PREFACE.
WE are now about to take another Difference between Some Men and Others, into Conside∣ration; which depends upon their different Professions, Conditions, and Ways of Life. Some follow a Life of Business and Company; Others avoid This, and make their Escape out of the World, by running into So∣litude. Some are fond of Arms and a Camp; Others hate and abhor them: Some have their Substance in Com∣mon; Others have their own distinct Properties. Some are fond of Offices and Employments, and would fain live in publick, and be conspicu••us in the World; Others de∣cline These when they might have them, and affect to live privately and unobserv'd. Some are absolute Courtiers to every Body, and upon all Occasions; Others regard and make court to nothing but Themselves. Some prefer the Diversions of the Town, and Others the Pleasures of the Country. It is not easie, nor is it indeed at all necessary and pertinent to our present Purpose, that I should take upon me to determine which of all these Men is most to be commended for the Wi••dom of his Choice; for every one of these ways of Living hath its Advantages and Dis∣advantages;