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 of the ſoul ſparkle in the very eyes. It reaches every part of the exterior, and guides our whole comportment abroad and at home, in our cloſet, and in converſation: it plants virtue upon the forehead, and embelliſhes the exterior, with an univerſal decorum

Gentlemen I cannot conclude the diſcourſe better, than in the words of the author of the economy of human life.

Who art thou O man! that preſumeſt on thine own, wiſdom? Or, why doſt thou vaunt thyſelf on thine own acquirements.

The first ſtep towards being wiſe, is to know that thou art ignorant: and if thou wouldeſt not be eſteemed fooliſh in the judgement of others, caſt of the folly being wiſe in thine own conceit.

As a plain garmeat beſt adometh a beautiful woman, a decent behaviour is the greateſt ornament of wiſdom.

The ſpeech of a modeſt man giveth inſture to truth, and the diffidence of his own words abſolveth his error.

He relieth not on his own wiſdom, he weigheth the counſels of a friend, and receive the benefit thereof.

He turneth away his ear from his own praiſe, and it not, he is the laſt in diſcovering his own.

Yet, as a veil addeth luſtre to beauty, ſo are his virtues ſet off by the ſhade which his modeſty caſteth upon

But behold the vain man, and obſerve the arrogant; cloatheth himſelf in rich attire, he walketh in the  ſtreet, he caſteth round his eyes, and courteth obſervation.

He toſſeth up his head, and overlooketh the poor; treateth his inferiors with inſolence, and his, in return, look down on his pride and folly with.

He deſpiſeth the judgment of others. He relieth on own opinion and is confounded.

He is puffed up with the vanity of his imagination,