Advice of a father, or, Counsel to a child directing him to demean himself in the most important passages of this life.
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Advice of a father, or, Counsel to a child directing him to demean himself in the most important passages of this life.
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London :: Printed for the author,
1664.
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Youth -- Conduct of life.
Conduct of life.
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"Advice of a father, or, Counsel to a child directing him to demean himself in the most important passages of this life." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A26441.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 2, 2024.
Pages
XXI.
Delight not in seeing others distemper'd; it
is a mad kind of mirth that mad men make, and
why shouldst thou love that in any, which thou
wouldst not in thy self? Force no man beyond
sobriety, or his own desire; act not the Devils
part, tempt not to intemperance, prevent it
what thou canst. I wonder that any should make
themselves sport in making another stagger, it is
a sad sight to me; theirs is the sin, whilst his is
the shame. I will not glory that others have
drunk too much, or that I can drink more; this
were to endeavour to damn them or my self:
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What joy can I take in that Victory, where the
Devil wears the Garland, and the reward is Hell.
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