$ERM. YxVTIt.]' Q LAV$LY ÇARRIAQsE, &C. 467 neighbours, the more reasonhave we to ,expect the sama returns of a lovely carriage -fróm them. And it is no small advantage in life, for a person to be much' beloved. When he falls undersùddendistresses, every;Illan is ready to relieve him; when he meets with perplexing difficuk4 ties he has the ready assistance of multitudes at his comp viand, because he heath many lovers. II. It is a most generous character, and the sign of a great and good soul, to delight to please those i with whomwe converse. It is a lovely sight to behold a person. solicitous to make all roundabout him easy and happy: Such amiable souls as these it is a frequent practice; and a pleasure to them, tó contradict their, own natural in+ clinations, in order to serve the desires, or the interest of their friends. A.happy.temper ! that findscká.much satisfaction in this self-denial, that the veryvirtue loses its name, and it becomes but .another. sort of:self-pleas+ ing. Such persons are in pain, when they>find their friends hard to be pleased, and they ; suffer sometimes too much uneasiness in themselves, because of the per- verse humours of those they converse with. This uih. easiness indeed may arise to a criminal excess, but the opting of it has something amiable. I could wishevery soul of us would learn a lovely carte 'iage. For, III. It makes us resemble God himself. And yet there áre some that will be selfish and churlish, that will practise the furious or the peevish passions, through some reigning principle of pride, or covetousness, inn= patience, or envy. There are some that delight in vei6. ing their fellow-creatures, and in giving them torsi nt And pain. Part of these qualities make us a-kin to brutes of the worser kind, when we take care ofnone but self, and are regardless' of our neighbour's welfare. »Ifself behealthy and rich, easy and honoured, it is no matter though the rest of the world sustain sickness, and poverty, and scandal." Others of these unlovely characters approach nearer to the spirit of thedevil, who takes delight in tor- turing his fellow-creatures, and doing what mischief he can ámongst men. But it is a God-like temper to take a sweet satisfaction in diffusing our goodness, and in pleasing and in, wry- 2nd
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