OF MANS SOULE. Chap. III. 35 



that part of us , which makcth us men , and by which wee di- 

 recl and levell all wee doe , according to the rule of reafon ; not 

 (uttering our actions to fwarve From what fhce diftateth unto us. 

 This is done, by multiplying and heightning the thoughts of 

 thef'e things, which maintain us in reafon; whether themc- 

 tivcs bee morall , as the examples of worthy pcrfons, and the 

 precepts and pcrfwafiors of wife- men, andthelil^, or whe- 

 ther they be naturall, as the consideration of the fwcet and con- 

 tented life 9 wh : ch vcrtue giveth us here , by good convention, 

 honour, profit, quiet, plealure, and what clfe foever growcth out 

 of fo excellent a root : as alto , of the beatitude and happy ftate 

 iibringethustointhenext ; and of the contrary effects which 

 fpring from vice. Againe, by obilrving the motives and waves of 

 our paflions and animall defirts , we learn how to prevent tht m ; 

 how to terrify them; and how to wear them gently away by li'-le 

 a::d Htle,throt5ghibmetimes giving them diverfions, through o- 

 thcrwhilesK-ftrainingthein with moderation,and through often- 

 times cuttingot the occafions, and abridging them of their natu- 

 rall encreafings. All thefe things are brought into art and rule; 

 whofelcUbns.wcremenbutascarefulland induftrious to ftudy, 

 as they are to become Maftcrs in vaine and rriv iail things , they 

 would enjoy happy lives. 



In the ntxt place , we are to conlidcr the actions whereby we $' 

 work upon cur neigiibours.They arcchitfly^oz/?rwr and nego- Of humane 

 tiation : both which arc of ene kind; *nd have but th-s difference, aai 



, ' . . .' concernc out 



that the one is done in common, the other is performed in parti- ne ; hbour$. ' 

 cular. The means by which we command,are rewards and punifh- 

 mtnts; which who hath in his hands, may aiTurcdly by wife ufing 

 thtm, bring to pafle whatfoever he hath a mind unto. 



Uponoccafion of' mentioning thefe two powerfull motives, 

 which have fo mainc an influence in mens actions , we may note 

 by the way, that many of them, and that work moft forcibly up- 

 on mens minds,are things whofefabiiftence we know not where 

 to find; as honour, praile, glory, command, fingularity , cmincn- 

 cie,(hame, infamy, fubjeftion, reproach, and the like: unto my 

 of which, none of our knfes can reach; and yet they govern mans 

 life, in a manner wholly and perfectly. 



In ncgotittion , wee prof>fe t finglc men their owne inte- 

 r efts and profits ;not toch as the propolercan , or willerftcl ; but 



Ccc iuch 



