Wisdom's better than money: or, The whole art of knowledge and the art to know men. In four hundred sentencious essays, political and moral. Written by a late person of quality; and left as a legacy to his son.

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Wisdom's better than money: or, The whole art of knowledge and the art to know men. In four hundred sentencious essays, political and moral. Written by a late person of quality; and left as a legacy to his son.
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Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.
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London :: printed for W. Chandeler, in the Pourcy; and Tho. Scott, in Cranbone-Street, Leicester-Fields,
1698.
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"Wisdom's better than money: or, The whole art of knowledge and the art to know men. In four hundred sentencious essays, political and moral. Written by a late person of quality; and left as a legacy to his son." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A56847.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 29, 2025.

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Dost thou roar under the Torments of a Tyrant? Weigh them with the Sufferance of thy Saviour, and they are no Plague. Dost thou rage under the Bondage of a raving Con∣science? Compare it to thy Sa∣viour's Passion, and it is no Pain? Have the Tortures of

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Hell taken hold of thy despai∣ring soul? Compare it to thy Saviour's Torments, and it is no Punishment. What Sense unequally compares, let Faith interchangeably apply, and thy Pleasure have no Comparison; thy Sins are the Authors of his Sufferings, and his Hell is the Price of thy Heaven.

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