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he be well fpoken ,of, that his Name may 

 be as a precious Ointment, leaving a Per- 

 fume behind it ; that Men may rife up at 

 the mention of it, and call him bleifed,' 

 Nor (faith he) can any Man defpife Ho- 

 nour; but he that doth either defpair of 

 it, or refolve againft doing any thing that 

 may defer ve it. And certainly (faith the 

 Arch-Biftiop) he that hath no regard to his 

 Fame, is loft to> all purpofes of Virtue and 

 Goodnefs. When a Man is once come to 

 this, not to care what others fay of him ; 

 the next ftep is to have no care what he 

 himfelf does* Gjuod Confcientia eft apuct 

 ^Deum^ id fama eft afud Homines: What 

 Conference is in refpeft of God, that Fame 

 is in refpeffi of Men. Next to a good Con- 

 ference, a clear Reputation ought to be 

 to every Man the deareft thing ifi the 

 World. 



You'll fay, What is Honour ? 



It is very Well defined by the * Bifliop of 

 C#^Vr,*often mentioned, to be, The efteem 

 arid good opinion Men have concerning the 

 peribn <3r aftions of another, together with 

 fucH external Expreffions of refpeft as are 

 fuitable thereunto. 



* Dr. wilkms,' 



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