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he maketh his sun to rise upon the good and upon the evil, 

 and sends his rain upon the just and upon the unjust.&quot; 28 

 And thus we conclude this part of moral doctrine, relating 

 to the georgics of the mind. 



So in the archetype of the Divine nature the heathen 

 religion the words &quot;Optimus maximus, T and the Scripture 

 pronounces the mercy of God to be above all his works. 29 



We have now concluded that portion of morals which 

 appertains to the georgics of the mind; and should any one 

 imagine, in reading the different parts of this science which 

 we have already handled, that all our labor consists in unit 

 ing into one digest of the sciences all that has been neg 

 lected by other writers, and that such a work is at best only 

 supplying what is clear and evident, and easily arrived at 

 by reflection, let him freely enjoy his judgment; but at the 

 same time we beg him to keep in mind our first assertion, 

 that we sought in these researches, not the flourish and 

 ornament of things, but theix use and verity. He may also 

 recall the ancient parable of the Two Gates of Sleep: 



&quot;Sunt gemmae Somni Portoe, quarum altera fertur 

 Cornea, qua veris facilis datur exitus umbris: 

 Altera, candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; 

 Sed falsa ad coelum mitt.unt insomnia manes.&quot; ^ 



A gate of ivory is indeed very stately, but true dreams pass 

 through the gate of horn. 



There might, however, be added, by way of appendix, 

 this observation, that there is a certain relation and con- 

 gruity found between the good of the mind and the good 

 of the body. For as the good of the body consists in 

 1. Health; 2. Comeliness; 3. Strength; and, 4. Pleasure- 

 so the good of the mind, considered in a moral light, tends 

 to render it 1. Sound and calm; 2. Graceful; 3. Strong 

 and agile for all the offices of life; and, 4. Possessed of 

 a constant quick sense of pleasure* and noble satisfaction. 

 But as the four former excellences are seldom found to- 



28 Matt. v. 44. 29 Eccles. xviii. 12. * Virg. Mn. vi. 893. 



