lio A PERSUASIVE to 

 lent ; 'Divitias aiiqui* ad fitmmum bonum 

 admittet ; alius illas dicet human* malo vita 

 repertaS) nihil ej/e co locitpletius^ cui quod 

 donet, Fortuna non invenit. In tantdjudi- 

 ciorum diverfitatc^ refer endam bene meren- 

 ttbus gratiam omnes uno tibi 9 quod aiuntj 

 ore affirmabunt\ in hoc tarn difcors turba 

 confentiet. 



In this let us believe what People ge- 

 " nerally agree in, That there is nothing 

 " more honeft and commendable than a 

 <c grateful Mind. All Cities, all Nations, 

 " even of Barbarous Countries ; all Men, 

 " both good and bad, confent in this. 

 * c There are fome who commend Plea- 

 <c fures ; others prefer Labours : Some there 

 " be, who fay that pain is the greatefl Evil ; 

 " others, who will not grant it to be any 

 <c Evil at all : One will admit Riches to be 

 " the chiefefl good ; another affirms them 

 " to be the Mifchief of human Life ; and 

 " that none can be richer than he upon 

 " whom Fortune cannot find any thing 

 " which flie may beftow. In fuch a diver- 

 <c fity of Judgments about other things, 

 that thanks are to be returned to thofe 

 who have deferv'd well of us, all with 

 " one Mouth affirm : In this theie DifTen- 

 ting Parties are all agreed. 



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