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The Fable tells us, that Epsmenrdes flepe many years together ina Cave, and all that | 
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but fhort andilittle ; nay, and towards the laft-period of old age, a mere Ket; and, “as 
) falpend the fenfes as meuch or more. .. Touching them; lee furtherinquiry be made, So far 
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! As fot Motion and Exeres/2, Lafitude hurteth, and fo doth all.Motion and Exer- 
cife which is.too nimble and {wift;) as Running, Tennis, Fencing, and thelike ; and 
_again, when our ftrength is extended and ftrainedto the uttermoft, \as.Dancing, Wreft- 
ling, and fuch like): for it is certain,that the Spsrsts being driven. into ftreights, either by: 
the {wiftnefs of the motion, or by the ftraining of the forces, ido! afterward become 
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||more eager and predatory. On the other fidg* Exercsfes which ftir up a good ftrang: 
‘motion, but not over-{wiftsorto our utmoft ftrength, (‘fuchasateLeaping, Shooting, 
| Riding Bowling, and the like ):<do not hurt, but 'rather benefit::>>) » |: re 
_ We mult come now to the Afeétions and Paffions of the Mindy dnd fee which of them '| . 
arehurtful to long life, which profitable. 911) ea taod siotade bh 
| &Great foys: attenuate and diffufe the fpirits, and {horten life's famsliar Chearfulnefs 
| ftrengthens the /pirirs, by calling them forth, and yetnot refolyingthem. > 
_ Lapreffions of Foy in the fenfe are naught ; ruminations of Joy in the memory, :or 
apprehenfionsof them in hopevor fancy, are good. .' rt yet 1 30 
Foy fuppreffed, or communicated {paritigly,, doth more comfort the /perits than Foy 
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1 f Grief and Sadnefs, it it be void of Fear, and affli&: not too mich; doth rather pto- 
onglife ; for itcontracteth the fpércts,and is akind of condenfations 9 64 iy 2nd) 
_ Great Fears fhorten thelife': for though Grief and Fear do bothftreighten the /pirit, 
yet in Grief thereis.a fimple contraction 5 but in Fear, by reafon of the cares;taken} 
forthe remedy; and hopes intermixed, thereis a turmoil and vexing of the /persts. | 
| -eAnger {upprefied: is alfo a kind of vexation, and caufeth the /psrtt to feed upon the 
juices‘of the body; butlet loofe and breaking forth, it helpeth:, asthofe edicenes do! 
whichinducea robuft heat. si} Fo. NoBS3e%54 02. ettoisact 
_ €nvy is the worlt of all Paffions, and fecdeth upon the. /pirits,.and they, again, 
| upon the body; and {fo much the more becaufe it is perpetual, andj asit is faid,, teepeth: 
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_Pity of another man’s: misfortunes which is not likely to befall our felves, isgood:. 4 
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