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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46794	The Christian tutor, or, A free and rational discourse of the sovereign good and happiness of man, and the infallible way of attaining it, especially in the practice of Christian religion written in a letter of advice to Mr. James King in the East-Indies / by Henry Jenkes ... ; and now published for the benefit of all others.	Jenkes, Henry, d. 1697.; King, James.	1683 (1683)	Wing J628; ESTC R1916	24,940	82

them for all other things that fall short of these whether Good or Evil our Fears and Hopes must be but slender or little and moderate as for your Passions of Anger Sadness and Joy Anger is seldome warrantable but In Causa Dei proximi in the Cause of God and our Neighbour if the Honour of God be assaulted or diminished by prophane men or my Neighbour enormously wronged by them I cannot bear it but with Indignation rise against such Persons as do so and endeavour to redress it For Sadness you have no reason to be sorrowful for any thing but only for your sins failings and miscarriages and therefore by the Grace of God amend them be sorry indeed that you have done so unadvisedly but do so no more As for the Griefs of others their ailes and maladies make them your own be always sensible of their Calamities pity them and relieve them to the uttermost of your power share with them in their Sufferings alleviate their Sorrows as much as you can and leave the rest to the God of all Consolations For the kindly passion of Joy that so much transports others out of the right way and out of their wits too do you so comport your self in the right way of Rejoycing as neither to be exceeding joyful but when you do very well and are conscious that you have done nothing amiss but have rather heartily and sincerely endeavoured to do that which is well-pleasing to God and right in His sight be joyful also when you see that it goes well with others concern your self very much in their good and welfare and rejoyce at it when you perceive that men begin to amend and follow the best and wisest courses of Life when you see Unity Peace and Concord obtain in the World or any part of it when Righteousness looks down from Heaven and Truth springs up out of the Earth and prevails universally when you hear of no Complaints in our Streets no breaking in nor breaking out then make your Bonfires of Joy Erect your Triumphant Arches be exceeding joyful and thank the God of Love and Peace In a word Remember always to rejoyce in the best things and for the good things of this Life so far as they may be Serviceable to you in a way of well-doing to make you healthful and truly chearful rejoyce that God Almighty has allowed you so liberal a portion of them abound in Thanksgiving towards him for it and make the best Use of them for the benefit of others that others may also rejoyce with you but never rejoyce at the Calamities and Miseries of others never laugh at any body for any little silliness he is guilty of For none but great Fools do so but rather pity them all and enlarge your Charity and Good-will towards them that by your gentleness and tender commiseration they may not be dejected or aggrieved but on the contrary kindly comforted and relieved by you In this way and by this Method of Government ● you may order all the rest of your Passions do but determine them aright to their proper Objects and then limit butt and bound them after the manner before set down and you will take a great deal of pleasure and satisfaction of mind to see them all subject to your Commands But now if any of them at any time should be so insolent so refractory and rebellious as not to submit themselves to your Government that is the Government of right reason but bid defiance to it and desire to reign in you without controul Then in the second or next Effort you must use some Policy as well as main force and reduce them to Obedience and Submission In the second Effort and that you may easily do if you observe these two Maxims of State I. Two Maxims of State must be observed and practised The first Maxim Divide and Command Divide impera Divide and Command That is raise a strong Faction and Party among your Passions set one against the other Admiration of great things against Admiration of little things so Love against Hatred Hope against Fear Joy against Sadness c. and then sometimes take part with one Side at another time with another side where you see any Passion exorbitant or headstrong encourage some other Passions that are more Innocuous and Governable to oppose its Tyranny and Undermine it for by this means you will enjoy the Peace and Quiet of a good Mind always within you the better for it II. The Second Maxim Trust but look well whom you trust Fide sed Cui Vide that is trust not any of your Passions with your most important Affairs never admit them to your Cabinet Counsels they are good Lacquaies to wait upon you but very bad Counsellors to be advised withal therefore keep them out upon your Errands but let them never go before you give the Command when they are returned least they should grow idle or troublesome to you always find them work make them your Tributaries as well as Subjects and if any of them should refuse to pay that Respect and Homage that Fidelity and Obedience which is due to so noble a Governour Correct them severely and if they will not mend turn them out of doors as for those other Passions that you will find more dutiful and observant of your Commands them only trust with your little concerns let them have the Honour to serve you and for their good Services do you turn them into Vertues and then you shall be still better served and your happiness will never be disturbed by them but rather in greater measures and degrees augmented I have been somewhat longer upon this head of discourse because the matter deserved it I will now make you amends and be shorter in the next Paragraph III. The whole Man must be also regarded by us You must also have aregard to the whole man that your outward Conversation and deportment be such as becomes a generous Soul that dwells within you that is to say Endeavour always to be like your self Sis semper idem let your mind be seen by your face your words agree with your meaning shew your Self good-natur'd throughout do all things ex intuitu boni Vniversi out of a kind respect to the good of the Universe and then proceed to bring it really about Ex amore veri optimi out of your great love to that which the best reason of your mind judges to be the truest and best way to attain that Sovereign Good be upright sincere and constant in the whole course of your Life be Courteous Affable Friendly and Obliging to all you Converse with that others may know you by your actions and worthy deeds as well as by your fair Carriage and civill Behaviour This will make you be well thought of and truly be loved by all others by this means you will contract a firm alliance with all good men and that will not a

of Judgement and Probity of Will at best hand The second Direction Observe a due Order and Method in your Studies that is pass on leisurely and surely from one thing to-another from what you know certainly from Self-evident principles proceed to the knowledge of other things that you may know them as certainly too Never Assent to any thing that is doubtful and questionable Assensum Cohibe till you meet with something of Certainty that approves it self to the mind either by the clearest conviction of Reason or the best Attestation of others in matters of Fact if you do so you are then and not till then in a Good and Safe Way of Knowledge The third Direction For the Relief of your Memory that you may the better remember what you have read and well consider'd commit that to writing especially what you meet with in any Author that is Great and Considerable and therefore to that purpose make to your self an Alphabetical Common-place Book especially for Archaeologys and curious Notions relating either to Persons or Ancient Customs The fourth Direction In all your Particular Studies mind the main Drift and Vse of them as for instance according to our former Account of Books 1. Christian Religion îs the most useful knowledge the best Learning in all the World in order to a better and therefore cannot be minded and studied enough For it makes us Truly Wise and Truly Good Happy here and Eternally Happy hereafter In the studying of which that your profiting may appear to all men give your self very much to serious Meditations Devout Exercises of Piety and Vertue and reading of sound Books in Religion and when you do so always have your recourse to the Holy Scriptures for the ultimate Resolution of all your Doubts and Difficulties entertain no Opinions or Sentiments in Religion but what are consonant to this Infallible Rule of Faith and all good Manners For the better understanding of them you shall do well to have at hand Sebastian Castellio his Latine Version with Hugo Grotius his Annotations upon the Holy Bible And Dr. Henry Hammond's Paraphrase and Annotations upon the New Testament all in Folio Books that will acquaint you with the True and Rational Sense of the Holy Scriptures The Book of Books 2. Geography a very Delightful and Profitable Study by this kind of Learning you may converse with the Inhabitants of our little World tho' never so remote from you by this you will be no Stranger to any Place or Country whatsoever from all which you may Learn something or other that is very useful and well-becoming you as you are a Traveller especially if you take Notice all along as you go of the Choicest Productions of Nature and Art the main End of this Study 3. History Most useful in its kind for by this you may acquaint your self with all the Grand changes and revolutions of the world that have happened before you were born and since your time Here as in a great Theater you may behold humane Nature under several Persons Acting its several Parts exercising its Vigour in the greatest and most Heroick Actions of Life and that under the Conduct of Divine Providence whatever therefore you meet with of Note in your reading the History of several Ages or of Persons in Every Age I mean that is Truly Vertuous and Praise-Worthy transform it to your own Vse and make the best Improvement of it Consider your self not only as a bare Reader or Spectator that stands by to look on whilst others are a Doing But as One that is an Actor in every Scene of Human Life as One that is really concern'd in every thing that is said and done by others Always taking the right side and adjoyning your self to those Hero's and Worthy Men that have appeared in Publick and upon the Stage in the behalf of Truth Honesty and Justice The Rule and Solid Foundation of all History as also the proper Use and Result of it 4. Philosophy and Mathematicks very pleasant and delightful Studies Studies for Minds and Abstracted Souls from worldly Business that desire to know the Nature of things with all their Affections and Phaenomena and that from their Immediate Causes This is the Standard and Great Rule in this kind of Learning and to this you must make your Appeal not to the Authorities of Men but the Vncontroulable Reason of things the Constans Invicta ratio rei whereever it resides either in your own mind or in the minds of others that judge aright from clear and distinct perceptions without Prejudice or Partiality But I consider that you are now Secretary to the Council in the East-Indies and so that Part of Philosophy which relates to Politicks will be most proper for you to mind the Maxims of which you will find in those Books I have reckoned under the Head of Moral Philosophy for that is the true Source of Politicks and consequently must Govern all Political Learning in its utmost Extent for you may take it for an infallible saying Nemo nisi vir Probus Bonus est Civis aut esse potest The Best man in Morality is certainly the Best Citizen and truest Polititian For your Conduct herein I shall only recommend to you my own Political Compass by which you may steer your Course in all Human and Civil Affairs as I have done before you very evenly and steddily and notwithstanding all the blustering winds and storms in the State come at last to your Port and attain your Sovereign Good The Author 's Political Compass It consists but of Eight Points and therefore may be easily remembred they are these Verity Probity Liberty Sovereignty Property Charity Unity Piety Words of great Moment and Impor●ance so duly connected and consequent one after another That if they were made the Imperial and Standing Laws of Politicks nothing could conduce more to the Publick Peace and Tranquillity of all mankind than they Truly and Really do for Verity by its kindly and effectual Persuasions inclines the minds of well disposed men to Piety and Probity and they in Conjunction to Vnity if that may not easily be obtained which to me seems somewhat hard that it should not be so Liberty and Charity will certainly adjust it and procure it too among rational and good natur'd men But if these Lovely Graces should do it neither because some men are unreasonable in their pretensions and ill natur'd in their deportment towards others Sovereignty must at last determine all our unhappy Differences and Establish every man in his just Rights and Beloved Property so it should be and there is very great reason for it That by those Eight Words of Wisdom we should Govern all our Political Transactions the Great Concerns of Human Life and Conversation I am sure King Charles the First the Martyr of Blessed Memory Governed himself and ●his People committed to his Charge by all these Points and tho' he met with hard Usages and an Untimely Death