124 The fuperior .Excellency ·. fionatc man, and you fhall find him fre– . quen tly tranfported and overpowered by his _- ans;er, and carried to t11ofe extremities, of · · which a little tin1e n1akes hin1 afhamed; and he beCOl11CS a5. much difpleafed . with himfelf, as·forn1erly he w·as with his ad– vcr fary : and yet, on the next occaGon, he · will obey the fa1ne paffion which he hath condetnned. What a drudge is a covetous n1an . to his riches, which take up his thoughts all the day long, and break his fleep in the n'ight! How n1uft the ambiti– i:ious 111an fawn and flatter, and crofs his humour with hopes to fatisfy it; fioop to rhe grout1d that he n1ay afpire, courting and careffing_ thofe whon1 he hates; which doubtlefs is done with a great violence and cot;flraint! The drunkard, when he a– 'vakes, and bath D.ept out his cups and his frolick humour, and finds his head aking, his fion1ach qualmi.fh, and perhaps his purfe empty, and reflecrs on the folly and unhandfon1e expreffions or aCtions he 1nay have fallen into in his drink, how will he conden1n hin1felf for that excefs! what ha– rangues !hall we have fron1 hitn in the praife of teniperance! w-hat pron1ifes and refolutions of future fobricty! and yet, on the next occafion, the poor flave ihall be , dragged . ·~
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