DECAD. VI. gramlations. By this timefome blolfomesofyouth appeoring in theirfJce,admonJ!b A their Parents to feeke themfomefe>fonable march; Wherein the fa~ her mquires fer wealrh,rheSon for beauty,perhaps the Mother for Parenrage, fcJrcea'ny fo1 Verrue, for Religion. Thus fetled, What is their care, theirdifcourfe, yea,their Trade, bur either an Hound, or an Hawke? And it is well, ifnoworfe: And naw,thty fo live, as ifthey had forgotten that therewere bl:loks: Lenning is for Prief'ls and Pedants; for Gentlemen, pleafure. Oh! that eirher wealth or wit !bould be ca(l away thus . bafely: That ever reafon (hould grow ro debonched,as rethink any thingmorewor- I thy than knowledge. Wirh what !bame and emulation may we looke upon other Nations ( whofe api!b f>!bions we can rake up in the channels, negle/ling their imitableexamples) and with whar fcorn do they look npon us? They have theirfolemn Academies for allrhofe qualities,whichmay accompli!bGentility: from which they rerurne richly furni!bed, both fur altion,and (peculation. They accooot knowledge B and abilityofdifcourfe as elfentiall ro greamelfe, asblood : neitherare theymore 3· bove the vulgar in birth, tl\an in undertbmding : They tra\"ell wirh judgrmenr, and returnewith experience: fo doe they follow the exercif<s ofthebody, that the)' ne~- lell not the cultureofthemind. Fromhence growes civ1litie,and power to monage atf•ires, either of Juftice,or Stare: from hence encouragement to learning, and reverence from inferiors. For thofeonelyan efteeme knowledge,which have it; and th• common fort frame either obfervance, or contempt, our ofthe exampleof their Leaders. Amongfl them, the fonnes ofNoblesfcorne rot either Merchandize, or learned profdlions; and hare nothing fo much as to doe nothing: I !bameand hare to think, that ourGallants hold,there can be no difparagemem,but in honeftcallings. Thus perhaps I have abated rhe envy ofthis reproofe, by communicating it to more; which I had not done, but that the r;enerality ofevill importunesredrrffe. C 1well fee that either good or evill defcends : In vaine !hall we hope for the reformation ofrhemany, while thebetter are diiOrdered. Whom to folicite herein , I know not, but all : Howglad !bould I be to fpend my light to the fnutfe, for the effe/lir.gofthisl I can but perfwade and pray; thefe I will notfaileof: The ref'lto him that both can amend and puni!b. ~~u~~uu~~~utuu~~u~.~~uwuwu~uuu~~~~u~ To M. J o N A s R E 1 o E s B E R G I u s in ZE LAND. Er. VII. Written fomeD>hilt~ jitm, cOTJcernint,{o,entr» opi•iOTJJihttJhro4chetlin tlie ChNrche1 of H 0 L LAND; 41JallntfertbenlmtofArminios (thmli'l!iNg) perfr>adint, aU t,ff41 D>lt1to ajiNdJandcare•fthecommonpe4ceoftbeChNtcb, dijfr>adingfrom •II•Jfefl41iotJofjingo/4rilie. D IR.eceived lately a!bort relation of fome new Paradoxes from your I.tide11· yon would know what we think: I feare not to be cenfured, asmedling: you;truth is ours: The Sea cannot divide thofe Churcheswhom one faith unites. I know not how it comes tO palfe, thatmof'ltnen, while they too much atftllcivility, rurne flatterers; and plaine truth isnlofl-wherecounred rudene!Te. He that tel!a fide friend he loo\<s ill, or termes an angry tumourtheGout, or a watri!b fwellingDropfie; is E thought unmannerly. Formy parr, J am glad that I was nor born to feed humors: How ever you rake your own evils, I mull: tell you, we pity you,and think youhave juf'l caufeofdejellion,and wefur you: not forany pril·are cares,but (which touch a Chrifli,an neereft) theCommon-wealth ofGod. Behold, afrer ollthofe hils ofcarkaffi:s,ond flreamesofblood, your civil! fword is!heathed, wherein weneithercongratulate,nor feare your peace; lo now,in ftead of thar,anotherwhile,rhe fpirituall f.Nord is.drawn & !haken,and it iswell,ifoomere.Now the politick Stare fits flil,the Church quarrels: Oh! the infariable holl:iliryofour great enemy, wth whatchangeof mifchiefes
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