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by Divines for fpendlng (o much Time between 

 a Comb and a Glafs. Be not over hafty, 

 take what remains along with you : Mark the 

 End for which the Philofopher exhorts this, 



^oLfhlct T ^a&^eicw '^^}i^?iv^Tcievy I'hat if they 

 be handfome^ they might appro^ce thcmjehes wor- 

 thy of their Form ; but if they be otherwife^ they 

 may by Difcipline and Injiitution hide their Z)^- 

 formity ; and fo by their virtuous Behaviour 

 compenfate the Hardnefs of their Favour, and 

 by the Pulchritude of their Souls make up 

 what is wanting in the Beauty of their Bodies; 

 and truly I believe a virtuous Soul hath In- 

 fluence upon its Vehicle, and adds a Luftrc 

 even to the outward Man, (l:iining^ forth in the 

 very Face. 



2. So ufe the Body as to preferve the Health 

 and Vigor, and confequently prolong the Life 

 of it ; thefe are Things that all Men covet ; 

 no more effedlual Means for the Maintenance 

 and Prefervation of them than a regular and 

 virtuous Life. That Health is impaired by Vice, 

 daily Experience fufficiently evinceth ; 1 need 

 not fpend Time to prove what no Man doth 

 or can deny. And as for Length of Days, we 

 find by the fame Experience, that intemperate 

 and diforderly Perfons are, for the moft part, 

 -(hort-liv'd > moreover, immoderate Cares and 

 Arujciety are obferv'd ^ fuddenly to bring grey 



Hairs 



