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out_o moist_a fog_n or_o pestilential_a vapour_n now_o if_o we_o do_v thus_o as_o he_o advise_v and_o stop_v at_o the_o action_n themselves_o without_o presume_v to_o applaud_v or_o to_o condemn_v they_o till_o we_o have_v thorough_o examine_v into_o the_o ground_n of_o they_o and_o be_v satisfy_v of_o the_o man_n disposition_n and_o design_n we_o decline_v a_o injustice_n and_o a_o inconvenience_n which_o otherwise_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o avoid_v and_o that_o be_v the_o know_v one_o thing_n and_o judge_v another_o the_o determine_a more_o than_o we_o have_v evidence_n for_o for_o in_o both_o the_o instance_n before_o we_o nothing_o appear_v but_o the_o outward_a act_n and_o its_o circumstance_n that_o the_o bathe_v be_v early_o that_o the_o wine_n be_v much_o but_o the_o cause_n of_o these_o do_v not_o appear_v upon_o which_o depend_v the_o moral_a good_a or_o evil_a of_o the_o thing_n and_o yet_o the_o busy_a world_n be_v ever_o give_v their_o definitive_a sentence_n in_o 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injury_n do_v by_o rash_a censure_n be_v general_o great_a and_o because_o the_o evil_n be_v a_o great_a deal_n more_o popular_a for_o the_o world_n be_v not_o rash_a only_o but_o ill-natured_a too_o they_o be_v apt_a and_o glad_a to_o find_v fault_n and_o forward_o sometime_o to_o make_v they_o this_o base_a practice_n therefore_o lay_v more_o direct_o to_o the_o author_n purpose_n which_o be_v to_o instruct_v we_o in_o another_o branch_n of_o justice_n one_o indeed_o no_o less_o necessary_a than_o any_o of_o the_o rest_n viz._n that_o which_o concern_v our_o neighbour_n reputation_n chap._n lxviii_o never_o profess_v yourself_o a_o philosopher_n nor_o talk_n much_o of_o rule_n and_o wise_a observation_n among_o the_o ignorant_a and_o vulgar_a but_o let_v your_o rule_n be_v see_v in_o your_o practice_n thus_o when_o you_o be_v at_o a_o public_a entertainment_n discourse_v not_o of_o temperance_n and_o moderation_n to_o the_o company_n but_o let_v your_o own_o example_n teach_v it_o they_o and_o remember_v that_o socrates_n upon_o all_o occasion_n decline_v ostentation_n insomuch_o that_o when_o some_o person_n in_o derision_n come_v to_o he_o and_o desire_v he_o to_o recommend_v they_o to_o a_o philosopher_n he_o carry_v they_o to_o some_o that_o profess_a themselves_o such_o without_o express_v the_o least_o indignation_n at_o the_o affront_n they_o have_v put_v upon_o he_o chap._n lxix_o nay_o if_o you_o happen_v in_o conversation_n with_o ignorant_a and_o common_a man_n though_o they_o start_v a_o discourse_n concern_v some_o point_n in_o philosophy_n do_v you_o forbear_v join_v with_o they_o in_o it_o for_o when_o man_n be_v forward_o to_o vent_v their_o notion_n it_o be_v a_o shrewd_a sign_n they_o be_v not_o well_o digest_v it_o be_v possible_a your_o silence_n may_v be_v interpret_v ignorance_n and_o that_o some_o of_o the_o