Diatribæ discourses moral and theological delivered by several persons in a plain, practical and friendly conference / composed and collected by William Berkeley.
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Diatribæ discourses moral and theological delivered by several persons in a plain, practical and friendly conference / composed and collected by William Berkeley.
Author
Berkeley, William, 17th cent.
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London :: Printed for Sam. Keble ...,
1697.
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Subject terms
Christian life.
Conduct of life.
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"Diatribæ discourses moral and theological delivered by several persons in a plain, practical and friendly conference / composed and collected by William Berkeley." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A27465.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 17, 2024.
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THE INTRODUCTION.
THE Occasion of the fre∣quent Conventions of those Friends, which carry on these fol∣lowing Colloquies was the nou∣rishing, and strengthning that Friendship, which their Neigh∣bourhood had begot amongst them: This being a direct way to that end, because the most advan∣tage in this Case springs from it; for hereby, it becomes profitable for all Conditions and Persons. It makes the Day and the Night, that is Prosperity and Adversity, Light and Pleasant. It instructs and disci∣plines Youth, it confirms, and en∣courageth the Elderly, and it com∣forts and supports the Ancient:
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And when this is Experimentally known, and noted, it will be no easie Task to break that knot which Friendship hath tied; but in process of time, 'twill be like that which Gordius the Phrygian King made with so much Cunning, that it shall not be undone, and which is the Wonder of this Wonder, it will be fastest in the loosest Conditions; for as Man's heart tho' it be plac'd in the midst of his Body; yet is more inclin'd to his left side, and there beats more sensibly, tho' it uni∣formly inspires Life into all parts of it; so, tho' in a good and bad Condition, one Friend should help another, yet much the rather in Adversity.
Now the way of going on in such Conventions for such a Pur∣pose, is here set down, and these Friends agreeing to Elect one a∣mongst them to regulate their As∣semblies
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when they should appoint them, chose Glycon, a Person of sweet Tongue and Deportment, and who was also known to be a Man of true Wit, by his sharpness in Search, and subtilty in Expressi∣on, and dispatch in Execution; and he complying herein, broke silence, to put them their several Exercises, after this manner.
Notes
Glycon from 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Honey.