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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82335	The prodigal returned to Scotland, or, A letter, written by a gentleman, to his friend at Montrose wherein he represents, the lover's warfare, the vanity of reposing confidence in rich friends, a short historie of his own misfortunes, the desireableness of conversation, and lastly, the true character of magnanimity, and a noble ambition, and the uncertainty and contempt of riches.	Dempster, George, of Kirktounhill.	1700 (1700)	Wing D984; ESTC R212963	16,422	24

THE PRODIGAL RETURNED TO SCOTLAND OR A Letter Writen by a Gentleman to his Friend at Montrose Wherein he Represents The Lover's Warfare the vanity of reposing Confidence in Rich Friends a short Historie of his own Misfortunes the desireableness of Conversation And lastly the true Character of Magnanimity and a noble Ambition and the Uncertainty and Contempt of Riches Hebrews 12 Chap. 7 8 Verses For whom the Lord loveth He Chasteneth and Scourgeth every Son whom he receiveth If ye endure Chastening GOD dealeth with you as with Sons for what is he whom the Father Chasteneth not But if ye be without Chastisement whereof all are Partakers then are ye Bastards and not Sons James 2 Chap. 15 16 Verses If a Brother or Sister be Naked and destitute of dayly Food and one of you say unto them depart in Peace be you Warmed and Filled Notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needfull to the Body What doth it Profit 1. Epistle General of John 2 Chap. 15 Verse Love not the World neither the things that are in the World If any Love the VVorld the Love of the Father is not in him Dulcia non meruit qui non gustavit amara Si quid novisti rectius Candidus imperti si non his utere mecum EDINBURGH Printed in June 1700 by John Reid Printer and are to be Sold at John Vallange's Mrs. Ogstoun's and Thomas Carruthers Stationers in Edinburgh their Shops THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY To the Virtuous and Honourable Young Gentlemen attending the Honourable Faculty of ADVOCATS And Others who have their Dependance upon the Parliament-House the Seat of Administration of Justice at Edinburgh my Fellow Commerads and Acquaintances Ye justly challenge all Respect and Love From me who do in that same Body move With you who by the Pen and Ink Command Th' attendance here of Nobles of the Land Here by this Letter I present you Love How richest Friends Unnatural oft do prove How I have run a little piece of Fate By rash procedure and my now Estate Sweetness of Converse and the Divine Man Contempt of Riches hereby you may Scan. The Matters Flat Unpolish'd but 't is true Receive it kindly in it's Nat'ral hew I have not Homer's Pindar's Virgil's flight 's Dryden's nor Cowley's these Terrestrial Lights Neither could I by this rude vulgar Letter Better things write than taught me GOD and Nature I have not Cicero's nor Demosthenes wits Nor fluent Raptures and Diviner fits Of a Commanding Eloquence to dare And damp the Vulgar else you 'd had a Share Nor Soaring Flights of Poetry to give Or write with more Success than I can Live The Prodigal Returned receive with Charms Of Love and take him kindly in your Arms For as the Romans by their Wit and Sense More than by Force contriv'd a strong Defence So Love and Friendship by Mysterious Arts Vanquish the hardest Adamantine Hearts GENTLEMEN This is all from Your Humble Servant George Dempster To my Familiar and Intimate at Montrose Kirktounhill May 24th 1700. Dearest Commerad THough I have had as yet but little Correspondence with you yet I have found so great Satisfaction already in your Desireable Company that the thoughts and Consideration thereof have influenced me to offer my Respects to you by a Letter Some perhaps will be apt to carp at my putting the same to the Press But who ever wrote yet with that Successfulness as not to meet with Censures And I did not design to Emit it to publick View in hopes of obtaining the Suffrage and Applause of others seeing it wants the Ornament and Flourishes of Eloquence which might make it more pleasant and Desireable but to satisfie partly the Curiosity of some of my Acquaintances and your self And if I obtain their and your Approbation I shall not be grieved whether it be Condemned or Commended by the Multitude The World is a Comedy where every Man acts that part which Providence hath assigned him and seeing my Talent consisteth mostly in Writing though very meanly I thought fit to produce and give you a Swatch of i● and not to keep it tyed as in a Napkin or to lock it up in the dark like a Candle set under a Bushel For Man is not born to be only useful and helpful to himself but also to disperse his Gifts as GOD has blessed him to the Common Good of others Though you are more Capable to give than to receive an advice from me I have nevertheless used that Freedom to Write you my Thoughts anent the several Occurrences of Providence which I have already been Trysted with I shall not wish you to be so Unhappy as to meet with the like and what my carriage was or should be if I be trysted with worse any time hereafter Dear Soul It 's impossible to secure our selves against Envy and Competition for distance of Place cannot Protect us from her Malignity You have a clear instance of this in the Trium●viri at Rome whereof Marcus Antonius was one who rather chose to endure the greatest hardships before one of them would Succumb in Power to another and so it came to pass For Cleopatra with her Beauty Vanquished the Magnanimous Soul of Marcus Antonius and made his Valour become Eff●minate by giving way to his Love Passions And she that she might not adorn the Romans Triumph and Victory by her being carried a Captive Applyed Snakes to her Body to draw her Blood and to prevent the comeing of Death by her Preparation So you may see That three Suns could not all shine at once For such is the Ambition of some That to prosecut their bad designs they would hire the Devil himself before they could not get them effectuate But on these Occasions where Malice rather than Emulation carrys the Van we should as Seneca advises with flying colour manage our Retreat Proverbs Chap. 27. Ver. 4. Wrath is Cruel and Anger is Outragious but who is able to stand before Envy 'T is hard to discern an Honest Man for what was the Subject of this days Conference will be the Subject of ane Accusation to Morrow and that secret which we did but la●ely Depositate in Our Friend's Breast will shortly fly in our Faces from the Mouths of our Enemies But though our Friend were Real and Secret yet his inconstancie may make these either no Verat all or ineffectual and Unprofitable Ones Such is the baseness of some who for a small Compliment will be Tempted to betray Secrets to become Rivals to their Friends who put Confidence in them and assisting to their Enemies Such a Man was the Perfidious Judas who betrayed our Saviour for 30 Talents And that which Aggravates the crime of such is because possibly they are our Dearest yet Hypocritical Familiar Friend who acts thus Treacherously under colour and a pretext of True Love After this manner The famous Renown'd Caesar was dealt with who with all the Prudence of his Court could not avert his