The mysterie of rhetorique unveil'd wherein above 130 the tropes and figures are severally derived from the Greek into English : together with lively definitions and variety of Latin, English, scriptural, examples, pertinent to each of them apart. Conducing very much to the right understanding of the sense of the letter of the scripture, (the want whereof occasions many dangerous errors this day). Eminently delightful and profitable for young scholars, and others of all sorts, enabling them to discern and imitate the elegancy in any author they read, &c.
Smith, John, Gent., Sergeant, John, 1622-1707.
English Enthymems.
Our Ancestors made war, not only that they might be free, but also that they might rule: but thou thinkest war may be left off, that we might be made bondslaves to serve.
If great wealth brings cares, and poverty mi∣sery, then the mean between these two extreams is a great blessing.
They which may doe me good, will not; and they which are willing, cannot; therefore my distresse remains.
If intemperance be hurtful, temperance is pro∣fitable: And if intemperance be not hurtful; nei∣ther is temperance profitable.
Page 244If fish bred in the salt water may want salting, then laws may need a law to mend them.
