deform_v a_o countenance_n that_o albeit_o they_o be_v the_o daughter_n of_o nature_n yet_o we_o can_v love_v they_o and_o behold_v they_o at_o one_o time_n 186_o the_o five_o discourse_n of_o felicity_n section_n i._o every_o thing_n natural_o tend_v to_o its_o repose_n only_o man_n stray_v from_o his_o felicity_n or_o if_o he_o approach_v it_o he_o stay_v at_o the_o branch_n instead_o of_o embrace_v the_o trunk_n or_o body_n of_o the_o tree_n 191_o section_n ii_o it_o be_v not_o without_o reason_n that_o we_o complain_v of_o fortune_n because_o hourly_o she_o teach_v we_o her_o mutable_a and_o variable_a humour_n pa._n 202_o section_n iii_o wealth_n and_o riches_n be_v too_o poor_a to_o give_v we_o the_o felicity_n which_o we_o seek_v and_o desire_v 207_o section_n iv._o glory_n and_o reputation_n have_v no_o thing_n which_o be_v solid_a but_o vanity_n we_o must_v therefore_o elsewhere_o seek_v our_o sovereign_a contentment_n 211_o section_n v._o honour_n and_o dignity_n expose_v to_o the_o world_n all_o their_o splendour_n and_o glory_n but_o contrariwise_o felicity_n lock_n up_o all_o her_o best_a thing_n in_o herself_o and_o have_v no_o great_a enemy_n than_o show_n and_o ostentation_n 219_o section_n vi_o among_o all_o the_o fair_a flower_n which_o a_o extreme_a favour_n produce_v we_o have_v not_o yet_o see_v this_o felicity_n to_o bud_v forth_o and_o flourish_v 222_o section_n vii_o king_n and_o sovereign_a prince_n owe_v we_o their_o continual_a care_n and_o motion_n as_o the_o star_n do_v and_o therefore_o they_o have_v no_o great_a enemy_n than_o repose_n and_o tranquillity_n 228_o section_n viii_o as_o the_o light_n be_v inseparable_a from_o the_o sun_n so_o felicity_n be_v a_o inseparable_a accident_n of_o virtue_n 232_o the_o six_o discourse_n of_o moral_a virtue_n section_n i._n sick_a or_o distemper_a mind_n be_v not_o capable_a of_o all_o sort_n of_o remedy_n but_o they_o shall_v find_v none_o more_o sovereign_a than_o the_o divert_v thereof_o pag._n 250_o section_n ii_o the_o life_n of_o a_o wise_a man_n be_v a_o circle_n whereof_o temperance_n be_v the_o centre_n whereunto_o all_o the_o line_n i_o mean_v all_o his_o action_n shall_v conduce_v and_o aim_v 264_o section_n iii_o to_o think_v that_o virtue_n can_v indifferent_o cure_v all_o sort_n of_o evil_n or_o affliction_n be_v a_o testimony_n of_o vanity_n or_o else_o of_o our_o be_v apprentice_n and_o novice_n in_o philosophy_n 277_o section_n iv._o as_o it_o belong_v to_o none_o but_o to_o the_o mind_n to_o judge_v of_o true_a or_o false_a so_o our_o sense_n ought_v to_o be_v the_o only_a judge_n either_o of_o pleasure_n or_o paine_n 288_o section_n v._o although_o we_o grant_v that_o man_n felicity_n consist_v in_o virtue_n yet_o i_o affirm_v against_o the_o stoic_n that_o felicity_n be_v incompatible_a with_o grief_n and_o paine_n 299_o section_n vi_o man_n life_n be_v a_o harmony_n compose_v of_o so_o many_o different_a tone_n that_o it_o be_v very_o difficult_a for_o virtue_n to_o hold_v and_o keep_v they_o still_o in_o tune_n pag._n 310_o the_o judgement_n of_o humane_a action_n the_o first_o discourse_n of_o vanity_n section_n i._o man_n divert_v his_o eye_n from_o his_o condition_n not_o to_o know_v the_o deformity_n thereof_o and_o abandon_v they_o to_o follow_v his_o own_o vain_a imagination_n my_o enterprise_n to_o depaint_v and_o chalk_n out_o the_o vanity_n of_o man_n have_v it_o may_v be_v no_o less_o vanity_n in_o his_o design_n then_o in_o his_o subject_n but_o it_o great_o skill_v not_o to_o what_o i_o intend_v to_o speak_v for_o whatsoever_o i_o say_v or_o do_v i_o still_o advance_v i_o say_v it_o import_v not_o where_o i_o strike_v for_o all_o my_o blow_n be_v direct_v and_o bend_v to_o fall_v on_o vanity_n and_o if_o the_o pencil_n be_v not_o bold_a and_o the_o colour_n lively_a enough_o we_o will_v imitate_v the_o industry_n of_o that_o painter_n who_o be_v to_o represent_v in_o a_o table_n the_o sorrow_n of_o those_o who_o 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