a HOLY LIFE. 8j 



hour and Induftry in a Calling; nay, Know- 

 ledge it felf being that which all Men na- 

 turally defire* and being fome participation 

 of a divine Perfection, viz. Omnifcience ; 

 and being that which dillinguiflies us from 

 and advances us above brute Beads, ancj 

 makes us capable of Virtue and Happinefs, 

 a higher degree of it, exalting our Facul- 

 ties, enabling us to ad in a larger Sphere, 

 and to do more good, mufl be acknow- 

 ledged to be an excellent quality, and to 

 merit fome honour and refpeft ; and all 

 Men generally think fo, and give it ac- 

 cordingly. 



That it doth fo, appears further fronj 

 the contrary, that is, Ignorance and Folly, 

 which is among all Men very diflionourable 

 and reproachful; infomuch, that Men ab- 

 hor nothing more than the imputation of 

 Folly ; efteeming it a greater difgrace to 

 be accounted Fools, than to be accounted 

 vicious ; though indeed wicked Men be the 

 greatefl Fools, and on the contrary, godly 

 Men the only wife Men. 



Here I cannot but wonder, that there 

 fhould be fuch an unfatiable thirft after Ho- 

 nour , implanted in the nature of Man : 

 Why Men iliould be fo jealous of lofing the 

 reputation of any new Invention ; fo trou- 



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