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(g) EVERY Valiant man hath also Assurance, (since Confidence, by a vulgar mistake, is only restrain'd to a bad Sense, although derived from confiding, which is commendable.) Now he that hath Assurance, cannot be in Fear; for to have Assurance, and be in Fear, are implicatory. But he that is liable to Discontent, is also to Fear; for we Fear those things impending and approach∣ing,
at whose presence we are Discontented. So it follows, that Fortitude and Discontent are in∣compatible. It is therefore likely, that he who is liable to Discontent, is also liable to Fear, to Faint∣heartedness, and dejection of Spirit; and he that is liable to these, is liable to be a Slave, to confess himself, at some time or other, worsted; and he that can admit of these, will admit of timorousness and Cowardise; but these things are not incident to a valiant man, therefore neither is Discontent. Now none is Wise, but he that is Valiant; there∣fore neither is Discontent incident to a wise man. Furthermore, he that is Valiant, must needs be brave Spirited; and he that is of a brave Spirit, invincible; and he that is invincible, must despise the World, and look upon it, as beneath him; but none can despise that, for which he can be Discontented. From whence necessarily follows, that a Valiant man is never Discontented; but all wise men are Valiant, therefore Discontent is not incident to a Wise man: And even as the Eye being out of order, is not duely dispos'd to the perfor∣mance of its Office; and the other parts, nay the whole Body, when it is out of order, cannot dis∣charge its Office and Duty; so the Mind being out of order, is not in fit case to discharge its Office. Now the Office of the Soul, is to use its Reason aright; and a Wise man's Soul is always so dispos'd, that he useth his Reason after a most right manner, there∣fore it is never disturb'd; but Discontent is a di∣sturbance of the Soul, therefore a Wise man will be always free from it.
(g) Every Valiant man.] Syllogistical Disputation was after the Stoical way, which begins here.