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A40047
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Essays suppos'd to be written by Monsieur Fouquet being reflections upon such maxims of Solomon as are most proper to guide us to the felicity of both the present and the future life / translated out of French.
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Fouquet, Nicolas, 1615-1680.; Gage, E.
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1694
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Wing F1650; ESTC R36469
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to_o heaven_n or_o not_o but_o will_v grow_v from_o the_o tediousness_n and_o length_n of_o year_n and_o the_o delay_n that_o put_v off_o the_o happy_a day_n in_o which_o you_o be_v to_o see_v your_o belove_a you_o will_v not_o beg_v of_o the_o angel_n to_o let_v you_o know_v whether_o you_o shall_v bear_v they_o company_n one_o day_n in_o the_o heavenly_a jerusalem_n and_o whether_o there_o be_v a_o place_n appoint_v for_o you_o there_o but_o to_o let_v you_o know_v when_o you_o shall_v come_v thither_o on_o what_o day_n at_o which_o hour_n o_o bless_a spirit_n when_o will_v this_o be_v you_o possess_v already_o he_o who_o i_o seek_v and_o who_o you_o love_v o_o angel_n i_o love_v as_o well_o as_o you_o and_o can_v live_v without_o my_o god_n yet_o all_o this_o while_n i_o see_v he_o not_o adjuro_fw-la vos_fw-la filiae_fw-la jerusalem_n i_o conjure_v you_o o_o daughter_n of_o jernsalem_n to_o take_v pity_n on_o my_o love_n and_o tell_v i_o when_o i_o shall_v enter_v into_o the_o glorious_a palace_n of_o my_o spouse_n into_o the_o very_a place_n of_o that_o admirable_a tabernacle_n into_o the_o very_a arm_n and_o bosom_n of_o he_o who_o be_v the_o object_n of_o my_o sigh_n and_o tear_n you_o will_v look_v upon_o heaven_n as_o a_o inheritance_n that_o belong_v to_o you_o and_o will_v say_v with_o david_n laetatus_fw-la sum_fw-la in_o his_o quae_fw-la dicta_fw-la sunt_fw-la mihi_fw-la i_o have_v hear_v a_o divine_a voice_n whisper_v to_o my_o heart_n which_o have_v leave_v these_o few_o word_n imprint_v in_o it_o that_o we_o shall_v go_v into_o the_o house_n of_o god_n and_o that_o after_o a_o moment_n or_o two_o of_o labour_n and_o affliction_n we_o shall_v get_v out_o of_o this_o valley_n of_o tear_n and_o region_n of_o death_n to_o be_v transport_v to_o the_o habitation_n of_o life_n and_o immortality_n where_o our_o bliss_n and_o enjoyment_n will_v be_v no_o less_o eternal_a than_o he_o be_v who_o we_o love_v here_o you_o see_v what_o have_v be_v say_v and_o 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the_o obligation_n of_o the_o husband_n dispose_v of_o he_o whole_o to_o the_o service_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n to_o who_o benefit_n he_o dedicate_v his_o time_n and_o pain_n and_o by_o his_o excellent_a quality_n come_v to_o merit_v one_o of_o the_o principal_a place_n in_o the_o government_n of_o it_o these_o two_o employment_n have_v be_v assign_v by_o providence_n to_o the_o master_n and_o mistress_n of_o that_o family_n of_o which_o solomon_n speak_v in_o the_o last_o of_o his_o proverb_n both_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o carry_v themselves_o after_o such_o a_o manner_n as_o make_v the_o angel_n admire_v at_o the_o grace_n which_o enlighten_v and_o enable_v they_o and_o man_n be_v at_o a_o loss_n to_o reckon_v which_o of_o the_o pair_n deserve_v the_o best_a preference_n it_o be_v certain_o a_o admirable_a sight_n to_o behold_v this_o august_n peer_n aw_v terrae_fw-la nobilis_fw-la in_o pertis_fw-la vir_fw-la ejus_fw-la quando_fw-la sederit_fw-la eam_fw-la senatoribus_fw-la terrae_fw-la the_o people_n into_o their_o duty_n or_o to_o see_v he_o preside_v in_o a_o assembly_n of_o senator_n at_o a_o time_n when_o the_o frame_n of_o the_o state_n be_v shake_v and_o in_o disorder_n and_o yet_o such_o as_o consider_v the_o carriage_n of_o the_o wife_n at_o home_n in_o her_o palace_n see_v those_o thing_n which_o make_v a_o no_o less_o glorious_a appearance_n in_o their_o eye_n they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v distinguish_v one_o from_o another_o the_o character_n which_o they_o receive_v from_o the_o general_a voice_n say_v that_o their_o example_n regulate_v all_o the_o action_n of_o their_o fellow-citizen_n and_o that_o they_o equal_o share_v by_o their_o merit_n in_o all_o the_o praise_n and_o admiration_n of_o their_o country_n see_v here_o the_o first_o line_n of_o their_o figure_n which_o the_o wiseman_n have_v draw_v to_o present_a to_o future_a time_n and_o to_o confute_v the_o complaint_n and_o tear_n of_o such_o as_o lay_v to_o heaven_n the_o ill_a success_n of_o their_o marriage_n this_o woman_n who_o be_v all_o obedience_n to_o her_o husband_n reign_v in_o her_o house_n at_o the_o same_o time_n he_o govern_v in_o the_o senate_n she_o exercise_v there_o a_o sovereign_a rule_n but_o do_v it_o without_o noise_n or_o violence_n her_o power_n in_o this_o place_n be_v mighty_a because_o it_o come_v from_o heaven_n she_o do_v not_o seek_v as_o other_o lady_n use_n to_o raise_v up_o her_o authority_n by_o the_o magnificency_n of_o her_o attire_n and_o yet_o she_o wear_v the_o rich_a purple_n ejus_fw-la byssius_n &_o purpura_fw-la indumentum_fw-la ejus_fw-la and_o follow_v all_o the_o rule_n of_o decency_n and_o custom_n in_o dress_v herself_o though_o she_o have_v no_o need_n of_o any_o help_n to_o make_v she_o be_v respect_v and_o honour_v by_o her_o domestic_n god_n have_v bestow_v such_o a_o garment_n on_o she_o as_o we_o shall_v all_o have_v wear_v have_v our_o first_o father_n but_o prove_v wise_a fortitudo_fw-la &_o decus_fw-la indumentum_fw-la ejus_fw-la solomon_n mean_v that_o there_o issue_v a_o air_n of_o greatness_n and_o majesty_n from_o the_o eye_n of_o this_o princess_n which_o spread_v itself_o over_o she_o like_o a_o garment_n and_o give_v a_o certain_a lustre_n to_o her_o face_n her_o word_n and_o motion_n such_o as_o can_v be_v express_v further_o than_o that_o it_o ravish_v all_o heart_n and_o that_o it_o make_v they_o happy_a who_o serve_v she_o when_o her_o command_n give_v they_o the_o honour_n of_o obey_v she_o and_o the_o occasion_n to_o show_v by_o their_o promptness_n and_o transport_v of_o joy_n the_o depth_n of_o their_o respect_n this_o be_v it_o which_o keep_v the_o whole_a house_n in_o order_n and_o put_v every_o person_n at_o each_o hour_n of_o the_o day_n in_o the_o place_n and_o employment_n where_o he_o shall_v be_v the_o respectful_a fear_n that_o fix_v they_o to_o their_o duty_n be_v not_o as_o in_o other_o family_n a_o fear_n of_o be_v catch_v in_o their_o fault_n and_o punish_v all_o the_o fear_n of_o this_o place_n be_v the_o fear_n of_o be_v faulty_a she_o be_v not_o the_o mistress_n only_o of_o her_o domestic_n but_o the_o mother_n too_o among_o the_o chief_a rule_n of_o her_o government_n the_o first_o be_v to_o look_v that_o they_o be_v not_o fail_v in_o any_o part_n of_o their_o duty_n the_o second_o to_o see_v that_o nothing_o be_v want_v to_o they_o which_o reason_n and_o justice_n can_v claim_v for_o their_o support_n and_o comfort_n her_o constant_a care_n be_v to_o avoid_v give_v they_o any_o just_a cause_n of_o complaint_n yield_v they_o still_o new_a occasision_n of_o love_v she_o and_o of_o believe_v they_o be_v love_v she_o goodness_n reach_v to_o make_v they_o see_v that_o she_o both_o approve_v of_o their_o service_n and_o consider_v their_o person_n this_o frank_a and_o oblige_a goodness_n extend_v
he_o you_o call_v to_o your_o shadow_n to_o be_v wise_a and_o at_o the_o same_o time_n you_o play_v the_o fool_n and_o forget_v that_o this_o shadow_n be_v not_o to_o be_v rule_v by_o your_o word_n but_o your_o example_n do_v as_o i_o have_v say_v get_v peace_n into_o your_o family_n seek_v to_o lodge_v it_o there_o from_o the_o beginning_n by_o take_v a_o due_a authority_n upon_o you_o which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v do_v by_o enter_v into_o it_o with_o heat_n and_o fury_n so_o to_o show_v that_o your_o temper_n will_v exempt_v no_o body_n from_o its_o severity_n this_o will_v be_v to_o declare_v that_o you_o will_v have_v your_o shadow_n that_o be_v the_o people_n under_o your_o obedience_n be_v as_o mad_a as_o yourself_o and_o to_o make_v the_o turbulence_n of_o your_o spirit_n shake_v the_o whole_a frame_n of_o your_o house_n and_o turn_v every_o thing_n in_o it_o the_o wrong_a side_n upward_o where_o a_o madman_n govern_v there_o will_v not_o be_v any_o thing_n see_v but_o folly_n and_o madness_n in_o that_o family_n to_o take_v a_o true_a possession_n of_o your_o authority_n say_v st._n gregory_n you_o must_v make_v it_o appear_v by_o your_o word_n and_o by_o the_o temper_n of_o your_o mind_n which_o you_o set_v before_o the_o eye_n of_o your_o domestic_n that_o you_o love_v your_o own_o duty_n and_o that_o you_o will_v have_v those_o that_o live_v under_o you_o like_o their_o duty_n also_o after_o your_o example_n and_o apply_v themselves_o to_o it_o not_o by_o chide_v and_o noise_n but_o as_o their_o pleasure_n and_o content_a to_o succeed_v in_o this_o the_o whole_a point_n lie_v according_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o that_o holy_a doctor_n in_o make_v yourself_o to_o be_v both_o fear_v and_o love_v by_o your_o family_n make_v yourself_o say_v he_o to_o be_v fear_v without_o bring_v forth_o one_o word_n of_o heat_n and_o inconsiderate_a rashness_n make_v yourself_o to_o be_v love_v without_o use_v any_o unfitting_a compliance_n and_o familiarity_n and_o least_o of_o all_o such_o fondness_n as_o will_v soon_o gain_v you_o contempt_n than_o win_v you_o heart_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o your_o servant_n and_o child_n there_o shall_v not_o be_v too_o great_a a_o freedom_n of_o word_n rather_o a_o reserve_v but_o let_v the_o air_n of_o your_o face_n show_v all_o the_o sweetness_n and_o humanity_n imaginable_a accompany_v with_o a_o certain_a gracefulness_n able_a to_o beget_v in_o those_o you_o govern_v a_o high_a opinion_n of_o your_o virtue_n and_o a_o respectful_a and_o true_a love_n for_o your_o person_n join_v to_o a_o earnest_a desire_n to_o please_v you_o follow_v herein_o the_o rule_n of_o wisdom_n and_o not_o the_o example_n of_o some_o master_n who_o indeed_o use_v not_o any_o word_n but_o yet_o by_o their_o angry_a silence_n and_o curse_a suspicious_a look_n do_v accuse_v the_o first_o they_o meet_v with_o and_o distaste_v every_o one_o that_o come_v near_o they_o cause_v this_o way_n more_o noise_n and_o disorder_n in_o a_o family_n than_o other_o do_v by_o let_v loose_a the_o reins_o to_o the_o violence_n of_o their_o choler_n the_o most_o beneficial_a matter_n that_o i_o can_v propose_v here_o to_o you_o be_v to_o place_n often_o before_o your_o thought_n the_o picture_n of_o that_o happy_a family_n which_o the_o prophet_n david_n have_v draw_v rank_v about_o a_o table_n at_o the_o time_n of_o their_o repast_n with_o a_o decency_n that_o the_o angel_n seem_v to_o invite_v one_o another_o to_o behold_v and_o admire_v this_o family_n be_v compose_v pose_v of_o a_o master_n who_o have_v no_o other_o design_n in_o his_o govern_n but_o to_o please_v god_n of_o a_o mistress_n that_o have_v no_o other_o aim_n in_o this_o low_a world_n but_o to_o be_v please_v to_o her_o husband_n and_o to_o see_v her_o child_n grow_v up_o in_o grace_n and_o wisdom_n of_o child_n that_o have_v in_o a_o manner_n but_o one_o heart_n nature_n and_o education_n have_v beget_v this_o conformity_n among_o they_o which_o do_v happy_o increase_v with_o their_o age._n in_o this_o piece_n be_v see_v beside_o peace_n piety_n prosperity_n and_o abundance_n crown_v this_o family_n in_o this_o life_n and_o god_n behold_v it_o with_o expectation_n to_o receive_v it_o into_o another_o life_n infinite_o more_o happy_a which_o he_o have_v prepare_v for_o it_o donum_fw-la &_o pax_fw-la est_fw-la electis_fw-la ejus_fw-la ecce_fw-la sic_fw-la benedicitur_fw-la homo_fw-la qui_fw-la timet_fw-la dominum_fw-la finis_fw-la a_o table_n of_o the_o text_n of_o solomon_n on_o which_o the_o forego_n reflection_n be_v ground_v a_o preliminary_n maxi._n faciendi_fw-la plures_fw-la libros_fw-la nullus_fw-la est_fw-la finis_fw-la finem_fw-la loquendi_fw-la pariter_fw-la omnes_fw-la audiamus_fw-la eccl._n twelve_o 12._o pag._n 1_o maxim_n i._o optavi_fw-la &_o datus_fw-la est_fw-la mihi_fw-la sensus_fw-la invocavi_fw-la &_o venit_fw-la in_o i_o spiritus_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la venerunt_fw-la autem_fw-la mihi_fw-la omnia_fw-la bona_fw-la cum_fw-la illa_fw-la sap._n 7._o p._n 9_o maxim_n ii_o stultus_fw-la illudet_fw-la peccatum_fw-la &_o inter_fw-la justos_fw-la morabitur_fw-la gratia_fw-la prov._n 14._o p._n 19_o maxim_n iii_o donec_fw-la aspiret_fw-la dies_fw-la &_o inclinentur_fw-la umbrae_n vadam_fw-la ad_fw-la montem_fw-la myrrhae_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la collem_fw-la thuris_fw-la cant._n four_o p._n 29_o maxim_n iu_o vadam_fw-la ad_fw-la collem_fw-la thuris_fw-la cant._n four_o p._n 38_o maxim_n v._o generositatem_fw-la illius_fw-la glorificat_fw-la contubernium_fw-la habens_fw-la dei_fw-la sap._n viij_o p._n 43_o maxim_n vi_o fons_n aquavitae_fw-la eruditio_fw-la possidentis_fw-la prov._n xuj_o p._n 58_o maxim_n vii_o dedit_fw-la illi_fw-la sapientiam_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la honest_a avit_fw-la illum_fw-la in_o laboribus_fw-la sap._n x._o p._n 66_o maxim_n viii_o mundum_fw-la tradidit_fw-la disputationi_fw-la eorum_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la inveniat_fw-la homo_fw-la opus_fw-la quod_fw-la operatus_fw-la est_fw-la deus_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la p._n 76_o maxim_n ix_o curam_fw-la habe_fw-la de_fw-fr bono_fw-mi nomine_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la permanebit_fw-la magis_fw-la tibi_fw-la quam_fw-la mille_fw-la thesauri_fw-la pretiosi_fw-la &_o magni_fw-la eccles_n xli_o p._n 84_o maxim_n x._o coacervavi_fw-la mihi_fw-la argentum_fw-la &_o aurum_fw-la substantias_fw-la regum_fw-la ac_fw-la provinciarum_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la desideraverunt_fw-la oculi_fw-la mei_fw-la non_fw-la negavi_fw-la iis_fw-la &_o vidi_n in_o omnibus_fw-la vanitatem_fw-la &_o afflictionem_fw-la animi_fw-la eccl._n two_o p._n 93_o maxim_n xi_o mendicitatem_fw-la &_o divitias_fw-la ne_fw-la dederis_fw-la mihi_fw-la prov._n thirty_o p._n 100_o maxim_n xii_o magnificavi_fw-la opera_fw-la mea_fw-la aedificavi_fw-la mihi_fw-la domos_fw-la supergressus_fw-la sum_fw-la opibus_fw-la omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la ante_fw-la i_o fuerunt_fw-la eccl._n two_o p._n 109_o maxim_n xiii_o vidi_n servos_n in_o equis_fw-la &_o principes_fw-la ambulantes_fw-la super_fw-la terram_fw-la quasi_fw-la seruos_fw-la eccles_n x._o p._n 116_o maxim_n fourteen_o unusquisque_fw-la in_o arte_fw-la sva_fw-la sapiens_fw-la est_fw-la eccl._n xxxviii_o p._n 122_o maxim_n xv._o multi_fw-la amici_n sint_fw-la tibi_fw-la &_o consiliarius_fw-la sit_fw-la tibi_fw-la unus_fw-la de_fw-la mille._n eccl._n vi_fw-la p._n 129_o maxim_n xvi_o facta_fw-la sum_fw-la coram_fw-la eo_fw-la quasi_fw-la pacem_fw-la reperiens_fw-la cant._n viij_o p._n 137_o maxim_n xvii_o mulierem_fw-la fortem_fw-la quis_fw-la inveniet_fw-la procul_fw-la &_o de_fw-la ultimis_fw-la finibus_fw-la terrae_fw-la pretium_fw-la ejus_fw-la prov._n xxxi_o p._n 148_o maxim_n xviii_o salus_fw-la animae_fw-la melior_fw-la est_fw-la omni_fw-la auro_fw-la &_o argento_fw-la &_o corpus_fw-la validum_fw-la quam_fw-la census_n immensus_fw-la eccles_n thirty_o p._n 159_o maxim_n xix_o vtere_fw-la quasi_fw-la homo_fw-la frugi_fw-la his_fw-la quae_fw-la tibi_fw-la apponuntur_fw-la eccl._n xxxi_o p._n 165_o maxim_n xx._n si_fw-la dormieris_fw-la non_fw-la timebis_fw-la quiesces_fw-la &_o suavis_fw-la erit_fw-la somnus_o tuus_fw-la prov._n iii._o p._n 169_o maxim_n xxi_o non_fw-la habet_fw-la amaritudinem_fw-la conversatio_fw-la illius_fw-la nec_fw-la taedium_fw-la convictus_fw-la illius_fw-la sap._n viij_o p._n 181_o maxim_n xxii_o proposui_fw-la hunc_fw-la adducere_fw-la mecum_fw-la ad_fw-la convivendum_fw-la sciens_fw-la quoniam_fw-la mecum_fw-la communicabit_fw-la de_fw-la bonis_fw-la sap._n viij_o p._n 193_o maxim_n xxiii_o erit_fw-la allocutio_fw-la cogitationis_fw-la meae_fw-la &_o taedii_fw-la mei_fw-la sap._n viij_o p._n 199_o maxim_n xxiv_o veni_fw-la dilecte_fw-la mi_fw-mi egrediamur_fw-la in_o agrum_fw-la commorremur_fw-la in_o villis_fw-la cant._n seven_o p._n 207_o maxim_n xxv_o donum_fw-la &_o pax_fw-la est_fw-la electis_fw-la ejus_fw-la sap._n iii._o p._n 213_o