hath inticed them out into the Wildernesse vnder pre∣tence of greater holinesse, and strictnesse of life.And vndoubtedly, as there is none but are more prone to slumber when they are alone, then when they are in company with others that are awake; so there is no man, if he well consider himselfe, but he shall finde that hee is more prone to bee assailed with euill suggestions and motions, when he is a∣lone by himselfe, then when hee is in company with others that be religiously affected. In regard whereof it is not without good cause that the same Author saith, Magis timeo ma∣lum, quod facio in abscondito, quàm quod in aperto. Idē medit. c. 14.I more feare the euill that I may doe alone, then what I cannot doe but in company. Those therefore that shunnnig the society of others, se∣quester themselues, and Viuat necesse est alteri, qui vult sibi▪ Sen. epist. 48. will needs liue wholly to themselues, doe but in so doing depriue them∣selues of a maine helpe vnto watchfulnesse, and expose themselues vnwisely, (though it may bee vnwittingly) vnto the wiles and snares of their suttle Aduersary, who is then with them vnseene, when there is no body else by them; and is then readiest to assault them, when there is none by to assist them.§. 37. But as Crates cùm vi∣disset adolescentem secreto ambulantē, interrogauit quid illic solus faceret. Mecum, inquit, lo∣quor. Cui Crates, Caue, inquit, rogo, & diligenter at∣tende, ne cum ho∣mine malo loqua∣ris. Senec. epist. 10. Atqui Laert. de Cleanthe, . Alterutrum lubens ex altero correxerim. hee said sometime to one that was talking, as he said, with himselfe, He had neede be well aduised, that he talked not with a bad Compa∣nion: so here, a man that not without good cause desireth company, . Clem. Alex. paedag. l. 3. c. 11. had neede yet be wary what company he lighteth on and associateth himselfe vnto. For Sumuntur enim à conuersantibus mo∣res. Nec tam val∣tudini profuit vti∣lis regio & salubri{us} clū, quàm animis parum firmis in turba meliorum versari. Sen. de ira l. 3. c. 8. Tam bonorum enim quàm malorū long a conuersatio amorem inducit. Idem de tranq. c. 1. as the benefit is great that commeth 0