a HOLY LIFE. 7*1 



and carry on the growth and perfection of 

 our Souls. I might add, That the labor 

 and exercife of the Body doth alfo conduce 

 much to the Health and Strength, ~and 

 Well-being of that. For as Hippocrates well 

 faith, a<rx,ri<n$ Jy^V dow'ty Trcvavy Unflothful- 



nefs in Labour, if I may make fuch a Word, 

 is the means to preferve health. 



And, not only bodily Neceflaries, but 

 the knowledge of the Myfteries of Nature 

 and the Works of God, and curious Ma- 

 thematical Speculation, is to be obtained 

 with Study and Induftry. For by this ufe 

 and exercife of our Intellectual Faculties, 

 our Mind and Underftanding is highly ad- 

 vanced and improved to fuch a degree, as 

 fuddenly to penetrate and comprehend the 

 mod abitrufe and fubtile Inventions and 

 Notions of Naturalifts and Mathematicians. 

 And as Weapons and Utenfils by lying by 

 unoccupied do contract a Scurf or Paid, 

 but do ufu & traffatione ffendefcere ; be- 

 come bright by handling and ufe; fo do 

 our Underilandings alfo. And though this 

 ftudy and contention of mind be laborious 

 and painful, yet the enlarging the Under- 

 - {landing, and acquifition of Knowledge, 

 and hitting upon ufeful Difcoveries and In- 

 ventions, do abundantly compenfate for 



F 4 that; 



