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[ 643] One Man is to help another as God hath enabled him.

INgenui est agnoscere,* 1.1 & imitari Benefactorem suum; There is no truer Character of ingenuity, then an humble acknowledgment whose Creatures we are, and a carefull resembling of our Creator; Especially, seeing our Gifts, whether they be of Learning, or Riches, &c. are bestowed upon us, non ut ornamenta sed instrumen∣ta, not only to recommend us,* 1.2 but also for the good of others; we see it in the frame of the whole world, in Heaven, and in Earth; neither of them is more beautiful then use∣full; yea the more glorious, the more commodious, are the parts of the great World, which should make this Microcosm, this little world of ours, blush, if we use our endowments, as many do their Garments, for pride, and not for profit, that fools may gaze on us, and no body be the better for us.

Notes

• * 1.1

  B. Lake on Psalm 51.
• * 1.2

  Non nobis so∣lum nati sumus sed partem pa∣tria, parentes, &c. Tullius.