XVII.
'Twas anciently said, that whatsoeuer good worke a man doth with labour, the labour vanisheth, but the good remaines with him that wrought it. And what∣soeuer euill thing hee doth
Resolues, diuine, morall, politicall b Owin Felltham
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- Resolues, diuine, morall, politicall b Owin Felltham
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- Felltham, Owen, 1602?-1668.
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- London :: Printed [by George Purslowe] for Henry Seile,
- [1623?]
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with pleasure, the pleasure flyes, but the euill still rest∣eth with the Actor of it: goodnesse making labour sweet; euill turning plea∣sure to a burthen. I wil not care how laborious, but how honest; not how plea∣surable, but how good my actions be. If it could bee, let mee bee good with∣out pleasure; rather then lewd, with much ioy. For though my good bee at first tedious; I am sure in time it will yeeld me con∣tent: whereas the euill that now is delightfull, cannot but prooue a woe to my soule. The sweetest liquor,
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is not alwayes the most wholesome. The Limon is more tart, yet excelleth the Orenge, that delighteth the taste: poison may a while seeme pleasant, and a weake stomacke thinke a Cordiall fulsome.