Of the Religious~ _I r9 and ca:fl: down like a !hip on the fea, with– everyvariation offortune,. and partakes per– haps of all the Jnotions of this inferior _\vorld, where-unto his heart and affeCtion are fafiencd. And certainly he mufr be far .n1ore happy and generous, both, who fit– tcth loofe to the world, and can with the greatefl: calmnds and tranquillity poffefs his o·wn fou;}, while all things without are in hurry and confuGoH. Private difaftcrs cannot difcompofe bim, nor publick cala- . l11ities reach hin1: he looks qpon the trou– bles and combl.1ftions of the :vorld, as n1en do on the ruin and defolation of cities V\' herein th.en1felves have little intereft, \vith no other concernrnent than th ::t t of pity, to fee men trouble themfelves and others to fo little purpofe. Si jratlus iflabatur orbis: If the· world iliould fhake, and /the foun– dations of the earth be removed, yet would he refl: fecure in a full acquiefcence to the will of God, and confident dependance on his providence: He .fhall not be afraid' of evil tidings: and his heart is fixed trufling i1t the Lord. And this, by the affinity, will lead us to .another endowment, wherein the excel– lency of the righteous man doth ...-appear; and that is, that heroick m~gnanimity and courage
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