34° VEG·IlV. V. - hath made you with all your abundance. 'That God bletre it to you, and make both A our recknings cheerefull in theday ofour commoh Audit. To E. 'B. Dedicated to Sir fjeorge qoring. E P 1 s T. V I I !.Remedies •g•in.fl d•lnejfe ••tl himkJotf{tin4•rc.Dings,and incour.ge· "'"'" tuhurefolne fJi in la,lur. · IT falls out not feldome (ifwe may meafure all by one) that the mind over.lay<d with worke,growes dull and heavy: and now doth nothing, becaufe it harh done roo much; over•lavithexpence offpirits harh left .it hearrleffe: as the bdl veffell with much motion and vent, brcomes flat, and dreggilh. And nor fewer (ofmore weak temper) difcoura~e themfelves with the difficulty o what they mull doe:fome Tra1•cllers have more runkat theMap, then at the way. Betwixt both,how many B fir flill with their hands folded, andwifh they knew how to be rid oftime ! If rhis evillbe not cured,we become miferable lofers,borhofgood houres and ofgood parts. In rhefe mentall d.ifeafes, Empiricks are the bell Phylirians. I prefcribe you nothing but our of feeling: Ifyou will avoid rhe firll, moderate your owne vehemencie ; fuffer nor your f<ife to doe all you could doe: Rife ever from your deske, not without an appetite, The bell hmfe will tire foonell, if the raines lie everloofein his, necke : Rellraints in thcfe cafes are encouragements: obtaine therefore ofyour felte · . ro deferre, and rake new dayes.How much better is it to refrelh your felfe with many comj>etent meale's, then ro buy onedaies gluttony, with rhe fall ofmany! And ifir be hard ro call offrhe mind in themidll of a faire and likely flight; know rh;lr all our cafe and fafety begins at the commandofour felves;he can never raske himfelfe well, c rhar caonor favour himfelfe. Perfwade your heart, that perfection comes by leifure; and no excellent thing is done at once: the riling and fettiog ofmonyScones (IVhich youthinke flackensyourwork) inrrurhrip<ns it. That gourd which cameupina nif,hr, withered in a day; whereas rhofe plants which abide age,rife flowly. Indeed, w1ere the heart is unwilling, prorogation hinders: what I !ill norro doe thisday, I loath the next; burwhere is no want of ddire, delay dorh but lharpen the llomack. Thatwhichwe doe unwillingly leave, we long to undertake :and themore our affedion is, the greater our intention, and the better our performance. To rake occalion by the foretop, is no fmall point ofwifdome; bur to make rime (which is wilde and fugitive) tame and pliable ro our purpofes, is rhegreareft improvement ofa man: D All rimes ferve him, which harhrhe rule ofhimfdf<. lfthefecond, think feriou£ly of the condition of your being: It is that we were made for;rhe Bird to flie,and Man to labour. What doewe here, ifwe repine at our worke! We had not beene, bur that we might be llill bufie; ifnor in this raske we di£like, yet in fame. orher ofno letre toyle : there isno ad that !13th nor his labour, which varies in meafure, according to the will of the doer. This .yhich you eomplaine of, hath becne undertaken by orhers,not with focility oncly,bur with pleafure; and what you chufe for eafe, bath beene abhorred ofothers,astedious. All difficulty is nor fo much in the worke, as in the Agent. To fcrrhe mind on the racke ofa long medirarion(you fay)is a torment:to follow the fwift foot ofyour hound all day long, harh no wearineffe :what would you fay ofhim. that finds better game in his lludy, then you in the field,and would accounryour difport his punilhmenr~ Such there ore, E though you doubt and wonder, neverrhink ro derrad from yourbufineffe, bur adde to your will. It is the policieof our great enemie, to drive us with rhefe feares,from that he forc-ftes would grow profitable: like as fame inhofpitall Savages make feareful delufions by forcery upon the lhore,ro fright llrangers from landing.Where you find rhrreforemotions of refi{laoce, awaken your courage the more, and koow there is fome good that app<ares nor;vaine endeavours find no oppofition.AU crotres imply a feerercommodiry : refolvethen to will, becaufe you begin nor to \V ill: and eitberoppofeyour felfe, as Satan oppofesyou, or elfe you doe nothing. We pay no priceto God for any good thing, but labour; ifwe higgle in that, weare worthy to lofeourbargaine. It is an invaluable ~oine, that we may moke in this traffique: for God is bouorifull, as well as jull; an when he fees true endevour, doth nor only fell
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