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Manuductio ad ministerium. Directions for a candidate of the ministry
Manuductio ad ministerium. Directions for a candidate of the ministry. : Wherein, first, a right foundation is laid for his future improvement; and, then, rules are offered for such a management of his academical & preparatory studies; and thereupon, for such a conduct after his appearance in the world; as may render his a skilful and useful minister of the Gospel. : [Three lines of quotation in Latin]
Boston: printed for Thomas Hancock, 1726
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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.
X. Baglivi is not the only Gentleman, who has observed, how much Tranquillity and Serenity of the Mind, contributes unto the Health. Hofman in his Treatise, Des Moyens de vivre Longtemps, has observed, That in the way of keeping the Mind Quiet, the Fear of the Lord tends unto Life. An Holy and an Easy Mind, is the most Healthful Thing under Heaven: The most potent Prophylactic in all the World. I need say no more.
Only This. Forever Obsta Principijs.— If any Sickness come upon you, be sure to be Sick soon enough. Maladies taken at the Beginning may be easily and presently conquered; when— Delays are dangerous. And if you are upon a Recovery from any Malady, Ben't Well too soon •
20. I have now no more to do; but only single out a Few RULES OF PRUDENCE, the Observation whereof may be your Preservation from very many Wrong Steps, in the Way you have ⟨p. 137⟩now before you. It cost the Prussians, the Trouble of a War, before they could oblige their Neighbours, to call them no longer Brutos, which they did before the Tenth Century, but, Prusses, which signifies, it seems, A Prudent People. I wish it may cost you no more Trouble, than only a little Reading of, and Thinking on, certain Maxims of Prudence to render you one of that People. I shall not say, how much it has cost me, and what a Dear-bought Experience it is, that has enabled me to recommend them.