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 Rh no time left to peruse your Diary, to read over the Greek and Roman History, or so much as your own Common-Place-Book; which you Collected to serve you when you were Old : Come, don't flatter and deceive your self ; Look to the main Chance, to the end and design of Reading, and mind Life more than Notion : I say, if you have a kindness for your Person, drive at the practice, and help your self, for that is in your own power.

XV. Many People don't know the true Compass and Extent of Language : For instance, They an't aware in how many Senses the words to Steal, to Buy, to Sow, to be at Quiet, may be taken ; nor how much meaning the Duties of Life carry in them. These Actions are commonly either straitned in the Notion, or misapplied in the End. To say no more on't, He that would view this Matter rightly, must Think a little, and look inward.

XVI. There are three things which belong to a Man, the Body, the Soul, and the Mind : And as to the Properties of the Division, Sensation belongs to the Body. Appetite to the Soul, and Reason the Mind. To have the Senses affected, and be stamp'd with the Impression of an Object, is common to Brutes and Cattle : To be hurried and convuls'd with Passion, Rh