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A56976 Enchiridion Containing institutions, divine contemplative. Practicall. Moral ethicall. Oeconomicall. Politicall. Written by Fra: Quarles.; Enchiridion Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644. 1644 (1644) Wing Q87; ESTC R220612 52,804 235

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beyond warrant makes wisedome the midwife of his folly CHAP. LXX DEtaine not the wages from the poor man that hath earn'd it lest God withhold thy wages from thee If he complaine to thee heare him lest he complaine to Heaven where he will be heard if he hunger for thy sake thou shalt not prosper for his sake The poore mans penny is a plague in the rich mans purse CHAP. LXXI BE not too cautious in discerning the fit objects of thy Charity lest a soule perish through thy discretion What thou givest to mistaken want shall returne a blessing to thy deceived heart Better in relieving idlenesse to commit an accidentall evill then in neglecting misery to omit an essentiall good Better two Drones be preserv'd then one Bee perish CHAP. LXII THeology is the Empresse of the world Mysteries are her Privy Councell Religion is her Clergy The Arts her Nobility Philosophy her Secretary The Graces her Maids of Honour The Morall vertues the Ladies of her Bedchamber Peace is her Chamberlaine True joy and endlesse pleasures are her Courtiers Plenty her Treasurer Poverty her Exchequer The Temple is her Court If thou desire accesse to this great Majesty the way is by her Courtiers if thou hast no power there the common way to the Soveraigne is the Secretary CHAP. LXXIII IT is an evill knowledge to know the good thou shouldst embrace unlesse thou likewise embrace the good thou knowest The breath of divine knowledge is the bellowes of divine love and the flame of divine love is the perfection of divine knowledge CHAP. LXXIV IF thou desire rest unto thy soule be just He that doth no injury fears not to suffer injury The unjust mind is alwayes in labour It either practises the evill it hath projected or projects to avoid the evill it hath deserved CHAP. LXXV ACcustome thy palat to what is most usuall He that delights in rarities must often feed displeased and sometimes lie at the mercy of a deare market common food nourishes best delicates please most The sound stomacke preferres neither What a●t thou the worse for the last yeares plaine diet or what now the better for thy last great Feast CHAP. LXXVI VVHo ever thou art thou hast done more evill in one day then thou canst expiate in six and canst thou thinke the evill of six dayes can require lesse then one God hath made us rich in dayes by allowing six and himselfe poore by reserving but one and shall we spare our owne flocke and sheare his Lambe He that hath done nothing but what he can justifie in the six dayes may play the seventh CHAP. LXXVII HOpe and Feare like Hippocrates Twins should live and dye together If hope depart from feare it travels by security and lodges in presumption if feare depart from hope it travels to infidelitie and Innes in despaire the one shuts up heaven the other opens hell the one makes thee insensible of Gods frownes the other incapable of Gods favours and both teach God to be unmercifull and thee to be most miserable CHAP. LXXVIII CLose thine eare against him that shall open his mouth secretly against another If thou receive not his words they flye back and wound the Reporter if thou receive them they flee forward and wound the receiver CHAP. LXXIX IF thou wouldst preserve a sound body use fasting and walking if a healthfull soule fasting and praying Walking exercises the body praying exercises the soule fasting cleanses both CHAP. LXXX VVOuldst thou not be thought a foole in anothers conceit Be not wise in thine owne He that trusts to his owne wisedome proclaimes his owne folly He is truly wise and shall appeare so that hath folly enough to be thought not worldly wise or wisedome enough to see his owne folly CHAP. LXXXI DEsir'st thou knowledge know the end of thy desire Is it only to know Then it is curiosity Is it because thou mayst be knowne then 't is vanity If because thou mayst edefie it is charity If because thou mayst be edefied it is wisedome That knowledge turnes to meere excrement that hath not some heate of wisedome to digest it CHAP. LXXXII VVIsedome without innocency is knavery Innocency without wisedome is foolery Be therefore as wise as serpents and innocent as doves The subtilty of the serpent instructs the innocency of the dove The innocency of the dove corrects the subtilty of the serpent What God hath joyn'd together let no man seperate CHAP. LXXXIII THe more thou imitatest the vertues of a Saint departed the better thou celebrat'st that Saints day God is not pleased with surfetting for his sake who with his fasting so often pleas'd his God CHAP. LXXXIV CHuse not thy serv'ceable souldier out of soft apparell lest he prove effeminate nor out of a full purse lest he grow timorous They are more fit for action that are fiery to gaine a fortune abroad then they that have fortunes to lose at home Expectation breeds spirit Fruition brings feare CHAP. LXXXV GOd hath given to mankinde a common Library his creatures and to every man a proper booke Himselfe being an abridgement of all the others If thou reade with understanding it will make thee a great master of Philosophy and a true servant to the divine Authou● If thou but barely reade it will make thee thy owne Wise man and the Authours foole CHAP. LXXXVI DOubt is a weake childe lawfully begotten between an obstructed judgement and a faire understanding Opinion is a bold bastard gotten betweene a strong fancie and a weak Judgement it is lesse dishonourable to be ingenuously doubtfull then rashly opinionate CHAP. LXXXVII AS thou art a morall man esteem thy selfe not as thou art but as thou art esteem'd As thou art a Christian esteeme thy selfe as thou art not as thou art esteem'd Thy price in both rises and fals as the market goes The market of a morall man is wild opinion The market of a Christian is a good conscience CHAP. LXXXVIII PRovidence is an exercise of reason experience an act of sense by how much reason excels sense by so much providence exceeds experience Providence prevents that danger which experience repents Providence is the rationall daughter of wisedome experience the Empiricall mistresse of fooles CHAP. LXXXIX HAth fortune dealt the ill Cards let wisedome make thee a good Gamester in a faire Gale every foole may sayle but wise behaviour in a storme commends the wisdome of a Pilot To bear adversity with an equall minde is both the sign and glory of a bave Spirit CHAP. XC IF any speake ill of thee flee home to thy owne conscience and examine thy heart if thou be guilty 't is a just correction if not guilty 't is a faire instruction make use of both so shalt thou distill Hony out of Gall and out of an open enemy create a secret friend CHAP. XCI AS the exercise of the body naturall is moderate recreation so the exercise of the body politicke is military discipline by that the one is made more