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hopeful son U a capital pleasure to the father, who knows 

 the value of virtue better than the mother, and thereiore 

 rejoices more at his son's disposition to virtue. This joy may 

 also be heightened, perhaps, from seeing the good effect oC 

 Jiis own management, in the education of his son, so as to 

 form good morals in him by precept and example. On the 

 other hand, the mother sutlers and partakes the most in the 

 calamity of her son, because the maternal affection is the 

 more soft and tender : and again, perhaps, because she is 

 conscious that her indulgence has spoiled and depraved 

 him. 



VIII. — The memory oj tliejust is blessed, hut the name oj the wicked 

 shall rot} 



"We have here that distinction between the character of 

 good and evil men, which usually takes place after death. 

 For in the case of good men, when envy, that pursues them 

 whilst alive, is extingTiished, their name presently flourishes, 

 and their fame increases every day. But the fame of bad 

 men, though it may remain for a while, through the favour 

 of friends and faction, yet soon becomes odious, and at length 

 degenerates into infamy, and ends, as it were, in a loathsome 

 odour. 



IX. — lie who troubles his own house, shall inherit the xoind."^ 

 This is a very useful admonition, as to domestic jars and 

 differences. For many promise themselves great matters 

 from the separation of their wives, the disinheriting of their 

 children, the frequent changing of servants, <fec., as if they 

 {^■hould thence procure greater peace of mind, or a more suc- 

 cessful administration of their affairs ; but such hopes com- 

 monly turn to wind ; these changes being seldom for the 

 Ix^tter. And such disturbei's of their families often meet 

 with various crosses and ingratitude, from those they after- 

 wards adopt and choose. They, by this means, also bring ill 

 reports, and ambiguous rumours upon themselves. For as 

 Cicero well observes, "All men's characters proceed from 

 their domestics."" And both these mischiefs Solomon ele- 

 gantly expresses by the " possession of the mnd :" for the 

 frustration of expectation, and the raising of rumours, are 

 justly compared to the winds. 



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