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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]
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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]
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- 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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is a tender twig, streighten him; whilst he is a New Vessel, sea∣son him; such as thou makest him, such commonly thou shalt find him; let his first lesson be Obedience, and the se∣cond shall be what thou wilt; Give him Education in good Letters, to the utmost of thy ability and his capacity; season his Youth with the love of his Creator, and make the fear of his God, the beginning of his Knowledge; if he have an active Spirit, rather rectifie than curb it; but reckon Idleness amongst his chiefest faults; a∣bove all things keep him from vain Lascivious and Amorous Pamphlets, as the Primer of all Vice. As his Judgment ripens,
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observe his Inclination, and ten∣der him a Calling that shall not cross it: Forced Marriages and Callings seldom prosper; shew him both the Mow and the Plough, and prepare him as well for the danger of the Skirmish, as possess him with the honour of the Prize. If he chuse the profession of a Scholar, advise him to Study the most profitable Arts: Poe∣try and Mathematicks take up too great a Latitude of the Soul, and moderately used, are good Recreations, but bad Callings; being nothing but their own Reward. If he chuse the Profession of a Soldier, let him know withal, Honour must be his greatest Wages,
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and his Enemies his surest Pay∣master: prepare him against the danger of War, and advise him of the greater mischief of a Garison: let him avoid De∣bauchedness and Duels, to the utmost of his power, and re∣member he is not his own Man; and (being his Coun∣tries Servant) hath no Estate in his own Life: If he chuse a Trade, teach him to forget his Father's and his Mother's Wing; advise him to be Con∣scionable, Careful, and Con∣stant; this done, thou hast done thy part, leave the rest to Providence, and thou hast done well.