C

E

Many Men by ill Doin
Undoing.

Nothing dignifies Men
Virtue.

No Man's Calling can c
One ought always to fid
Omit no Opportunity of
One main Thing in Life,
Providence generally min
Pride hides our own Fau
Pride is the Effect of Sel
Perfons of fiery Tempers
Quarrels and Difputes ab
Quiét Confciences never
verfation.

Quantity is generally va
Covetous.

Rebuke with foft Word
Riches do not make a M
Reafon not with him
Truths.

fery.

F104]

waring, whead of bleflog me.
DO Land, from the combined The

M

Such as would excel in /
Sloth is an Argument o
Sins committed in fecrear hole who have fo much of the Str. To
pent's Sicily, that the forget the Dove's lano We

Slighted Convictions a

nions.

That thou mayeft avoie
of it.

Are e

efange the Mariners have no other mens to

Forge

'Tis a Jeft for a Mifer to
To reprehend may becor Sem them lelves have railed, bot by
Time may be redeem'il ne band
God, while his Power lets Bounds te
Tell nothing of another the most convincing arguments And

told him.

The next World is the of the Str, to 'tis no lefs that he

Man's Fear.

And

thor the Manels of the People: Not dot say Sola

Take account of your reported God's Dinleafure yout Lof

Ways.

to pas al te onda

of the Volgar, to pasa and Reverence to Authoriy,

Crown

wi

Of

C

Value more a goed Confcience than Commenda

tion.

Compass, Length of Days abs, Felicity her Fate: can Earth make none Pares the King most like his

Will Impenitency is the greatelt Self-Mandes,
Wine frequently unlocks a Man's Secrets.
Want of Thought makes Men impertinent
Mom Grace is once loft, Men Sin by wholesale.
Your Memories Store with the choiced Tresure
gracious Maker in your Youth remenler.
Youth, feldom rides well bill Age holds me linole
Your Tongue and your Heart ought to agree.
Zeal in a good Caufe is very commendable.
Lens would have all Men of Parts be humble
Meal for Religion canot warrant Cruelty.
tal is blind if not accompanied with Know
ledge

Alfaficasi, 1, &c. All Willam cond
from the Lord, and is with him for ever. Wha
Jean an number number the Sand of the Ses, and the Dhups

Rain, and the Days of Eremity?
ind out the Height of Heaven, and the Breadth

in Prison, The Skill of a Tempeft; the Valour of I the Worth of a Chriftian,

ben awake in the Night.

n folemn Triumph reigns,
al, the heav'nly Plains;
Regions take,

awake:
ght thy Way
of Day;

idle Themes,
Dreams,
u converse

of the Earth, and the Deep, and Wilfoon 'nly Strains rehearse :

es above,
Pleasure rove;
are and Strife,
Trees of Life;
f Paradise,
Streams of Bliss;
Springs,
mortal things.

Wildom bath been created before all chlings, and Understanding of Prudence from everlating, o Word of God molt high is the Fountain of Wildop, and her Ways are everiathling Com mandments. The Fear of the Lord is Honour, Glory, and Gladness, and a Crown of ne ging. The Fear of the Lord is a Crown Wildom, making Peace and perfect Hench to Hourih, both which are the Gifts of God; and endargeth their rejoicing that love im

:

Some

is a kind of heav'nly Dew upply of which, our Sou F5

are in the fame Condition, in which we see a dry and barren Ground, that is parch'd with the scorching Heat of the Sun, and without any Relief from the Rain and Dew of Heaven, and by this Means becomes unfruitful; wherefore ChriRians should make it their first and great Business, carefully and diligently to endeavour to obtain the Grace of God, without which, all the Honours, Pleasures and Riches of this World, cannot exempt them from being in the same Condition, in the Sight of God, as is a Piece of Ground that is deftitute of the Rain and Dew of Heaven; that is, altogether useless, barren and unprofitable to God and Man.

Nothing, ah, nothing Virtue only gives
Immortal Praise, that only ever lives.

What Pains wait Vice! what endless Worlds

of Woe,

You know full well! but may you never know. Q. By what Fitness, or Sympathy, is the Vine taken to be the Emblem of the Wife?

A. As the Vine on the Sides of the House, being neither so high as the Top, nor so low as the Bottom, is an Ornament to the House, so the Wife, placed in the middle Condition, neither as the Head, nor as the Foot, but by the Side, as a Companion; (for they are Companions that walk Side by Side:) and is ornamental to them both: And as the Vine yields the fairest Shade of any Tree to fit under; so must the Wife be the Shade and Delight of her Husband: And as there is no Tree more fenfible of Wrong than the Vine; for cut it, and it will wither, and waste away; fo muft the Wife, at any just Reproof, be tender and sensible, as the Vine of decaying: And as the Smell of the Leaves of the Vine drives away, in Summer, all noisome Beasts and Serpents; so muft the

4

،

6

the Thoughts of a Husband, drive away, in the Wife, all evil Provocations, and harmful Intentions: And as the Vine being but a weak Tree, hath the Wall to support it; so must the Wife, the weaker Sex, be supported by the Husband, the stronger; as the Poet writes:

The fruitful Vine, and virtuous Wife,
Are both for Man's Delight;
For Joy and Comfort in the Day,
And Peace both Day and Night:
To good End both of them were made,
And so they both are still;
But oftentimes they are abus'd,
Unto most dang'rous Ill;
But then we find it so fall out,
That these two weaker Things,
Do overcome the Strong, the Wife,
The Greatest, even Kings.

Prov. xxxi. 10,-31. Who can find a virtuous • Woman? for her Price is far above Rubies. • The Heart of her Husband doth safely trust in 'her, so that he shall have no need of Spoil. She ' will do him good, and not evil, all the Days of her Life. She seeketh Wool, and Flax, and worketh willingly with her Hands. She is like the Merchant Ships, the bringeth her Food from afar. She riseth also while it is yet Night, and giveth Meat to her Houshold, and a Portion to • her Maidens. She confidereth a Field, and buyeth it: With the Fruit of her Hand she planteth a Vineyard. She girdeth her Loins with Strength, and strengtheneth her Arms. She per'ceiveth that her Merchandise is good: Her Can'dle goeth not out by Night. She layeth her Hands to the Spindle, and her Hands hold the • Diftaff. She stretcheth out her Hand to the Poor; yea, the reacheth out her Hands to the • Needy.

• Needy. She is not afraid of the Snow for her • Houshold: For all her Houshold are clothed • with Scarlet. She maketh her felf Coverings of

Tapestry, her Clothing is Silk and Purple. Her • Husband is known in the Gates, when he fit* teth among the Elders of the Land. She maketh • fine Linen, and felleth it, and delivereth Girdles * unto the Merchant. Strength and Honour are • her Clothing, and she shall rejoice in Time to * come. She openeth her Mouth with Wisdom, • and in her Tongue is the Law of Kindness. • She looketh well to the Ways of her Houshold, ' and eateth not the Bread of Idleness. Her Children arise up, and call her blessed; her Husband alfo, and he praiseth her: Many Daughters * have done virtuously, but thou excelleft them • all. Favour is deceitful, and Beauty is vain : but a Woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the Fruit of her Hands, * and let her own Works praise her in the Gates."

External Beauty, Shape, and pleafant Face,
Deck not a Woman, but th' internal Grace.

Q. How should Man and Woman be made equal in Marriage?

A. Let the Man be inferior in State and Birth, and then Marriage makes them equal; she, the better in Descent and Subslance; he, the better in Sense and Sex. Solon, the Philofopher, faid, upon the Marriage of his Friend's Daughter, that whosoever hath got a good Son-in Law, hath found a Son, or rather better than a Son; but he that hath got an evil one, had loft a Daugh

ter.

We find in the Relation of Ifaac's Marriage, an admirable Model of Holiness; where the Enquiry is not after Portion, or Wealth; but into the Manners and Innocence of the Party, and is undertaken