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 May 18, 2024.

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Page 169

XXV.

Affect not ostentation; covet rather to be good, than to appear so; imitate the Publican rather than the Pharisee; in cheating the world, thou wilt cheat thy self; let the inside be the better side; deserve praise, but do not desire it; forget what thou art, and press for∣ward to what thou shouldest be; content not thy self with the measure thou hast attained; there is no standing at a stay, and while another is better, thou mayest mend.

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