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highly of them 5 becaufe human Nature is fo apt 

 to err in running into the other Extreme, to 

 flatter it felf, and to accept thofe Praifes that ' 

 are not due to it ; Pride being an Elation of 

 Spirit upon falfe Grounds, or a Defire and Ac- 

 ceptance of undue Honour. Otherwife, I do 

 not fee why a Man may not admit, and accept 

 the Teflimonies of others, concerning any Per-*. 

 ftd:ion, Accomplifhment, or Skill, that he is 

 really pofTefTed of, yet can he not think of him- 

 felf to deferve any Praife or Honour for it, be- 

 caufe both the Power and the Habit are the Gift 

 of God: And confidering that one Virtue is 

 counter-balanced by many Vices, and one Skill 

 or Perfeftion with much Ignorance and Infir- 

 mity. 



The End of the Firji Part. 



