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should, at the first opening of his eyes, fix his sight upon 

 the sun when it was in his full glory, either at the rising or 

 setting of it, he would be so transported and amazed, and so 

 admire the glory of it, that he would not willingly turn his 

 eyes from that first ravishing object, to behold all the other 

 various beauties this world could present to him. And 

 this, and many other like blessings, we enjoy daily. And 

 for most of them, because they be so common, most men 

 forget to pay their praises ; but let not us ; because it is a 

 sacrifice so pleasing to Him that made that sun, and us, 

 and still protects us, and gives us flowers, and showers, 

 and stomachs, and meat, and content, and leisure to go 

 a-fishing. 



Well, scholar, I have almost tired myself, and I fear, 

 more than almost tired you. But I now see Tottenham 

 High- Cross ; and our short walk thither shall put a period 

 to my too-long discourse ; in which my meaning was, and is, 

 to plant that in your mind, with which I labour to possess 

 my own soul ; that is, a meek and thankful heart. And to 

 that end I have showed you, that riches without them do 

 not make any man happy. But let me tell you, that riches 

 with them remove many fears and cares ; and therefore my 

 advice is, that you endeavour to be honestly rich, or con- 

 tentedly poor: but be sure that your riches be justly 

 got, or you spoil all. For it is well said by Caussin, 1 " he 

 that loses his conscience has nothing left that is worth 

 keeping." Therefore be sure you look to that. And, in 

 the next place, look to your health : and if you have it, 

 praise Grod, and value it next to a good conscience ; for 

 health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable 

 of : a blessing that money cannot buy ; and therefore value 

 it, and be thankful for it. As for money, which may be 

 said to be the third blessing, neglect it not : but note, that 



1 Nicholas Caussin, a Jesuit and Confessor to Louis XIII., was born at 

 Troyes in Champagne, in 1580. He was esteemed a person of great 

 probity, and of such a spirit, that he attempted to displace Cardinal 

 Richelieu, but that minister proved too powerful for him, and procured his 

 banishment to a city of Lower Bretagne. He returned to Paris after the 

 Cardinal's death, and died in the Jesuits' Convent there in July, 1651. 

 H. He wrote a book called the "Holy Court," of which there is an 

 English translation in folio, 1663. 



