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Insanabilia. An essay upon incurables; handling that case, What shall people do under their…
Insanabilia. An essay upon incurables; handling that case, What shall people do under their griefs, when there is no curing of them? And aimed at the comfort and counsel of the many, who encounter those grievous things, for which there is no remedy but patience. : [One line epigram in Latin]Insanabilia. An essay upon incurables; handling that case, What shall people do under their griefs, when there is no curing of them? And aimed at the comfort and counsil of the many, who encounter those grievous things, for which there is no remedy but patience. : [One line epigram in Latin]
Boston: printed by T. Fleet for Samuel Gerrish, 1714
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Thirdly. There are some, who have their Adversaries; People are disaffected unto them: The Disaffection is Inveterate. It had perhaps ⟨p. 45⟩little Cause; and it will have no Cure. 'Tis a Rooted Aversion. It will not listen to the Voice of any Charmer. They will say, This is a Grief, and I must bear it! But, how will you bear it? Why, with incomparable Meekness; With the utmost Abhorrence of all Personal Revenge; with Generous and Exquisite Projections, How to overcome Evil with Good? But this is not all. Mend your Pace, for Allatrations: as the Rein Deer, for the Dog in the Sled: Let your Pace in doing all the Good that is possible, be quickened by the Noise of your Enemies, as much as 'tis possible. And keep an exact Guard upon all your Steps, to keep in plain Paths, because of your Observers.
Thirdly. There are some, who have their Adversaries; People are disaffected unto them: The Disaffection is Invaterate. It had perhaps ⟨p. 45⟩little Cause; and it will have no Cure. 'Tis a Rooted Aversion. It will not listen to the Voice of any Charmer. They will say, This is a Grief, and I must bear it! But, how will you bear it? Why, with incomparable Meekness; With the utmost Abhorrence of all Personal Revenge; with Generous and Exquisite Projections, How to overcome Evil with Good? But this is not all. Mend your Pace, for Allatrations: as the Reine Deer, for the Dog in the Sled: Let your Pace in doing all the Good that is possible, be quickened by the Noise of your Enemies, as much as 'tis possible. And keep an exact Guard upon all your Steps, to keep in plain Pathes, because of your Observers.
Lastly. Many see Grievous Things in their Domestic Circumstances. There are those, whose Relatives bring to them, the Griefs that cannot be Cured. Some have been bereaved of Relatives, that were the Desire of their Eyes. The Death of such, has made a Breach upon them, which ⟨p. 46⟩