lively, or bmerdefcripti. ons,with both his eyes~ DmtocrittU was blinde,yet as Laertittt writes ofhim, he fawmore then all Greece befides?as' Plato concludes, Tt~mfane mentis oculus acute incipit cernerc,quunJprimumcorporiJ oculus deflorefcit, when our bo· dily eyes are at worfr,generally the eyes of our foul fee bell:. Some Philofo. phers and divines have evirated themfelves, and put out their eyes volumarily the better to contemplate. Angelus Politianus had atetter in his nofecontinually running,fulfome in company,yet no man fo·etoquent and pleafingm . his works.JEfope was crooked,s ocratts pur-blinde,long-legged,hairy;Democrituswithered,Senecalean and harih, ugly to behold, yet fhewmefom~ny ilouriihing wits;fuch divine fpirits: Horace alittle blear-eyed comempnble fellow,yetwhofo fcnrenrious and wife~ Marcilim Picinm,Faber Stap11ltnjis, a couple
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