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nothing_o lest_o i_o be_v covetous_a nor_o spend_v much_o and_o store_n up_o little_a lest_o i_o be_v prodigal_a and_o poor_a 55_o i_o will_v speak_v no_o ill_a of_o other_o no_o good_a of_o myself_o 56_o that_o which_o be_v the_o misery_n of_o traveller_n to_o find_v many_o host_n and_o few_o friend_n be_v the_o estate_n of_o christian_n in_o their_o pilgrimage_n to_o a_o better_a life_n good_a friend_n may_v not_o therefore_o be_v easy_o forgo_v neither_o must_v they_o be_v use_v as_o suit_n of_o apparel_n which_o when_o we_o have_v wear_v threadbare_a we_o cast_v off_o and_o call_v for_o new_a nothing_o but_o death_n or_o villainy_n shall_v divorce_v i_o from_o a_o old_a friend_n but_o still_o i_o will_v follow_v he_o so_o far_o as_o be_v either_o possible_a or_o honest_a and_o then_o i_o will_v leave_v he_o with_o sorrow_n 57_o true_a friendship_n necessary_o require_v patience_n for_o there_o be_v no_o man_n in_o who_o i_o shall_v not_o mislike_v somewhat_o and_o who_o shall_v not_o as_o just_o mislike_v somewhat_o in_o i_o my_o friend_n fault_n therefore_o if_o little_a i_o will_v swallow_v and_o digest_v if_o great_a i_o will_v smotâ—er_v they_o how_o ever_o i_o wilâ—_n wink_v at_o they_o to_o other_o but_o love_o notify_v they_o to_o himself_o 58_o injury_n hurt_v 〈◊〉_d morâ—_n in_o the_o receive_n then_o in_o the_o remembrance_n a_o small_a injury_n shall_v go_v as_o it_o come_v a_o great_a injury_n may_v dine_v or_o sup_v with_o i_o but_o none_o at_o all_o shall_v lodge_v with_o i_o why_o shall_v i_o vex_v myself_o because_o another_o have_v vex_v i_o 59_o it_o be_v good_a deal_n with_o that_o over_o which_o we_o have_v the_o most_o power_n if_o my_o estate_n will_v not_o be_v frame_v to_o my_o mind_n i_o will_v labour_v to_o frame_v my_o mind_n to_o my_o estate_n 60_o in_o great_a company_n i_o will_v be_v alone_o to_o myself_o in_o great_a privacy_n in_o company_n with_o god_n 61_o grief_n for_o thing_n past_o that_o can_v be_v remedy_v and_o care_n 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and_o a_o shame_n for_o a_o man_n to_o be_v a_o bankrupt_a in_o love_n which_o he_o may_v easy_o pay_v and_o be_v never_o the_o more_o impovirish_v i_o will_v be_v in_o no_o man_n debt_n for_o good_a will_n but_o will_v at_o least_o return_v every_o man_n his_o own_o measure_n if_o not_o with_o usury_n it_o be_v much_o better_a to_o be_v a_o creditor_n than_o a_o debtor_n in_o any_o thing_n but_o especial_o of_o this_o yet_o of_o this_o i_o will_v so_o be_v content_a to_o be_v a_o debtor_n that_o i_o will_v always_o be_v pay_v it_o where_o i_o owe_v it_o and_o yet_o never_o will_v have_v so_o pay_v it_o that_o i_o shall_v not_o owe_v it_o more_o 69_o the_o spanish_a proverb_n be_v too_o true_a dead_a man_n &_o absent_a find_v no_o friend_n all_o mouth_n be_v bold_o open_v with_o a_o conceit_n of_o impunity_n my_o â—are_n shall_v be_v no_o grave_n to_o bury_v my_o friend_n good_a name_n but_o as_o i_o will_v be_v my_o present_a friend_n self_n so_o i_o will_v be_v my_o absent_a friend_n deputy_n to_o say_v for_o he_o what_o he_o will_v and_o can_v speak_v for_o himself_o 70_o the_o loss_n of_o my_o friend_n as_o it_o shall_v moderate_o grieve_v i_o so_o it_o shall_v another_o way_n much_o benefit_v i_o in_o recompense_n of_o his_o want_n for_o it_o shall_v make_v i_o think_v more_o often_o and_o serious_o of_o earth_n and_o of_o heaven_n of_o earth_n for_o his_o body_n which_o be_v repose_v in_o it_o of_o heaven_n for_o his_o soul_n which_o possess_v it_o before_o i_o of_o earth_n to_o put_v i_o in_o mind_n of_o my_o like_a frailty_n and_o mortality_n of_o heaven_n to_o make_v i_o desire_v and_o after_o a_o sort_n emulate_v his_o happiness_n and_o glory_n 71_o variety_n of_o object_n be_v wont_n to_o cause_n distraction_n when_o again_o a_o little_a one_o layâ—_n close_o to_o the_o eye_n if_o but_o of_o a_o penny_n breadth_n whole_o take_v up_o the_o sight_n which_o can_v else_o see_v the_o whole_a half_a heaven_n at_o once_o i_o will_v have_v the_o eye_n of_o my_o mind_n ever_o forestall_v and_o fill_v with_o these_o two_o object_n the_o shortness_n of_o my_o life_n eternity_n after_o death_n 72_o i_o see_v that_o he_o be_v more_o happy_a that_o have_v nothing_o to_o lose_v than_o he_o that_o lose_v that_o which_o he_o have_v i_o will_v therefore_o neither_o hope_n for_o riches_n nor_o fear_v poverty_n 73_o i_o care_v not_o so_o much_o in_o anything_o for_o multitude_n as_o for_o choice_n book_n &_o friend_n i_o will_v not_o have_v many_o i_o have_v rather_o â—eriouslv_v converse_v with_o a_o few_o then_o wander_v among_o many_o 74_o the_o wicked_a man_n be_v a_o very_a coward_n and_o be_v afraid_a of_o every_o thing_n of_o god_n because_o he_o be_v his_o enemy_n of_o satan_n because_o he_o be_v his_o tormenter_n of_o god_n creature_n because_o they_o join_v with_o their_o maker_n fight_v against_o he_o of_o himself_o because_o he_o bear_v about_o he_o his_o own_o accuser_n and_o executioner_n the_o godly_a man_n contrary_o be_v afraid_a of_o nothngâ—_n not_o of_o god_n because_o he_o know_v he_o his_o best_a friend_n and_o therefore_o will_v not_o hurt_v he_o not_o of_o satan_n because_o he_o can_v hurt_v he_o not_o of_o affliction_n because_o he_o know_v they_o proceed_v from_o a_o love_a god_n and_o end_v his_o own_o good_a not_o of_o the_o creature_n since_o the_o very_a stone_n of_o the_o field_n be_v in_o league_n with_o he_o not_o of_o himself_o since_o his_o conscience_n be_v at_o peace_n a_o wicked_a man_n may_v be_v secure_a because_o he_o know_v not_o what_o he_o have_v to_o fear_v or_o desperate_a through_o extremity_n of_o fear_n but_o true_o courageous_a he_o can_v be_v faithlesnes_n can_v choose_v but_o be_v false_a heart_v i_o will_v ever_o by_o my_o courage_n take_v trial_n of_o my_o faith_n by_o how_o much_o more_o i_o fear_v by_o so_o much_o less_o i_o believe_v 75_o the_o godly_a man_n live_v hardly_o and_o like_o the_o ant_n toil_v here_o during_o the_o summer_n of_o his_o peace_n hold_v himself_o short_a of_o his_o pleasure_n as_o look_v to_o provide_v for_o a_o winterâ—_n which_o when_o it_o come_v he_o be_v able_a to_o wear_v it_o out_o comfortable_o whereas_o the_o wicked_a man_n do_v prodigal_o lash_v out_o all_o his_o joy_n in_o the_o time_n of_o his_o prosperity_n and_o like_o the_o grasshopper_n sing_v merry_o all_o summer_n be_v starve_v in_o winter_n i_o will_v so_o enjoy_v the_o present_a that_o i_o will_v lay_v up_o more_o for_o hereafter_o 76_o i_o have_v wonder_v oft_o and_o blush_v for_o shame_n to_o read_v in_o mere_a philosopher_n which_o have_v no_o other_o mistress_n but_o nature_n such_o strange_a resolution_n in_o the_o contempt_n of_o both_o fortune_n as_o they_o call_v they_o such_o notable_a precept_n for_o a_o constant_a setlednes_n and_o tranquillity_n of_o mind_n and_o to_o compare_v it_o with_o my_o own_o disposition_n and_o practice_v who_o i_o have_v find_v too_o much_o droop_a and_o deject_a under_o small_a cross_n and_o easy_o again_o carry_v away_o with_o little_a prosperity_n to_o see_v such_o courage_n and_o strength_n to_o contemn_v death_n in_o those_o which_o think_v they_o whole_o perish_v in_o death_n and_o to_o find_v such_o faint-hartednes_n in_o myself_o at_o the_o first_o conceit_n of_o death_n who_o yet_o be_o through_o persuade_v of_o the_o future_a happiness_n of_o my_o soul_n i_o have_v that_o benefit_n of_o nature_n as_o well_o as_o they_o beside_o infinite_a more_o help_n that_o they_o wantedâ—_n oh_o the_o dulness_n &_o blindness_n of_o we_o unworthy_a christian_n that_o suffer_v heathen_n by_o the_o dim_a candle-light_n of_o nature_n to_o go_v further_o than_o we_o by_o the_o clear_a sun_n of_o the_o gospellâ—_n that_o a_o indifferent_a man_n can_v not_o tell_v by_o our_o practice_n whether_o be_v the_o pagan_a let_v i_o never_o for_o shame_n account_v myself_o a_o christian_n unless_o my_o art_n of_o christianity_n have_v imitate_v and_o go_v beyond_o nature_n so_o far_o that_o i_o can_v find_v the_o 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