Heywood - Houston-Packer Collection BV4510.A2 H49 1667

' / . -- ·- Heiilt-Treaju~e: - · ~4! · ' ry thirig you meet wit~: A -wife Phyfician can tel you the vertue of every fimple, and can 'excra.Ct fbme good oht o~ thofe Herbs, that an ignorant perfoncafis away; as ufele{s weeds: P.rov~ xo. 14. It?s faid, wif, Men l"J "P ~nawledg,e_~t ;. e. They confider all objeffs· occurents,how they'mayhereafter fiand them in fl:ead, what ufe may be made thereof, and fo gather. · from ~ them a·profitable :inference, and ftore •that up for future·times_: thusdo you, if y9u w.ould lay up a treafure~ be not . · · unwife, but underftand .what the w~l ofthe · · Lord is, -by all thac·your eyes behold, or . eares hear : Learn tomake commentsupo11 all rhe Creatures, fuck fweetnefsout of eve..i. ry flower, not for fenfual delight, but.fpiri- .tual p~ofit. .Le~ .not .fomuch~s a goodor bad report concerntng your (elvesor othersfound , in your eares, ·without fpecia] obfervation , and inlprove~pent : wba-t ever your trade or calling be, you _may -and mufi fpi~itoalize it for·yourfouls ~good ; there•s never a profitable fciepce, ·faith one, but it leads to the know– ledge .of God, or of our felv~s, Jc:> that w~, need not 'be·ro feek for~ treafure, if we have hearcs to improveobjects of (enfe: it was a goud defign in t.he reverend Dr. H11ll, an~ difcovered ·an honefi fancy in improving va-– cant hours, and.vifible objcCl:s in his oc<;afir anal m..~ditations: go yon and do li~e'Yife, ~ ·by ·which-blefied ;art of heavenly Chtmtfiry yoi.1 ·may. both·pleafe your fancy, and profit yqtir hearts,ufe·your wics,aQd .exercife grace, ;tnddlat'J=th.cJway ro increa!e it.: £he nuch is, · , · ~~ -- · ~. · tbe~e1 -~ ~ ~ . . J ' I •

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