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We confider-the Author asjnfluenc
Motive, oLdpihg Good, in" general ;; whereat directly and immediately : therefore '. thofc,
, VI'
autiecy or vi ucics, yne error is 10 pave tne vv ay
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Cami
ttierriend is acted by a Concern for us in par- ; who are no. friends to' it,. 4 lap it s foundations
ticular ; and this Coufideratioh;makes fundamental
hi Advice more- to -Hfeart.-- A , Society ;of . Ai tides. One Error V to, nave the WavVfor
-Man for-flagrant, enormous: Faults'; but.will: bear r And the vMafk,.is to -be worn till all
make ittheirBuiinefs to animadvert upon ariy Things areripV;fdr Execution. They look
little Indecency orFUw in his Conduit.'' Dr. upon all the 'reft of the Wwldas Men of nar-:
HA mmond ufed to fayv it was a poor Defign. Vow Views,, and therefore deal with them as
-irt r nenditnp to jceep-the-Mnr.we-admi1tred-:tavtth rufart-mouthd VefRls : If they fhould cr0
ou rBofamonlyfriinv -being -ftwidalci
the Phylician (hould only fecure his Patient much at once, their Labour 'would , l)e loft,
from the Plague,
and tbeir.Do&rine fall to the Ground : the
forthis-Reaon
pouring in their Ttnzis" gently and bv Degrees."
To prevent this ftale Artifice of the DaJIs, ami
to check the gradual -Advances of Error .; it js
a Duty incumbent upon all Men of good AW
lities to lay in a competent Stock o Divinity:
Andfin QKIertolhis, it is nece ftir y ; to i ni
p art the i r Thoughts for their mutua 1 Advan
tage ;; which will m ake. them talk as' pehtnent
1 y upon thefe Topi c ks 'as if the Bent of their
Studies"had7beiraImoft entirely applied this
Way. Spirit of Eo
Endeoui; andt
ufeful, to point out to one another fhe Sophif-!
try2to-whjchiHercks:havc
U), Upon the Subjedl Matter of Converfa
tion. , . ;
If I were to propofe any-Model for Conver
fr.tion ; I Ihould chufe that of Xenophon's.
Sympofiumy where t he D i fcour fe was diverting
wi thout a n yLevi ty or J m p erti n ence i and
ftruclive with out ny, S t iffiiefsi or A ufterity.
Wc are toid in the Btbliotheque Choiftei that
Mr, Locker Mr. Mr.
h I'M bo RcH ufed to m ee tconft i n tlnbnce a
eeky and cifcufs fome very important Que
Aluniriwhichtheyhid
This method thefe famous Authors took, to
enlarge" the Sphere of their Knowledge by:
communicating tlteir Thoughts. If Dilcourfc
were aicogetner fonuneo to itated lubjects, it when a Man knows he mult Ihortly deliver
might perhaps be too formal ; if intirely occa- his Thoughts in Converfatfon upon any impor
fionit mit evaporat
"The belPXVay theref&e
a Mtdiurnraiid-tfet ar
for Tome ftated Suhjefty and to give up the reft the fame Subjeft ; thorough ly d igefts his Nor
tx anincir
if a Man talked virtuouuy he incurred the Im
?piitation :of Hyppcrify iflearnedlythatof
jamrySurely no Man ofMerit will evcr-
proftitute his good ; oenfe toT lowRibaldryrand
Obfcenity, when Learning opens to him the
nob le ft: ;Fi elds" pf': Specu 1 a t ion . ; -;vj tmli ftrun,
very uta, if nothing but the Drx and Sedi
msnts of Impurity appear ; and it is a Maxini
with mev that nodne$ that had wherewithal!
whereas, at - other .imeshe'-'may ;. be" apt to
ftiodt at Rovers without aiming at any certatri
(Kould object, That what ! have
If any
to entertain a (buridTarid lAibiafied Reafohf.
would ever addrefs: himfelf with 'lewd Talk,
to the corrupt Paflions and Inclinations of
IVlankind :
commended-would too much pall and flatten
the Spirit of Gonveriatian Ibeg Leave t(ob?
ferve, that ludicrous Wit and facetious Dif
courfes may beget m us a fhort, uhfatisfAdory
XIeambQJ.ay4lwhcr
To return from this Digreflion ; 1 would by
all Means , nex t to Virtue a rid Religion i n ge -
-tubus Reflexions impreis u
cairt lafting Sereni ty of Temper j the"; for
mer, ;if too much indulged, fink weaken,
and debafe the -Maiettv of a rational Soul :
. whe re as the" 1 at t ex fa ife, elevateV; and ennoble
it's Pifpofition : Vhen a Man has been laying
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