It must needs be a point of great Continency and Integrity, not to be caught with the Inticements of vain Beauty, Comeliness of Body, outward and gay Glory or Apparel, nor with the vain Pleafures of the World; but to be restrained by Juftice, Equity, and Chastity; yea, and with the Bridle of the Fear of God, not to confent to corrupt Concupifcence, which would in that fort deceive them (e-fpecially carnal Men) and blind right Judgment in them. Mufonius..

Beware of the Baits of wanton Wo men, which are laid out to catch Men for they are great Hindrances to him. that defires Wifdom. Socrates.

Suffer not thy Hands to work, non thy Tongue to fpeak, nor thy Ears to hear, that which is Evil.

At thy Table, let all Things (or Words) be pure, chaft, and holy; even as He is holy, whofe Gifts thou there receiveft. Socrates.

That Man, whofe Mind is wholly dedicated to Vertue, and Purity of Life, and defpifeth the Vanities of this thort Life, moft certainly prevaileth, and obtaineth Salvation in the end. Pontanus.

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Let Youth take delight in Good Things; for Pleafures are the Baits of Evil: The momentary Sweetness of a delicious Life, is follow'd with eternal Sorrow; the fhort Pain of the contrary, with eternal Pleafures. Plato.

He is to be accounted Free and at Liberty, who is void of all evil Luft and Concupifcence. Cicero.

Liberty is a Power given unto Man, whereby he may live as he himself fhall think good, d, his Conference or is perfwaded in

and followeth, in Converfation, thofe things only which are good and honeft, obeying not the Law for Fear of Punishment, but for Truth's fake and Equityvi

In very much Liberty, it is hard to be moderated, or to put à Bridle to wanton Affections. Aristotle.

He that hath Liberty to do more than is Neceffary, will oft-times do more than is tending to Honefty. Macrobius. State of borsellob Neither the Covetous, nor Ambir tious, nor Luftful Perfon, can be Free and at Liberty. Diogenes. He is a Slave indeed, who is in Bondage

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Bondage to his own evil Affections.
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Apply thy felf to Vertue, that in the time to come thou may'ft be praifed. Plato.

It is meer Wickednefs to feek Praise by counterfeit Vertue.

Diogenes.
In all thy doings, feek chiefly the
Praise and Glory of God.

He is greatly to be praised, that leadeth an uncorrupt Life, that loveth and feareth God, that is friendly to his Friend, favourable to his Enemy, temperate in his Words, and meek in his Behaviour: Mar. Aurel.

We muft beware, we open not our Ears to fuch as praife us falfly; nor fuffer our felves to be flatter'd. Tullius.

When thou arifeft in the Morn ing, determine fo to pafs the following Day, as though at Night a Grave fhould be thy Bed:

At thy Down-lying and Up-rifing, at thy Labour, Eating and Drinking, be mindful of God, be thankful unto Him, and remember his Benefits, not only towards thy felf, but alfo towards all Mankind, even throughout all the World. Mar. Aurel.

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Whatsoever thou takest in hand, think that before thou endest it, Death may furprize thee. Seneca. Praise no Man before Death; for that discovers his Works. Ifocrates..

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THE Tand Hurts that happen to the Soul HE Caufes of all Inconveniencies of Man, are his own Vices, which bring him under the Difpleasure (or Hatred) of God and good Men, and oft of himself at length;---Now altho' there are fundry forts of Vices, too many to be here enu merated, I shall in the following Chapter fhew the Philofophers Opinion of the Vilenefs and Corruption of fome of them, and the Damage and Hurt they bring both to Soul and Body; which I defire and wish all Men would be warned to refrain and for fake, before God's Spirit ceafe to strive with them, and they be given over to a Reprobate Mind.

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CHAP. VI

Of Vice in general; and particularly of Pride, Ambition, Envy or Malice, Wrath or Anger, Sloth or Idleness, Covetousness, Gluttony and Drunkennefs, Uncleanness, Lying and Deceit, Flattery, and Backbiting, Swearing, Folly and Ignorance. Of Repentance, and the Value of Time.

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IKE as Vertue is a Garment most comely and precious, whereby the Soul is garnished to the Glory of the most High God; fo Vice and Wickednefs are filthy, abominable, and uncomely, which corrupt and destroy the Soul, contrary to the Will of God.

To be a true Victor, is to cease Warring against Men without; and ingage in another Warfare, against the Enemies within, (viz.) carnal Lufts, Affections and Defires. Dindimus.

One way to fecure a Man from Wickedness, is to withdraw from the Examples of it; 'tis too much to have them