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neighbours, the more

reason

have

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

undersùdden

distresses, 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,

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 very

virtue

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

wish

every 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

of

none

but

self,

and

are

regardless'

of

our

neighbour's

welfare.

»If

self

be

healthy

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

the

devil,

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-

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