1 I 6 The jitperior Excel!ency he can n1oderate his paffions, and over-: rule his carnal appetites: which certainly is ~far more important piece of wifdom, than to underftand the intrigues of a ffate, to · fathom the counciLs of princes} to know . the pulfe ofa people, or balance the intereft/ of kingdon1s. Yea-, piety cloth heighten and advance even n1oral prudence itf~lf; both obJiging and directing a m·an to order.' his affairs with diflretion: it maketh the Jimp!e wife.. And wha.t was faid by holy David, and twice repeated by his wife fon, will hold good in every n1.an's experience, that the fear of t!Je Lord is the beginning ·of wifilom~ And thus n1uch of the know– ledge and wifdom wherein the righteous man excelleth his neighbour. - Vve proceed to another of his endow- , ments, the greatnefs of his mi'nd, and his contempt ot the world. We can pever take better meafures of a man's fpirir; than from the things he delighteth in, and fets his heart upon: · fi?.!!alis amor, talis animus. - To be taken up with trifles, and concern– ed in little things, is an evidence of a weaR and ·naughty 1nind. And fo are all wicked and irreligious pcrfons._ Thei'r thoughts are confirted. to low and n1ean things; de– figns of [eraping together n1oney, or fpe~dlng
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