Cent. Ill. Meditationr and Vo111er. 53 - A 68 The pro?igall man,while hefpendeth,is magnified:when he isfpenc,is_pitied: and chat is all hts recompence for hts bvtfht Patnmony. The covetous man ts grudged while he live, and hisdeath is rejoyced ac: for when he ends, his riches beginne to be goods. He chat wif<ly k<epsthe mean b~~weenboth, liveth well, and hears well; neither repmed acby the needy; nor pttted by greater men. I would fo manage chtfe worldly commodicies,as accounting them mine to difpofe,ochers eopartake of. 69 ' A gbod name(ifany earthlything)is worth feoking,worth !hiving for;yet to affetl abare name,when we deferve either ill, or nothing;is buc a proudhypolrifie:aod eo be puffed up wirh the wrongful! eflimacion ofothers miflaking our wore 1,isan idleand B ridiculous pride. Thou arc well fpokenofupon no dderc: what then~ Thouhafl de. ceived rhy neighbours,they one another,& all of them have deceived thee: for thou madeflthem (hiok ofthee ocherwife then thou arr;and they have made thee chink of thy felf as chou art accounted: the deceir came from thee,the fiB me will end in thee. 1 will account no wrong greater, then fora man eo efleemand report me above that lam: not rejoycing in chat I am wdl thought of, but in that I am fuchas I am eflecmed. 70 It was a fpeechworthy the commendation,aod frequent remembrance offo divine a Bifhopas-Augt~jlim;which is reportedof anaged Father in his time; who when his friends comforted him on hisfick bed, and cold him, they hoped he lhould recover, anfwered:lf! lhall not die ac all,wdl;but ifever,why not now~Surely it isfolly,what C wemufldoe, to doe unwillingly.l will nev;tthink my fuulc in a good cafe, folong as I am loch to think ofdying;and will make this my comfort: Nor, I lhall yet live longer,bur,I f11all yec doe more good. 71 Exceffes are never alone.Commonly thofe chat haveexcellent parts,have fome exmmely vicious qualiries:great wits have great errours ; and great eflates have great cares: whereas mediocrity ofgifts or ofeflate bath ufually but eafie inconveniences: elfe che excell<nc would not know themfelves, and the mean would be coo muchdejetted. Now thofe whomweadmire for their faculties, we picy for their infirmities; and thofe which find thernfelves but of the ordinary pirch, joy that as their venues, fo cheirvice& are not eminent, So the highefr havea blemilhed glory, and the mean D are conteoredly fccure.I will magoilie the highefr, but affed the mean. 7• The body is the cafe,or lhcath ofrhe minde :yetas naturally ic biderh ic;fo ic doth alfo many rimes difcover it.For airhough the forehead,eyes, and frame ofthe counrenance doe fometime bdie the difpofition of the hearc; y~t mofl commonly they give rrue ~enerall verdids. An angry mans browes are bene tonether, and his eyes fparkle wlth rage,which when he is woll pleafed,look fmoorh ~od cheerfully. Envy ' ·bathone look; defire another; forrow yec another; coorencmenc, a fourth, dilfereot fioom all cherefl.To lhewno pallioo,is too Sroicall; to lhew all, is impotent; tolhew m: her thenwe feel,hypocriricall.The face and geflure doe but wrice, aAd make cornmencaries upon the heart. I will firfl eodevotJr foto frame andorder that,as not to eoE certain an~ paffion,but what I need not care to have laid open to the world: & therefore will rfl fee that the Text be good1then that the gloffe be rrue;and laflly,thac it be fp_ario~. To what end harh 'God fo walled-in the heart, ifl fltould letevery mans eyes meo 1t by my countenance? · There is no publike aClion which the ,J~rldis not ready to fcao; there is no adion fo private, which theevill fpiricsare not wicneffes of 1 I will endevour fo to live as knowing chat I am ever in the eyes ofmine enemies. _ ' 74 Whe_llwe our felves,a~d all other vices are o~,then covecoufnefl'e alone isyoung, • and at hts befl age. ThiS vtce loves to dwell in a old ruinous cottage : yet thar age can have nofuch hont'fr colour for niggardlinelfe and infaciable defire.Ayoung man F 3 might
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