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A56827	Institutions, essays, and maxims, political, moral, and divine divided into four centuries / by the Right Honoura[ble] L. Marqu. of H[alifax]; Enchiridion. 1698	Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.; Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of, 1633-1695.	1698 (1698)	Wing Q100; ESTC R41062	51,002	313

begotten between an obstructed Judgment and a fair Understanding Opinion is a bold Bastard gotten between a strong Fancy and a weak Judgment It is less dishonourable to be ingeniously doubtful than rashly opinionate MAX. 87. As thou art a moral man esteem thy self not as thou art but as thou art esteemed As thou art a Christian esteem thy self as thou art not as thou art esteemed Thy Price in both rises and falls as the market goes the market of a moral man is wild Opinion the market of a Christian is a good Conscience MAX. 88. Providence is an Exercise of Reason Experience an Act of Sense by how much Reason excels Sense by so much Providence exceeds Experience Providence prevents that Danger which Ezperience repents Providence is the Rational Daughter of Wisdom Experience the Empirical mistress of Fools MAX. 89. Hath fortune dealt thee ill Cards let Wisdom make thee a good Gamester in a fair Gale every Fool may sail but wise behaviour in a Storm commends the wisdom of a Pilate to bear adversity with an equal mind is both the sign and glory of a brave Spirit MAX. 90. If any speak ill of thee flee home to thy own Conscience and examine thy heart if thou be guilty 't is a just Correction if not guilty 't is a fair Instruction make use of both so shalt thou distill Honey out of Gall and out of an open Enemy create a secret Friend MAX. 91. As the exercise of the body Natural is moderate Recreation so the exercise of the body Politick is Military-Discipline by that the one is made more able by this the other is made more active where both are wanting there wants no danger to the one through a humorous supply to the other by a Negligent security MAX. 92. God is above thee Beasts are beneath thee acknowledge him that is above thee and thou shalt be acknowledged by them that are under thee whilst Daniel acknowledge God to be above him the Lyons acknowledge God to be above them MAX. 93. Take heed whilst thou shewest Wisdom in not speaking thou betrayest not thy own Folly in too long silence if thou art a Fool thy silence is Wisdom if a Wise man too long silence is Folly As too many words from a Fool 's mouth gives a Wise man no leave to speak so too long silence in a Wise man gives a Fool the opportunity of speaking and makes thee guilty of his Folly MAX. 94. Consider what thou wert what thou art what thou shalt be what is within thee what is above thee what beneath thee what is against thee what was before thee what shall be after thee and this will bring to thy self Humility to thy Neighbour Charity to the World Contempt to thy God Obedience He that knows not himself positively cannot know himself relatively MAX. 95. Think not thy love to God merits God's love to thee his acceptance of thy Duty crowns his own Gifts in thee Man's love to God is nothing but a faint reflection of God's love to man MAX. 96. Be always less willing to speak than to hear what thou hearest thou receivest what thou speakest thou givest It is more glorious to give more profitable to receive MAX. 97. Seest thou good days prepare for evil times no Summer but hath its Winter He never reapt Comfort in adversity that sow'd it not in prosperity MAX. 98. If being a Magistrate thou connivest at Vice thou nourishest it if thou sparest it thou committest it what is not by thee punished in others is made punishable in thee he that favours present Evils entails them upon his Posterity he that excuseth the Guilty condemns the Innocent MAX. 99. Truth haunts no Corners seeks no by-ways if thou profess it do it openly if thou seek it do it fairly he deserves not to profess Truth that professeth it fearfully he deserves not to find the Truth that seeks it fraudulently MAX. 100. If thou desire to be wiser yet think not thy self yet wise enough and if thou desire to improve knowledge in thy self despise not the Instructions of another He that Instructs him that thinks himself wise enough hath a Fool to his Scholar he that thinks himself wise enough to Instruct himself hath a Fool to his Master The End of the Third Century INSTITUTIONS AND MAXIMS Moral and Divine c. CENT IV. MAXIM 1. DEmean thy self more warily in thy Study than in the Street if thy publick actions have an hundred witnesses thy private have a thousand the Multitude look but upon thy actions thy Conscience looks into them the Multitude may chance to excuse thee if not acquit thee thy Conscience will accuse thee if not Condemn thee MAX. 2. Of all Vices take heed of Drunkenness other Vices are but fruits of disorder'd affections this disorders nay banisheth Reason other Vices but impair the Soul this demolisheth her two chief Faculties the Understanding and the Will other Vices makes their own way this makes way for all Vices He that is a Drunkard is qualify'd for all Vice MAX. 3. If thy Sin trouble thee let that trouble comfort thee as pleasure in the Remembrance of Sin exasperates Justice so sorrow in the Repentance of Sin mollifies Mercy It is less danger to Commit the Sin we delight in than to delight in the Sin we have Committed and more Joy is promised to Repentance than to Innocency MAX. 4. The way to God is by thy self the way to thy self is by thy own Corruptions he that baulks this way errs he that travels by the Creatures wanders the motion of the Heavens shall give thy soul no rest the virtue of Herbs shall not encrease thine the height of all Philosophy both Natural and Moral is to know thy self and the end of this Knowledge is to know God MAX. 5. Infamy is where it is received if thou art a Mud-wall it will stick if Marble it will rebound if thou storm at it 't is thine if thou contemn it 't is his MAX. 6. If thou desire Magistracy learn to forget thy self If thou undertake it bid thy self farewel He that looks upon a Common Cause with private Eyes looks through false Glasses In the exercise of thy Politique Office thou must forget both Ethicks and Oeconomicks He that puts on a publick Gown must put off a private Person MAX. 7. Let the words of a Virgin though in a good Cause and to as good purpose be neither violent many nor first nor last it is less shame for a Virgin to be lost in a blushing silence than to be found in a bold Eloquence MAX. 8. Art thou in Plenty give what thou wilt art thou in Poverty give what thou canst as what is received is received according to the manner of the Receiver so what is given is priz'd according to the measure of the Giver He is a good work-man that makes as good Work as his matter will permit MAX. 9. God is the Author of Truth the Devil the Father of Lies if

the telling of a Truth shall endanger thy Life the Author of Truth will protect thee from the Danger or reward thee for thy Damage if the telling a Lie may secure thy Life the Father of Lies will beguile thee of thy Gains or traduce the Security Better by losing of a Life to save it than by saving of a Life to lose it However better thou perish than the Truth MAX. 10. Consider not so much what thou hast as what others want what thou hast take heed thou lose not what thou hast not take heed thou covet not If thou hast many above thee turn thy Eye upon those that are under thee If thou hast not Inferiors have patience a while and thou shalt have no Superiors the Grave requires no Marshal MAX. 11. If thou seest any thing in thy self which may make thee proud look a little and thou shall find enough to humble thee if thou be Wise view the Peacock's feathers with his Feet and weigh thy best parts with thy imperfections he that would rightly prize the man must read his whole story MAX. 12. Let not the sweetness of Contemplation be so esteemed that action be despised Rachel was more fair Leah more fruitful as Contemplation is more delightful so is it more dangerous Lot was upright in the City and wicked in the mountain MAX. 13. If thou hast but little make it not less by murmuring if thou hast enough make it not too much by unthankfulness he that is not thankfully contented with the least favour he hath received hath made himself incapable of the least favour he can receive MAX. 14. What thou hast taken unlawfully restore speedily for the Sin in taking it is repeated every minute thou keep'st it if thou canst restore it in kind if not in value if it may be restore it to the Party if not to God the Poor is God's Receiver MAX. 15. Let the fear of a Danger be as a spur to prevent it he that fears otherwise gives advantage to the Danger it is less folly not to endeavour the prevention of the evil thou fearest than to fear the Evil which thy endeavour cannot prevent MAX. 16. If thou hast any Excellence which is thine own thy Tongue may glory in it without shame but if thou hast received it thy Glory is but Usurpation and thy Pride is but the Prologue of thy Shame where Vain-Glory Commands there Folly Counsels where Pride Rides there Shame Lacquys MAX. 17. God hath ordained his Creatures not only for necessity but for delight since he hath Carv'd thee with a bountiful hand fear not to receive it with a liberal heart he that gave thee Water to allay thy thirst gave thee Wine to exhilerate thy heart Restore him for the one the necessity of thanks Return him for the other the cheerfulness of Praise MAX. 18. If the Wicked flourish and thou suffer be not discourag'd they are fatted for destruction thou art dieted for health they have no other Heaven but the thoughts of a long Earth thou hast nothing on Earth but the hopes of a quick Heaven If there were no Journey 's end the Travel of a Christian were most Comfortless MAX. 19. Imp not thy Wing with the Church's Feathers lest thou fly to thy own Ruine Impropriations are bold Metaphors which continued are deadly Allegories one foot of Land in Capite encumbers the whole Estate the Eagle snatch'd a Coal from the Altar but it fir'd her Nest MAX. 20. Let that Table which God hath pleased to give thee please thee he that made the Vessel knows her burthen and how to ballast her he that made all things very good cannot but do all things very well if thou be content with a little thou hast enough if thou complainest thou hast too much MAX. 21. Wouldst thou discover the true worth of a Man behold him Naked distreasure him of his ill got Wealth degrade him of his dear bought honour disrobe him of his purple habit discard his pamper'd body then look upon his Soul and thou shalt find how great he is Natural sweetness is never scented but in the absence of Artificial MAX. 22. If thou art subject to any secret folly blab it not lest thou appear impudent nor boast of it lest thou seem insolent every man's Vanity ought to be his greatest shame and every man's Folly ought to be his greatest secret MAX. 23. If thou be Ignorant endeavour to get Knowledge lest thou be beaten with stripes If thou hast attained Knowledge put it in practice lest thou be beaten with many stripes better not to know what we should practice than not to practice what we know and less danger dwells in unaffected Ignorance than unactive Knowledge MAX. 24. Take heed thou harbour not that Vice called Envy lest another's happiness be thy torment and God's blessing becomes thy Curse Virtue corrupted with Vain-glory turns Pride Poison'd with Malice becomes Envy Joyn therefore Humility with thy Virtue and Pride shall have no footing and Envy shall have no entrance MAX. 25. If thy endeavour cannot prevent a Vice let thy Repentance lament it the more thou remember'st it without hearts-grief the deeper it is rooted in thy heart Take heed it please thee not especially in cold blood thy pleasure in it makes it fruitless and her fruit is thy destruction MAX. 26. The two knowledges of God and of thy self are the high-way to thy Salvation that breeds in thee a filial Love this a filial Fear The Ignorance of thy self is the beginning of all sin and the Ignorance of God is the perfection of all Evil. MAX. 27. Rather do nothing to the purpose than be Idle that the Devil may find thee doing The Bird that sits is easily shot when flyers ' scape the Fowler Idleness is the dead Sea that swallows all Virtues and the self made Sepulchre of a living man The Idle man is the Devil's hireling whose Livery is Rags whose Dyet and Wages are famine and diseases MAX. 28. Be not so mad as to alter that Countenance which thy Creator made thee remember 't was the work of his hands if it be bad how darst thou mend it if it be good why dost thou mend it art thou asham'd of his work and proud of thy own he made thy face to be known by why desirest thou to be known by another It is a shame to adulterate Modesty but more to adulterate Nature lay by thy Art and blush not to appear what he blushes not to make thee It is better to be his Picture than thine own MAX. 29. Let the Ground of all thy Religious actions be obedience Examine not why it is Commanded but observe it because it is commanded true Obedience neither Procrastinates nor Questions MAX. 30. If thou would'st buy an Inheritance in Heaven advise not with thy Purse lest in the mean while thou lose thy Purchase The Widow bought as much for two Mites as Zacheus did for half his Estate The Price of that Purchase