Institutions, essays and maxims, political, moral & divine divided into four centuries.

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Title
Institutions, essays and maxims, political, moral & divine divided into four centuries.
Author
Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.
Publication
London :: Printed for Sam. Briscoe ...,
1695.
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Maxims.
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"Institutions, essays and maxims, political, moral & divine divided into four centuries." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A56988.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.

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MAX. 2.

Charity is a Naked Child, giving Honey to a Bee without Wings; Naked, because Ex∣cuseless and Simple; a Child, because tender and growing; giving Honey, because Honey is pleasant and comfortable: To a Bee, because a Bee is la∣borious and deserving, with∣out Wings, because helpless and wanting. If thou deniest

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to such, thou killest a Bee; if thou givest to other than such, thou preservest a Drone.

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