174 The indifpenfable Duty vepge; but if we c~nlider what poor con- _ ten1ptible things we are iri ourfelves, and what we have deferved, J ifnot from n1en, yer frotn God, _whofe infiruments they are for our correctiop, we .{hall be little con– cerned at vvhat the world calls affronts, -and eafily reconciled to thofe who have wronged us.· Secondly, Let us learn to have a Iow dleern of the prefent world, and all things therein; and this will cut off the occafions of our hatred and animolities. . Men may ·wrong us in our fortune or reputation; but they can1.1ot rob us of piety and virtue, of the favour ofGod, and eternal happinefs. ·And therefore, if our m·inds be once raifed above thofe· tranfirory vanities, we cannot I n1eet with injuries worth the rcfenting. If vve aim at heaven, -and the glor.y of another '\vorld, we ihall not ftand to quarrel and c·ontend about · any trifling interefi in our 'vay thither. ' _ Thirdly, The freqt,1ent' and feriou~ ftoughts of death, would. conduce much 1:0 .allay our hatred, and ~ifpofe us to n1eek- . llcfs and charity. NaturaliHs tell .us, that ·when fwarms of bees fight in the air, they are.difperfed, by throwing duft among them .. Did we in our thoughts often reflect upo13. · that ' I
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