'DE CA 'D. I. contrary, fend him away \~it.h ilefiance. T~ere you fe~ ~nd he~re every day, r~e true A mother and the fained, lluvmg and pleadmg for the hvmg ch1ld. The true Punce of peace bath pall fentence from heaven, onour fide. Donoryou ftoop fo muchasroa doubt or motion ofirrefolution. Abandon rhofe from your table and fair, whom your ~wne and others experience!hall defcry dangrrou.s : Thole Serpents are full of in!iouarioos: Bur,ofall,thofeofyour owne counrry;wh1Chare fo much the more per. nicious by how much they have more colour ofprivikdge ofiatirene!fe.Religion is the gre~rd! care : advicos for cariage, and improvement ofrravell,challengerhe next place. I need not counfell you to kcepc your flare with affability; and fo to manage your felfe, as that your curtefie may be more vi!ible then your grearnc!fc. N arure bath taught you this ; and harh fecrctly propagated it from your father: who byhis fwcerncllcofdilpo!irion, wonnc as many hearts, as by his valour and munificence. I B ratherrell you, that agood nature harh betrayed many ; who looking forrhat in o· rhers, which they found in themfelves, have at !all complained of their ownc ere· dulity,and others deceit.Trull not llrangers too much,with your counfdl, with your perfon:and in your grcarcll familiaritics,have an eye to their common difpofirion,and infirmirics.Thofe natures wherewith you converfc, arc fubjctlro difpleafure, and violent in purfuir of fmall indignities. Ycllerday heard I named, from no unfairhfull report, a French Coutricr,rhar in fingle combat harh fenr eightccne foulcs from the field to their pbce : yet hecvcr as the patient in the ~uarrcll ; and forrhis mentioned with more rhenexcufc: I cenfure not how jullly. Th1s is others car<:Only hence I ar· guerhe rifene!fc ofunkindne!fe taken, and purfued, You !hall fee, thatrhe foil is no! fo divcrs,as the inclination ofperfons;who in all Climates,though they differ inpu- C ticulars, yet !Iill agree too well in common faults.The Italian dccp,clofc, and crafrie; the French ra!h;the German dull.One not forward ro offer wrongs,but apprehenfive of a fmall wrong offered : another,prooe either to take.or give them,but not uneafie to remit: another,long in conceiving,long in retaioing.What do I exemplifie!Thcre are long Catalogues ofpeculiar vices, thathaunt fpeciall places; whicb,ifthey were not ootoriou!ly infamous, my charity would fcrve me to particularize. It were pity there !hould be fcwcrvcrtues,lacall and proper.There are good ufcs tobe made ofo· rhers ioormiries ; ifno more, by them to corrctl our owne: who !oaths vice in another,is in good forwardnc!fe to leave it in himfclfe. The viewofthe publike calamitios,aod difordcrs ofother Churches,!hall bell teach you thankfulne!fe for the better !lateofouro:But better ufe oft heir venues;by howmuch it is more excellent to know D what we 01ould doe, then what !hould not. You mull nowlooke upon all things,not with theeye of a!hangeronly, but ofaPhilofopher, but ofa Chri!liao; which ac. counts alllo!fc, that is nor reduced to pratlicc, It is agreat praife, thatyou are wifcr by the contemplation offorraioc things; but moch greater, that you arc better. That youhave feeoe Ciries,aod Courrs,aod Alpu,and Rivers,cao never yccld you fu found comfort, as that you have lookt feriou!lyinto your fclfe. In vaine doe we affett all forraine knowledge, ifwe be not throughly acquainted at home.Thinkmuch, and fay lirtle, efpecially in occafioos ofdifpraife: wherein,both a little is cnough,and oft-times any thing is roo much. You cannot inquire too much: that which in us in· feriours would be ceofured for dangerous curiofirie, in your Greatoe!fe !hall be coo· I\ rued as a cornmendable deftre ofknowledge. Aske I\ill after men of greatcll parts E and reputation : and where you find Fame no lyer, note and refpett them. Make choice ofrhofe for coovcrfatioo, whioh either in prcfeot, or in hope are eminent: and whc;n you meet with excellencies in any facultie, leave not without fome gaioeof knowledge. What are orhcrgracestoyou, ifyouoncly admire them; not imitate, ~or lppropriare them! Loc,your <quals in time grow up happily in the Colledg< (fo I may rermc ir) of our young and hopcfull Courr,which youhave left; and aboveall, tl· a· gracious prcfidcmofworrhiodfc and perfettion:whomwhile in all other things you ferve, you may without rcproofe emulate for learning, vertne, pietir. My felfc am wirodfe of thelt progre!fe; which I doe joyfully gratulatc to the fuccceding age. Beware, le!l: their "diligence !hall out· !l:rip you, and upbraide you with that ancient checkcofgoing farreand faring worfe. lam
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