The Temple Classics1897 |
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Page 94 - of Tyana; And truly and really, in divers of the Ancient Hermits, and Holy Fathers of the Church. But little doe Men perceive, what Solitude is, and how farre it extendeth. For a Crowd is not Company; And Faces are but a Gallery of Pictures; And Talke but a
Page 163 - first Planted a Garden. And indeed, it is the Purest of Humane pleasures. It is the Greatest Refreshment to the Spirits of Man; Without which, Buildings and Pallaces are but Grosse Handy-works: And a Man shall ever see, that when Ages grow to Civility and Elegancie, Men come to Build
Page 59 - is of Kinne to the Beasts, by his ¿, Body; And if, he be not of Kinne to God, by his Spirit, he is a Base and Ignoble Creature. It destroies likewise Magnanimity, and the Raising of Humane Nature: For take an Example of a Dog; And mark what a Generosity, and
Page 11 - and the Adventures thereof, below: But no pleasure is comparable, to the standing, upon the vantage ground of Truth: (A hill not to be commanded, and where the Ayre is alwaies cleare and serene;) And to see the .Errours, and Wandrings, and Mists, and Tempests, in
Page 16 - if you Listen to Davids Harpe, you shall heare as many Herselike Ayres, as Carols: And the Pencil! of the holy Ghost, hath laboured more, in describing, the Afflictions of Job, then the Felicities of Salomon. Prosperity is not without many Feares and Distastes; And Adversity is not without Comforts and Hopes.
Page 65 - that he may use his Favour, in those things, he desireth to see or know. Thus he may abridge his Travaile, with much profit. As for the acquaintance, which is to be sought in Travaile; That which is most of all profitable, is Acquaintance with the Secretaries, and Employd Men of Ambassadours; For so in
Page 60 - of a God, or Melior Natura: which courage is °‘ ¿ manifestly such, as that Creature, without that Confidence, of a better Nature, then his owne, could never attaine. So Man, when he resteth and assureth himselfe, upon divine Protection, and Favour, gathereth a Force and Faith; which Humane Nature, in it selfe, could not obtaine. Therefore, as
Page 94 - most truly; That it is a meere, and miserable Solitude, to want true Frends; without which the World is but a Wildernesse: And even in this sense also of Solitude, whosoever in the Frame of his Nature and Affections, is unfit for Frendship, he taketh it of the Beast, and not from Humanity. A principal
Page 57 - of Man, looketh upon Second Causes Scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and goe no further: But when it beholdeth, the Chaine of them, Confederate and Linked together, it must needs flue to Providence, and Deitie. Nay even that Schoole, which is most accused of
Page 90 - a By-word, when he saw Men hasten to a conclusion; Stay a little, that we may make an End the sooner. On the other side, True Dispatch is a rich Thing. For Time is the measure of Businesse, as Money is of Wares: And Businesse is bought at a deare Hand, where there is small