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| heavenly | vision: || 7 but | showed | first | 7 unto | them of Damascus, || 7 and at Je | rusalem, | 7 and throughout all the coasts of Ju | dea, | 7 and then 7 to the | Gentiles, || that they should re pent 7 and turn to | God, | and | do | works | meet for repentance. ||| 7 For | these | causes | 7 the Jews caught me in the temple, | | 7 and | went about 7 to | kill me. ||| Having | therefore | | 7 obtained | help of | God, | 7 I continue | 7 unto this day, | witnessing | both to | small and | great, saying none | other | things | 7 than those

7 which the prophets | 7 and | Moses | 7 did | say, | 7 should come, ||| 7 that | Christ | 7 should | suffer, | 7 and that | he should be the first | 7 that should | rise from the dead, | 7 and should show | light | 7 unto the people, and to the | Gentiles. || 7 And as he thus | spake for himself, || Festus | said | with a loud voice, || Paul, | thou art beside thyself; || much | learning | 7 doth | make thee | mad. ||| But he | said, |7 I am | not | mad, | 7 most | noble | Festus, | 7 but | speak forth the | words of | truth | 7 and soberness. |||7 For the king | knoweth of these things, | 7 before | whom | also | 7 I speak freely; || 7 for | I am per | suaded | 7 that none of these | things | 7 are | hidden from | him; || 1 for this thing | 7 was | not ❘ done in a | corner. ||| King A | grippa, | 7 believest thou the prophets? | | 7 I know | 7 that thou believest. ||| Then | 1 Agrippa | said unto | Paul, | Al❘ most thou persuadest | me | 7 to be a | Christian. ||| And | Paul | said, I would to God, that not

only thou, day, 7 were

but also all that | hear me | this both | al | most, | 7 and | altogether | such as I am, 7 ex | cept | these bonds. |||

EXERCISE III.

ON SINCERITY.

FROM ARCHBISHOP TILLOTSON (ABRIDGED).

TRUTH | 7 and sin | cerity | 7 have | all the ad | vantages of appearance, | 7 and many more. ||| 7 If the show of any thing | 7 be | good for | any thing, || 7 I am sure | 7 the reality | 7 is | better: ||7 for | why | 7 does | any man | 7 dis | sem1 ble, 7 or seem to be

that which he | is | not, || but because 7 he thinks it | good to have | 1 the qualities 7 he pre | tends to? | | | Now the | best way 7 for a man to | seem to be | any thing, | is to be in reality, || what he would | seem to be: || 7 besides, 7 it is | often as | troublesome | 7 to support the pre | tence of a good | quality, | 7 as to have it; 7 and | if a ❘ man | have it not, | 7 it is | most likely he will be dis | covered to | want it; ||7 and then, | all his | labor to | seem to have it, | 7 is lost. ||| 7 There is something unnatural | 7 in painting, | 7 which a skilful | eye | 7 will | easily discern | 7 from | native | beauty | 7 and complexion. |||

Therefore, if any man think it convenient to seem | good, let him | be so in | deed: || 7 and

every

| then | 1 his goodness will appear | 7 to one's | 7 satisfaction. ||| 7 Par | ticularly, || as to the affairs of this | world, | 7 integrity | 7 1 hath many advantages | over all the artificial | modes of dissimu | lation | 7 and deceit. || | 1 It is much the | plainer | 7 and | easier, || much the safer, 7 and more secure way of dealing in the world; || 7 it has | less of trouble and | difficulty, 7 of entanglement | 7 and per | plexity, | 1 of danger and | hazard | 7 in it. || 7 The

arts of deceit and cunning | 7 continually | grow weaker, 7 and less | serviceable 7 to those that practise them; || 7 where as 7 in | tegrity gains | strength by | use; | | 1 and the

more and longer any man | practiseth it, | 1 the greater service | 7 it does him: || 7 by con | firming his repu | tation, | 7 and encouraging | those 7 with whom he | hath to do, | 7 to re | pose the greatest | confidence | 1 in him: || which is an unspeakable ad | vantage | 7 in | business, | 7 and the affairs of | life. | | |

7 But | insincerity | 7 is very | troublesome to | manage. ||| 7 A | hypocrite | 7 hath | so many | things to attend to, | 7 as | make his | life | 7 a | very per plexed and | intricate | thing. | || 7 A | liar | 7 hath | need of a good | memory, || lest he contradict | 7 at | one | time | 7 what he said at another: || 7 but truth | 7 is always con sistent, 7 and needs | nothing to help it out: |

1 it is always | near at | hand, | 7 and ❘ sits upon our lips; || 7 where | as a | lie | 7 is | troublesome,

| 7 and needs a great | many more | 7 to make it good.

7 In a word, | whatsoever convenience | 7 may be thought | 7 to be in | falsehood | 7 and dis | simulation, | 7 it is soon | over: | | but the inconvenience of it | 7 is perpetual; || 7 be cause it brings a | man | under an | ever | lasting jealousy and suspicion; || so that he is not believed 7 when he speaks the truth; 7 nor | trusted | 7 when per | haps, | 7 he | means | honestly. When a man hath | once forfeited | 7 the reputation | 7 of his integrity, || nothing |7 will then serve his | turn, | | neither | truth | nor | falsehood. |||

7 In | deed, | 7 if a man were only to deal in the world 7 for a day, 7 and should never have occasion | 7 to con❘ verse | more with man | kind, || it were | then 7 no | great | matter | 7 (as | far as respects the affairs of this | world) | 1 if he spent his repu | tation | all at once; | 1 or | ventured it | 7 at | one | throw. | || But if he | be to continue 7 in the | world, | 7 and would have | the advantage of | reputation | whilst he is in it, || let him | make | use of ❘ truth | 7 and sin | cerity | 7 in all his words and | actions; || 1 for nothing but this | 7 will hold | out | 7 to the | end. || All other arts | 7 may | fail; | 7 but truth | 7 | | 1

and integrity | 7 will carry a | man | through,| 1 and bear him out | 7 to the | last. |||

EXERCISE IV.

ON HAPPINESS OF TEMPER.

GOLDSMITH.

happily dis capable | 7

7 and dis |

WRITERS 7 of | every | age | 7 have endeavored to show 7 that pleasure | 7 is in | us, ' and not in the objects || offered | 7 for our a| musement. || 7 If the soul be posed, every thing | 7 be | comes of affording | 7 entertainment; || tress 7 will almost | want a name. | | | Every occurrence passes in review | 7 like the | figures 1 of a pro | cession; || some | 7 may be | awkward, || others | ill | dressed; | 7 but | none but a fool | 7 is for this, | 7 en | raged with the | master of the ceremonies. || !

7 I remember | 7 to have once seen a | slave, | 7 in a fortification | 7 in | Flanders, | 7 who appeared no way touched | 7 with his | situ | ation. He was | maimed, | 7 de | formed | 7 and chained: || 7 obliged to | toil | 7 from the appearance of day 7 till | night-fall, || 7 and condemned to this | 7 for | life; | | yet with | all these circumstances | 7 of ap | parent | wretchedness, 7 he sung, would have danced, | 7 but that he wanted a leg, 1 and appeared the | merriest, happiest man 17 of all the garrison. | | |

1 What a practical | 7 philosopher | 7 was | here, || 7 a happy constitution | 7 supplied

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