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gency of their own occasions, like the laws that 

 were made in Causinus's Babel, to be ruled 

 by manners, and not manners by laws. They 

 vex true policy by misinterpreting, and false 

 glossing;* framing in their hearts, Dianas of 

 hypocrisy and subtilty, and worshipping them 

 in their actions. 



The rules following, there are few so silly as 

 to believe, though too many so wicked as to 

 practise ; and not only so, but by a bold im- 

 posture to persuade, that such actions as are 

 deduced from those principles are justifiable, 

 and, if fortunate, commendable. 



That all may see these rocks, and shun them, 

 and detest knavery, though never so specious, 

 and nauseate sin, though robed in successes and 

 triumphs, is my daily prayer. 



* Furialibus commentariis illustrant. 



