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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

Just thou secretly confessest thy Anger to be unjust He that is angry with the Just Reprover kindles the fire of the Just Revenger MAX. 43. Do well whilst thou mayst least thou do evil when thou wouldst not He that takes not advantage of a good power shall lose the benefit of a good will MAX. 44. Let not Mirth be thy profession lest thou become a make-sport He that hath but gained the title of a Jester let him assure himself the Fool is not far off MAX. 45. In every Relative action change Conditions with thy Brother then ask thy Conscience what thou wouldst be done to being truly resolved exchange again and do thou the like to him and thy Charity shall never err It is injustice to do what without impatience thou canst not suffer MAX. 46. Love thy Neighbour for God's sake and God for his own sake who created all things for thy sake and redeemed thee for his mercy sake if thy love have any other object it is false love if thy object have any other end it is self Love MAX. 47. Let thy conversation with Men be sober and sincere let thy Devotion to God be dutiful and decent let the one be hearty and not haughty let the other be humble and not homely so live with Man as if God saw thee so pray to God as if Men heard thee MAX. 48. God's pleasure is the wind our actions ought to sail by Man's will is the stream that Titles them up and down if the wind blow not thou mayst take the advantage of the Tide if it blow no matter which way the stream runs If with thee thy Voyage will be the shorter if against thee the Sea will be the Rougher It is eaffer to strive against the Stream than to sail against the Wind. MAX. 49. If thou desire much rest desire not too much there is no less trouble in the preservation than in the acquisition of abundance Diogenes found more Rest in his Tub than Alexander on his Throne MAX. 50. Wouldst thou multiply thy Riches diminish them wisely or wouldst thou make thy Estate entire divide it charitably Seeds that are scattered encrease but hoarded up they Perish MAX. 51. How cam'st thou by thy Honour by Money How cam'st thou by thy Money by Extortion compare the Pennyworth with the Price and tell me truly how truly Honourable thou art It is an ill purchase that is Cumbred with a Curse and that Honour will be Ruinous that is built on Ruines MAX. 52. If thy Brother hath privately offended thee reprove him privately and having lost himself in an injury thou shalt find him in thy forgiveness he that rebukes a private fault openly betrays it rather than reproves it MAX. 53. What thou desirest inspect throughly before thou prosecute cast one Eye upon the Inconveniencies as well as the other upon the Conveniencies weigh the fulness of the Barn with the charge of the Plough weigh Honour with her burthen and Pleasure with her dangers so shalt thou undertake wisely what thou desirest or moderate thy Desires in undertaking MAX. 54. If thou owest thy whole self to thy God for thy Creation what hast thou left to pay for thy Redemption that was not so cheap as the Creation In thy Creation he gave thee thy self and by thy self to him in thy Redemption he gave himself to thee and through him restored thee to thy self Thou art given and restored now what owest thou to thy God If thou hast paid all thy Debts give him the Surplusage and thou hast merited MAX. 55. In thy Discourse take heed what thou speakest to whom thou speakest how thou speakest and when thou speakest What thou speakest speak truly when thou speakest speak wisely A Fool 's Heart is in his Tongue but a Wise man's Tongue is in his Heart MAX. 56. Before thou act a Theft consider what thou art about to do if thou take it thou losest thy self if thou keep it thou disenablest thy Redemption till thou restorest it thou canst not be restored when it is restored` it must cost the more Sorrow and Pain than ever it brought thee Profit or Pleasure It is a great Folly to please thy Palate with that which thou knowest must either be vomited or thy Death MAX. 57. Silence is the highest Wisdom of a Fool and Speech is the greatest Trial of a Wise man if thou would'st be known a Wise man let thy Words shew thee so if thou doubt thy Words let thy Silence feign thee so It is not a greater point of Wisdom to discover Knowledge than to hide Ignorance MAX. 58. The Clergy is a Copy-book their Life is the Paper whereof some is purer some courser their Doctrine is the Copies some written in a plain hand others in a flourishing hand some in a Text hand some in a Roman hand others in a Court hand others in a Bastard Roman If the choice be in thy power choose a Book that hath the finest Paper let it not be too straight nor too loosely bound but easie to lye open to every Eye Follow not every Copy lest thou be good at none among them all choose one that shall be most legible and useful and fullest of just Writing But if the Paper chance to have a Blot remember that Blot is no part of the Copy MAX. 59. Virtue is nothing but an Act of loving that which is to be beloved and that Act is Prudence from whence not to be removed by constraint is Fortitude not to be allured by Enticements is Temperance not to be diverted by Pride is Justice the declining of this Act is Vice MAX. 60. Rebuke thy Servant's Fault in Private publick Reproof hardens his Shame if he be past a Youth strike him not he is not fit for thy Service that after wise Reproofs will either deserve thy Stroaks or digest them MAX. 61. Take heed rather what thou receivest than what thou givest what thou givest leaves thee what thou takest sticks by thee he that presents a Gift buys the Receiver he that takes a Gift sells his Liberty MAX. 62. Things temporal are sweeter in expectation things eternal are sweeter in the fruition the first shames thy hopes the second crowns it It is a vain Journey whose end affords less pleasure than the way MAX. 63. Know thy self that thou may'st fear God know God that thou may'st love him in this thou art initiated to Wisdom in that perfected The Fear of God is the Beginning of Wisdom the Love of God is the fulfilling of the Law MAX. 64. If thou hast Providence to foresee a Danger let thy Providence rather prevent it than fear it the fear of future Evils brings often times a present Mischief whil'st thou seekest to prevent it practise to bear it He is a wise man can prevent an Evil he is a patient man that can endure it but he is a valiant man can conquer it MAX. 65. If thou hast the place of a Magistrate deserve it by thy

many Debtors and by giving receives He that gives for his own ends makes his Gift a Bride and the receiver a Prisoner He that gives often teacheth requitance to the Receiver and discovers a crafty confidence in the Giver MAX. 86. Hath any wrong'd thee bravely reveng'd slight it and the Work is begun forgive it and it is finisht He is below himself that is not above an Injury MAX. 87. Let not thy Passion miscall thy Child lest thou Prophesy his misfortunes let not thy Tongue curse him lest it return from whence it came Curses sent in the room of Blessings are sent back with a double Vengeance MAX. 88. In all the Ceremonies of the Church which remain indifferent do according to the Constitution of that Church where thou art The God of Order and Unity who created both the Soul and the Body expects Unity in the one and Order in both MAX. 89. Let thy Religious Fast be a voluntary Abstinence not so much from Flesh as fleshly Thoughts God is pleased with that Fast which gives to another what thou deniest to thy self and when the afflicting of thy own Body is the repairing of thy Brother 's he fasts truly that abstains sadly grieves really gives cheerfully and forgives charitably MAX. 90. In the hearing of mysteries keep thy Tongue quiet five Words cost Zacharias 40 weeks Silence In such heights convert thy Questions into Wonders and let this suffice thee the Reason of the Deed is the Power of the Doer MAX. 91. Deride not him whom the looser World calls Puritan lest thou offend a little one if he be an Hypocrite God that knows him will reward him if zealous that God that loves him will revenge him if he be good he is good to god's glory if evil let him be evil at his own Charges He that judges shall be judged MAX. 92. So long as thou art ignorant be not ashamed to learn he that is so fondly modest not to acknowledge his own Defects of Knowledge shall in time be so foully impudent to justifie his own Ignorance Ignorance is the greatest of all Infirmities and justified the chiefest of all Follies MAX. 93. If thou be a Servant deal justly by thy Master as thou desirest thy Servant should deal by thee where thou art commanded be obedient where not commanded be provident let Diligence be thy Credit let Faithfulness be thy Crown let thy Master's Credit be thy Care and let his Welfare be thy Content Let thine Eye be single and thine Heart humble be sober that thou may'st be circumspect He that in Sobriety is not his own man being drunk whose is he Be neither contentious nor lascivious the one shews a turbulent Hcart the other an idle Brain A good Servant is a great Master MAX. 94. Let the Foundation of thy Affection be Virtue then make the Building as rich and as glorious as thou canst if the Foundation be Beauty or Wealth and the Building Virtue the Foundation is too week for the Building and it will fall Happy is he the Palace of whose Affection is founded upon Virtue wall'd with Riches glaz'd with Beauty and Roofed with Honour MAX. 95. If thy Mother be a Widow give her double Honour who now acts the part of a double Parent Remember her nine months Burthen and her ten months Travel forget not her Indulgence when thou didst hang upon her tender Breast call to mind her Prayers for thee before thou cam'st into the World and her Cares for thee when thou wert come into it remember her secret Groans her affectionate Tears her broken Slumbers her daily Fears her nightly Frights relieve her Wants cover her Imperfections comfort her Age and the Widow's Husband will be the Orphan's Father MAX. 96. As thou desirest the Love of God and Man beware of Pride it is a Tumour in thy mind that breaks and poisons all thy Actions it is a Worm in thy Treasure that eats and ruines thy Estate it loves no man is beloved of no man it disparageth Virtue in another by Detraction it disrewards Goodness in it self by Vain Glory the Friend of the Flatterer the Mother of Envy the Nurse of Fury the Band of Luxury the Sin of Devils and the Devil in mankind It hates Superiours it scorns Inferiours it owns no Equals in short till thou hate it God hates thee MAX. 97. So behave thy self amongst thy Children that they may love and honour thy presence be not too fond lest they fear thee not be not too bitter lest they fear thee too much Too much Familiarity will embolden them too little Countenance discourage them So carry thy self that they may rather fear thy displeasure than thy correction when thou reprovest them do it in season when thou correctest them do it not in Passion As a wise Child makes a happy Father so a wise Father makes a happy Child MAX. 98. When thy hand hath done a good Act ask thy heart if it be well done the matter of a good action is the deed done the form of a good action is the manner of the doing in the first another hath the Comfort and thou the Glory in the other thou hast the Comfort and God the Glory That Deed is ill done wherein God is no Sharer MAX. 99. Should'st thou purchase Heaven advise not with thy own ability The Price of Heaven is what thou hast examine not what thou hast but what thou art give thy self and thou hast bought it If thy own Vileness be thy Fears offer thy self and thou art pretious MAX. 100. The Birds of the Air dye to sustain thee the Beasts of the Field dye to nourish thee the Fishes of the Sea dye to feed thee our Stomacks are th●… common Sepulchres 〈…〉 God! with how many Deaths are our Lives patch'd up how ful of Death is the miserable Life of momentary Man The End of the second Century INSTITUTIONS AND MAXIMS Moral and Divine c. CENT III. MAXIM 1. IF thou take pains in what is good the Pains vanish the Good remains if thou take pleasure in what is evil the Evil remains and the Pleasure vanisheth What art thou the worse for Pains or the better for Pleasure when both are past MAX. 2. If thy Fancy and Judgment have agreed in the choice of a Wife be not too fond lest she surfeit nor too peevish lest she languish Love so that thou may'st be feared rule so that thou may'st be honoured be not too diffident lest thou teach her to deceive thee nor too suspicious lest thou teach her to abuse thee If thou see a fault let thy Love hide it if she continue it let thy Wisdom reprove it Reprove her not openly lest she grow bold rebuke her not tauntingly lest she grow spiteful proclaim not her Beauty lest she grow proud boast not her Wisdom lest thou be thought foolish shew her not thy Imperfections lest she disdain thee pry not into her Dairy lest she despise thee prophane not her Ears with loose

Communication lest thou defile the Sanctuary of her Modesty An understanding Husband makes a discreet Wife and she a happy Husband MAX. 3. Wrinkle not thy Face with too much Laughter lest thou become ridiculous neither wanton thy Heart with too much Mirth lest thou become vain The Suburbs of Folly is vain mirth and profuseness of Laughter is the City of Fools MAX. 4. Let thy Tongue take Counsel of one Eye rather than of two Ears let the News thou reportest be rather stale than false lest thou be branded with the Name of a Lyar 'T is an intollerable Dishonour to be that which only to be called so is thought worthy of a Stab MAX. 5. Let thy Discourse be such as thy Judgment may maintain and thy Company may deserve in neglecting this thou losest thy Words in not observing the other thou losest thy self Give wash to Swine and Wort to Men so shalt thou husband thy Gift to the advantage of thy self and shape thy Discourse to the advancement of the Hearer MAX. 6. Dost thou roar under the Torments of a Tyrant Weigh them with the Sufferance of thy Saviour and they are no Plague Dost thou rage under the Bondage of a raving Conscience Compare it to thy Saviour's Passion and it is no Pain Have the Tortures of Hell taken hold of thy despairing soul Compare it to thy Saviour's Torments and it is no Punishment What Sense unequally compares let Faith interchangeably apply and thy Pleasure have no Comparison thy Sins are the Authors of his Sufferings and his Hell is the Price of thy Heaven MAX. 7. Art thou banish'd from thy own Country Thank thy own Folly Hadst thou chosen a right home thou hadst been no Exile hadst thou commanded thine own Kingdom all Kingdoms had been thine own The Fool is banished in his own Country the Wise man is in his own Country though banished The Fool wanders the Wise man travels MAX. 8. In seeking Virtue if thou find Poverty be not ashamed the Fault is none of thine thy Honour or Dishonour is purchased by thy own Actions Tho' Virtue give a ragged Livery she gives a golden Cognizance if her Service make thee poor blush not thy Poverty may disadvantage thee but not dishonour thee MAX. 9. Gaze not on Beauty too much lest it blast thee nor too long lest it blind thee nor too near lest it burn thee if thou like it it deceives thee if thou love it it disturbs thee if thou lust after it it destroys thee If Virtue accompany it it is the Heart's Paradice if Vice associate it it is the Soul's Purgatory It is the Wise man's Bonfire and the Fools Furnace MAX. 10. If thou would'st have a good Servant let thy Servant find a wise Master let his Food Rest and Wages be seasonable let his Labour Recreations and Attendance depend upon thy Pleasure be not angry with him too long lest he think thee malicious nor too soon lest he conceive thee rash nor too often lest he count the humorous be not too fierce lest he love thee not nor too remiss lest he fear thee not nor too familiar lest he prize thee not In brief whil'st thou givest him the Liberty of a Servant beware thou losest not the Majesty of a Master MAX. 11. If thou desire to be chast in Wedlock keep thy self chast before thou wed'est he that hath known Pleasure unlawfully will hardly be restrained from unlawful Pleasure One Woman was created for one Man He that strays beyond the limits of Liberty is brought into the Verge of Slavery Where one is enough two is too many and three is too few MAX. 12. If thou would'st be justified acknowledge thy Injustjce He that confesseth his Sin begins his Journey toward Salvation he that is sorry sor't mends his Pace he that forsakes it is at his Journey 's end MAX. 13. Before thou reprehend another take heed thou art not culpable in what thou goest about to reprehend He that cleanseth a Blott with blotted Fingers makes a greater Blur. MAX. 14. Beware of Drunkenness lest all good men beware of thee Where Drunkenness reigns there Reason is an Exul Virtue a Stranger God an Enemy Blasphemy is Wit Oaths are Rhetorick and Secrets are Proclamations Noah discovered that in one hour drunk which sober he kept secret Six hundred Years MAX. 15. What thou givest to the poor thou securest from the Thief but what thou witholdest from his Necessity a Thief possesses God's Exchequer is the poor man's Box when thou strikest a Tally he becomes thy Debtor MAX. 16. Take no pleasure in the Folly of an Ideot nor in the Fancy of a Lunatick nor in the Frenzy of a Drunkard make them the Object of thy Pity not of thy Pastime when thou beholdest them behold how thou art beholden to him that suffer'd thee not to be like them there is no difference between thee and them but God's Favour MAX. 17. If being in an Eminent place thou hast incurr'd the obloquy of the Multitude the more thou endeavourest to stop the Stream the more it overflows Wisely rather divert the course of the Vulgar humour by divulging and spreading some ridiculous Novelty which may present new matter to their various fancy and stave their Tongues from off thy worried name the first subject of the common Voice is the last News MAX. 18. If thou desire to see thy Child Virtuous let him not see his Father's Vices Thou canst not rebuke that in them that they behold practis'd in thee Till Reason be Ripe Examples direct more than Precepts Such as thy behaviour is before thy Childrens Faces such commonly is theirs behind their Parents backs MAX. 19. Use Law and Physick only for necessity they that use them otherwise abuse themselves into weak Bodies and light Purses They are good Remedies bad Businesses and worse Recreations MAX. 20. Be not over curious in prying into Mysteries lest by seeking things which are needless thou omit things which are necessary it is more safe to doubt of uncertain Matters than to dispute of undiscovered Mysteries MAX. 21. If what thou hast received from God thou sharest to the Poor thou hast gained a blessing by the hand If what thou hast taken from the Poor thou givest to God thou hast purchased a Curse into the bargain He that puts to Pious Uses what he hath got by Impious Usury Robs the Spittle to raise an Hospital and the Cry of the one will out-plead the Prayers of the other MAX. 22. Let the end of thy Argument be rather to discover a doubtful Truth than a Commanding Wit in the one thou shalt gain substance in the other Froth That Flint strikes the Steel in vain that propagates no sparkles Covet to be Truth 's Champion at least to hold her Colours He that pleads against the Truth takes pains to be overthrown or if a Conqueror gains but a Vain-Glory by the Conquest MAX. 23. Take no pleasure in the death of a Creature if it be harmless or

Justice and dignifie it with thy Mercy Take heed of early Gifts an open hand makes a blind Eye Be not more apt to punish Vice than to encourage Virtue be not too severe lest thou be hated nor too remiss lest thou be slighted So cute Justice that thou may'st be loved so execute Mercy that thou may'st be feared MAX. 66. Let not thy Table exceed the fourth part of thy Revenue let thy Provision be solid and not far fetch'd fuller of Substance than Art Be wisely frugal in thy Preparation and freely cheerful in thy Entertainment If thy Guest be right it is enough if not it is too much Too much is a Vanity enough is a Feast MAX. 67. Let thy Apparel be decent and suited to the Quality of thy place and purse Too much punctuality and too much morosity are the two Poles of Pride Be neither too early in the Fashion nor too long out of it nor too precisely in it what Custom hath civilized is become decent till then ridiculous Where thy Eye is the Jury thy Apparel is the Evidence MAX. 68. If thy Words be too luxuriant confine them lest they confine thee He that thinks he never can speak enough may easily speak too much a full Tongue and an empty Brain are seldom parted MAX. 69. In holding of an Argument be neither cholerick nor too opinionate the one distempers thy Understanding the other abuseth thy Judgment Above all things decline Paradoxes and Mysteries Thou shalt receive no Honour either in maintaining rank Falshoods or medling with secret Truths As he that pleads against the Truth makes Wit the Mother of his Error so he that argues beyond Warrant makes Wisdom the Midwife of his Folly MAX. 70. Detain not the Wages from the poor man that hath earn'd it lest God withold thy Wages from thee If he complain to thee hear him lest he complain to Heaven where he will be heard if he hunger for thy sake thou shalt not prosper for his sake The poor man's Peny is a Plague in the rich man's Purse MAX. 71. Be not too cautious in discerning the fit Objects of thy Charity lest a Soul perish through thy Discretion What thou givest to mistaken Want shall return a Blessing to thy deceived Heart better in relieving Idleness to commit an accidental Evil than in neglecting Misery to omit an essential Good better two Drones be preserv'd than one Bee perish MAX. 72. Theology is the Empress of the World Mysteries are her Privy Council Religion is her Clergy the Arts are her Nobility Philosophy her Secretary the Graces her Maids of Honour the moral Virtues the Ladies of her Bedchamber Peace her Chamberlain true Joy and endless Pleasures are her Courtiers Plenty her Treasurer Poverty her Exchequer the Temple is her Court If thou desire access to this great Majesty the way is by her Courtiers if thou hast not Power there the common way to the Sovereign is by the Secretary MAX. 73. It is an evil Knowledge to know the Good thou should'st embrace unless thou likewise embrace the Good thou knowest The Breath of Divine Knowledge is the Bellows of Divine Love and the Flame of Divine Love is the Perfection of Divine Knowledge MAX. 74. If thou desire Rest unto thy Soul be just he that doth no Injury fears not to suffer Injury The unjust mind is always in Labour it either practiseth the Evil it hath projected or projects to avoid the Evil it hath deserved MAX. 75. Accustom thy self to what is most usual He that delights in Rarities must often feed displeased and sometimes lye at the mercy of a dear market common food nourisheth best Delicates please most the sound Stomack prefers neither what art thou the worse for the last year's plain Diet or what now the better for the last great Feast MAX. 76. Whoever thou art thou hast done more evil in one day than thou canst expiate in six and canst thou think the evil of six days can require less than one God hath made us rich in days by allowing six and himself poor by reserving but one and shall we spare our own Flock and sheer his Lamb He that hath done nothing but what he can justifie in the six days may play the seventh MAX. 77. Hope and Fear like Hypocrates's Twins should live and dye together if Hope departs from Fear it travels by Security and lodgeth in Presumption if Fear depart from Hope it travels to Infidelity and Inns in Despair the one shuts up Heaven the other opens Hell the one makes thee insensible of God's Frowns the other incapable of God's Favour and both teach God to be unmerciful and thee to be most miserable MAX. 78. Close thine ear against him that shall open his mouth secretly against another if thou recieve not his words they fly back and wound the Reporter if thou receive them they fly forward and wound the Receiver MAX. 79. If thou would'st preserve a sound Body use fasting and walking if a healthful Soul Fasting and praying walking exerciseth the Body praying exerciseth the Soul fasting cleanseth both MAX. 80. Wouldest thou not be thought a Fool in another's Conceit be not wise in thine own he that trusts in his own Wisdom proclaims his own Folly He is truly wise and shall appear so that hath Folly enough to be thought not worldly wise or Wisdom enough to see his own Folly MAX. 81. Desirest thou Knowledge Know the end of thy desire Is it only to know then it is Curiosity is it because thou mayst be known then 't is Vanity if because thou mayst edifie then 't is Charity if because thou mayst be edified it is Wisdom That Knowledge turns to mere Excrement that hath not some heat of Wisdom to digest it MAX. 82. Wisdom without Innocency is Knavery Innocency without Wisdom is Foolery be therefore wise as Serpents and innocent as Doves The Subtilty of the Serpent instructs the Innocency of the Dove the Innocency of the Dove corrects the Subtilty of the Serpent What God hath joyned together let no man separate MAX. 83. The more thou imitatest the Virtues of a Saint departed the better thou celebratest the Saint's day God is not pleased with surfeiting for his sake who with his Fasting so often pleased his God MAX. 84. 〈◊〉 not thy serviceable Soldier out of soft Apparel lest he prove effeminate nor out of a full Purse lest he grow timorous They are more fit for action that are fiery to gain a Fortune abroad than they that have Fortunes to lose at home Expectation breeds Spirit Fruition brings Fear MAX. 85. God hath given to Mankind a common Library his Creatures and to every man a proper Book himself being an abridgement of all the others If thou read with Understanding it will make thee a great Master of Philosophy and a true Servant to the Divine Author if thou but barely read it will make thee thy own wise man and the Author's Fool. MAX. 86. Doubt is a weak Child lawfully