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 Fa
Pride is the Effect of Sel
Perfons of fiery Tempers

Quarrels and Difputes abg jild

Quiet Confciences never
veríation.

Quantity is generally v
Covetous.

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

Sin hath its Beginning
fery.

Such as would excel in /
Sloth is an Argument o
Sins committed in fecre
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nions.

That thou mayeft avoi of it.

Dear Lord from the combined

cle who have fo much of the Ser

pet Sealy, that they forget the Dove's Lane

'Tis a Jeft for a Mifer to get Mariner have no other means to

To reprehend may becor
Time may be redeem'd
Tell nothing of anothe
told him.

The next World is the g
Man's Fear.

Take account of

Ways.

Ufe your Profperity with Cantion and Prudence.
Undifciplind Wit can make a jak of any chang
Vain and ille Couries are compact with
Shame.

Value more a good Confcience than Commenda

tion.

Compafs, Length of Days

abs, Felicity her Fate:
can Earth make none Par-

es the King moft like his

Will Angenitency is the greatet Self-Made
Wine frequently unlocks a Man's Secrets.
Want of Thought makes Men imperament.
When Grace is once loft, Men Sin by wholefale.
Your Memories Store with the choice Tire
Your gracions Maker in your Youth remenes
Youth feldom rides well till Age holds the Brun
Your Tongue and your Heart ought to agte
Zeal in a good Canfe is very commendabe
Zens would have all Men of Parts be humbl
Zeal for Religion cannot warrant Cruelty.
Zeal is blind if not accompanied with Loop-
ledge.

in Prifon, The Skill of a Tempeft; the Valour of the Worth of a Christian,

ben awake in the Night.

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

awake:

ght thy Way

of Day;

idle Themes,
Dreams,
u converfe

'nly Strains rehearse:
es above,

from the Lord, and is with him for ever. number the Sand of the Sea, and the D of Rain, and the Days of Eternity? ind out the Height of Heaven, and the Breath of the Earth, and the Deep, and Will Wildom hath been created before all things, and the Underfanding of Prudence from everlating, The Word of God mot high is the Fon of Wildon, and her Ways are everlating Com mandments. The Fear of the Land is House, Glory, and Gladnes, and a Crown of ze jing The Fear of the Lord is a Crown of Wisdom, making Peace and perfect Heach to Hourih, both which are the Gifts of God; sad enlargedh their rejoicing that love m

Some

Pleasure rove;
re and Strife,
Trees of Life;
f Paradise,

Streams of Blifs
Springs,

mortal things.

is a kind of heav'nly Dew upply of which, our Son F 5

are in the fame Condition, in which we see a dry and barren Ground, that is parch'd with the fcorching Heat of the Sun, and without any Relief from the Rain and Dew of Heaven, and by this Means becomes unfruitful; wherefore ChriAians fhould 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 fame 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 ufelefs, barren and unprofitable to God and Man.

Nothing, ah, nothing Virtue only gives
Immortal Praife, 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 Fitnefs, 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 fo high as the Top, nor fo low as the Bottom, is an Ornament to the Houfe; fo 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; fo muft 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 wafte away; fo muft the Wife, at any juft Reproof, be tender and fenfible, as the Vine of decaying: And as the Smell of the Leaves of the Vine drives away, in Summer, all noisome Beafts and Serpents; fo muft

the

the Thoughts of a Hufband, drive away, in the Wife, all evil Provocations, and harmful Inten tions: And as the Vine being but a weak Tree, hath the Wall to fupport it; fo muft the Wife, the weaker Sex, be fupported 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 fo they both are ftill;
But oftentimes they are abus'd,
Unto most dang'rous Ill;
But then we find it fo fall out,
That these two weaker Things,
Do overcome the Strong, the Wise,
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 fafely truft in her, fo that he fhall have no need of Spoil. She will do him good, and not evil, all the Days of her Life. She feeketh Wool, and Flax, and ⚫ worketh willingly with her Hands. She is like the Merchant Ships, the bringeth her Food from ⚫ afar. She rifeth alfo while it is yet Night, and giveth Meat to her Houthold, and a Portion to her Maidens. She confidereth a Field, and buyeth it: With the Fruit of her Hand fhe planteth a Vineyard. She girdeth her Loins with Strength, and ftrengtheneth her Arms. She per'ceiveth that her Merchandife is good: Her Candle goeth not out by Night. She layeth her. Hands to the Spindle, and her Hands hold the Diftaff. She ftretcheth out her Hand to the Poor; yea, fhe reacheth out her Hands to the Needy.

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Needy. She is not afraid of the Snow for her Houthold: For all her Houfhold are clothed with Scarlet. She maketh her felf Coverings of Tapeftry, her Clothing is Silk and Purple. Her Hufband is known in the Gates, when he fitteth 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 fhe fhall 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 Houfhold, ⚫ and eateth not the Bread of Idlenefs. Her Children arife up, and call her bleffed; her Hufband alfo, and he praifeth 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, fhe fhall 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 fhould Man and Woman be made equal in Marriage?

A. Let the Man be inferior in State and Birth, and then Marriage makes them equal; the, the better in Defcent and Subflance; he, the better in Sense and Sex. Solon, the Philofopher, faid, upon the Marriage of his Friend's Daughter, that whofoever 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 Holinefs; where the Enquiry is not after Portion, or Wealth; but into the Manners and Innocence of the Party, and is undertaken