Holy living in which are described the means and instruments of obtaining every virute, and the remedies against every vice, and considerations serving to the resisting all temptations : together with prayers containing the whole duty of a Christian, and the parts of devotion occasians [sic], and furnished for all necessities / by Jer. Taylor.

* 1.1Acts of modesty as it is opposed to boldnesse.

1. Let us alwayes bear about us such im∣pressions of reverence and fear of God as to tremble at his voice, to express our apprehen∣sions of his greatness in all great accidents, in popular judgments, loud thunders, tem∣pests, earthquakes, not only for fear of being smitten our selves, or that we are concerned in the accident, but also that we may humble our selves before his Almightiness, and ex∣press that infinite distance between his infi∣niteness and our weaknesses, at such times especially when he gives such visible argu∣ments of it. He that is merry and airie at shore when he sees a sad and a loud tempest on the sea, or dances briskly when God thunders from heaven, regards not when God speaks to all the world, but is possessed with a firm immodesty.

2. Be reverent, modest and reserved in

the presence of thy betters, giving to all ac∣cording to their quality their titles of honour, keeping distance, speaking little, answering pertinently, not interposing without leave or reason, not answering to a question pro∣pounded to another; and ever present to thy superiors the fairest side of thy dicourse, of thy temper, of thy ceremony, as being asha∣med to serve excellent persons with unhand∣some entercourse.

3. Never lie before a King, or a great per∣son, nor stand in a lie when thou art accused,* 1.2 nor offer to justifie what is indeed a fault, but modestly be ashamed of it, ask pardon and make amends

4. Never boast of thy sin,* 1.3 but at last lay a vail upon thy nakedness & shame, and put thy hand before theine eyes, that thou mayest have this beginning of repentance, to believe thy sin to be thy shame. For he that blushes not at his crime, but adds shamelesness to his shame, hath no instrument left to restore him to the hopes of virtue.

5. Be not confident and affirmative in an uncertaine matter, but report things modest∣ly, and temperately according to the degree of that perswasion, which is or ought to be begotten in thee by the efficacy of the au∣thority, or the reason inducing thee.

6. Pretend not to more knowledge: then thou hast, but be content to seem ignorant where thou art so, lest thou beest either

brought to shame, or retirest into shameles∣ness.* 1.4

Notes

• * 1.1

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• * 1.2

  Quem Deus t••git v••••cun¦dia pallio, huj•••• macu∣las ho••n••∣bas non o∣stend••t.Maimon Can Eth.

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.Melus,
• * 1.3

  Obstare primum est velle, n••c labi via:Pudor est s••cundus nosse peccandi modum.Senec. Hip.A Chione altem vel ab Helide dise•• pudo••om,Abscondunt spurcas haec mo••um••n••a lup••s.Matt. l. epist. 35.
• * 1.4

  Ecclus. 3 25.