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Religio jurisprudentis, or, The lawyer's advice to his son in counsels, essays, and other miscellanies, calculated chiefly to prevent the miscarriages of youth, and for the Orthodox establishment of their morals in years of maturity / per Philanthropum.
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Hildesley, Mark.
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Wing H1980; ESTC R21640
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and_o weaken_v the_o flower_n and_o vigour_n of_o both_o mind_n and_o body_n but_o a_o tincture_n of_o it_o adjuvant_fw-la as_o a_o eye_n of_o melancholy_n or_o seriosity_n mend_v the_o constitution_n but_o a_o redundancy_n mar_v it_o and_o render_v it_o chagreen_a or_o morose_a it_o be_v a_o pusillanimous_a soul_n that_o be_v deject_v and_o deprave_v by_o calamity_n which_o spur_v the_o generous_a to_o industry_n and_o puissance_n the_o over_o valuation_n of_o any_o thing_n which_o we_o lose_v be_v the_o occasion_n of_o our_o vexation_n and_o sorrow_n immoderate_a extirpate_v once_o these_o root_n of_o mistake_n that_o we_o lie_v too_o great_a a_o stress_n of_o enjoyment_n on_o they_o or_o apprehend_v they_o to_o be_v more_o considerable_a than_o they_o prove_v upon_o experiment_n and_o trial_n and_o then_o no_o cross_n or_o loss_n in_o the_o world_n will_v be_v able_a to_o break_v our_o heart_n to_o piece_n immoderate_a sadness_n be_v ingratitude_n to_o god_n pleasure_n and_o 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so_o may_v we_o say_v the_o pleasure_n of_o joy_n on_o any_o good_a account_n do_v far_o surmount_v the_o pain_n and_o mischief_n of_o sadness_n and_o sorrow_n pleasure_n be_v the_o varnish_n of_o the_o creation_n it_o make_v all_o enjoyment_n illustrious_a and_o relish_v as_o pain_n render_v they_o unsavoury_a and_o irksome_a even_a life_n itself_o be_v a_o burden_n under_o acute_a pain_n whereof_o poor_a job_n be_v a_o signal_n instance_n and_o example_n yet_o be_v there_o some_o sort_n of_o pain_n that_o promote_v and_o advance_n pleasure_n beside_o prolification_n pang_n which_o a_o jurisprudent_a may_v have_v meet_v withal_o in_o the_o acquisition_n of_o a_o profit_n apprender_v or_o emolliment_n and_o to_o say_v true_a the_o great_a of_o humane_a pleasure_n be_v general_o the_o result_v of_o smart_n and_o pain_n according_a to_o the_o say_v difficilia_fw-la quae_fw-la pulcra_fw-la and_o that_o other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n god_n have_v plant_v sweat_n and_o 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perpetuos_fw-la sic_fw-la tu_fw-la sapiens_fw-la finire_fw-la memento_fw-la tristitiae_fw-la vitaeque_fw-la labores_fw-la the_o north_n wind_n drive_v the_o cloud_n away_o which_o the_o south_n make_v a_o rainy_a day_n so_o jurisprudents_n must_v remember_v to_o compare_v july_n with_o december_n pain_n without_o pleasure_n succeed'_v sad_a pleasure_n without_o some_o pain_n be_v as_o bad_a joy_n and_o pleasure_n without_o any_o mixture_n or_o alteration_n of_o pain_n and_o sorrow_n be_v only_o a_o peculiar_a dainty_n reserve_v for_o the_o next_o world_n felicity_n and_o enjoyment_n and_o not_o to_o be_v expect_v to_o be_v meet_v withal_o in_o this_o but_o there_o be_v a_o jurisprudential_n joy_n or_o pleasure_n many_o time_n to_o be_v meet_v with_o here_o in_o suffer_v pain_n and_o loss_n of_o good_n as_o of_o old_a we_o read_v of_o many_o that_o do_v and_o in_o self-denial_n for_o righteousness_n sake_n yea_o to_o be_v overjoy_v in_o such_o case_n for_o the_o prospect_n of_o the_o 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verity_n may_v not_o be_v suspect_v till_o violent_o discuss_v for_o all_o mankind_n be_v under_o the_o law_n of_o reason_n think_v what_o you_o will_v and_o whosoever_o he_o be_v that_o swerve_v from_o that_o rule_n be_v a_o clear_a apostate_n not_o that_o herein_o we_o deny_v but_o profound_o assert_v the_o concurrence_n of_o the_o divine_a superintendency_n all_o along_o for_o subintelligitur_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la deest_fw-la say_v the_o jurisprudent_a that_o be_v it_o be_v to_o be_v presuppose_v without_o who_o we_o can_v neither_o come_v into_o nor_o continue_v in_o nor_o go_v out_o of_o be_v but_o that_o thought_n or_o conceit_n that_o be_v found_v in_o or_o upon_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o party_n let_v it_o be_v what_o it_o will_v be_v pardonable_a if_o amiss_o and_o if_o not_o amiss_o it_o be_v right_a so_o that_o quacunque_fw-la viâ_fw-la datâ_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la take_v it_o which_o way_n you_o will_v a_o man_n of_o such_o a_o temper_n as_o be_v resolve_v to_o be_v 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take_v be_v not_o unequal_a or_o irrational_a and_o whether_o his_o way_n and_o proceed_n with_o they_o be_v not_o fair_a and_o equal_a jer._n wherefore_o for_o the_o easy_a rectification_n of_o false_a opinion_n and_o better_a improvement_n of_o right_a and_o rational_a conception_n please_v to_o entertain_v a_o few_o suggestion_n to_o prevent_v your_o dejection_n or_o degeneration_n by_o adverse_a as_o also_o transportation_n or_o corruption_n or_o prevarication_n by_o prosperous_a occurrence_n that_o happen_v 1._o that_o the_o true_a and_o real_a cause_n of_o every_o good_a or_o bad_a case_n or_o circumstance_n arise_v ab_fw-la intra_fw-la from_o within_o we_o except_o some_o few_o casualty_n where_o prudence_n take_v no_o place_n to_o help_v or_o hinder_v and_o therefore_o be_v provide_v with_o a_o firm_a temper_n of_o spirit_n and_o stumble_v at_o no_o stone_n for_o it_o be_v true_o say_v that_o a_o wise_a man_n never_o wonder_v but_o make_v the_o best_a of_o every_o thing_n et_fw-la mihi_fw-la res_fw-la non_fw-la i_o rebus_fw-la submittere_fw-la conor_fw-la say_v the_o sage_a poet_n horace_n of_o old_a that_o be_v to_o serve_v himself_o of_o each_o affair_n and_o suffer_v none_o to_o be_v his_o snare_n all_o occurrence_n have_v two_o handle_n and_o some_o good_a be_v extractable_a out_o of_o the_o worst_a which_o be_v presuppose_v by_o st._n paul_n injunction_n to_o rejoice_v evermore_o and_o to_o count_v it_o all_o joy_n when_o we_o fall_v into_o many_o tribulation_n to_o wit_n when_o we_o witting_o bring_v they_o not_o upon_o our_o own_o head_n but_o they_o be_v the_o result_v of_o other_o folk_n contrivance_n thing_n that_o depend_v not_o upon_o we_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o make_v violent_a impression_n in_o we_o as_o riches_n friend_n honour_n beauty_n life_n etc._n etc._n but_o as_o epictetus_n very_a well_o observe_v all_o our_o action_n be_v in_o our_o own_o power_n as_o opinion_n desire_n aversion_n etc._n etc._n so_o that_o if_o we_o look_v 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jurisprudent_a he_o that_o go_v on_o further_o in_o any_o sort_n of_o knowledge_n or_o practice_n be_v it_o law_n gospel_n or_o medic_n than_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o thing_n will_v amount_v to_o be_v not_o at_o all_o a_o man_n of_o science_n or_o sense_n or_o sanity_n in_o our_o apprehension_n let_v the_o world_n or_o himself_o in_o due_a time_n reprimand_v he_o and_o set_v he_o to_o right_n for_o quoad_fw-la nos_fw-la he_o be_v not_o rectus_n in_o curio_n he_o be_v by_o no_o mean_n orthodox_n till_o he_o resolve_v to_o be_v control_v in_o all_o cause_n and_o among_o all_o person_n civil_a military_a or_o ecclesiastical_a by_o the_o suggestion_n of_o not_o opinion_n but_o reason_n prov._n 24._o reason_n be_v that_o spirit_n of_o a_o man_n that_o solomon_n call_v god_n candle_n in_o he_o by_o the_o light_n whereof_o every_o man_n be_v oblige_v by_o all_o law_n divine_a and_o humane_a to_o conduct_v and_o steer_v himself_o in_o all_o case_n but_o opinion_n which_o abstract_v from_o reason_n be_v but_o humour_n or_o fancy_n which_o like_o a_o ignis_fw-la fatuus_fw-la will_v run_v a_o man_n into_o a_o thousand_o bog_n and_o intoxicate_a he_o unaware_o in_o a_o wise_a man_n voluntas_fw-la semper_fw-la sequitur_fw-la ultimum_fw-la dictamen_fw-la intellectùs_fw-la as_o the_o schoolman_n say_v but_o rash_a and_o inconsiderate_a man_n will_n run_v foremost_a like_a to_o canis_fw-la festinans_fw-la as_o the_o proverb_n express_v it_o which_z coecos_fw-la parit_fw-la catulos_fw-la that_o be_v the_o whelp_n of_o the_o heedless_a or_o overhasty_a dog_n be_v therefore_o bear_v blind_a such_o be_v the_o abortive_a or_o blind_a issue_n of_o a_o hare-brained_a moral_a entity_n that_o look_v not_o with_o the_o eye_n of_o his_o intellectual_a faculty_n before_o he_o leap_v into_o any_o enterprise_n and_o be_v therefore_o general_o blunder_v and_o baffle_v in_o his_o expectation_n of_o success_n or_o a_o good_a end_n x._o de_fw-fr superbia_fw-la &_o humilitate_fw-la &_o patientia_fw-la of_o pride_n and_o humility_n and_o patience_n the_o logician_n say_v well_o that_o contraria_fw-la juxta_fw-la se_fw-la posita_fw-la magis_fw-la elucescunt_fw-la contrary_n place_v in_o opposition_n do_v best_a illustrate_v themselves_o whence_o it_o be_v that_o i_o make_v the_o antithesis_fw-la between_o humility_n and_o pride_n viz._n the_o best_a and_o worst_a adjunct_n that_o belong_v to_o humane_a nature_n of_o the_o first_o we_o have_v the_o great_a pattern_n that_o ever_o be_v in_o the_o world_n our_o lord_n and_o saviour_n of_o the_o latter_a the_o devil_n be_v the_o best_a instance_n that_o i_o can_v think_v of_o who_o lose_v eternal_a happiness_n upon_o that_o account_n irrecoverable_o a_o humble_a man_n be_v too_o hard_a for_o the_o devil_n a_o proud_a man_n be_v the_o devil_n darling_n and_o fit_a for_o any_o thing_n of_o monstrous_a immorality_n and_o as_o easy_o tempt_v to_o prevaricate_v as_o the_o other_o difficult_a he_o that_o be_v not_o a_o very_a humble_a person_n can_v neither_o be_v a_o wise_a man_n nor_o a_o true_a christian_a even_o to_o a_o proud_a man_n himself_o be_v a_o humble_a man_n acceptable_a but_o a_o proud_a man_n to_o none_o but_o the_o devil_n for_o it_o be_v our_o saviour_n motto_n ss_z meek_a and_o lowly_a but_o it_o be_v lucifer_n emblem_n ss_z proud_a and_o lofty_a and_o though_o this_o be_v communis_fw-la eruditio_fw-la that_o be_v vulgar_a learning_n yet_o be_v it_o as_o hard_a to_o find_v a_o man_n of_o that_o character_n as_o it_o be_v in_o solomon_n day_n to_o find_v a_o virtuous_a woman_n to_o wit_n not_o one_o of_o a_o thousand_o a_o humble_a man_n be_v tractable_a and_o docible_a conversable_a and_o useful_a but_o a_o proud_a be_v telluris_fw-la inutile_fw-la pondus_fw-la insignificant_a and_o troublesome_a one_o that_o can_v tell_v what_o he_o will_v be_v at_o asleep_o nothing_o to_o purpose_n a_o proud_a man_n be_v a_o moral_a prodigy_n and_o the_o most_o unaccountable_a