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Pietas in patriam the life of His Excellency Sir William Phips, Knt. late Captain…
Pietas in patriam the life of His Excellency Sir William Phips, Knt. late Captain General and Governor in Chief of the province of the Massachuset-Bay, New England, containing the memorable changes undergone, and actions performed by him / written by one intimately acquainted with him.Pietas in patriam the life of His Excellency Sir William Phips, Knt. late Captain General and Governour in Chief of the province of the Massachuset-Bay, New England, containing the memorable changes undergone, and actions performed by him / written by one intimately acquainted with him.
London: printed by Sam. Bridge for Nath. Hiller, 1697
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
'TIS a Similitude which I have Learned from no less a Person, than the great Basil. That as the Eye sees not those Objects which are applied close unto it, and evenly upon it; but when the Objects are to some distance removed, it clearly discerns them: So, we have little sense of the Good, which we have in our Enjoyments; until God by the removal thereof, teach us better to prize what we once enjoyed. It is true, the Generality of sober and thinking People among the New-Englanders, did as highly value the Government of Sir William Phips, whilst he lived, as they do his Memory since his Death; nevertheless it must be confessed, that the Blessing which the Country had in his indefatigable Zeal, to serve the Public in all it's Interests, was not so valued as it should have been.
'TIS a Similitude which I have Learned from no less a Person, than the great Basil. That as the Eye sees not those Objects which are applied close unto it, and even ly upon it; but when the Objects are to some distance removed, it clearly discerns them: So, we have little sense of the Good, which we have in our Enjoyments; until God by the removal thereof, teach us better to prize what we once enjoyed. It is true, the Generality of sober and thinking People among the New-Englanders, did as highly value the Government of Sir William Phips, whilst he lived, as they do his Memory since his Death; nevertheless it must be confessed, that the Blessing which the Country had in his indefatigable Zeal, to serve the Publick in all it's Interests, was not so valued as it should have been.
It was mentioned long since, as a notorious Fault in Old Egypt, That it was Loquax & Ingeniosa in Contumeliam Praefectorum Provincia; si quis fortè vitaverit Culpam, Contumeliam non effugit: And New-England has been at the best, always too faulty, in that ⟨p. 100⟩very Character, A Province very Talkative, and Ingenious for the vilifying of it's Public Servants.
It was mention'd long since, as a notorious Fault in Old Egypt, That it was Loquax & Ingeniosa in Contumeliam Praefectorum Provincia; si quis fortè vitaverit Culpam, Contumeliam non effugit: And New-England has been at the best, always too faulty, in that