Advice to young gentlemen, in their several conditions of life· By way of address from a father to his children. By the Abbot Goussault, counseller in Parliament. With his sentiments and maxims upon what passes in civil society. Printed at Paris 1697, and translated into English.
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Advice to young gentlemen, in their several conditions of life· By way of address from a father to his children. By the Abbot Goussault, counseller in Parliament. With his sentiments and maxims upon what passes in civil society. Printed at Paris 1697, and translated into English.
Author
Goussault, Jacques.
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London :: printed for Tho. Leigh, at the Peacock against St. Dunstans Church in Fleet-street,
1698.
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Young men -- Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.
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"Advice to young gentlemen, in their several conditions of life· By way of address from a father to his children. By the Abbot Goussault, counseller in Parliament. With his sentiments and maxims upon what passes in civil society. Printed at Paris 1697, and translated into English." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A41719.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 2, 2024.
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III.
All the most great and charming things in the
World may be consider'd two ways, in rela∣tion
to their Beginning and their End; the be∣ginning
of Greatness, Honours, and Riches, is
God; but as soon as we consider them as coming
from God, what difference do we find betwixt
them and God from whom they come? when
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we consider this, they must needs appear despi∣cable.
These are like little Stars, that with
their small Lights dazle us, but disappear,
and fall by their own weakness into the pro∣found
darkness of Night. As soon as God, the
Sun of glory, infinitely bright, appears before
our Eyes in full splendour; such is the frailty
and misery of all in this World, be it never so
great, never so rich, when we consider it in
respect to its beginning, God.
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