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lead_v their_o unwarrantable_a life_n in_o any_o fix_a abode_n the_o irreligious_a and_o profane_a who_o never_o use_v the_o name_n of_o christ_n but_o when_o they_o ask_v a_o alm_n with_o it_o though_o all_o these_o be_v to_o be_v pass_v by_o and_o be_v not_o to_o be_v take_v notice_n of_o by_o the_o liberal_a man_n yet_o he_o be_v not_o withhold_v from_o do_v good_a to_o all_o other_o within_o the_o verge_n of_o his_o power_n therefore_o his_o bounty_n be_v not_o stint_v to_o his_o own_o family_n or_o friend_n to_o those_o of_o his_o own_o sect_n or_o humour_n but_o he_o be_v liberal_a to_o those_o who_o have_v do_v evil_a to_o he_o and_o may_v be_v presume_v ready_a to_o do_v more_o second_o we_o be_v to_o consider_v the_o time_n give_v the_o time_n in_o which_o we_o be_v to_o give_v we_o be_v to_o give_v in_o that_o we_o prolong_v not_o our_o gift_n nor_o torment_v the_o receiver_n with_o expectation_n for_o this_o cause_n our_o liberality_n towards_o other_o must_v have_v 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in_o man_n who_o can_v support_v life_n but_o with_o the_o continual_a sweat_n of_o their_o brow_n it_o pity_v the_o heaviness_n of_o their_o yoke_n and_o contribute_v somewhat_o towards_o the_o ease_n of_o humane_a nature_n touch_v the_o ability_n of_o the_o giver_n this_o duty_n do_v not_o require_v of_o all_o man_n the_o same_o proportion_n some_o may_v afford_v a_o twenty_o and_o other_o a_o thirty_o part_n for_o before_o we_o go_v about_o any_o charitable_a work_n we_o shall_v consider_v the_o quantity_n of_o what_o we_o possess_v how_o much_o be_v require_v for_o the_o support_v we_o in_o the_o condition_n of_o our_o birth_n our_o place_n our_o office_n our_o family_n and_o for_o the_o discharge_n of_o our_o obligation_n for_o who_o fortune_n be_v entangle_v a_o hundred_o part_n for_o liberality_n may_v be_v over_o measure_n but_o s._n augustine_n say_v
imprimatur_fw-la carolus_n alston_n r._n p._n d._n hen._n episc_n lond._n à _fw-la sacris_fw-la nou._n 20._o 1690._o a_o treatise_n of_o moral_a and_o intellectual_a virtue_n wherein_o their_o nature_n be_v full_o explain_v and_o their_o usefulness_n prove_v as_o be_v the_o best_a rule_n of_o life_n and_o the_o cause_n of_o their_o decay_n be_v inquire_v into_o conclude_v with_o such_o argument_n as_o tend_v to_o revive_v the_o practice_n of_o they_o with_o a_o preface_n show_v the_o vanity_n and_o deceitfulness_n of_o vice_n est_fw-la modus_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la sunt_fw-la certi_fw-la denique_fw-la fine_n quos_fw-la ultrà _fw-la citráque_fw-la nequit_fw-la consistere_fw-la rectum_fw-la by_o john_n hartcliffe_n b._n d._n and_o fellow_n of_o king_n college_n cambridge_n london_n print_v for_o c._n harper_n at_o the_o flower-de-luce_n over_o against_o s._n dunstan_n church_n fleetstreet_n 1691._o to_o the_o right_n honourable_a charles_n earl_n of_o maclesfeld_n lord_n president_n and_o lord_n lieutenant_n of_o the_o principality_n of_o wales_n lord_n lieutenant_n of_o the_o county_n of_o gloucester_n hereford_n and_o monmouth_n and_o of_o the_o city_n and_o county_n of_o bristol_n and_o one_o of_o the_o lord_n of_o their_o majesty_n most_o honourable_a privy_a council_n may_v it_o please_v your_o lordship_n the_o cause_n of_o virtue_n belong_v to_o great_a and_o brave_a man_n therefore_o i_o think_v it_o my_o duty_n to_o lay_v this_o treatise_n at_o your_o lordship_n foot_n it_o will_v not_o much_o enlarge_v your_o thought_n or_o acquaint_v you_o with_o any_o new_a thing_n but_o i_o hope_v it_o may_v please_v the_o generosity_n of_o your_o temper_n to_o read_v the_o character_n of_o virtue_n the_o great_a ornament_n of_o that_o pure_a religion_n which_o your_o lordship_n have_v labour_v so_o much_o to_o recover_v from_o the_o knavery_n and_o base_a corruption_n as_o well_o as_o bondage_n of_o popery_n for_o the_o jesuit_n moral_n be_v as_o destructive_a of_o a_o good_a life_n and_o as_o pernicious_a to_o human_a society_n as_o their_o plot_n and_o their_o gunpowder_n i_o be_o very_a well_o satisfy_v that_o if_o i_o have_v seek_v a_o patron_n in_o all_o the_o list_n of_o noble_a person_n i_o can_v not_o have_v find_v a_o more_o proper_a or_o competent_a judge_n in_o a_o discourse_n of_o this_o nature_n because_o your_o lordship_n case_n and_o that_o of_o virtue_n itself_o have_v be_v much_o alike_o you_o have_v be_v both_o persecute_v for_o your_o integrity_n and_o truth_n but_o like_o truth_n you_o must_v and_o shall_v prevail_v in_o spite_n of_o the_o malicious_a and_o the_o false_a the_o parasite_n or_o the_o detractor_n i_o have_v not_o trouble_v your_o lordship_n with_o the_o fine_a and_o nice_a speculation_n in_o divinity_n because_o they_o have_v do_v our_o religion_n much_o dis-service_n by_o raise_v a_o multitude_n of_o question_n which_o neither_o advance_v true_a piety_n nor_o good_a manner_n but_o i_o present_v your_o lordship_n with_o the_o rule_n of_o naked_a truth_n and_o reason_n the_o free_a use_v whereof_o be_v as_o much_o our_o birthright_n as_o any_o thing_n else_o therefore_o your_o lordship_n name_n and_o the_o name_n of_o all_o those_o shall_v be_v have_v in_o everlasting_a remembrance_n who_o have_v place_v their_o majesty_n upon_o the_o throne_n whereby_o not_o only_o our_o property_n but_o our_o understanding_n be_v secure_v to_o we_o and_o a_o heal_a plaster_n be_v lay_v upon_o all_o our_o malady_n for_o we_o must_v needs_o say_v our_o nation_n be_v in_o a_o very_a distemper_a condition_n before_o it_o come_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o this_o wise_a and_o great_a prince_n william_n the_o three_o who_o breach_n in_o its_o manner_n as_o well_o as_o in_o its_o law_n may_v be_v make_v up_o by_o his_o seasonable_a application_n of_o the_o most_o proper_a remedy_n as_o its_o greatness_n and_o glory_n will_v ever_o be_v maintain_v by_o his_o wisdom_n power_n and_o courage_n under_o the_o influence_n of_o 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the_o honour_n and_o authority_n of_o those_o who_o rule_n as_o well_o as_o upon_o the_o happiness_n and_o safety_n of_o those_o who_o obey_v and_o that_o your_o lordship_n may_v long_o enjoy_v the_o only_a sweetness_n of_o life_n a_o retreat_n from_o noise_n and_o disturbance_n that_o nothing_o may_v break_v or_o interrupt_v your_o thought_n in_o the_o way_n of_o virtue_n and_o goodness_n be_v the_o prayer_n of_o may_v it_o please_v your_o lordship_n your_o lordship_n be_v most_o humble_a and_o most_o obedient_a servant_n j._n hartcliffe_n the_o preface_n to_o the_o reader_n the_o reason_n which_o move_v the_o author_n to_o publish_v these_o short_a character_n of_o moral_a virtue_n be_v a_o desire_n he_o have_v to_o revive_v the_o practice_n of_o they_o as_o much_o as_o he_o can_v in_o a_o very_a degenerate_a age_n the_o world_n we_o know_v have_v ever_o have_v its_o vicissitude_n and_o period_n of_o virtue_n and_o wickedness_n and_o all_o nation_n have_v advance_v themselves_o to_o 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for_o whatever_o they_o
this_o matter_n for_o as_o nothing_o do_v restore_v we_o more_o to_o ourselves_o when_o we_o faint_v and_o be_v weary_a than_o sleep_v sober_o take_v so_o nothing_o do_v more_o stupefy_v than_o its_o excess_n for_o this_o cause_n nirembergius_n a_o witty_a jesuit_n be_v angry_a with_o sleep_n and_o show_v such_o a_o multitude_n of_o inconvenience_n that_o sleep_v bring_v upon_o we_o that_o have_v not_o sleep_v the_o good_a fortune_n to_o have_v befall_v adam_n in_o his_o innocency_n he_o will_v have_v go_v near_o to_o have_v do_v as_o much_o for_o sleep_v as_o st._n augustine_n have_v do_v for_o natural_a lust_n and_o make_v it_o a_o second_o part_n of_o original_a sin_n therefore_o for_o the_o moderate_v this_o virtue_n the_o best_a counsel_n i_o can_v give_v be_v that_o of_o hypocrates_n labour_n cibus_fw-la somnus_fw-la venus_n omne_fw-la mediocria_fw-la the_o word_n as_o they_o stand_v in_o place_n so_o they_o be_v in_o order_n of_o nature_n labour_n to_o procure_v appetite_n meat_n to_o satisfy_v it_o sleep_n to_o help_v digestion_n and_o venus_n to_o ease_v the_o body_n of_o superfluity_n all_z that_o we_o have_v say_v not_o only_o of_o temperance_n but_o of_o fortitude_n be_v brief_o sum_v up_o by_o epictetus_n in_o these_o two_o word_n sustine_fw-la &_o abstine_fw-la these_o virtue_n be_v absolute_o necessary_a all_o the_o rest_n be_v so_o but_o upon_o occasion_n and_o for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v rather_o the_o beautifying_n or_o the_o outward_a ornament_n of_o a_o virtuous_a life_n of_o liberality_n follow_v aristotles_n method_n the_o next_o virtue_n we_o be_v to_o discourse_n of_o be_v liberality_n who_o two_o extreme_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v avarice_n the_o definition_n thereof_o be_v draw_v from_o the_o object_n about_o which_o it_o be_v conversant_a that_o be_v money_n for_o liberality_n be_v that_o decent_a means_n which_o we_o be_v to_o use_v in_o give_v or_o receive_v in_o spend_v or_o lay_v up_o of_o riches_n by_o which_o we_o understand_v not_o only_o that_o which_o ordinary_o bear_v the_o name_n of_o money_n but_o all_o whatsoever_o may_v be_v purchase_v or_o have_v for_o money_n in_o what_o kind_n soever_o as_o land_n house_n and_o clothes_n in_o all_o these_o whoso_o desire_v more_o than_o be_v for_o necessity_n or_o for_o conveniency_n offend_v against_o the_o command_n of_o this_o virtue_n the_o humour_n or_o passion_n which_o this_o virtue_n moderate_v be_v love_n of_o money_n money_n liberality_n moderate_v the_o love_n of_o money_n a_o strange_a and_o unreasonable_a passion_n as_o be_v fix_v upon_o a_o matter_n which_o of_o its_o self_n be_v of_o no_o use_n save_v only_o that_o man_n have_v agree_v that_o money_n shall_v be_v the_o common_a measure_n of_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v useful_a and_o this_o love_n of_o money_n spoil_v all_o liberality_n as_o may_v be_v prove_v by_o several_a instance_n which_o theophrastus_n have_v set_v down_o in_o his_o character_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o which_o he_o say_v liberality_n be_v direct_o opposite_a and_o be_v define_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o virtue_n easy_a and_o ready_a to_o lay_v out_o its_o money_n upon_o all_o good_a and_o lawful_a occasion_n when_o the_o want_n of_o liberality_n make_v man_n stingy_a that_o they_o grudge_n to_o be_v at_o the_o necessary_a expense_n of_o life_n commended·_v parsimony_n commended·_v indeed_o there_o be_v a_o sort_n of_o parsimony_n which_o we_o call_v a_o virtue_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o people_n of_o holland_n who_o be_v so_o industrious_a that_o they_o be_v able_a to_o furnish_v infinite_a luxury_n which_o they_o never_o practise_v and_o be_v so_o spare_v that_o they_o traffic_n all_o the_o year_n in_o pleasure_n which_o they_o never_o taste_v thus_o they_o be_v rich_a and_o happy_a in_o a_o voluntary_a poverty_n whilst_o other_o be_v poor_a and_o wretched_a in_o their_o real_a wealth_n as_o all_o be_v who_o have_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o littleness_n of_o mind_n which_o theophrastus_n observe_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o this_o sordid_a parsimony_n be_v admirable_o describe_v by_o juvenal_n in_o his_o fourtenth_fw-mi satyr_n sunt_fw-la quaedam_fw-la vitiorum_fw-la elementa_fw-la his_o protinus_fw-la illos_fw-la imbuit_fw-la &_o cogit_fw-la minimas_fw-la ediscere_fw-la sordes_fw-la invention_n the_o use_n of_o money_n a_o very_a beneficial_a invention_n now_o they_o who_o first_o ordain_v the_o use_n of_o money_n which_o some_o ascribe_v to_o abrahams_n father_n be_v the_o author_n of_o a_o most_o useful_a invention_n for_o since_o barter_v or_o change_v of_o ware_n for_o ware_n can_v be_v without_o much_o inconvenience_n a_o fair_a or_o more_o commodious_a way_n can_v not_o be_v provide_v to_o furnish_v ourselves_o with_o all_o necessary_n not_o only_o for_o life_n but_o for_o good_a deed_n than_o money_n which_o consist_v of_o gold_n and_o 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