MAX. 25.
When thy inordinate Affe∣ctions do flame towards tran∣sitory Happiness, quench them thus; think with thy self, if my Prince should give me what Ho∣nour
Institutions, essays, and maxims, political, moral, and divine divided into four centuries / by the Right Honoura[ble] L. Marqu. of H[alifax]
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- Institutions, essays, and maxims, political, moral, and divine divided into four centuries / by the Right Honoura[ble] L. Marqu. of H[alifax]
- Author
- Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.
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- London :: Printed for, and are to be so[ld by] Josias Shaw ...,
- 1698.
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"Institutions, essays, and maxims, political, moral, and divine divided into four centuries / by the Right Honoura[ble] L. Marqu. of H[alifax]." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A56827.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.
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he hath to bestow, or bestow on me what Wealth he hath to give, it could not stay with me, because it is transito∣ry; nor I with it, because I am mortal: Then revise thy Affe∣ctions, and weigh them with their Objects, and thou wilt either confess thy Folly, or make a wiser Choice.