SECT. VIII.

NExt vnto the knowledge of God & your duty to him (hauing the approbatiō of a goodp 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* 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 Page  45 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* 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* Mundus, à mo∣uendo, Page  46 because it is in conti∣nuall motion without any stabilitie) & the third (being aa 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.