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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33182	The citizen's companion: or The trades-man's mirrour Wherein most parts of a trading life are accomodated to the judgments and examples of the ancients. A work enrich'd with proverbs, and historically beautified with the deeds and sayings of the wisest and worthiest men that ever were in the world.		1673 (1673)	Wing C4338; ESTC R216321	63,979	167

they are a hungry after new benefits Most Shop-keepers respect even so lasts no longer than the Customer uses them to their extream advantage Divines say that Flattery divides a man from himself he thinks himself otherwise than he is A house divided can't stand which some unjust ones considering by Flattery part a mans judgment from his will and so deceive him Oyl poured upon the Grass-hopper kills it Vineger revives it Flattery kills those whom sincere harsh treating doth heal A flattering mouth worketh ruine Prov. 26.28 So much danger hath Flattery begotten as the Emperour Sigismond Emperour of Germany struck one who praised him too much saying he hit him Antigonus King of Macedonia told a Poe● who call'd him a God therein observing his soothing that the Groom of his Stool knew 't was no such matter Alexander when his Parasite perswaded him to think himself a God reply'd he knew himself by two special things to be Ma● and not a God namely by sleep an● carnal motions Heavier and sadder were their following Dooms King Philip of France and Constantine the Gre●● banish'd all Flatterers from their Counts At Athens they were put to death as the ruine and plagues of the Countries they dwelt in The Athenians put Tymagor● to death because to insinuate with Darius he saluted him after the Persian manner Whereby it is visible how obnor● ous Flattery hath ever been esteemed and the hatred it hath always contracted and the punishment a ma● have met withal But it is not alw●● so in Trade Some Customers will gr●o● dull and displeased if they be not of● whetted by Flattery down-right ho●● speeches discontent them For th●● cause as the Apostle said Be angry b● sin not So I say Flatter but sin not it be possible Yet it is my opinion that amiable looks and fair speeches will go far enough we need seek no by-ways It is better saith Plutarch to fall among a sort of Ravens than to happen into the company of Flatterers For the Ravens never eat a man till he be dead But Flatterers will not spare to devour him while he is alive Flattery is the corruption of truth a thing as pernicious as truth is excellent Flattery is like a Golden-pill which outwardly giveth pleasure but inwardly is full of bitterness Lastly among other things a Flatterer is known by this that he doth not onely imitate friendship but go beyond it Secondly Dissimulation is an evil more tolerable in a Citizen Nevertheless Plato the Mellifluous Philosopher advises all not to dissemble with a friend either for fear of displeasing him or for malice to deceive him Yet I said it was more tolerable because it is with him as with one who hath married a wise whom he must use well pretending affection to her though he can't love her and indeed Divines hold it in some cases lawful to pretend one thing and intend another as in the case of our Saviours going to Emaus with the two Disciples He made as if he would go further to stir up their desire of his presence whatever he pretended he intended to stay with them that night If a man pretends a long journey by being booted and spur'd but intends to return suddenly to see what those whom he puts in trust would do if he had gone is no sin whereas if he had said he would go such a journey and went not had been a lye But woe to them that dissemble to an ill end these have the voice of Jacob but the hands of Esau they are smooth in their words rough in their actions A feigned equity saith St. Augustine is a double iniquity because dissimulation is iniquity it self Let him know also that he sins thrice that counterfeits himself good to whom he may do ill Let him dread the judgment fell on a King of Poland who 〈◊〉 great Dissembler had always this with his mouth If it be not true I would 〈◊〉 Rats might eat me which came to pass for he was assail'd by them in such manne at a Banquet that neither his Guard Fire or Water could defend him fin them Worms eat up the tongue of the Cozener Nestorius Absalom that Master-piece of Hypocrisie who was within a Nero without a Cato he had a painted tongue but not a painted punishment Behold him hanging on a Tree as unworthy of Heaven or Earth Behold him thrust through with three Darts as worthy of a treble death He that hateth dissembleth with his lips Pro. 26.24 These Dissemblers like the Polypus can take all colours to deceive But how cowardly a humour is this and how servile He that dissembles must still have a fearful eye upon himself lest he be discovered his mystery is poor for he is ere long found out and then not credited all he speaks is Apocryphal O how excellent a thing is freedome there is no better life than to live according to a mans nature resolving always to dip the tongues Pen in the hearts Ink speaking but what he thinks to do otherwise is impiety and deserves the punishment the Lacedemonians inflicted on one who professing a rigid life used to wear hair-cloth lin'd with purple Yet to utter all he thinks is eminent folly Clytus for speaking too boldly to Alexander was kill'd by him Silence is most safe and Phocion is to be imitated above all whose closeness was a freedome in expressing in a few words his matter and surpassing therein as it is said Demosthenes himself whose eloquence excell'd all others Thirdly A lying tongue saith Solomon hateth those that are afflicted by it Prov. 26.28 Lying is a base vice is a sickness of the soul which cannot be cured but by shame and reason It is a menstruous and wicked evil that filthily prophaneth and defileth the tongue of man which is consecrated of God for the utterance of his praise It is th● part of a slave saith Bias to lye It is the property of a lyar saith the same 〈◊〉 put on the Countenance of an honest ma● that so by his outward habit he m● the more subtilly deceive And the Poet is offended at it highly Dare to be true nothing Can need a Lye A fault that needs it most Grows two thereby Lying is pernicious to humane Society contrary to Nature and worse tha● Theft for silence is more sociable than untrue speech it is the worse because so various if it had but one visage there were some remedy for it a man might take the contrary to it for truth That which is good is certain and finite saith Philosophy there is but one way to hit the mark Evil is infinite and uncertain there are a thousand ways to miss it It is reported of the Indians that they offered humane blood to their Gods but none other than what was drawn from their tongues and ears for an expiation of the sin of lying as well heard as pronounced Even those that use this vice most conceive the baseness of it counting that the extreamest

Pro. 31.30 31. and beauty is vain but a woman that feareth the Lord shall be praised Give her of the fruit of her hands and let her own works praise her Pro. 14.1 Every Wise woman buildeth her house but a foolish woman pulleth it down Supposing now my Citizen to be Married as respecting his Posterity and the Kingdom he must not let her spend too much lest his Posterity rue it or he be disabled to do others good Among many faults of She-Citizens their pride as a Saul is higher by head and shoulders than the rest Not that it is greater or more common than their secret sins but more seen and so the less dangerous Many if not stinted by their Husbands would hold it no vanity to walk in the path of Poppeia Nero's Concubine whose Horses were shod with Gold Few of them have a kindness for Philon's Wife because once ask'd why she went so plainly apparel'd she answered Her Husbands vertues were Ornament sufficient for her For redress of this evil let Husbands shew them good Examples by going plain themselves and their Wives if they have any grace goodness love or obedience will be asham'd to do otherwise If their own pattern fails they must use the authority of Husbands and restrain them Let not a woman rule it 's the Apostles counsel Eph. 5.22 Let wives be subject to the●● Husbands A woman saith Socrat●● once made equal with man becometh his Superiour A womans rule is her husband My Citizens wife must have no power over him for suffer her to day to tread upon thy foot and to morrow she will not stick to set her foot on thy neck Semiramis the wife of Ninus King of Assyria obtaining of him the government of the Kingdom for five days and that his Nobles should obey her during that time she caused him to be presently apprehended and cast into Prison who impatient of this disgrace dash'd out his own brains If my Vxorious Citizen notwithstanding what 's just now related will take no notice as being acted by a Pagan let him hearken to what St Hierom says A wise man must love his wife with judgment not blinde assection Though he may not dote on her Col. 3.19 he must not be bitter towards her opprobrious terms and rough dealing have made women cast off their submissive and milde nature Clytemnestra the wife of Agamemnon being harshly used and injuriously treated by him fell into adultery and then slew him A naughty person Pro. 6.12.17.20 a wicked man walketh with a froward mouth and findeth no good Cato a sworn enemy to women never struck his wife It 's the part of an esteemed husband to be wise in words milde in conversation and patient in importunity Lastly the counsel of the Learned Emperour Marcus Aurelius is of mighty moment If any one says he intends to live peaceably with his Wife he ought above all things to observe this Rule To admonish her often to chide her seldome but never to lay hands on her Let him walk chastly towards her let him be to her as he desires she should be to him The lust of one being the fault the lust of tother may be the punishment Pro. 31.3 Give not thy strength to women nor thy ways to that which destroyeth Kings Lust was the cause of Rome's first alteration in government It brought King David to the choice of Sword or Pestilence It drew away Solomon's heart from worshipping his Creatour It brought the Moores into Spain whence since they have been so hardly driven and finally occasioned Alcibiades that famous Athenian to be burnt in his Bed Therefore hearken to Solomon who was once involved to the hazard of his life everlasting but lived to recant his errour and to question and advise thee Why wilt thou my Son be ravish'd with a strange woman Pro. 5.20 21. and embrace the bosome of a stranger For the ways of a man are before the eyes of the Lord and he pondereth all his goings Lastly if that Act of Parliament was revived which was procured by Adam Francis Mayor in the 25 of Edw. the third That all known Whores should be distinguish'd by their head-attires from honest women What a world of Persons would forsake a Calling so vile and abominable chiefly so remarquable and obvious to scoffs and curses And Citizens would be deter'd the keeping openly such scandalous and pernicious Company Let him practice lenity and not severity clemency and not tyranny or a good womans patience may be turn'd to fury if she does not perform such business as he puts her upon with that wisdom he expects he must bear with her He must sight with flesh blood and corruption to attain Socrates humour who was all one at home as abroad That womans wit is reckoned pregnant enough that can discern her Husband's bed from a Stranger 's If she chance to be angry let him use Socrates his patience who was the better enabled to converse with perverse persons abroad by hearing and enduring his wife Zantippe at home Let him be willing and endeavour to struct her with Meekness when she opposes her self 2 Tim. 2.25 He is bound not onely to walk with his wife as a man of love but likewise as a man of understanding It is monstrous to see the head stand where the feet should be and a double pity when a Nabal and an Abigail are match'd together But if thou hast a Wife whose wisdom needs not thy instruction thank God For whoso findeth a wife Prov. 19.22 findeth a good thing and obtaineth favour of the Lord. Lastly let him shew kindness to her at his death There was a Law amongst the Ancient Romans That no man should make his Wife or onely Daughter Heir Nothing I think can be more unjust God himself hath commanded If a Man die Num. 27.8 and hath no Son then he shall turn his inheritance to his Daughter and Divinity which hath taught men to Love their Wives hath likewise to Provide for them Yet discretion must allot them no more than enough For we often see a mans enemies enjoy his labours and the fruits of his sweat care and toyl How much good might those many thousands which several Citizens have left have done to the Poor to Hospitals to Schools of Learning and Religion to repairing of Churches and in other uses more beneficial to the Publick more lasting to perpetuate a mans name and I verily believe more necessary to their Wives happiness who if living lower and not having the means to stir up in them the ambition of becoming a Lady forsooth had avoided those miseries and misfortunes the greedy desire of Honour hath too frequently plunged them in Therefore my Citizen must be wary and Charitable when he makes his Will lest his Family be ruin'd through the folly of a Woman too weak to bear the load of a great Estate whose management and profitable distribution requires an able head a