iit the Soz!l of Ma1r. 7 ·7 utmoft point ; but alfo that hereby we·n1ay weaken the fo rces of nature, and teach our appetites to obey. \Vc n11tft do with ourfelves, as prudent parents with their children; who crofs their wills in tnany little indifferent things to tnake rh en1 n1a– nageable and fubmiffive in nTore confider- . able inH:ances. lie who would n1orti(y the pride and vanity of his fpirit, ihould fl:op his ears to the mofi deferved praifes, and fon1etimes forbear his juft vindication fron1 the cenfures and afperfions of others ; efpecially if they reflecr only upon his pruden<:~ and conduct, and not upon his virtue a:1d innocence. He who would check a revengeful humour, would do· well to deny himfelf the fatisfact:ion of re– prefcnting unto others the injuries which! he h ath fufiained. And if we would fo take heed to our ways, that we fin not with our tongue, we n1uft accufiom our– felves much to folitude and filence; and fometines, with the Pfalmifl:, hold our peace even front good, till once we have gotten fcJn1e con1mand over that unruly n1en1ber. Thus, I fay, we n1ay bind up eur natural inclinations, and rnake our appetites n1ore tnoderate in their cravings, by accufl:on1ing the.1n to frequ en t refufals. G 3 :B-ut
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