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SECT. VIII.

NExt vnto the knowledge of God & your duty to him (hauing the approbatiō of a goodp 1.1 Conscience) seeke for a good reputatiō among men, not by close carriage or concealing your faults, but by eschewing all those vices that may iustly deserue re∣proch: for it is hard to doe good, except a man bee thought good: therefore wisely* 1.2 foresee and con∣sider, that a good name and reputation (being the Manna & Nepenthe of generous Spi∣rits) is so delicate, that the least excesse doth blemish, an vniust action doth dishonor it, an act of in discretion, neg∣ligence, or idlenesse, defaceth

it, and a sinister successe ruins it: and as Glasse crackt is easi∣ly broken, so is a Mans good name once iustly tainted.

Obserue diligētly, that the* 1.3 Arch-Enemie to Man, the World & your own corrupt affections (with whom you are to enter Combat) are 3. dāgerous enemies, & (so long as breath entertaynes your Earthly Mansion) shall ne∣uer leaue to assault you: the first is Cruell, Diligent, and Trecherous: the second, false and inconstant (beeing rightly called* 1.4 Mundus, à mo∣uendo,

because it is in conti∣nuall motion without any stabilitie) & the third (being aa 1.5 Domestical Enemie, or ra∣ther troopes of inmate foes) will haue their hands in the Dish with you, and yet Iu∣das-like) euer readie to be∣tray you with a kisse.

Notes

• p 1.1

  Nil iuuat bo∣num nomen re∣clamante con∣scientia, Cass.
• * 1.2

  Palpebrae praecedunt gres∣sus, cum opera∣tionem consilia rectè praeu••∣niunt. Qui enim negligit conside∣rando praeuidere quod facit, gres∣sus tendit, sed o∣culos claudit, pergendo iter con••cit, sed prae∣uidendo sibi∣metipsi, non an∣tecedit; atque idcirco citius corruit, quoniam vbi pedem ope∣ris ponere debet, per consilij pal∣pebram non at∣tendit, Greg. Rom. de past. par. 3. c. 1.
• * 1.3

  Quid prauius? quid malignius? quidue aduer∣sario nostro ne∣quius? qui po∣suit in Coelo bel∣lum, in Paradiso fraudem, odium inter primos fra∣tres & in omni nostro opere, zi∣zania seminá∣uit, in comessa∣tione posuit gu∣lam, in genera∣tione luxuriam, in exercitatione ignauiam, in conuersatione inuidiam, in gu∣bernatione aua∣ritiam, in cor∣rectione iram, in dominatione superbiam: in corde posuit cogitationes malas, in or•• locu∣tiones falsas, in membris operationes iniquas, in vigilando mouet ad praua opera, in dormiendo ad somnia turpia, lae∣tos mouet ad dissolutionem, tristes ad desperationem, & vt breuius loquar, omnia mala sunt ipsius prauitate commissa, Aug. describens conatus Diab.
• * 1.4

  Nihil tam contrarium rationi, & constantiae, quàm mundi inconstantia, Cic. lib. 2. de Diuin. Quod ego fui ad tracimenū, tu hodie ad cannas es: verba Hannib. ad Scip.
• a 1.5

  Sua domestica vitia quis{que} fu∣giat, nam aliena non nocebunt, Guig. Ca••th. Medit. cap. 2.