. The doctrine of morality : or, A view of human life, according to the stoick philosophy : exemplify'd in one hundred and three copper-plates, done by the celebrated Monsieur Daret, engraver to the Late French King, with an explanation of each plate . om him, who wakes to read and pray, fly thence to tormentthofe wretched Creatures, who delight in Idlenefs, and rife not, till they are tired with too muchEafe ; ;who convert into a Sin, that Reft which Nature defignd only for our Refreshment. i, ■ Et, ni Pofces ante diem librum cum lumine, fi nonIntendes animum fludiis
. The doctrine of morality : or, A view of human life, according to the stoick philosophy : exemplify'd in one hundred and three copper-plates, done by the celebrated Monsieur Daret, engraver to the Late French King, with an explanation of each plate . om him, who wakes to read and pray, fly thence to tormentthofe wretched Creatures, who delight in Idlenefs, and rife not, till they are tired with too muchEafe ; ;who convert into a Sin, that Reft which Nature defignd only for our Refreshment. i, ■ Et, ni Pofces ante diem librum cum lumine, fi nonIntendes animum fludiis & rebus honeflis,Invidiâ, vel amore vigil torquebere. ■ ■ Vigilare decet HominemQui vult fua tempore conficere officia :Nam qui dormitat libenter, fine lucro, & cumMalo quiefcit. If eer the Day appear, you do not rife, A Book and Candle ask ; your Faculties To vertuous Studies bend, your Thoughts employ On things divine ; Love will your Peace deftroy, Or Envy break your Sleeps, and ftill annoy. That Man ought to be moft vigilant, who defiresto perform his Duty in due time, and well ; forhe that delights in Idlenefs and Sloth, takes hisReft, tis true, but vaftly to His Prejudice,reaping no Advantage by it. A View of Human Life. in. LAme eft une Machine a beaucoup de refforts jLoyfivetê les rouille & les rend inutiles ;Travaille incejfamment de lefprit ou du corps ;Et ta Machine aura fes mouvements faciles. The Soul is âMàchine,which many Springs compofeiBy too much Idlenefs it rufts, and ufelefs grows :By confiant Exercife thyMi nd andBody ftill improve*And the Machine fliall fwiftly, and in order move; Nd m The Dotlrine &f MORALITY; or, The Explanation of the Seventh Picture. Qui ayrne la Vertue, mefjjnfe tout lerefte. Whofocvcr lo-ves Vertue% defpifes alt otherthings. <E NE REUSE & heroique Pajfun, defçavoir ce quil faut fçavoir, ceft à diredeftre vertueux ; combien fcnt hautes, &combien font divines, les Refolutions quetu fais prendre à ceux que tu pojfedesv
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