I Z70 I V ECA'D. Il. -l.;.orepraife God for thus much lrui~ion ofhim, orb lam~ my fdfe for my inconClao- A cy in good;more rejoyce,that fomenmes I amwdl,or gneve that I am not foalwates. I firivc,and wilh,rather then hope, for be~ter. Thts IS our warfare; we may nor_lookc to triumph alwaics; we mull fmart lo~cumes, and complame; and then agame rejoycc that wecan complain<; _and gnevc tha: we can r<Joyce no more, and that we can grieve no more. Our hope "• tl we be pattent, we lhall once bcconfranr. To SirE o M u N D BA c o N . I E P 1 s T. I I. oftbe ~tntjiiOfrttiredneffi andftcmy. B S Ufpetl (ifyou can) that, becaufe now many cold winds blow bmvixt us, my alfctlion can be cooler to you. True love is like a llrong frrcamc,which thcfurthcr it is from the head, runs with more violene<. The thoughts ofthofe pleafures I was wont to find inyour prcfcnce, were never fo ddightfull, as now when I am barred from rcnuing them. I wilh me with you ; yea (if! could or might wilh eo change) I lhould wi!h me your lelfe. To live hidden, was never but fafe, and plcafant;"but now,fo much bcttcr,as the world is worfe.Itis a happindfe,not to be a wit. nelfe ofthe mifchiefe of the time ; which it is hard to fee, and be guiltldfr. Your .philofophicall Cell is a fafc fhdrer from tumulrs, from vices, from difcontcntmems. Befidesthat livdy, hondl, and manly plcafure, whicharifcs from the gaineof C kn3wlcdge in thedccpe mylleries of Nature; l!oweafic is it in that place to live free from the commoncarcs,from the infrllion ofcommon cvils!Whcthcrthe Spaniard gaine or favc by his peace, and how he kcepcs it; and whether it were fafcr for the States to lay dmvnc atmcs, and be at once llill and free ; Whether the Emperors truce with the Turke were honourable and feafonablc;and whether Venice havewon or loll by her late jarres; arc thoughts that dare not looke in atthofe'doores. · Who is envied, and who pitied at Court; Who buies hopes and kindnelfc dearcfi; who laics fecrct mines to blow up another, that himfclfe may fuccccd, can never trouble you: Thcfc cares dare not enrer intothat S2otiuary ofpeace.Thence you can fee how all that live publikeare tolfed in thcfe wavcs,and pity them.For,grcat places have feldome fafe and eafie entrances: and (which is worll)grcat charges can hardly D be p!Jufibly wcilded, without fomc indircti policies. Alas ! their priviledgcs cannot coumervaile their toile.Weary daye& and reClldfe nighrs, lhott lifi:s and long cares, weakcbodics and unquiet minds, attend lightly on grcatnclfe. Either Clients brcake their fl<epc in the morning, or the intention of their mind drives it of! from the lirfr watch. Either fuits or complaints thrullthcmfdves into thcirrccreations; and packets ofLetters interrupt their mcalcs. It is ever Tcrmcwith them,without Vacation. Their bufindles admit nonight,no holiday: Loc,yQurprivacy frees youfrom all this, and what ever other glorious mikry. There you may flecpe, and e>r, and honeClly difporr,and enjoyyour fclfe,and command both your praifes and others.And whiles you arc bappy,you live out of the reach ofenvic; unlclfe my fclfe fend that gud! thither: which I lhould juClly condemne ast)le fault ofmy love. No man offers to 11ndermine you, none to difgrace you: you could not want theft E inconveniences abroad. Y.a, let a man live in the open world, but as a looker en, he lhall be furc not to want abundance ofvexations. An ill mind holds it an eafie torment, to live in contin11all fight of evill ; if not rather a pleafure : but, to the well difpofed, itis ncxttoHell. Certainly, to live among Toads and Serpents, is a Para. dife to rhis. One jells pleafantly with his Maker : another makes himfclfe fport with Scripture. One fills his mouth with oathcs of fonnd : another fcofli:s at the religious. One fpeakcsvillany; another laughcs atit; a third defends ir. One makes himfdfe a Swine, anothcraDcvill:Who (that is not all earth)can endure this ~who canootwifh himfclfe Iathera defolate Hermirc, ora clofe prifooe(~ Every evil\ we fee, doth either vex, or infett us. Your retiredncffe avoids this; yet fo, as it equal· I
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