Oj'"' tfie Minifleri'al"Ftmffiol1. 3'6j ufe of thefe ndw and then·whell they come– in our way,.and another, to fearch and hunt after the1n; and thofe who have t~e knack 0.f.it. are ready enough to:fall into excefs. A thir.d.thing which will- bring a·clerg}N– rnan into contempt, is, an ·unallowable pa– tience in hearing· his mafier dilhonourcd· by the oaths; and profane talk of thofe of ,vhom he flandeth in awer My brethren,J if we ha·d no more but the comn1on prin– dples of ingenuity and honour, they might . , make us refent thefe as- greater ~ffronts: than ifmen· fhould fpit in our faces; and~· · yet this is but one of the n1eane.fi engage-– ments that lie upon 1;1s, to check thefe ex~ orbirancies with the gveatefr feverity. I ihall nan1e but another; and it is this-:: when Jnen, 'Ofl defign to avoid this con-· tempt, would fee·nl to-difclaim their elnploy.... n1ent, by imitating the habit and deport•· ment offecular perfons; when they fiudy, the gentleman fo much, th~t they forgetr the cle~gy.man. I If we be afh~med of our· Gwn en1ployment, n0 wonder if others de- , fpife it. Far different were the thoughts. 0f that worthy Gentleman;. and· excellen~· Minifler, whom I nan1ed before, that fweee: inger of Iftae~, Mr. I-ierbert, who, the· !rune night that he wa&.,admitted into the: " oflice- ,
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