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300 XLIII. Fire hath its force abated by water, not by wind; and anger must be alayed by cold words, and not by blustering threats.

XLIV. A sharp appetite and a thorough concoction, is a signe of an healthfull body; so a quick reception, and a deliberate cogitation, argues a sound mind.

XLV. We often se stones hang with drops, not from any innate moisture, but from a thick ayer about them; so may we sometime se marble-hearted sinners seem full of contrition; but it is not from any dew of grace within, but from some black Clouds that impends them, which produces these sweating effects.

XLVI. The words of the wise, sath Solomon, are as nailes and as goads both used for contrary ends—the one holds fast, the other puts forward; such should be the precepts of the wise masters of assemblys to their hearers, not only to bid them hold fast the form of sound Doctrin, but also, so to run that they might obtain.

XLVII. A shadow in the parching sun, and a shelter in the blustering storme, are of all seasons the most