182 THE LIFE OF 



CHAP, scribed ; &quot; Fond, foolish, wanton, flibbergibbs, tattlers, 

 XIIL &quot; triflers, wavering, witless, without counsel, feeble, careless, 



&quot; rash, proud, dainty, nice, tale-bearers, eves-droppers, ru- 



&quot; mour-raisers, evil-tongued, worse-minded, and in every 



&quot; wise doltified with the dregs of the Devil s dunghill.&quot; 



Neglect of Shewing how misery and unsuccessfulness happened to 



sei. Xerxes, that powerful and mighty emperor, for neglecting 



the good counsel of Artimisia in Herodotus, having lost his 



vast army, &quot; He went home,&quot; said he, &quot; not like a king, but 



&quot; like a coxcomb : not like a conqueror, but like a coward : 



&quot; not like a man, but like a mouse, in a fisher-boat with one 



&quot; or two with him ; though he brought out so many [sol- 



&quot; diers] with him, as it is almost in these days incredible.&quot; 



Acqui- The sa f es t way is to let him do his will which can do 



in God. &quot; best ; and which can see plainly what will follow, where 



&quot; we blindly guess, and do but grope at it:&quot; spoken in 



reference to our acquiescence in the providence of God. 



CHAP. XIV. 



His qualities, conditions, and temper of mind. 



His temper Y h ave not yet ^^ a \\ t h at j s sufficient to describe the 



and dispo- / 



sition. character of this reverend Father : for we have not all 

 this while looked into his nature, temper, disposition, and 

 the inward tendencies of his mind. 



Zealous for And first, for his sense of God and religion, and dis- 

 e &quot; charge of his duty. He was deeply and heartily concerned 

 for the true religion in opposition to Popery ; and from the 

 beginning was a hearty embracer of the reformed religion, 

 and an earnest Protestant : he was deeply sensible of the 

 wonderful goodness of God, in detecting and delivering us 

 from the gross errors of Popery. This was once his con- 

 His opinion templation concerning Luther : &quot; When the light of the 

 Gospel was put out, and Antichrist ruled and revelled in 

 the temple of Godj (which is men s hearts and con- 



