cold with Bread but in the Winter warm it 17. Take a pint of Ale or good Beer sweeten it with Sugar then put it on the Fire make it boiling hot but not boil then take one or two Eggs beat them with a little Water then brew them well with your hot sweetened Ale or Beer this is a noble comforting sort of Food or rather a rich Cordial which do wonderfully replenish Nature with both dry and moist nourishment 18. Rice and Water boiled and buttered is a fâ—iendly Food and easie of Concoction and affords a good nourishment 19. Rice and Milk is also a noble Food affording a subâ—tantial nourishment especially if you put Sugar in it and remember in what Spoon-meats soever you put Butter let no Sugar come and where you put Sugar let no Butter be 20. An Egg or two beaten and brewed in a pint of raw Milk as they call it either cold or warm according to the season of the year is a Noble substantial Food affording a most excellent Nourishment the frequent eating thereof prevents the generation of sower windy Humors which are the original of many cruel Diseases more especially in Women and Children and gives all good healthy Complexion 21. Milk made boiling hot and then thickned with Eggs is a brave substantial Food of a frienly mild Nature and Operation agreeable to most or all People 22. There is also made of Milk several other sorts of Food viz. Cheescakes Custards VVhitepots all which are much of one Nature and Operation they nourish much and are substantial but are not to be eaten too frequently 23. Spinnage boiled or stewed and butteeed and eaten with Bread makes a brave cleansing Food easie of Concoction and generates good Blood and sweetens the Humors moves and opens Obstructions 24. Spinnage and the young buds of Colworts boiled in plenty of good VVater with a quick brisk Fire and eaten only with Bread Butter and Salt is fine pleasant delightful Food affording a good clean nourishment 25. Spinnage boilnd with the sound tops of Mint and Balm seasoned with Salt and Butter and eaten with Bread makes a Noble Dish of a warming Quality and gives great satisfaction to 〈◊〉 â—tomach affording an excellent nourishâ—â—â—t 26. Spinnage Endive and young Parsley boiled and eaten with Bread Butter and Salt iâ— a brave friendly exhillerating Food generating good Blood and fine brisk Spirits cleanseth the Passages and loosens the Belly 27. Boiled Cabbedge Collyflowers and Collworts being eaten with Butter Vinegar Salt and Bread the last of the 3 being the best for they loosen the Belly purge by Urine and are easie of Concoction but remember that you boil them in plenty of good Water with a quick Fire and not too much which is to be observed in all the preparations of Herbs and Grains 28. Asparagus boiled and eaten with Bread Butter and Salt is a most delicious Food they afford a clean nourishment and are friendly to the Stomach opens Obstructions loosens the Belly and powerfully purges by Urine 29 Artichokes boiled and eaten with Bread Butter and Salt are an excellent Food and generates a substantial nourishment a Man may make a noble Meal of them 30. Green Beans boiled and eaten with Salt Butter and Bread is a most pleasant Food they gently open the Belly affording a good nourishment if you eat temperately of them for they are an entising Food Let all People subject to windy Diseases eat them sparingly 31. French or Kidney Beans boiled in plenty of Water with a brisk Fire and eaten with Bread Butter and Salt makes a brave delightful Dish of Food of a cleansing opening nature and operation they purge by Urine and gently open the Belly affording a good nourishment provided they are eaten temperately which is chiefly to be regarded in all green Foods 32. Green Pease boiled and seasoned with 〈◊〉 and Butter and eaten with Bread makes a 〈◊〉 pleasant Dish of Food their nourishment is 〈◊〉 strong they are windy if not sparingly eaten 33. Dry Pease being boiled in plenty of good soft Water being seasoned with Salt and Butter makes a substantial Dish of Food and affords a strong nourishment and are good for all strong labouring Men. 34. Boiled Turnips makes a very good Dish of Food being seasoned with Salt Butter and eaten with Bread especially for all young People they open and cleanse the Passages and are easie of digestion and may with safety be eaten plentifully their colour declares their excellent Vertues 35. Parsnips boiled in plenty of good Water seasoned with Salt Vinegar Butter and Mustard makes a brave substantial hearty Dish of Food and are friendly to most Constitutions 36. Carrats boiled and seasoned with Salt and Butter and eaten with good Bread is a fine Dish of Food very pleasant and wholesom and are of easie Concoction the deep red are the best 37. Roasted or boiled Potatoes eaten with Butter Salt and Vinegar makes a pleasant Dish 〈◊〉 Food very grateful to the Stomach and are â—asie of digestion now and then a Meal of them â—â—may do well 38. Apple-Dumplins eaten with Butter or Butter and Sugar hath the first place of most sorts of Puddings they are easie of Concoction and afford a friendly nourishment 39. Plain Dumplins made very small viz. with with good Flower Milk Eggs and a little Butter mixed or work'd up in them and made thin like small Cakes about as large as a Crown Piece and put into boiling Water which will be boiled in a little time this is a noble substantial Food very sweet and pleasant of a warming nature of an easie friendly operation 40. Plain Puddings made with Eggs Flower and Milk well boiled and buttered makes a firm Food agreeable to the Stomach being eaten temperately is both wholesom and healthy 41. Boiled Dumplins made only with Flower Milk or Water with a little Ginger which is the best Spice for Puddings with Yeast or Barm and when done buttered is a very good wholesom Food and of easie digestion of this alone a Man may now and then make a good Meal 42. Boiled Puddings made with Flower Milk and Eggs and Raisons or Currans and buttered makes a pleasant Food and a Man may now and then give himself the liberty to make a Meal thereof without prejudice 43. There are also several sorts of light Puddings made of Bread and various sorts of ingredients which are pleasant to the Pallat and not ungrateful to the Stomach if sparingly eaten 44. Rice Puddings both plain and made of Fruit which for the most part are a pleasant sort of Food easie of digestion and may be freely eaten 45. There are also several of Baked Puddings which to most young People are delightful they afford a good strong nourishment and are best for such as labour 46. Apple-pies made with Fruit that is neither too green or unripe nor too old or far spent are a very good Food especially for young People they afford a good nourishment and are friendly to
Nature 47. Pear-pies being full ripe makes a fine gentle friendly Food of easie Concoction 48. Rhedishes and Bread and Butter is a very good Food and a Man may now and then make a good Meal thereof this affords a substantial nourishment far exceeding a Flesh Dinner 49. Parsley and Bread and Butter makes a noble exhillerating Food agreeable to Nature nothing more friendly to the Stomach breeds good Blood and fine Spirits 50. Sorrel and Bread and Butter makes a brave brisk Food easie and quick of digestion cleanseth the Stomach and opens the Belly and generates good Blood 51. Balm and Bread and Butter makes an excellent Food of a chearing warming Quality no sort of Food makes a better Nourishment 52. Sage and Bread and Butter makes excellent Food affords a good nourishment its particular operation is it warms the Stomach and expels Wind. 53. Milk Pottage viz. half Milk and half Water mix it and put it on your Fire when boiling hot then take it off the Fire and brew it with some Oatmeal ready tempered or mixed with a spoonful of cold Water or Milk season it with Salt and eaten with Bread makes a very good substantial Food affording a good nourishment agreeable to the Stomach But remember that it be made thin and full half Water otherwise it will be heavy on the Stomach especially if it be for weakly Consumptive People 54. There is also a brave sort of Food made of Wheat and Milk called Furmity some make it plain and others add Fruit to it the plain is the best but they are both very good affording a firm substantial nourishment of a mild friendly operation the frequent use of this is a grand enemy to the generation of sower windy Humours 55. Boiled Wheat buttered is a noble Dish and with this alone a Man may make a better and more satisfactory Meal than with Princely variety it affords a sweet friendly and most agreeable nourishment easie of concoction and generates fine thin Blood 56. Take good white Pease boil them when near done add green Sage and Onions cut small then season it with Salt and Butter but in the Winter when green Sage is not good then take that which is dried according to our Directions in The Way to Health long Life and Happiness which is to be preferred before green This is a brave strong substantial Pottage very grateful to the Pallate and agreeable to the Stomach 57. Directions to make several sorts of Herb Pottage viz. Take what quantity you please of good Water make it boiling hot then have your Herb or Herbs ready washed not cut as the usual custom is put them into your boiling hot Water let your Vessel continue on the Fire till your Liquor begins to boil then take it off the Fire and let your Herbs remain in your boiling Liquor 2 or 3 minutes after which take your Herbs out then brew your hot Infusion with a little small ground Oatmeal which you must have ready tempered with a spoonful or two of cold Water adding Salt and Butter to it which ought to be brewed with your Oatmeal This Pottage or Gruel you may eat with Bread or without as you find most agreeable to your Stomach All Herb Pottages made after this method are far more commendable for all good purposes than that made the common and usual way for the hot Liquor in a moments time draws forth all the fine spirituous mild friendly opening cleansing Vertues and leaves the more gross raw or crude quality behind even as the first hot Liquor put on Malt does attract the best and most spiritual Vertues and strength of the Malt for in most or all Infusions the fine spirituous qualities separate and do first give themselves forth into any proper Minstruum or Liquor 58. Smallage makes a Pottage or Gruel of a cleansing quality it purifies the Blood opens Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen this Pottage alone eaten twice a day is an effectual Remedy against all Consumptive Humours 59. Sellary does also make a brave Physical Pottage it warms and comforts the Spirits affords a good nourishment and is an admirable Remedy against windy sower Humours 60. Leek Pottage is not only good Food but it is also profitable against all Obstructions of the Uâ—iters and is good against short windedness and other Obstructions of the Breast and affords a good clean nourishment 61. Onion Pottage this eaten with good Bread Butter and Salt makes a brave Meal of it self it is also good against difficult breathing 62. Garlick Pottage is chiefly good for full Bodied Corpulent People and such as are troubled with Coughs the Stone and Gravel 63. Parsley Pottage warms the Stomach chears the Spirits and is very agreeable to the Stomach being eaten with Bread Butter and Salt a Man may make a very good Meal thereof 64. Mint makes a noble exhillerating Pottage the frequent eating thereof does not only prevent windy Humours in the Passages but it mightily strengthens the Retentive Faculty of the Stomach 65. Balm makes a Pottage of a warming comforting quality and is a gallant Food affording excellent nourishment this alone makes a noble Meal to the highest satisfaction of the Stomach 66. Water-Cresses made into Pottage being eaten with Bread Butter and Salt is not only a good Food but the frequent use thereof cleanseth the Blood and prevents Fumes and Vapours from flying into the Crown 67. Sweet Charwel makes an excellent Pottage being eaten with Bread Butter and Salt is not only a brave Food but it warms cold Stomachs and is a friend to the Lungs 68. Take Currans boil them in your Water when almost done mix a little small Oatmeal with 2 spoonfulls of cold Water stir it in and let it boil a little when done season it with Salt adding Sugar to it this eaten with Bread makes a good Meal You may add Butter as most good Housewives do but I must tell them that it makes it heavy on the Stomach and apt to send Fumes into the Head 69. Boil your Raisins in Water as is mentioned before of Currans when almost done then stir your tempered Oatmeal in and let it boil a small time when done add Salt Sugar and Bread you may add Butter especially if the Eaters thereof be strong working People This Pottage affords much nourishment and a Man may sometimes make a very good Meal of this alone 70. Take Raisins Currans and a few Pruanâ— boil them in good Water when near done thicken it with white Bread adding Spice Sugar Butter and Salt This is a rich Pottage affording a great nourishment and therefore it must be eaten the more sparingly 71. A piece of good Bread and a Pint of good Ale or Beer makes a very galant Meal it warms the Stomach is easie of digestion generates good Blood and it has a quick and pleasant operation 72. Bread and half a Pint of good Canary Wine a Man may make a noble and most delightful Meal even to the highest
be it Meats Drinks or other things whatsoever 52. When you look upon or behold any Fruit Seed Grain Flower Trees Grass Fountain of Water Beasts or any other Created Being of the Works of the All-wise wonderful God then cast your Eyes inward and consider the unsearchable Wisdom Power and Strength of the Creator and learn by an inward sight of visible things to adore and ever admire the Maker and Sustainer of all these wonderful Beings and reflect upon thy own Weakness and Inabililities which come on Mankind by Sin and so sink down into Humility which is a foundation to all other Vertues 53. Learn to know God in thy own Soul and the various operations of Nature in thy self which will render thee and every one capable to know them for what is to be known of God and of the Universal Nature is as the great Apostle saith manifest in Man not without him 54. Learn to know from what Fountain all thy Thoughts Imaginations Words and Works do arise or proceed 55. For every Speech and Action carries the power and strength of its respective Principle with it so has a certain natural power to awaken and strengthen its likeness whether in the Good or in the Evil. 56. Remember that all good Thoughts Imaginations Words and Works proceed from the friendly Love and holy Fountain of Gods Light or second Principle 57. But on the contrary every evil thought word and act takes its Birth from the evil bitter Root and dark fierce Wrath or first Principle in which God is called by the Prophets a Jealous angry God and a Consuming Fire 58. Likewise all kinds of Oppressions either to Man or Beast do arise from the same poysonous Radix 59. Observe the Rules of Silence for it is a sublime and profitable Virtue when through Wisdom it is duly regarded 60. Speak not evil or slightingly of your absent Friends or Acquaintance or any other but what you have against or to say unto any let it be done according to the Heavenly Rule of Christ viz. Admonish them face to face in friendliness 61. Judge not those things you do not know or understand 62. Nor admire Persons or things that you are ignorant of 63. Remember that Wrath and Anger are most cruel and inward Enemies cut them off therefore in the bud by the Seed of the holy Spirit of the Lord before they obtain a substance or are formed into Words 64. Much speaking though it be from Wisdom is lightly set by amongst Fools therefore hearken unto your Saviour and cast not Pearls before Swine 65. Avoid evil Communications for they corrupt all even in the Bud. 66. Keep your own Council and your Friends be slow to speak and when occasion requires let it be with advisements and in few words as the matter will bear 67. Remember that Wisdom is always cloathed in with plain modest Garments and that gawdy glittering Attire is a true sign of Lenity and Folly 68. Let all young People especially the Males observe the Rules of Sobriety and Cleanness for the sake of Virtue and for the Fear and Honour of the Lord. 69. They ought to avoid the eating of all sweet compounded Foods and drinking of strong cordial Drinks for such things heats their Blood irritates their Spirits sets open the Gates of Venus putting Nature and all the Properties into an unequal operation 70. If Men will Feast and make Merry then let their Tables be spread and environed with Philosophical Discourses 71. Let every one observe this good Christian Rule when he Invites his Neighbours to a Treat to give them Food convenient and suitable to Natures wants innocent in qualiâ—y and not too much in quantity and then let such cast up their Accompts and what is saved by Wisdom and Frugality distribute to the Needy 72. Drink not Wine in Bowles nor strong Drink to excess for besides the Sin against God and your own Healths many Men do at one time swallow down as much in value as would sustain many wanting People 73. Honour thy Creator for all his Gifts whether Divine or Human art thou strong or Ingenuous or Beautiful praise the Lord for it 't is his free and undeserved Gift 74. Consider what that property or principle is in thee that always leads and invites thee to good and condemns the evil of thy ways 75. Esteem none so much for their Forms or Ceremonies in Religion as for Virtue and Well-Doing in comparison whereof the other is but painted Fire which gives no light nor heat 76. For no Religion or form of Worship will move the principle of Gods Eternal Light and Love but only Obedience to Commandments and living in the power thereof 77. Do unto all as thou wouldst be done unto and cherish what is good in all Men. 78. Virtue hath a secret power in it self to beget its own likeness and form 79. Every Word or Speech do carry the power of that property or principle that has the upper dominion in the Words or Discourses and they do awaken and strengthen their simile in those to whom such Words are directed 80. Therefore Consider and Learn from what Property or Principle every Thought and Imagination do arise and proceed and before they be formed into Words or Actions Present them before the Throne Angel or Divine Principle and let Wisdom judge them 81. Suffer not your Souls to enter into any thing too violently 82. Remember that all extreams do powerfully attract there contrary nor can any Inclination continue long that is fierce or violent 83. Know that Self-conceit is a Monster and leads her Scholars into Perdition 84. Be not over careful for future things for as our Lord saith No man can by his Solicitude add any thing to himself 85. Entertain Chearfulness and give no place to a sower melancholy Humor 86. In all things have a sober and secret Hope in the Lord who only knows what is good for us 87. Remember that Sobriety Order Cleanness and Temperance does not only sit the Mind for the service of God but it makes the whole Life full of Delight and the Body healthful 88. Marry not an old Woman for the sake of Money or in hopes of being maintained in Idleness for she cannot answer the end of Nature nor for what the Lord ordained it therefore such Marriages are to be numbred amongst the greatest of Sins as a thing against God's Law 89. Observe the good Rules of Temperance and Cleanness in your Marriage Bed that your Off-spring may have good Souls healthy Bodies and vigorous Senses Rules of Health and Abstinency for all young People and others of the Cholerick Complexion to observe 90. Such as are dignified with this Cholerick Nature whose Fire burns brisk and lively ought especially to refrain heady Drinks which heats the Blood and irritates the original Fire which do powerfully inflame the property of Venus and sets open her Gates 91. Let no sweet Drinks come into your Bellies 92. Abandon all
unto all Creatures as they would be done unto for the highest degree of Sanctity and Religion is to imitate God who is the Maker and Preserver of all things Consider also that thy Life is near and dear to thee the like is to be understood of all other Creatures as I have at large demonstrated in our Way to Health Long Life and Happiness 1. BRead and Water hath the first place of all Foods and are the Foundation of dry and moist nourishment and of themselves being wisely prepared makes a good Food of an opening cleansing Nature and Operation viz. Take Oatmeal and make it into a Gruel as we have Taught in our Monthly Observations of Health then put good Bread into it also take Water and good Wheat Flower and make it into a Pap and put Bread into it and season it with Salt this and Bread with a Glass of Water a Man may live very well which a Friend of mine of no mean Quality have done for near Two years eating neither Flesh nor any of their Fruits neither does he wear any Woollen Garments but Linen 2. Bread and Butter Bread and Cheese being eaten alone or with Sallad Herbs washed without either Salt Oyl or Vinegar makes a most excellent Food of a cleansing exhilerating Quality easie of Digestion the frequent eating thereof sweetens and generates good Blood and fine Spirits and prevents the generation of sower Humors also keeps the Body open and all Herbs thus eaten let the Food be what it will is to be preferred before those that are eaten with Salt Vinegar and Oyl especially for Women and all Constitutions that are subject to generate sower Humors and windy Diseases 3. Bread and Butter eaten with our thin Gruel wherein is only Salt to Season it the best way of eating it is to bite and Soop as you eat raw Milk and Bread this is a most sweet and agreeable Food to the Stomack of easy Concoction and breeds good Blood and causeth it to Circulate freely and it is the most approved way of eating Water-gruel with Butter 4. Bread and Milk as it comes from the Cow or raw as they call it is a most delicate Food and Milk eaten thus is not only the best Food but the most the frequent eating thereof doe sweeten the Blood prevents sower Humors carries Wind downward and causeth it to pass away freely without any Trouble or Molestation to Nature maintaining Health and good Complexion and is to be preferr'd before all other ways of Eating or Preparations especially then boiled Milk for boiling of Milk does fix or stagnate the fine volatile Spirits and makes it of a tough Nature by which the Stomack cannot so easily separate it neither does it generate so fine Blood or Spirits for this cause if you boil Milk and then set it to Cream it will not separate or afford more than a thin Skin but remember that you do not eat your Milk before it be cold not hot from the Cow as most incline to the particular Reasons I have demonstrated in our Good Houswife made a Doctor 5. Bread and Eggs or Bread and raw Eggs as they call them is an excellent Food and it hath the first place of all Meats made of Eggs being easier of Concoction generates finer and better nourishment it naturally cleanseth the passages and the frequent eating of Bread and raw Eggs preserves the Lungs the Bellows of Life chears and warms the Stomack and frees it from Obstructions but remember that you break both ends and suck both the White and Yolk by degrees together and eat it with Bread for the White is the strong Body and the Yolk contains the Spirits and therefore they being eaten together are both wholsomer than assunder and more agreeable unto Nature a little Custom will rendr them very pleasant and delightful to most or all Constitutions 6. Eggs Parsly and Sorrel mixed or stirred together and Fried in a Pan with Butter and a little Salt and when done melt some Butter and Vinegar and put on them but you must not put too great a quantity of Herbs for then it will render it more heavy and dull in Operation this is a Noble and most delicious Dish and it affords a good nourishment provided you eat not too much in quantity 7. Eggs beaten together and Fryed with Butter and when done melt some Butter and Vinegar and put over them is also a delightful and pleasant Dish being much better and easier of Digestion than the common way of Frying Eggs as being lighter and more tender 8. Eggs poached and some Parsly boiled and cut small and mixed with some Butter and Vinegar melted makes a very fine Dâ—sh and gives great satisfaction to the Stomack supplying Nature with Nourishment to the highest degree and is very grateful to the Palate 9. Eggs boiled in their Shells and Eggs roasted the last being the best and eaten with Bread and Salt or with Bread Butter and Salt is a good substantial Food also Eggs broken and Butter'd over the Fire is a good Food being eaten with store of Bread 10. Eggs being mixed with various sorts of Fruits with Butter and Bread made into Pyes is a sort of delicious Food that a Man may give himself the Liberty to Eat now and then to great satisfaction and no detriment to Natture provided it be not too often 11. Eggs poached and eaten with a Dish of boiled Spinage Buttered is a good Food and affords agreeable Nourishment being eaten with plenty of good Bread 12. Eggs with Flower and Water made into a Pap on the Fire as we have directed in the forementioned Book The Good Houswsfe made a Doctor is a Noble Food affording a brave clean nourishment being eaten either alone or with Bread 13. Raw Eggs broke into our thin white Water-gruel and brewed well together with some Salt to season it and then eaten with Bread or Bread and Butter makes a most exhilerating Food being of a warming Quality and agreeable unto the Stomack generates good Blood and fine brisk Spirits this Gruel is very good for all young People and Women for the frequent use of this and others of our Spoon-meats do naturally sweeten all the Humors and prevents the generation of sower Juices frees the passages from Windiness and Griping pains 14. Milk Water and Flower makes a brave substantial Pap or Food this affords a strong nourishment and such as eat frequently of it shall not be subject neither to the Gripes of the Stomack nor Bowels and cuts off the generation of Wind in the bud makes the Spirits brisk the Body plump fat and of good Complexion also it allays heat and drought this being as friendly a Food to Nature as any Composition made by Fire with Milk 16. One Egg broke into a Pint of good Ale and brewed well together and eaten with Bread makes a brave Meal and it hath a vigorous and quick operation in the Stomach in the Summer you may drink or eat it
Sweet in which Sugar Spices or Spanish Fruits are mixed 93. Be strangers to the East and West-India Commodities as Nutmegs Cloves Mace Cinnamon Ginger and the like 94. Keep your self as â—â—ch as may be from eating fat succulent Food 95. Refrain also Foods in which many things of contrary Natures are mixed or compounded 96. Be careful the quantity of your Food be not too great for most of this Complexion are free Eaters and for the most part the pleasure of the Palate in Eating and Drinking does continue many degrees beyond the necessity of Nature 97. Refrain eating of Eggs and rich Broths but eat freely of all mean simple Foods as Water-gruel Herbs Bread and the like also Milk as it comes from the Cow but Flesh Cheese Butter and the like be sparing in 98. Apple-Pies where there is no Butter in the Crust is a good Food eaten with Butter 99. Flower and Water Flower and Milk Flower and Milk and Water prepared as we have taught in the Good Houswife made a Doctor are excellent Foods 100. Many sorts of Herbs in their seasons if mixed and prepared as we have Taught are very suitable Foods 101. Bread and good Drink eaten alone without either Butter Cheese or Flesh is a most excellent Food as also all moist cooling Foods are proper for all People but more especially for this Complexion and young People in general 102. But remember to eat dry Food once a day especially in Winter for then the Air is moist and subject to Humidity 103. In the heat of Summer eat Gruels and other Spoon-meats as frequently as you will it hurts not 104 For in that Season the Natural Heat is not so potent as in Winter or Cold weather and therefore the Foods ought not to be so hard and strong but more mild and easier of Concoction 105. Accustom your self to Order and it will become easy 106. Use Exercises that are gentle especially in the Morning before you Eat or Drink for one Hour or two 107. Take example from Wise Men and not from Fools 108. Gaze not on the Multitude but turn thy Eye inward 109. Be diligent and learn the Nature of Things and to know their intrinsick Virtues especially of those Things you Eat and Drink because the Great Creator hath endued all things with a certain Power to beget their Similes in the Body and Mind for the Body and Spirit of every Man is daily Generated made and sustained by those things he Eats and Drinks and their Essences departs not from him which is a point highly to be considered 110. Be your own Cook and trust not a Blind Man to prepare your Food 111. Be able to give a Reason for all you do for Tradition is a blind Guide 112. Esteem not a thing because a Friend did it but learn to have Eyes of your own 113. Say not in your Heart that my Grandfather Father and Mother did so and so and I believe they were as wise as you and therefore I will do so too for such Sayings are Tokens of stubborn and incurable Folly 114. Keep a proper weight and measure in all things 115. Refrain the frequent company of Women especially such as have outlived Shamefac'dness 116. Water is the most kindly and natural Drink especially for all young People 117. Frequent not Alehouses nor Taverns nor let your Voices be heard in any such places except upon urgent occasions 118. Spend your leasure time in Reading good Books for they beget the Image of Virtue in them that peruse them 119. Meditate on the Law of the Lord and the wonderful things that are as you are about your occasions and the good Genius that the Lord hath granted you shall open such Mysteries as you are capable of 120. Be diligent in Exercise spend no time in waste for Idleness is the Mother of many Mischiefs 121. Consider the Heavens the Sun Moon and wonderful variety of Stars all busie in that Motion and comely Order that the Blessed Creator set them in the beginning 122. Look upon the Earth and the vast variety of its product all is in a comly Order every thing putting forth its Virtue in harmony without grudging or envying the beautiful Form of each other 123. Suffer not therefore thy cholerick Fire to burn so furiously but allay it with the sweet Influences of the Waters of Shiâ—ock or the Love and Light of the Lord that enlightneth every one in a Measure 124. Consider that Passion is thy greatest Enemy stand still therefore when thou feelest such Fires begin to kindle and take Wisdom to thy aid 125. Be not too quick in speaking or answering a Question but remember that your Fire burns fierce make a pause therefore that you may Speak and Answer with Wisdom 126. Do not entertain high or proud Thoughts of your Self or your own Doings 127. Despise not thy Inferior for you are both made of one and the same Matter 128. Suffer not dark and melancholy Thoughts to perplex your Soul but consider the Cause and how by Wisdom to prevent and cut them off in the bud 129. Neither be affrighted at terrible Dreams or Visions but consider the Root and what Property of the Sevenfold Nature do carry the upper Dominion in your Complexion and endeavour to moderate it by Wisdom and Order for all such Dreams and Visions arises and proceeds from the dark Root 130. Art thou subject to the Head-ach Vapors or the like then be moderate in Exercise and take such gentle simple Meats both in quantity and quality which may allay such disorders for there is greater power in Food and Drink than most imagine 131. Wound not thy Self with thy own Arrows by imagining Mischiefs which perhaps may never happen nor bring thy Souâ— into Sorrow for that which is above thy powâ—er to help 132. Consider that God doth all things by his wonderful Providence therefore Fight not against him 133. Take not the death of Friends Children and the like too deeply to Heart for it is the Will of God in whose good pleasure are the issues of their own Lives nor canst thou thy self preserve it one Hour but must bow to that Great Hand when thy appointed time is come 134. Moderate thy Passions therefore by Wisdom and sound Reason and suffer not thy Soul to be captivated in the House of Mourning and Sorrow 135. Give off all hard Labours before your Spirits are too much spent or wasted 136. Be cautious how you drink any kind of strong Drink for they are an Enemy to your Constitution and increase Diseases 137. Be content and use your self to all mean and simple Foods as Water-gruel Bread and Butter various sorts of Herbs both boiled and raw sundry sorts of Food made of Milk Fruits Applepies and the like 138. Raw Eggs with Bread is an excellent Food it being the best way of eating them a little use will render them very pleasant 139. Mild Ale and mild Beer are the most simple Drinks except Water which