g6 art of life, — economy. 'July 22,^ 



But wounds cannot be cured without searching, 

 and he that cannot look into his own estate at all, 

 had need both choose well those whom he employ- 

 eth, and change them often ; to pay as he goeth, and 

 turn all his receipts into certainties, that he may order 

 his economy without the danger of disappointment. 



* * * My son ! riches have wings, and some- 

 times they fly away of themselves, sometimes they 

 must be set a-flying to bring in more, but do thou 

 guard adventures with certainties, that may uphold 

 lofses. 



Now certainly nothing can so guard you against 

 the evils of poverty, as a strict economy in the ma- 

 nagement of your affairs, and a fhunning of those 

 expensive enjoyments which do not only waste the 

 purse, but enfeeble both tlie soul and the body. 



Another grand maxim therefore in the art of 

 life, touching expence, is to consider well what be 

 absolutely necefsary unto comfort and well doing, 

 and not to mar contentment, by giving vain desires 

 any strong holds in your imagination. If a man 

 goeth into a brafs founder's fhop, or into a market 

 of divers wares, he will bethink himself of many 

 •wants, whereof most are needlefs, and spring from 

 the lust of the eye, and the pride of life, and few, 

 very few indeed, of indispensible utility. 



So it is also in the general experience of life, 

 throughout all its departments. When you go 

 out into the world, every day will present new ob- 

 jects that will draw forth your cccupiscence, and 

 you will not be able to marihall them in their due 



