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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81791	Moral instructions of a father to his son upon his departure for a long voyage: or, An easie way to guide a young man towards all sorts of virtues. With an hundred maximes, Christian and moral.; Instruction morale d'un père à son fils. English	Dufour, Philippe Sylvestre, 1622-1687.	1683 (1683)	Wing D2455A; ESTC R231963	42,504	123

a Testimony irrefragable that you have perform'd the three Duties which I prescrib'd to you for you cannot live religiously without doing your Duty towards God nor soberly without observing what is due to your self nor justly without discharging what you owe to your Neighbour The Father of Grace and Mercy grant that you may fulfill my Directions as a good Christian for the sake of his Glory your Salvation and the Edification of your Neighbour That you may consider and meditate upon these Instructions with more delight and render them more familiar and ready to your Memory I have extracted the choicest Matter and reduc'd it under Heads more compact whereby it will make the deeper Impression upon your Mind You will find it in the Maxims following in all a hundred which as many times would I have you read over that you may be sensible how important they are and consequently how necessary the Practice of them Believe this my Son that whatsoever you can expect from me besides it cannot come near the Worth of these Instructions God preserve you prosper your Voyage and bring you back in all Happiness To conclude my Son let the Fear of God be the Star to lead and guide you in all your Ways let it be the Center whereto all your Actions tend and let it be the sole Object of your Meditation Christian and Moral MAXIMES I. BE devout without Affectation Beware of seeming so if you are not for that is Hypocrisie which being directly against God is a kind of Sacrilege II. He that goes about to disguise himself in the sight of God takes Pains to cheat himself III. To pray to God without Attention is to pray without Hope IV. He that prefers the Pleasures of his Body before the Salvation of his Soul suffers a Man to be drowned whilst he runs to save his Cloak V. If you have not more care to adorn your Soul with vertuous Qualities than to adorn your Body with fine Cloaths you offer to an Idol and abandon God VI. He that delights in his Sins makes his Pleasures his Executioner VII An habitual Sin is a Serpent nourished in their own Bosome VIII He that goes slowly in the practice of good Works runs swiftly in the way to Hell IX If you would have God hear your Requests do you hear the Prayers of the Needy X. He that is afraid to think of Death will run into Despair when Death comes XI There is no better School for a good Life than the frequent meditating upon a Holy Death XII A serious Meditation of Eternity will cause you to make good use of your Time and will take away the greatest part of the bitterness of Death XIII A Man is not fully convinced of the Importance of his own Salvation when he knows his Sins and yet will defer his Repentance XIV He that passeth his Life without Devotion shall not end it without Despair XV. If in your Prosperity you will not hear the Voice of God you may well fear that in your Adversity he will not hear yours XVI He that hath no fear of God in this Life may well fear his Judgments in the next Life XVII Be obliging towards all men familiar with a few but be intimate with no more than one alone XVIII He that takes Pleasure to keep Company with naughty men is in Pain whilst he is among the good XIX He that confides without Knowledg will repent not without Reason XX. He that begins a Business without Judgment need not wonder if it ends without Success XXI That which you undertake above your Strength must needs produce Effects below your Hopes XXII In a glorious Undertaking he that is discouraged by the bare Contemplation of the Difficulties neither understands the value of the Honour nor doth he at all deserve it XXIII If Haste in designing and Slowness in executing produce good Success it is by more chance XXIV If you make your Work a trouble to you you will make your Duty a Punis●ment to you XXV He that in a low Fortune hath too high Designs undertakes with waxen Wings to fly up to the Sun XXVI He that falls by aspiring too high needs not seek for any other Reason of his Fall than his own Extravagance XXVII Those who shew themselves over-earnest and eager in small Businesses declare their Unfitness for great ones XXVIII If by Justice you are guided in the pursuit of Gain Tranquillity shall accompany you in the enjoyment thereof XXIX If with an envious Eye you look upon the Good of others you will render your self unworthy to possess your own XXX If the Soul be given to Man only for Action and those who by continual Sloth keep the Soul from Acting they shew that the Soul in their Bodies is but like a little Salt to preserve their Bodies from putrifying XXXI Pride is a swelling of the Spirit which doth as much corrupt all the good qualifications of the proud Man as the swelling of the Stomack alters the good humors of the Body XXXII Altho Anger be but a short Madness yet the Effects thereof many times prove long Follies XXXIII Avoid great Meals if you will avoid long Sicknesses XXXIV He that spoyls his health by Excesses and Disorder hath no Reason to complain of the Excess of his Distempers XXXV An able Cook is more to be feared in time of Health than an ignorant Physician in time of Sickness XXXVI Temperance and Exercise are the best Cooks in the world XXXVII The Fumes of Wine troubles the Brain the Fumes of Pride troubles the Understanding and the Fumes of one in Love troubles both XXXVIII He that fills his Heart with the Love of Women turns a Sanctuary appointed for the Holy Ghost into a Temple of Idols the Worship whereof will lead to Hell XXXIX Divine Love is a Torch to light us but profane Love is one to blind us XL. Humane Love cannot have Bounds too straight but if Divine Love be at all bounded it will be deficient XLI Love is painted naked not only to represent Impudence but to advertise us that usually it strips naked all those who follow it XLII The Covetous Man spares things necessary to provide Superfluities for those who will never thank him for them XLIII Those who in their Actings consult only self Love shall walk blindfold and have as many Falls as Steps XLIV Who spends too much upon his Pleasures deprives himself of the Means of providing for Necessaries XLV If you submit your Judgment to your Pleasures you will Burn your self with the Light which was given to direct you XLVI He that consults not his Reason for his Pleasures ought not to expect help in his pains XLVII He that suffers himself to be governed by his Passions abandons his Liberty to the Fancy of his Slaves XLVIII Too great desire after things Superfluous oft throws a Man into extreme want of Necessaries XLIX He that fills his Heart with his Passions leaves no room for Piety