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II. 
It is certain (whatever Strefs may he laid on that 
trite Phrafe u Front i nulla Fide s ” ), that, if we but 
duly coniider, what is a great Truth, that the Coun- 
tenance is the Nuncio of the Mind, and only become 
well verfed in the proper Addons and Predominancy 
of its feveral Mufcles, we (hall have a great deal of 
Reafon to reverfe that Sentence , fuice alfo we mud, 
from every Days Experience, fee a Face promife 
what we afterwards find to be the real Difpofitioa 
of the Perfon who wears it, 
III. 
Providence is wife, in caufing this robe fo* 
and it has its confiderable Ufes in Nature. Does it 
not cheer and pleafe Society, to fee an open cheerful 
Face among them > Does not a forrowful A fp eft 
move Mankind, who are naturally prone to Com- 
panion? Does not a Countenance exprefling Fear 
give Warning to others to prepare againft the Dan- 
ger? Does not a fneering fcornful Face warn us to 
beware of its Owner > And does not a furly, morofe, 
or dogged Afpeft give Men Diftruft, forbid Friend- 
fhip, and fill Societies with uneafy Apprehenfions } 
IV. 
It was becaufe the Means of Self-Prefervation 
flhould be generoufly diftributed to us, that the pre- 
vailing Charafteriftics of Tempers fhould be thus 
F confpicuous 
