A discourse of self-murder lately written, and now published as a disswasive from so horrid and inglorious a thing. By E.P., in a letter to his intimate friend R.F. Licens'd, November 24. 1691.
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             A discourse of self-murder lately written, and now published as a disswasive from so horrid and inglorious a thing. By E.P., in a letter to his intimate friend R.F. Licens'd, November 24. 1691.
             E. P. (Ezra Pierce)
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           A
           DISCOURSE
           OF
           SELF-MURDER
           ,
           Lately
           Written
           ,
           and
           now
           Published
           as
           a
           DISSWASIVE
           FROM
           SO
           Horrid
           and
           Inglorious
           a
           THING
           .
        
         
           By
           
             E.
             P.
          
           In
           a
           Letter
           to
           his
           Intimate
           Friend
           
             R.
             F.
          
           
        
         
           
             A
             Crime
             which
             cannot
             be
             acted
             without
             a
             Violation
             of
             what
             seems
             the
             most
             universal
             and
             radicated
             Law
             of
             Nature
             ,
             Self-Preservation
             .
             
             Boyle's
             
               Christ
               .
               Virt.
            
             p.
             61
             ,
             62
             ,
          
        
         
           Alterius
           perditio
           tui
           sit
           Cautio
           .
        
         
           Nil
           misero
           miserius
           seipsum
           non
           miserante
           .
        
         
           LICENS'D
           ,
           
             November
             24.
             1691.
             
          
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           A.
           and
           
             John
             Churchill
          
           ,
           and
           Sold
           by
           
             John
             Miller
          
           Bookseller
           in
           Sherbourn
           in
           
             Dorsetshire
             .
             1692.
          
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           DEDICATION
           To
           his
           Honoured
           TUTOR
           ,
           WILLIAM
           GOULD
           ,
           M.
           D.
           Late
           Fellow
           of
           Wadham-Colledge
           ,
           Oxon.
           
        
         
           
             Honoured
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           THE
           only
           Relation
           that
           drew
           me
           to
           presume
           of
           fixing
           your
           Name
           to
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           was
           that
           of
           a
           Scholar
           to
           his
           Master
           ,
           when
           I
           had
           formerly
           the
           Happiness
           of
           being
           under
           your
           Inspection
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           having
           Natural
           Reason
           ripened
           and
           mellowed
           by
           some
           artificial
           Advancements
           .
           The
           Experience
           I
           had
           then
           of
           your
           Candor
           ,
           gives
           me
           now
           just
           Encouragement
           to
           hope
           ,
           that
           in
           offering
           these
           Papers
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           first
           Fruits
           of
           my
           enquiry
           yet
           abroad
           ,
           I
           presume
           not
           amiss
           .
           I
           had
           thoughts
           (
           having
           indeed
           brought
           it
           to
           some
           perfection
           )
           of
           presenting
           you
           with
           another
           thing
           ,
           differing
           from
           this
           both
           in
           Kind
           and
           Language
           ,
           and
           by
           way
           of
           gratitude
           to
           have
           repayed
           it
           to
           one
           whom
           I
           esteemed
           it
           best
           due
           ;
           (
           from
           whom
           I
           had
           distill'd
           on
           me
           those
           kind
           and
           gentle
           Effusions
           ,
           at
           my
           first
           admission
           to
           the
           Vniversity
           ,
           and
           therefore
           have
           reason
           to
           deplore
           nothing
           more
           ,
           than
           my
           own
           voluntary
           and
           untimely
           departure
           from
           their
           warmer
           Influence
           )
           but
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           as
           we
           breathe
           here
           below
           in
           a
           contigent
           Air
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           quick-sighted
           enough
           to
           pierce
           through
           the
           Clouds
           of
           that
           Caliginous
           Night
           ,
           under
           which
           all
           Futurity
           lies
           obscured
           and
           concealed
           ,
           many
           unsought
           Accidents
           may
           obtrude
           themselves
           on
           us
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           come
           ,
           instead
           of
           giving
           us
           a
           Diversion
           ,
           they
           are
           then
           as
           unwelcome
           ,
           as
           before
           
           they
           were
           unthought
           of
           .
           And
           while
           a
           Man
           is
           detained
           under
           the
           severe
           Discipline
           of
           some
           dark
           Providence
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           better
           to
           clear
           up
           ,
           and
           soften
           his
           Disposition
           ,
           than
           mildly
           to
           impart
           to
           another
           what
           is
           at
           present
           so
           great
           a
           Burthen
           to
           himself
           ;
           
           as
           when
           the
           Stream
           swells
           ,
           and
           threatens
           the
           adjoyning
           Bank
           ,
           it
           receives
           a
           sudden
           check
           through
           the
           conveyance
           of
           some
           hidden
           Sluce
           .
           But
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           not
           think
           (
           most
           Courteous
           Mecaenas
           )
           as
           I
           am
           not
           so
           vain
           to
           imagine
           ,
           That
           this
           mean
           Present
           is
           sufficient
           to
           disengage
           me
           from
           those
           higher
           Obligations
           ,
           whereby
           I
           shall
           ever
           stand
           indebted
           to
           you
           .
           I
           have
           only
           this
           to
           beg
           ,
           that
           you
           would
           Honour
           me
           with
           some
           part
           of
           your
           good
           Esteem
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           accept
           of
           these
           juvenile
           Productions
           ,
           as
           a
           present
           Testimony
           of
           that
           Respect
           which
           is
           still
           owing
           ,
           till
           you
           are
           gratified
           with
           the
           compleater
           Issue
           of
           a
           more
           improved
           Ability
           .
           And
           while
           I
           address
           to
           you
           ,
           if
           you
           retain
           your
           wonted
           Candor
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           have
           no
           reason
           to
           suspect
           the
           contrary
           )
           I
           need
           not
           doubt
           of
           your
           Generous
           Condescention
           ;
           but
           am
           still
           perswaded
           to
           hope
           ,
           that
           the
           height
           your
           great
           Abilities
           and
           Disquisitions
           have
           raised
           you
           to
           ,
           is
           not
           above
           the
           Intreaties
           of
           a
           Client
           ,
           but
           rather
           like
           some
           fruitful
           Limb
           of
           Nature
           ,
           you
           will
           bend
           the
           lower
           for
           being
           well
           laden
           .
           And
           being
           thus
           encouraged
           ,
           while
           I
           study
           for
           a
           clear
           discharge
           at
           my
           present
           Post
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           forget
           to
           approve
           my self
           ,
        
         
           
             Burton
             near
             Sherbourn
             ,
             
               Septemb.
               28.
               1691.
               
            
          
           
             Your
             Constant
             Servant
             ,
             EZRA
             PIERCE
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           Epistle
           to
           the
           READER
           .
        
         
           
             Courteous
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           THE
           following
           Treatise
           would
           gladly
           entitle
           it self
           to
           thy
           acceptance
           .
           But
           if
           the
           Author
           may
           not
           be
           so
           happy
           in
           the
           general
           ,
           he
           is
           sure
           of
           some
           particular
           friends
           ,
           and
           those
           of
           no
           mean
           rank
           ,
           who
           have
           given
           it
           a
           kind
           entertainment
           beyond
           what
           was
           expected
           ,
           and
           with
           whose
           approbation
           it
           comes
           abroad
           :
           And
           if
           but
           one
           person
           more
           be
           either
           bettered
           ,
           or
           relieved
           hereby
           ,
           he
           thinks
           himself
           abundantly
           recompenced
           in
           the
           enquiry
           .
           Be
           not
           swift
           to
           censure
           ,
           't
           is
           a
           subject
           very
           uncommon
           .
           And
           the
           innocency
           ,
           the
           Author
           hopes
           ,
           in
           exposing
           what
           is
           written
           to
           the
           publick
           ,
           will
           (
           withal
           considering
           the
           unpleasantness
           of
           the
           undertaking
           )
           prevent
           in
           others
           all
           thoughts
           of
           glory
           and
           ambition
           in
           the
           publisher
           .
           Besides
           ,
           't
           is
           well
           known
           ,
           this
           man
           is
           not
           so
           discerning
           as
           to
           detect
           what
           that
           mans
           apprehensions
           of
           things
           are
           :
           'T
           is
           a
           kind
           of
           Sagacity
           we
           must
           confess
           we
           all
           fall
           short
           of
           .
           The
           truth
           is
           ,
           we
           are
           not
           so
           much
           concerned
           at
           him
           ,
           who
           ends
           his
           life
           in
           a
           free
           and
           natural
           course
           ,
           and
           in
           an
           even
           pace
           walks
           off
           to
           the
           Chambers
           of
           the
           Dead
           ;
           for
           why
           ,
           't
           is
           the
           common
           Road
           of
           Mankind
           ;
           but
           for
           a
           man
           to
           break
           up
           the
           door
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           with
           rude
           hands
           to
           thrust
           himself
           out
           of
           the
           world
           ;
           for
           a
           man
           to
           hurry
           himself
           on
           all
           the
           unknown
           hazards
           of
           Self-violence
           ,
           you
           will
           say
           this
           is
           a
           very
           quaint
           undertaking
           .
        
         
           
             —
             Quis
             talia
             fando
          
           
             Temperet
             à
             Lachrymis
             ?
          
        
         
           Thrice
           cursed
           be
           the
           fatal
           instrument
           that
           shall
           ever
           be
           accessary
           to
           so
           unfortunate
           an
           attempt
           .
        
         
           Now
           what
           account
           can
           be
           given
           of
           an
           Adventure
           so
           preposterous
           and
           amazing
           ?
           There
           are
           ,
           't
           is
           confessed
           ,
           different
           Scenes
           of
           this
           kind
           .
           Some
           by
           their
           own
           fast
           and
           immoderate
           walking
           ,
           are
           seen
           to
           shake
           the
           sands
           of
           life
           ,
           and
           to
           breed
           a
           confusion
           in
           their
           current
           .
           Some
           men
           ,
           scorn
           makes
           desperate
           ;
           others
           are
           sighing
           ,
           and
           shortening
           their
           hours
           under
           the
           false
           wheadles
           of
           some
           softer
           passion
           .
           But
           now
           for
           a
           man
           that
           values
           not
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           has
           outlived
           the
           follies
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           
           and
           is
           indifferently
           careful
           not
           to
           charge
           himself
           beyond
           measure
           ;
           for
           one
           that
           is
           placed
           under
           the
           handsomest
           circumstances
           of
           content
           imaginable
           ,
           blessed
           with
           a
           competent
           support
           ,
           cheared
           with
           an
           acceptable
           Relation
           ,
           and
           wanting
           nothing
           but
           a
           quiet
           mind
           to
           Crown
           himself
           in
           the
           free
           Empire
           of
           his
           own
           Enjoyment
           ,
           for
           such
           a
           one
           to
           become
           his
           own
           dire
           Executioner
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           the
           first
           in
           hunting
           away
           the
           Sacred
           breath
           ,
           this
           last
           indeed
           gives
           me
           leave
           to
           guess
           somewhat
           in
           a
           Theory
           otherwise
           so
           unaccountable
           .
        
         
           'T
           was
           the
           Observation
           of
           a
           great
           man
           to
           this
           effect
           ,
           
           Discontent
           is
           not
           seated
           in
           our
           Wants
           ,
           but
           Desires
           .
           There
           is
           scarce
           any
           condition
           in
           the
           world
           so
           low
           ,
           but
           may
           satisfie
           our
           wants
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           no
           condition
           so
           high
           as
           can
           reach
           our
           Desires
           .
        
         
           Quod
           satiare
           potest
           dives
           Natura
           ministrat
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           live
           according
           to
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           and
           Reason
           ,
           we
           shall
           never
           be
           poor
           ;
           but
           if
           we
           live
           according
           to
           fond
           opinion
           and
           fancy
           ,
           we
           shall
           never
           be
           rich
           .
        
         
           A
           discontented
           man
           to
           me
           is
           the
           wonder
           of
           Nature
           .
           He
           would
           fain
           conceal
           his
           mind
           ,
           and
           yet
           at
           the
           same
           time
           takes
           the
           best
           care
           to
           expose
           his
           misery
           .
           I
           am
           apt
           to
           think
           ,
           that
           Melancholy
           is
           not
           the
           first
           thing
           that
           attacks
           Mankind
           ,
           but
           that
           discontent
           is
           at
           once
           both
           the
           Parent
           and
           Nurse
           of
           so
           deformed
           an
           off-spring
           ;
           and
           being
           not
           able
           to
           bear
           up
           with
           that
           usual
           vigor
           and
           sharpness
           ,
           at
           length
           tires
           ,
           and
           decays
           through
           a
           long
           fatigue
           .
           And
           all
           this
           while
           the
           subject
           is
           ripening
           apace
           for
           some
           desperate
           design
           ;
           and
           no
           doubt
           too
           (
           as
           we
           never
           want
           the
           latent
           attendance
           of
           an
           evil
           Geni
           ,
           
           Smith's
           
             Sel.
             Disc
             .
          
           )
           there
           is
           some
           active
           Impressor
           from
           without
           that
           sets
           forward
           the
           attempt
           ,
           and
           having
           used
           his
           utmost
           effort
           ,
           the
           party
           is
           prevailed
           on
           at
           length
           ,
           and
           away
           must
           he
           be
           hurried
           in
           a
           stream
           of
           Self-violence
           .
           Hell
           and
           horror
           !
           a
           man
           must
           be
           strangely
           wrought
           on
           to
           act
           thus
           beyond
           the
           common
           measures
           of
           Humanity
           .
           Reason
           must
           be
           sorrily
           baffled
           ;
           and
           it
           can
           scarce
           be
           conceived
           of
           any
           ,
           unless
           one
           lately
           returned
           from
           the
           Pastures
           of
           Abdera
           ,
           where
           he
           has
           sucked
           in
           madness
           with
           his
           very
           diet
           .
           It
           must
           be
           sure
           when
           the
           Brute
           extinguishes
           the
           Man
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           calmer
           notions
           are
           betrayed
           and
           gone
           ,
           before
           he
           can
           be
           brought
           over
           to
           so
           unnatural
           a
           compliance
           ,
           fancy
           must
           needs
           run
           low
           ,
           and
           reason
           be
           retired
           to
           its
           cold
           harbour
           ,
           before
           such
           a
           kind
           of
           Lethargy
           can
           seize
           on
           the
           mass
           of
           Being
           ,
           and
           a
           man
           be
           forced
           to
           exclude
           himself
           from
           the
           friendly
           Light.
           Fie
           !
           Melancholy
           to
           this
           degree
           !
           't
           is
           beneath
           the
           scorn
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           the
           juster
           harmony
           of
           a
           
           more
           setled
           Imagination
           .
           I
           defie
           that
           dull
           Meteor
           raised
           from
           your
           earthly
           self
           ,
           that
           impure
           steam
           which
           one
           bright
           hour
           can
           easily
           scatter
           ,
           and
           having
           chased
           away
           the
           darker
           anguish
           ,
           can
           command
           the
           rising
           Sun
           to
           smile
           forth
           a
           happy
           day
           .
           Well
           ,
           suppose
           the
           worst
           ,
           the
           day
           had
           been
           somewhat
           obscurer
           than
           ordinary
           ,
           and
           the
           faint
           light
           seemed
           to
           vibrate
           and
           depart
           ,
           is
           there
           not
           a
           warm
           Interval
           that
           over-matches
           the
           rougher
           season
           ?
           Will
           it
           still
           be
           Winter
           ?
           Does
           not
           the
           gay
           Spring
           mend
           up
           whatever
           severity
           went
           before
           ,
           recommending
           it
           with
           a
           more
           chearful
           acceptance
           ?
        
         
           Why
           should
           we
           attempt
           to
           remove
           the
           Landmarks
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           think
           to
           adjust
           the
           periods
           of
           time
           according
           to
           the
           measures
           of
           our
           own
           distracted
           fancy
           ?
           Or
           at
           least
           ,
           are
           we
           such
           unskilful
           Artists
           ,
           that
           we
           can't
           trim
           the
           Lamp
           ,
           unless
           we
           wholly
           extinguish
           the
           Light
           ?
           Would
           you
           perswade
           the
           Lutanist
           to
           burst
           the
           string
           ,
           because
           the
           Instrument
           is
           at
           present
           out
           of
           tune
           ?
           Must
           the
           Jewel
           perish
           ,
           because
           the
           Case
           is
           a
           little
           disordered
           ?
           If
           a
           man
           murders
           another
           ,
           the
           horror
           of
           the
           fact
           may
           be
           somewhat
           mitigated
           before
           his
           departure
           into
           the
           everlasting
           Scene
           of
           uncertainty
           ,
           and
           a
           gentle
           recantation
           may
           interpose
           betwixt
           the
           censure
           of
           the
           Crime
           ,
           and
           the
           execution
           of
           Justice
           ;
           but
           for
           a
           man
           to
           be
           a
           Suicide
           ,
           for
           that
           Royal
           Creature
           to
           be
           the
           Regicide
           of
           himself
           ,
           and
           to
           fall
           a
           Sacrifice
           to
           the
           flames
           of
           his
           own
           revenge
           ,
           this
           is
           a
           sad
           revolution
           indeed
           .
           And
           though
           't
           is
           not
           our
           part
           to
           judge
           ,
           yet
           we
           may
           have
           the
           liberty
           to
           fear
           his
           future
           disposal
           ;
           for
           he
           is
           gone
           without
           a
           Psalm
           of
           mercy
           ,
           and
           had
           no
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           to
           refresh
           him
           in
           his
           last
           Agony
           .
           When
           a
           good
           man
           departs
           the
           Stage
           ,
           like
           the
           Sun
           you
           may
           trace
           his
           glory
           at
           his
           setting
           ,
           and
           the
           mournful
           Croud
           surrounding
           ,
           may
           be
           cheared
           at
           the
           brightness
           of
           the
           sinking
           flash
           .
           Happy
           day
           !
           whenever
           I
           expire
           ,
           and
           it
           be
           my
           good
           fortune
           to
           have
           pale
           death
           sit
           triumphant
           on
           the
           hollow
           Cheek
           ,
           instead
           of
           parting
           in
           the
           dumb
           pomp
           of
           confusion
           ,
           may
           I
           beg
           the
           boon
           to
           go
           off
           civilly
           from
           the
           Body
           ;
           and
           whoever
           departs
           otherwise
           ,
           I
           wish
           that
           unblest
           terrors
           may
           not
           for
           ever
           haunt
           his
           trembling
           shadow
           .
        
         
           Farewell
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           CONTENTS
           .
        
         
           
             
               SECT
               .
               I.
            
             A
             short
             account
             of
             the
             universal
             Law
             of
             Nature
             .
             
               Page
               1.
            
             
          
           
             
               Sect.
               II.
            
             Of
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             ,
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             present
             Case
             .
             3.
             
          
           
             
               Sect.
               III.
            
             The
             present
             Case
             stated
             and
             aggravated
             .
             6.
             
          
           
             
               Sect.
               IV.
            
             The
             present
             Case
             unravelled
             and
             solved
             .
             9.
             
          
           
             A
             melancholly
             Man
             described
             in
             the
             present
             Instance
             .
             10.
             
          
           
             A
             further
             Account
             of
             a
             melancholly
             Man
             from
             Dr.
             
               Tillotson
               .
               12.
            
             
          
           
             Self-Murder
             is
             to
             be
             abhorred
             upon
             three
             special
             Accounts
             .
             14.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Because
             the
             Self-Murderer
             subverts
             the
             end
             of
             his
             being
             created
             .
             15.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Because
             he
             is
             a
             Rebel
             to
             his
             Creator
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             Because
             he
             does
             a
             thing
             that
             is
             highly
             prejudicial
             to
             the
             immortal
             Part.
             16.
             
          
           
             A
             Digression
             concerning
             the
             Soul.
             ibid.
             
          
           
             
               Sect.
               V.
            
             The
             present
             Case
             summ'd
             up
             ,
             with
             the
             Opinion
             of
             Josephus
             and
             St.
             
               Austin
               .
               18.
            
             
          
           
             The
             Conclusion
             .
             26.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           DISCOURSE
           OF
           Self-Murder
           .
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             I.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             Vniversal
             Law
             of
             Nature
             .
          
           
             
               Dear
               Lindâmor
               ,
            
          
           
             I
             Would
             not
             be
             thought
             troublesome
             in
             the
             diversion
             I
             am
             now
             about
             to
             give
             you
             ;
             how●ver
             I
             hope
             you
             will
             so
             far
             comply
             with
             my
             request
             ,
             which
             I
             shall
             take
             to
             be
             a
             farther
             testimony
             of
             that
             freeness
             and
             civility
             you
             have
             hitherto
             expressed
             ,
             as
             to
             suffer
             that
             to
             be
             the
             entertainment
             of
             one
             of
             your
             leisure
             hours
             ,
             which
             has
             cost
             me
             several
             in
             the
             Composition
             .
             And
             first
             ,
             you
             must
             needs
             grant
             me
             this
             without
             controul
             ,
             That
             there
             is
             something
             intrinsical
             to
             the
             rational
             nature
             :
             there
             are
             some
             radical
             principles
             that
             are
             sweetly
             tempered
             with
             the
             Immortal
             breath
             ,
             and
             do
             shew
             themselves
             forth
             in
             this
             happy
             Compound
             ,
             to
             countermand
             which
             ,
             should
             there
             come
             one
             from
             the
             Angelick
             Order
             ,
             tho
             we
             will
             be
             more
             civil
             than
             to
             pronounce
             him
             accursed
             ,
             yet
             so
             far
             we
             may
             safely
             aver
             ,
             That
             we
             are
             not
             bound
             to
             believe
             him
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             some
             grand
             dictate
             lodged
             in
             the
             Center
             of
             the
             Reasonable
             
             Being
             ,
             which
             a
             Heathen
             called
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             something
             that
             constantly
             associates
             with
             it
             ,
             and
             is
             as
             't
             were
             the
             main
             artery
             from
             whence
             spring
             all
             the
             lesser
             branches
             of
             the
             Natural
             Law.
             We
             know
             not
             how
             to
             Character
             it
             ,
             but
             we
             are
             sensible
             enough
             of
             the
             effect
             .
             The
             
               Malum
               fugiendum
            
             ,
             the
             
               Beatitudo
               quaerenda
            
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             ,
             are
             all
             of
             its
             own
             l●ying
             ;
             and
             having
             sufficiently
             warmed
             ,
             and
             cherished
             these
             Oval
             Principles
             ,
             
             hence
             't
             is
             that
             they
             appear
             in
             the
             vigor
             and
             quickness
             of
             a
             Law.
             Amongst
             all
             the
             very
             first
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             is
             certainly
             mingled
             with
             humanity
             ,
             and
             lies
             no
             doubt
             at
             the
             very
             root
             and
             foundation
             of
             being
             ,
             is
             the
             desire
             of
             preservation
             in
             order
             to
             happiness
             .
             Now
             this
             sweet
             passion
             ,
             Desire
             ,
             is
             seldom
             without
             a
             companion
             ;
             namely
             Fear
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             passion
             somewhat
             more
             violent
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             apprehensions
             of
             the
             Object
             ,
             and
             lies
             deep
             in
             the
             nature
             of
             man
             ;
             for
             at
             the
             same
             time
             that
             we
             are
             in
             the
             very
             fervor
             and
             stretch
             of
             inclination
             ,
             there
             is
             some
             kind
             of
             quivering
             ,
             and
             concernedness
             ,
             lest
             we
             should
             fall
             short
             in
             the
             pursuit
             ,
             This
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             is
             a
             thing
             very
             intimate
             with
             our
             Complexions
             ,
             and
             flows
             immediately
             from
             the
             Radical
             Principle
             ,
             Preservation
             :
             
               For
               every
               one
               desires
               his
               own
               Preservation
               and
               happiness
               ;
               and
               therefore
               hath
               a
               natural
               dread
               and
               horror
               of
               every
               thing
               that
               can
               destroy
               his
               Being
               ,
               or
               endanger
               his
               happiness
               .
            
          
           
             Now
             it
             can't
             be
             denied
             ,
             but
             irrationals
             too
             do
             partake
             of
             this
             common
             property
             (
             if
             I
             may
             so
             speak
             )
             with
             humanity
             .
             Every
             thing
             in
             nature
             struggles
             for
             the
             conservation
             of
             its
             Being
             ,
             and
             the
             promotion
             of
             its
             perfective
             acquirement
             .
             And
             the
             smallest
             crumb
             of
             Entity
             has
             something
             of
             care
             and
             self-interest
             in
             it
             .
             Touch
             but
             the
             honey
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             life
             of
             the
             labouring
             Bee
             ,
             and
             presently
             he
             puts
             you
             off
             with
             a
             sting
             .
             All
             Corporeals
             are
             seen
             to
             fly
             whatever
             is
             destructive
             to
             their
             own
             forms
             ,
             and
             to
             embrace
             all
             the
             neighbourly
             and
             friendly
             Beings
             ,
             that
             will
             in
             the
             least
             offer
             to
             close
             ,
             and
             comply
             with
             them
             .
             Observe
             the
             Brutal
             conduct
             ,
             though
             it
             wants
             the
             contrivance
             of
             a
             more
             substantial
             judgment
             ,
             yet
             it
             has
             so
             much
             of
             the
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             which
             a
             Philosopher
             renders
             
               Virtutum
               Simulachra
            
             ,
             some
             imperfect
             draughts
             of
             the
             Moral
             Nature
             ,
             whereby
             they
             are
             well
             enough
             furnished
             in
             their
             Wilder
             Politicks
             to
             be
             very
             tender
             of
             their
             own
             safety
             .
             Shew
             me
             a
             Being
             ,
             if
             you
             can
             ,
             that
             would
             not
             fain
             be
             centering
             it self
             in
             the
             bosom
             of
             happiness
             ,
             and
             doing
             all
             that
             is
             possible
             to
             continue
             ,
             and
             amplifie
             its
             existence
             .
             And
             though
             we
             can't
             suppose
             these
             Irrationals
             so
             unblemished
             amidst
             their
             conversation
             of
             sense
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             dressed
             themselves
             by
             the
             Glass
             of
             a
             Law
             ;
             yet
             they
             are
             so
             faithful
             to
             their
             Inclinations
             ,
             and
             careful
             to
             preserve
             the
             Seal
             of
             their
             Nature
             
             unbroken
             ,
             that
             they
             rarely
             miscarry
             upon
             this
             account
             .
             If
             you
             regard
             Inanimates
             ,
             take
             a
             stone
             that
             is
             artificially
             lodged
             upon
             the
             top
             of
             a
             Tower
             ,
             and
             you
             sha'nt
             find
             it
             inclined
             to
             dismount
             it self
             (
             though
             indeed
             there
             is
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             reason
             for
             it
             )
             till
             it
             be
             loosened
             by
             some
             external
             violence
             ,
             and
             then
             it
             must
             of
             necessity
             drop
             towards
             the
             Center
             .
             This
             is
             a
             thing
             methings
             as
             improper
             to
             conceive
             ,
             as
             for
             a
             Brute
             to
             become
             a
             
               felo
               de
               se
            
             .
             So
             that
             every
             Being
             is
             kind
             and
             courteous
             to
             it self
             to
             this
             degree
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             abandon
             what
             is
             essential
             to
             its
             own
             conservation
             ;
             but
             takes
             all
             the
             care
             ,
             and
             delight
             imaginable
             to
             carry
             on
             its
             own
             welfare
             and
             complacency
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             II.
             
          
           
             Some
             account
             of
             the
             Natural
             Law
             with
             respect
             to
             the
             present
             Case
             .
          
           
             IN
             every
             Rational
             mind
             then
             there
             is
             a
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             as
             they
             call
             it
             ,
             a
             Sacred
             kind
             of
             Manuscript
             Engraven
             by
             the
             finger
             of
             the
             Deity
             .
             'T
             was
             the
             Suprem'st
             Opifex
             that
             gave
             right
             Reason
             in
             Man
             ,
             its
             first
             Imprimatur
             ;
             and
             an
             Eternal
             Contriver
             that
             carved
             it
             on
             the
             fair
             Table
             of
             an
             Immortal
             mind
             .
             Now
             for
             what
             end
             shall
             we
             imagin
             there
             was
             so
             much
             care
             taken
             about
             it
             ?
             we
             can't
             suppose
             it
             to
             be
             fixed
             there
             as
             an
             empty
             Cypher
             ,
             but
             rather
             as
             some
             hidden
             Monitor
             ,
             which
             now
             and
             then
             steps
             up
             in
             the
             name
             of
             Authority
             ,
             and
             warns
             men
             to
             shun
             such
             irregular
             and
             undue
             courses
             as
             bear
             an
             implacable
             enmity
             towards
             their
             Natures
             ,
             and
             to
             advise
             them
             to
             embrace
             such
             comely
             Objects
             ,
             as
             shall
             enable
             the
             more
             exalted
             Power
             .
             In
             a
             word
             ,
             't
             is
             all
             for
             advancing
             the
             Rational
             make
             to
             the
             just
             perfection
             of
             its
             Being
             .
             
             'T
             was
             by
             virtue
             of
             this
             ,
             that
             the
             great
             Philosopher
             came
             to
             discern
             the
             Immortal
             Seal
             that
             was
             stamped
             on
             his
             very
             Being
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             throughly
             understood
             by
             the
             right
             trimming
             and
             improvement
             of
             his
             Intellectual
             Lamp
             ,
             that
             he
             must
             once
             ,
             as
             himself
             confest
             ,
             be
             accountable
             for
             his
             Being
             ,
             and
             all
             its
             operations
             to
             his
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             as
             he
             called
             him
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             but
             a
             fair
             and
             judicious
             construction
             of
             things
             ;
             for
             we
             can't
             otherwise
             imagin
             ,
             but
             that
             as
             this
             engraved
             Law
             was
             dispensed
             to
             every
             man
             according
             to
             the
             Oeconomy
             of
             Infinite
             Wisdom
             ;
             so
             every
             violation
             of
             this
             Law
             is
             not
             only
             prejudicial
             to
             the
             Being
             of
             man
             ,
             but
             a
             virtual
             contempt
             of
             the
             Supreme
             Legislator
             ;
             who
             having
             all
             Wisdom
             ,
             Love
             and
             Goodness
             ,
             contempered
             in
             his
             nature
             ,
             was
             moved
             
             hereby
             to
             oblige
             mankind
             to
             be
             studious
             and
             provident
             of
             its
             own
             happiness
             .
             So
             much
             then
             as
             a
             man
             revolts
             from
             the
             dictates
             of
             right
             Reason
             ,
             and
             is
             inobsequious
             to
             this
             implanted
             Law
             ,
             to
             so
             much
             misery
             and
             animadversion
             does
             he
             justly
             expose
             himself
             .
             And
             the
             very
             rays
             of
             Light
             within
             ,
             will
             reflect
             on
             him
             such
             a
             discovery
             ,
             that
             a
             Being
             essentially
             depending
             on
             another
             ,
             must
             certainly
             by
             responsible
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             without
             all
             question
             censured
             for
             the
             breach
             of
             so
             clear
             and
             excellent
             a
             constitution
             .
             And
             as
             for
             the
             Supreme
             Judge
             ,
             the
             measure
             of
             his
             proceedings
             may
             be
             collected
             from
             the
             harmony
             of
             his
             temper
             ,
             who
             is
             so
             just
             that
             he
             cannot
             ,
             and
             so
             good
             that
             he
             will
             not
             inflict
             his
             censures
             beyond
             the
             merits
             of
             the
             Crime
             .
          
           
             Now
             all
             this
             being
             so
             far
             granted
             ,
             
             we
             are
             yet
             farther
             to
             suppose
             ,
             that
             this
             Natural
             Light
             ,
             which
             all
             hold
             to
             be
             the
             glitterings
             of
             some
             uncreated
             ●ay
             on
             the
             Immortal
             Mind
             ,
             is
             still
             making
             fresh
             discoveries
             ,
             but
             especially
             recommends
             that
             which
             mostly
             tends
             to
             the
             safety
             and
             conservation
             of
             the
             Rational
             compound
             ;
             for
             this
             grand
             affair
             the
             first
             Author
             designed
             Right
             Reason
             ,
             when
             he
             took
             the
             primest
             and
             most
             select
             part
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             Enacted
             it
             into
             a
             Law.
             And
             this
             is
             so
             much
             the
             aim
             and
             tendency
             of
             it
             ,
             that
             no
             Created
             Power
             can
             dispense
             or
             divert
             it
             to
             any
             other
             end
             .
             For
             a
             Law
             thus
             founded
             ,
             remains
             irreversible
             ,
             and
             none
             can
             annul
             it
             ;
             but
             that
             very
             Legislative
             power
             ,
             who
             first
             framed
             it
             into
             Being
             .
             A
             Law
             that
             has
             so
             Divine
             an
             Original
             ,
             can
             by
             no
             means
             be
             dispensed
             withal
             ,
             unless
             by
             a
             power
             equal
             to
             the
             same
             ,
             or
             superior
             to
             that
             which
             made
             the
             Sanction
             .
             Indeed
             this
             Supreme
             Power
             ,
             we
             confess
             ,
             may
             ,
             as
             he
             thinks
             fit
             ,
             alter
             ,
             but
             will
             never
             totally
             extinguish
             the
             Natural
             Law.
             For
             why
             ,
             as
             Divines
             hold
             ,
             't
             is
             that
             Constitution
             by
             which
             the
             Heathen
             world
             shall
             be
             arraigned
             and
             censured
             at
             the
             General
             Audit.
             
          
           
             Now
             this
             Natural
             Law
             of
             which
             we
             are
             speaking
             ,
             is
             of
             that
             Universal
             extent
             both
             in
             respect
             of
             time
             and
             place
             ,
             that
             no
             person
             could
             ,
             or
             ever
             can
             plead
             an
             exemption
             from
             the
             strict
             obligation
             of
             it
             .
             I
             desire
             no
             better
             Author
             than
             Cicero
             to
             confirm
             the
             truth
             of
             this
             Assertition
             ,
             —
             
               Legi
               naturali
               nec
               propagari
               ,
               nec
               derogari
               fas
               est
               .
               —
               Nec
               veró
               aut
               per
               Senatum
               ,
               aut
               per
               populum
               solvi
               hâc
               Lege
               possumus
               .
               —
               Non
               erat
               alia
               Roma
               ,
               alia
               Athenis
               ,
               alia
               nunc
               alia
               post
               hac
               ;
               sed
               &
               omnes
               gentes
               ,
               omni
               tempore
               ,
               una
               lex
               ,
               &
               sempiterna
               &
               immutabilis
               continebit
               .
               —
               Cui
               qui
               non
               parebit
               ,
               ipse
               se
               fugiet
               ,
               &
               naturam
               hominis
               aspernabitur
               .
            
             Here
             is
             a
             clear
             and
             forcible
             intimation
             ,
             that
             no
             person
             living
             can
             be
             excused
             from
             the
             dictates
             of
             this
             Law
             ,
             unless
             he
             will
             suffer
             himself
             to
             be
             as
             't
             were
             banished
             from
             his
             own
             essence
             ,
             and
             live
             disjointed
             from
             humanity
             it self
             .
          
           
           
             He
             further
             says
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             most
             convincing
             thing
             to
             all
             that
             will
             contemplate
             ,
             That
             this
             Law
             is
             sufficient
             to
             carry
             on
             great
             Exploits
             ,
             were
             there
             no
             other
             .
             
               Nec
               si
               regnante
               Tarquinio
               nulla
               erat
               scripta
               Lex
               de
               stupris
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             
               Suppose
               there
               were
               no
               positive
               Law
               for
               the
               present
               to
               check
               the
               unruly
               Violence
               of
               a
               Tarquin
               ;
               yet
               let
               him
               consider
               that
               Virgin-law
               of
               Nature
               ,
               which
               he
               hath
               ravished
               and
               deflower'd
               ;
               what
               beamings
               of
               the
               Eternal
               Light
               ,
               enough
               to
               revive
               a
               modest
               Lucretia
               ,
               he
               hath
               quenched
               ,
               and
               so
               strike
               a
               terror
               into
               the
               heart
               of
               so
               licentious
               a
               Prince
               .
            
          
           
             Now
             ,
             with
             respect
             to
             the
             present
             Instance
             ,
             were
             there
             no
             such
             Regal
             Order
             as
             this
             erected
             in
             the
             Empire
             of
             Man
             ,
             did
             you
             spring
             into
             being
             like
             one
             of
             Natures
             productions
             ,
             or
             like
             some
             artificial
             Automaton
             ,
             had
             been
             the
             principle
             of
             your
             own
             Motion
             ?
             Or
             had
             you
             come
             hither
             in
             that
             manner
             ,
             for
             maintaining
             of
             which
             ,
             Plato
             ,
             who
             Philosophizing
             after
             a
             more
             refined
             way
             ,
             rebuked
             several
             of
             his
             Contemporaries
             ,
             and
             almost
             at
             that
             time
             of
             day
             droll'd
             the
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             out
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             Government
             of
             it
             had
             resided
             wholly
             in
             the
             Hands
             of
             blind
             Chance
             ;
             had
             it
             been
             any
             of
             these
             ,
             the
             Case
             had
             been
             otherwise
             ,
             and
             you
             might
             haply
             been
             at
             your
             own
             disposal
             .
             But
             seeing
             you
             are
             to
             pay
             deference
             to
             these
             sacred
             Engravements
             within
             you
             ,
             seeing
             you
             are
             to
             bring
             in
             a
             constant
             Homage
             ,
             for
             fear
             you
             should
             be
             branded
             with
             the
             ill
             Name
             of
             being
             a
             Rebel
             to
             Nature
             ,
             you
             are
             in
             no
             wise
             to
             meddle
             with
             a
             Prerogative
             so
             far
             beyond
             you
             .
             Besides
             ,
             seeing
             every
             Man
             has
             his
             own
             Authority
             circumscribed
             according
             to
             the
             Laws
             of
             that
             just
             Imperium
             within
             him
             ,
             I
             make
             no
             question
             but
             that
             every
             Opposition
             carries
             with
             it
             the
             force
             of
             its
             own
             Penalty
             .
             This
             appeared
             in
             the
             braver
             Heathen
             ,
             who
             spake
             in
             this
             manner
             ,
             That
             when
             Goodness
             was
             an
             abundant
             Compensation
             to
             it self
             ,
             the
             very
             baseness
             of
             such
             an
             Action
             was
             punishment
             sufficient
             .
             And
             indeed
             ,
             who
             cannot
             almost
             but
             be
             sensible
             ,
             that
             as
             some
             good
             has
             in
             it
             such
             a
             native
             Fairness
             ,
             such
             a
             magnetick
             Virtue
             ,
             as
             must
             needs
             ,
             were
             there
             no
             Command
             ,
             invite
             and
             attract
             the
             Rational
             Nature
             ,
             and
             infallibly
             win
             upon
             the
             score
             of
             its
             own
             Worth
             ;
             so
             there
             is
             such
             a
             horrid
             Deformity
             in
             some
             Evil
             ,
             as
             that
             Natural
             Reason
             must
             needs
             loath
             and
             abhor
             it
             .
             Insomuch
             ,
             were
             all
             Laws
             laid
             aside
             ,
             yet
             there
             would
             be
             some
             Order
             springing
             from
             the
             Harmonies
             of
             Reason
             ,
             whereby
             the
             Rational
             Inclination
             would
             be
             disposed
             ,
             in
             regard
             to
             its
             own
             welfare
             ,
             to
             twine
             ,
             and
             clasp
             about
             that
             Good
             ,
             and
             to
             fly
             that
             Evil
             against
             which
             it
             has
             conceived
             so
             strong
             a
             Prejudice
             .
             Now
             ,
             as
             we
             are
             positively
             assured
             ,
             That
             the
             grand
             Author
             of
             Nature
             has
             not
             settered
             ,
             or
             enslaved
             the
             Rational
             Creature
             ,
             but
             
             rather
             graced
             it
             with
             a
             competent
             Enlargement
             ;
             so
             we
             are
             equally
             certain
             't
             is
             his
             mind
             ,
             that
             it
             should
             so
             far
             consent
             to
             its
             own
             happiness
             ,
             and
             to
             all
             the
             means
             that
             are
             required
             to
             conserve
             it
             ,
             as
             hastily
             to
             shun
             ,
             and
             abhor
             whatever
             is
             destructive
             and
             prejudicial
             to
             its
             security
             .
             And
             I
             doubt
             not
             to
             aver
             from
             hence
             ,
             that
             't
             is
             according
             to
             the
             Universal
             Policy
             of
             Nature
             for
             a
             Man
             to
             regard
             his
             own
             Advantage
             .
             
             For
             as
             a
             Reverend
             Divine
             of
             our
             own
             speaks
             ,
             He
             is
             not
             a
             wise
             Man
             that
             doth
             not
             take
             care
             of
             himself
             ,
             and
             his
             own
             Concernments
             ,
             according
             to
             that
             of
             old
             
               Ennius
               ,
               Nequicquam
               sapere
               sapientem
               ,
               qui
               sibi
               ipsi
               prodesse
               non
               quiret
               .
            
             Such
             a
             one
             hath
             but
             an
             empty
             Title
             of
             Wisdom
             .
             And
             as
             Self-preservation
             is
             the
             first
             Principle
             of
             Nature
             ;
             so
             care
             of
             our Selves
             ,
             of
             our
             own
             Interest
             ,
             is
             the
             first
             part
             of
             Wisdom
             .
             And
             to
             be
             happy
             ,
             he
             adds
             ,
             Is
             not
             to
             be
             so
             for
             a
             little
             while
             ,
             but
             as
             long
             as
             may
             be
             ,
             and
             if
             it
             be
             possible
             for
             ever
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             III.
             
          
           
             The
             present
             Case
             stated
             and
             aggravated
             .
          
           
             THO
             Self-preservation
             be
             a
             dear
             Principle
             ,
             and
             so
             entwisted
             with
             the
             Natural
             Law
             ,
             that
             some
             have
             taken
             it
             for
             the
             very
             Law
             it self
             ;
             yet
             ,
             may
             not
             a
             Man
             be
             forced
             to
             do
             one
             time
             ,
             what
             even
             natural
             Instinct
             abhors
             at
             another
             ?
             'T
             is
             true
             ,
             indeed
             all
             Beings
             ,
             nay
             ,
             even
             those
             in
             whom
             only
             the
             principles
             of
             Sense
             do
             preside
             ,
             are
             greedy
             of
             being
             amplified
             and
             continued
             .
             Take
             one
             of
             the
             tenderest
             Creatures
             ,
             in
             whom
             are
             yet
             but
             the
             faint
             Evidences
             of
             Being
             ,
             and
             see
             how
             it
             shrugs
             ,
             and
             draws
             in
             at
             the
             engine
             of
             Ruin
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             begging
             struggle
             ,
             enough
             to
             raise
             pity
             in
             the
             Executioner
             ,
             would
             fain
             decline
             its
             early
             fate
             .
             
             In
             like
             manner
             don
             't
             we
             observe
             it
             to
             be
             the
             common
             Vote
             of
             Mankind
             ,
             under
             the
             Apprehension
             of
             parting
             from
             the
             present
             Acquisition
             ,
             to
             beg
             the
             kind
             fate
             to
             retreat
             one
             moment
             longer
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             be
             so
             abrupt
             as
             to
             hurry
             them
             off
             in
             a
             surprise
             ?
             
             True
             ,
             but
             may
             not
             the
             Order
             be
             inverted
             for
             once
             ?
             What
             shall
             we
             think
             of
             one
             that
             has
             plung'd
             himself
             into
             the
             deep
             horror
             of
             Melancholly
             ?
             Nothing
             seems
             so
             hateful
             to
             him
             ,
             as
             the
             tedious
             Ceremony
             of
             Life
             ;
             fain
             would
             he
             be
             at
             liberty
             ,
             glad
             of
             an
             opportunity
             to
             file
             off
             the
             thread
             ,
             and
             even
             despairing
             that
             the
             lazy
             Clue
             will
             never
             be
             unraveh'd
             to
             the
             bottom
             .
             Hence
             we
             find
             it
             to
             be
             the
             Custom
             of
             some
             Countreys
             ,
             to
             pluck
             down
             the
             fair
             Fabrick
             before
             the
             day
             ,
             and
             thereby
             to
             prevent
             the
             ruines
             of
             Old
             Age.
             And
             if
             other
             hands
             were
             wanting
             in
             the
             enterprize
             ,
             they
             thought
             it
             a
             courteous
             
             act
             to
             imploy
             their
             own
             ,
             rather
             than
             be
             tired
             out
             with
             the
             solemn
             addresses
             of
             decrepid
             Age.
             
          
           
             The
             Platonists
             approved
             of
             Self
             expedition
             in
             such
             extreme
             Circumstances
             as
             these
             ,
             and
             would
             not
             Stick
             to
             remove
             themselves
             ,
             if
             they
             could
             not
             the
             thing
             that
             interrupted
             their
             present
             beatitude
             .
             The
             Stoicks
             ,
             as
             little
             as
             they
             would
             own
             the
             sense
             of
             misery
             here
             ,
             yet
             concluded
             Man
             was
             under
             no
             necessity
             of
             living
             in
             it
             .
             They
             were
             oft-times
             ready
             to
             adore
             that
             Providential
             management
             of
             things
             ;
             
               quod
               nemo
               invitus
               vivat
            
             ,
             that
             no
             one
             was
             compell'd
             to
             suffer
             himself
             to
             be
             tortured
             on
             the
             Rack
             of
             Life
             ;
             but
             there
             was
             a
             sweet
             relief
             ,
             which
             they
             imagined
             to
             arise
             from
             the
             quickness
             of
             Self-dispatch
             ,
             when
             no
             assistant
             besides
             could
             be
             found
             to
             raise
             that
             cruel
             siege
             which
             had
             so
             long
             battered
             their
             patience
             .
          
           
             Socrates
             allowed
             it
             under
             the
             pangs
             of
             an
             incurable
             Distemper
             .
             Others
             look'd
             upon
             a
             Precipice
             ,
             or
             a
             River
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Servitutis
               effugia
            
             .
             Shall
             we
             wait
             the
             dull
             Motions
             of
             lingring
             Fate
             ,
             when
             these
             quick
             Instruments
             of
             Release
             are
             so
             near
             at
             hand
             ?
             Won't
             our
             Mother
             Earth
             ,
             out
             of
             all
             her
             florid
             Gayeties
             ,
             afford
             one
             kind
             draught
             to
             distressed
             Mortals
             ?
             We
             therefore
             find
             that
             Ancient
             Heroes
             would
             fain
             be
             so
             secure
             of
             a
             casualty
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             constantly
             provided
             of
             a
             Remedy
             ,
             
             whatever
             should
             happen
             .
             The
             Wife
             of
             Pheroras
             ,
             in
             
               Joseph
               .
               de
               Bell.
               Jud.
            
             kept
             always
             a
             little
             Box
             by
             her
             ,
             stuffed
             with
             such
             a
             desperate
             Preparation
             ,
             for
             fear
             of
             mischances
             she
             said
             .
          
           
             Seneca
             breaks
             out
             into
             a
             female
             Commendation
             ,
             and
             in
             equal
             Fame
             sounds
             forth
             the
             Courage
             of
             Cato
             ,
             and
             the
             Constancy
             of
             Lucretia
             ,
             gilding
             over
             the
             generous
             attempt
             they
             made
             on
             themselves
             with
             the
             Preservation
             of
             untainted
             Honour
             .
             'T
             is
             usual
             among
             the
             Chinenses
             at
             this
             day
             ,
             to
             contemn
             the
             frowns
             of
             Fortune
             ,
             and
             refel
             them
             in
             this
             manner
             ;
             and
             if
             there
             be
             any
             one
             to
             whom
             they
             bear
             a
             more
             than
             ordinary
             hate
             ,
             they
             count
             it
             shame
             and
             revenge
             sufficient
             to
             become
             their
             own
             Executioners
             at
             his
             very
             door
             .
          
           
             Alas
             !
             will
             there
             not
             be
             some
             decent
             Allowances
             made
             for
             these
             rugged
             Contingences
             ,
             which
             oft-times
             affront
             our
             Nature
             ,
             and
             stop
             the
             free
             current
             of
             desire
             ?
             Will
             not
             our
             Case
             admit
             of
             some
             Commiseration
             amidst
             those
             dark
             hazards
             to
             which
             we
             may
             be
             exposed
             ,
             when
             the
             atrabisis
             so
             much
             prevails
             over
             us
             ?
             Will
             it
             not
             be
             better
             for
             our
             quiet
             and
             security
             ,
             to
             pass
             into
             the
             sweetness
             of
             Nothing
             ,
             than
             to
             remain
             a
             being
             torn
             and
             dissipated
             with
             care
             and
             concernment
             ?
          
           
             The
             Historian
             tells
             us
             of
             Herod
             the
             Great
             ,
             
             That
             in
             the
             very
             midst
             of
             his
             Calamities
             ,
             his
             dicomfiture
             by
             the
             Parthians
             ,
             his
             extremity
             of
             misfortune
             ,
             he
             had
             this
             unwelcome
             Accession
             to
             his
             former
             Tragedies
             ,
             
             which
             almost
             went
             beyond
             him
             ,
             that
             his
             Mother
             was
             well
             nigh
             crush'd
             to
             Death
             by
             the
             misguidance
             of
             her
             Chariot
             .
             The
             terror
             of
             this
             Casualty
             ,
             for
             fear
             the
             Enemy
             too
             should
             surprise
             him
             during
             the
             delay
             ,
             so
             much
             wrought
             on
             him
             ,
             that
             had
             not
             the
             Standers
             by
             prevented
             it
             ,
             his
             Sword
             had
             finished
             that
             Misery
             and
             Life
             ,
             both
             at
             once
             ,
             which
             so
             thwart
             an
             Accident
             seem'd
             to
             betray
             .
          
           
             Shall
             we
             not
             allow
             something
             for
             the
             dear
             regards
             of
             a
             tender
             Mother
             ,
             when
             her
             Child
             is
             ravished
             from
             her
             Embraces
             ;
             when
             she
             has
             been
             all
             the
             while
             recounting
             to
             toils
             of
             travel
             ,
             her
             fears
             ,
             and
             her
             watchings
             ,
             her
             cares
             in
             guarding
             the
             helpless
             Plant
             ;
             her
             self-touches
             in
             the
             Infant-dolours
             ;
             her
             sighing
             now
             ,
             and
             singing
             to
             him
             then
             ,
             and
             prompting
             him
             onward
             in
             the
             stammering
             Eloquence
             of
             Nature
             .
             And
             yet
             after
             all
             ,
             to
             have
             the
             hopeful
             Sprout
             cropt
             off
             by
             a
             violent
             Hand
             ;
             
             to
             have
             the
             dear
             Off-spring
             with
             bloody
             Hands
             massacred
             before
             her
             Eyes
             ,
             (
             as
             was
             the
             case
             of
             Alexandra
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             beautiful
             Aristobulus
             )
             who
             can
             stem
             the
             tide
             of
             foaming
             Passion
             ?
             How
             could
             she
             refrain
             almost
             breaking
             through
             the
             Confines
             of
             Nature
             ,
             to
             see
             her self
             thus
             bereaved
             ?
          
           
             Again
             further
             ,
             When
             a
             Man
             shall
             be
             even
             stung
             to
             Death
             with
             the
             horrid
             Reflections
             of
             some
             dark
             Enterprise
             ,
             where
             Despair
             and
             Resolution
             have
             been
             the
             Van-Couriers
             of
             Action
             ,
             and
             can
             no
             longer
             endure
             to
             be
             lasht
             by
             that
             austere
             Nemesis
             within
             ,
             
             as
             the
             Historian
             relates
             of
             a
             Robber
             ,
             who
             for
             fear
             of
             discovery
             first
             Murdered
             all
             his
             Relations
             ,
             and
             then
             concluded
             the
             bloody
             Scene
             with
             himself
             ;
             must
             not
             we
             remit
             something
             for
             the
             unmerciful
             Invasion
             of
             such
             sudden
             Terrors
             as
             these
             ?
          
           
             So
             again
             ,
             When
             Men
             are
             under
             the
             dismal
             Notices
             of
             some
             Tyrannick
             Rage
             ,
             which
             they
             would
             gladly
             avoid
             ,
             and
             are
             begging
             the
             courteous
             Retirement
             of
             any
             solitary
             Grot
             to
             conceal
             them
             till
             the
             storm
             is
             over
             .
             As
             in
             the
             case
             of
             Phasaelus
             ,
             who
             dreading
             the
             Tyranny
             of
             Antigonus
             ,
             chused
             rather
             to
             dash
             himself
             in
             Liberty
             ,
             than
             to
             fall
             under
             the
             dishonours
             of
             an
             impri
             oned
             Life
             .
             What
             can
             we
             imagine
             here
             ?
             This
             is
             what
             the
             Historian
             is
             pleased
             to
             call
             the
             preferring
             an
             honourable
             Death
             ,
             before
             the
             base
             Reproaches
             of
             an
             ignominious
             Life
             .
             But
             then
             he
             seems
             to
             sense
             it
             in
             this
             manner
             ,
             when
             admiring
             him
             for
             his
             Valour
             ,
             
             concludes
             for
             his
             Honour
             ,
             that
             't
             was
             as
             great
             as
             could
             be
             imagined
             in
             such
             a
             desperate
             Case
             .
          
           
             To
             sum
             up
             this
             Hypothesis
             ;
             Who
             can
             span
             the
             Dimensions
             of
             another
             Man's
             thought
             ?
             Or
             ,
             what
             extraordinary
             Proposals
             might
             a
             Man
             make
             to
             himself
             in
             such
             an
             adventure
             ?
             He
             might
             be
             buoyed
             up
             for
             ought
             we
             know
             ,
             with
             these
             gallant
             Speculations
             ,
             not
             far
             different
             
             from
             that
             of
             an
             Aspiring
             Cleombrotus
             ,
             who
             had
             not
             the
             patience
             to
             wait
             any
             longer
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             detain'd
             in
             so
             tedious
             a
             Course
             ;
             but
             having
             got
             some
             conjectural
             Knowledg
             of
             the
             invisible
             Abode
             ,
             presently
             made
             his
             flight
             towards
             it
             .
             If
             you
             will
             credit
             the
             forenam'd
             Historian
             ,
             he
             says
             ,
             'T
             was
             usual
             with
             the
             Professors
             of
             Wisdom
             among
             the
             Indians
             ,
             after
             so
             many
             years
             Proficiency
             ,
             to
             commit
             themselves
             to
             the
             Flames
             .
             Their
             Character
             is
             that
             of
             just
             Men
             ;
             and
             tho
             they
             are
             said
             to
             tolerate
             this
             Life
             for
             a
             certain
             season
             ,
             as
             a
             necessary
             Office
             of
             Nature
             ,
             tho
             much
             against
             their
             Inclinations
             ;
             yet
             do
             they
             hasten
             ,
             tho
             not
             urged
             to
             it
             by
             any
             Calamity
             ,
             to
             unfetter
             themselves
             of
             the
             Bonds
             of
             Mortality
             ,
             only
             out
             of
             a
             pure
             desire
             of
             immortal
             Freedom
             .
             And
             here
             ,
             which
             we
             may
             most
             of
             all
             admire
             ,
             when
             they
             made
             known
             their
             aim
             ,
             none
             strived
             to
             divert
             ,
             or
             disswade
             them
             from
             it
             ,
             but
             rather
             in
             respect
             to
             their
             good
             Fortune
             ,
             did
             salute
             them
             a
             happy
             farewell
             with
             abundance
             of
             Commendations
             to
             their
             departed
             Friends
             .
             
             And
             thus
             with
             the
             greatest
             Applause
             imaginable
             ,
             esteeming
             it
             a
             kind
             of
             Purification
             ,
             they
             greedily
             leapt
             into
             the
             Fire
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             IV.
             
          
           
             The
             present
             Case
             unravell'd
             ,
             and
             gradually
             solved
             .
          
           
             AND
             now
             after
             all
             that
             hath
             been
             said
             hitherto
             ,
             I
             fear
             't
             will
             be
             found
             ,
             that
             Men
             of
             this
             Temper
             have
             been
             fingering
             those
             Bolts
             which
             are
             too
             weighty
             for
             mortal
             Arm
             to
             brandish
             .
             I
             much
             doubt
             't
             will
             appear
             after
             stricter
             search
             ,
             that
             it
             belongs
             to
             none
             to
             shoot
             off
             the
             Arrows
             of
             Life
             ,
             but
             he
             who
             first
             fram'd
             the
             Quiver
             ;
             and
             that
             whoever
             makes
             the
             attempt
             before
             ,
             will
             be
             found
             moving
             without
             his
             Sphere
             ,
             and
             medling
             with
             that
             Prerogative
             which
             is
             the
             sole
             Property
             of
             some
             Diviner
             Power
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             the
             saying
             of
             the
             Moralist
             ,
             
             That
             three
             things
             are
             intire
             to
             an
             immortal
             Strength
             ,
             at
             which
             no
             Man
             durst
             offer
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             to
             which
             we
             may
             add
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ;
             and
             from
             hence
             gather
             what
             a
             dangerous
             Usurpation
             't
             is
             for
             any
             one
             to
             be
             tampering
             in
             the
             sacred
             Business
             of
             Life
             ;
             and
             what
             a
             hard
             Censure
             does
             he
             incur
             ,
             equal
             to
             the
             Danger
             in
             which
             he
             has
             involved
             himself
             .
             What
             unhandsome
             Measure
             has
             he
             dealt
             to
             himself
             ,
             in
             disordering
             those
             precious
             Sands
             ,
             which
             none
             but
             an
             invisible
             Hand
             can
             shake
             ?
             Or
             in
             a
             wastful
             Effusion
             of
             those
             golden
             Drops
             ,
             which
             't
             is
             fit
             for
             none
             to
             pour
             out
             ,
             but
             he
             who
             first
             raised
             the
             Lamp
             it self
             .
             Indeed
             it
             can't
             
             be
             denied
             ,
             but
             there
             are
             many
             instances
             given
             of
             those
             that
             have
             been
             their
             own
             Extinguishers
             ;
             some
             have
             expired
             in
             Anguish
             ,
             others
             in
             Peevishness
             and
             Discontent
             ;
             others
             out
             of
             a
             fond
             Opinion
             of
             Glory
             ;
             and
             therefore
             have
             proceeded
             as
             Religiously
             herein
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             about
             to
             do
             their
             Sacrifice
             .
             
               Vi.
               Donne
            
             in
             his
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               p.
               29.
            
             which
             that
             unhappy
             Author
             at
             another
             place
             is
             pleased
             to
             call
             a
             devout
             Violence
             ;
             and
             as
             if
             he
             attempted
             with
             all
             the
             strength
             of
             Argument
             ,
             that
             a
             Subject
             of
             that
             Nature
             is
             capable
             of
             ,
             to
             encourage
             Self-homicide
             ;
             he
             stiles
             it
             the
             sweetness
             of
             Dying
             .
             And
             further
             ,
             to
             set
             it
             forth
             in
             all
             its
             Solemnity
             ,
             especially
             at
             the
             Funerals
             of
             departed
             Friends
             ,
             he
             proves
             from
             Heathen-Instances
             ,
             how
             natural
             't
             was
             for
             those
             times
             to
             affect
             a
             self-violent
             Dispatch
             .
          
           
             But
             of
             all
             the
             Inducements
             whereby
             Men
             may
             be
             driven
             on
             such
             a
             fatal
             hazard
             ,
             deep
             Melancholly
             is
             a
             thing
             of
             a
             very
             odd
             Complexion
             ,
             and
             which
             looks
             oftentimes
             this
             way
             .
             But
             then
             ,
             without
             all
             doubt
             ,
             't
             is
             an
             Error
             justly
             censurable
             for
             any
             Man
             to
             let
             it
             operate
             to
             that
             degree
             .
             And
             tho
             a
             Man
             were
             as
             disordered
             in
             his
             mind
             ,
             as
             Thersites
             was
             in
             his
             Body
             ,
             yet
             there
             are
             unquestionably
             such
             means
             to
             be
             used
             ,
             as
             will
             in
             some
             measure
             restore
             him
             to
             a
             regular
             frame
             .
             And
             seeing
             a
             bodily
             Disposition
             has
             so
             much
             influence
             on
             the
             Mind
             ,
             those
             noble
             Counsellors
             to
             Nature
             ,
             that
             are
             daily
             seen
             to
             heal
             the
             one
             ,
             may
             in
             some
             remoter
             sense
             be
             said
             to
             cure
             the
             languors
             of
             the
             other
             .
             Now
             ,
             what
             should
             possess
             Men
             under
             such
             untoward
             Alienations
             to
             accelerate
             their
             destiny
             ,
             and
             to
             bid
             hasty
             Atropos
             execute
             her
             unkind
             Office
             ,
             whilst
             the
             more
             active
             Sister
             is
             busily
             imployed
             in
             drawing
             out
             the
             flender
             Thread
             ,
             is
             hard
             to
             conceive
             ;
             tho
             as
             the
             common
             Observation
             of
             melancholly
             Men
             is
             ,
             which
             seems
             a
             Paradox
             at
             first
             sight
             ,
             
               Etsi
               mortem
               timent
               ,
               tamen
               plerumque
               sibi
               ipsis
               mortem
               conciscunt
               .
            
             
             Which
             kind
             of
             awkward
             Expedition
             ,
             Burton
             in
             his
             
               Anat.
               of
               Mel.
            
             calls
             the
             Misery
             of
             all
             Miseries
             .
             And
             the
             same
             he
             observes
             too
             to
             be
             frequent
             and
             familiar
             to
             Men
             under
             the
             Convulsions
             of
             so
             loathsome
             a
             Distemper
             .
             A
             Distemper
             that
             may
             be
             called
             ,
             as
             the
             forementioned
             Author
             notes
             ,
             
             
               Hominum
               Carnificina
            
             ;
             and
             if
             there
             be
             a
             Hell
             upon
             Earth
             ,
             't
             is
             certainly
             within
             the
             Center
             of
             a
             melancholly
             Mind
             .
             I
             can't
             but
             think
             ,
             a
             Man
             in
             this
             Case
             beyond
             a
             common
             Prometheus
             ,
             in
             whose
             Bowels
             swarms
             of
             Vultures
             lodge
             themselves
             ,
             and
             a
             whole
             herd
             of
             Scorpions
             continually
             revel
             within
             ;
             and
             here
             all
             his
             future
             Sorrow
             is
             owing
             to
             his
             present
             Misconceptions
             .
             In
             precipitating
             his
             end
             ,
             he
             fondly
             imagines
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             passing
             to
             a
             state
             of
             Ease
             .
             He
             counts
             all
             unpleasantness
             in
             his
             prefent
             Condition
             ,
             
             all
             Griefs
             and
             Discontents
             will
             be
             buried
             in
             the
             black
             Euripus
             of
             this
             Self-contrivance
             .
             Therefore
             the
             usual
             Instances
             in
             which
             Men
             shift
             themselves
             on
             this
             odd
             kind
             of
             Tryal
             ,
             are
             determined
             to
             be
             Sorrow
             ,
             Fury
             ,
             Fear
             ,
             Despair
             ,
             some
             internal
             Anguish
             and
             Remorse
             ;
             which
             make
             them
             esteem
             the
             Halter
             of
             Timon
             ,
             or
             the
             Dagger
             of
             Lucretia
             ,
             their
             best
             Asilum
             .
             And
             thereupon
             are
             ready
             to
             kiss
             the
             Executioner
             ,
             and
             to
             bless
             the
             Sacred
             Engine
             that
             appears
             for
             their
             Deliverance
             .
             Their
             Life
             is
             a
             burthen
             ,
             they
             curse
             their
             Enemies
             ,
             and
             murmur
             at
             their
             Friends
             ;
             scarce
             any
             Application
             that
             can
             satisfy
             ,
             or
             calm
             the
             busy
             Terror
             .
          
           
             Hell
             and
             Confusion
             !
             In
             the
             day-time
             ,
             how
             do
             some
             dire
             presages
             (
             on
             which
             they
             are
             most
             intent
             ,
             even
             when
             they
             would
             not
             be
             )
             of
             Shame
             ,
             and
             Anguish
             ,
             scare
             and
             appale
             the
             fainting
             Geni
             !
             In
             the
             night-time
             ,
             when
             they
             would
             fain
             repose
             ,
             being
             gazed
             on
             by
             the
             broken
             Images
             of
             Sleep
             ;
             how
             do
             the
             bold
             Ideas
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             gentle
             Morpheus
             has
             closed
             the
             tender
             Lid
             ,
             and
             given
             a
             soft
             Item
             of
             Slumber
             ,
             obtrude
             themselves
             ,
             and
             triumph
             on
             the
             State
             of
             Fancy
             ?
             How
             do
             the
             Vauits
             seem
             fill'd
             with
             unusual
             Screams
             ,
             thin
             Sounds
             ,
             hollow
             and
             dismal
             Groans
             ,
             and
             just
             flashing
             ope
             the
             Lid
             ,
             shall
             catch
             at
             the
             trembling
             Eccho
             ?
             Where
             could
             the
             Party
             in
             this
             Case
             shift
             himself
             for
             ease
             ,
             and
             court
             release
             in
             any
             figure
             ?
             Whither
             could
             he
             fly
             to
             be
             reconciled
             to
             himself
             ?
             To
             some
             caved
             Mountain
             ,
             and
             there
             beg
             the
             yielding
             Roof
             to
             redouble
             his
             moans
             ;
             to
             some
             soft
             Stream
             ,
             and
             there
             intreat
             the
             busy
             Noise
             to
             divulge
             his
             concern
             ,
             and
             chant
             forth
             his
             Sorrow
             as
             it
             goes
             to
             the
             pitying
             Consort
             of
             the
             Air.
             And
             now
             the
             critical
             Moment
             draws
             on
             ;
             in
             this
             ebb
             of
             Extremity
             ,
             the
             frightful
             Shade
             puts
             on
             a
             pleasing
             Vizard
             ,
             and
             appears
             to
             him
             
               sub
               umbra
               boni
            
             :
             And
             then
             he
             chides
             him
             for
             driving
             on
             the
             unhappy
             day
             in
             so
             tedious
             a
             manner
             ,
             and
             would
             fain
             have
             the
             Sun
             to
             set
             at
             Noon
             ;
             then
             't
             is
             ,
             that
             he
             seems
             to
             invite
             and
             embrace
             the
             joyful
             Shade
             with
             all
             the
             chear
             imaginable
             .
             —
             
               Sic
               sic
               juvant
               ire
               sub
               umbras
               .
            
             No
             Objections
             will
             work
             on
             him
             ,
             so
             furiously
             bent
             is
             he
             .
             He
             drives
             on
             purposely
             to
             overthrow
             the
             Chariot
             ,
             and
             cares
             not
             how
             the
             World
             be
             scorched
             ,
             so
             he
             becomes
             a
             Phaeton
             to
             himself
             ,
             and
             lies
             crush'd
             in
             the
             silent
             downfal
             .
             To
             what
             a
             strang
             maze
             is
             he
             driven
             !
             His
             case
             is
             hardly
             reasonable
             ,
             (
             as
             one
             excellently
             argues
             )
             and
             therefore
             cannot
             fall
             under
             any
             certain
             Rules
             and
             Directions
             .
             For
             they
             that
             are
             under
             the
             Power
             of
             Melancholly
             ,
             are
             seldom
             fit
             to
             take
             that
             Counsel
             ,
             which
             alone
             is
             fit
             to
             be
             given
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             ,
             not
             to
             believe
             themselves
             concerning
             themselves
             ,
             but
             to
             trust
             the
             Judgment
             of
             others
             ,
             rather
             than
             their
             own
             Apprehensions
             .
             
             In
             other
             Cases
             ,
             
             the
             same
             Author
             avers
             ,
             Every
             Man
             knows
             himself
             best
             ,
             but
             a
             Melancholly
             Man
             is
             most
             in
             the
             dark
             as
             to
             himself
             .
             The
             cause
             of
             his
             trouble
             is
             very
             much
             to
             be
             pitied
             ,
             but
             hard
             to
             be
             removed
             ;
             unless
             by
             chance
             one
             may
             happen
             to
             speak
             somewhat
             that
             may
             hit
             his
             humour
             ,
             and
             satisfy
             him
             for
             the
             present
             ;
             but
             reason
             must
             needs
             signify
             very
             little
             to
             those
             Persons
             ,
             the
             Nature
             of
             whose
             Distemper
             is
             to
             turn
             every
             thing
             that
             can
             be
             spoken
             for
             their
             comfort
             ,
             into
             Objections
             against
             themselves
             .
          
           
             A
             strange
             Eclipse
             indeed
             ,
             and
             a
             direful
             Conclusion
             must
             needs
             attend
             ,
             when
             Men
             will
             be
             so
             industrious
             in
             opposing
             their
             own
             Tranquility
             !
             when
             they
             had
             rather
             take
             speedy
             Shelter
             in
             the
             horrors
             of
             Night
             ,
             than
             to
             wait
             the
             Glances
             of
             a
             more
             pleasant
             Day
             ,
             which
             may
             dawn
             on
             them
             ,
             if
             they
             will
             but
             acquiesce
             till
             the
             Storm
             is
             over
             ,
             and
             with
             calm
             leisure
             expect
             the
             departing
             Course
             of
             so
             threatning
             a
             Tide
             .
             But
             alas
             ,
             they
             mind
             nothing
             more
             than
             a
             present
             dispatch
             ,
             and
             all
             reasonable
             Suggestions
             are
             lost
             in
             the
             false
             Conception
             of
             some
             calmer
             Season
             of
             their
             own
             Contrivance
             .
             And
             thereupon
             with
             greedy
             gust
             they
             devour
             the
             luscious
             Poppy
             ;
             and
             out
             of
             a
             broken
             thought
             to
             obtain
             ,
             do
             furiously
             throw
             themselves
             on
             the
             hazard
             .
          
           
             Certainly
             there
             can
             be
             no
             assurance
             ;
             and
             how
             men
             in
             this
             dark
             Interval
             can
             be
             visited
             with
             the
             sweet
             gales
             of
             hope
             ,
             is
             hard
             to
             imagine
             .
             There
             may
             be
             some
             busie
             vapour
             (
             and
             we
             may
             guess
             from
             whence
             't
             is
             exhaled
             )
             that
             may
             come
             and
             pretend
             to
             fan
             on
             the
             spirits
             ;
             but
             in
             the
             end
             ,
             it
             proves
             to
             be
             nothing
             but
             the
             filthy
             steamings
             of
             some
             hideous
             fume
             within
             .
             And
             therefore
             't
             is
             a
             nice
             thought
             that
             of
             Sir
             
               Tho.
               Moor
            
             in
             his
             Vtopia
             ,
             where
             speaking
             of
             a
             voluntary
             death
             ,
             in
             case
             life
             it self
             prove
             troublesome
             ,
             he
             says
             that
             a
             man
             may
             dispatch
             himself
             ,
             
               bona
               spe
               fretus
               ;
               acerbâ
               vitâ
               velut
               à
               carcere
               se
               eximat
               .
            
             But
             I
             would
             fain
             know
             ,
             whether
             a
             man
             should
             not
             incur
             the
             censure
             of
             the
             place
             ,
             if
             he
             knocks
             off
             his
             shackles
             ,
             and
             breaks
             prison
             against
             the
             consent
             of
             the
             Magistrate
             .
          
           
             One
             of
             the
             most
             renowned
             among
             the
             Ancients
             undertakes
             to
             defend
             a
             voluntary
             death
             no
             further
             than
             't
             is
             consistent
             with
             a
             good
             Cause
             .
             
             If
             a
             man
             upon
             the
             score
             of
             a
             publick
             adventure
             rushes
             into
             eminent
             danger
             (
             as
             in
             the
             doubtful
             circumstance
             of
             War
             )
             all
             the
             dark
             thoughts
             of
             death
             are
             shadowed
             over
             ,
             't
             is
             supposed
             on
             the
             account
             of
             present
             magnanimity
             ;
             and
             so
             there
             can
             be
             no
             such
             thing
             as
             wilful
             murder
             ,
             if
             a
             man
             drops
             in
             the
             attempt
             .
             If
             a
             Sampson
             in
             revenge
             to
             others
             shall
             shake
             the
             Pillars
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             pull
             the
             Globe
             about
             his
             ears
             ,
             the
             end
             upon
             an
             extraordinary
             account
             may
             
             somewhat
             alleviate
             the
             undertaking
             .
             But
             here
             is
             the
             difference
             ,
             when
             a
             man
             is
             under
             no
             such
             temptation
             ,
             and
             has
             nothing
             offered
             him
             as
             a
             recompence
             of
             some
             generous
             exploit
             ;
             when
             a
             man
             shall
             leisurely
             ,
             and
             studiously
             contrive
             his
             end
             ,
             and
             in
             spight
             of
             all
             perswasion
             throw
             himself
             on
             the
             dangerous
             precipice
             of
             self-murder
             ;
             this
             is
             hardly
             to
             be
             excused
             .
          
           
             In
             all
             History
             you
             may
             scarce
             meet
             with
             such
             another
             instance
             ,
             as
             that
             of
             
               Pomponius
               Atticus
            
             ,
             Tully's
             dear
             friend
             ,
             a
             most
             vertuous
             renowned
             Senator
             ,
             who
             lying
             a
             long
             time
             incurably
             sick
             ,
             as
             he
             supposed
             ,
             thought
             it
             more
             expedient
             to
             die
             ,
             than
             any
             longer
             to
             live
             in
             torment
             .
             And
             thereupon
             entred
             on
             a
             voluntary
             famine
             ,
             and
             being
             not
             moved
             with
             all
             the
             importunities
             of
             his
             weeping
             friends
             ,
             
               Qui
               osculantes
               obsecrarent
               nè
               id
               ,
               quod
               natura
               cogeret
               ,
               ipse
               acceleraret
            
             ;
             with
             a
             setled
             resolution
             ,
             intreated
             that
             they
             would
             rather
             approve
             of
             his
             good
             intent
             ,
             than
             in
             any
             wise
             dehort
             him
             from
             it
             .
             And
             being
             constant
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             obstinate
             till
             the
             last
             ,
             he
             soon
             dismissed
             the
             famished
             Ghost
             :
             
               Precésque
               dorum
               taciturnâ
               suâ
               obstinatione
               depressit
               .
            
          
           
             Consonant
             to
             this
             we
             may
             easily
             shape
             in
             answer
             to
             the
             question
             that
             was
             once
             put
             by
             an
             old
             Comedian
             ,
             
             Whether
             he
             that
             gives
             an
             Alms
             to
             a
             Beggar
             does
             ill
             ,
             as
             knowing
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             that
             he
             does
             what
             only
             tends
             to
             an
             adjournment
             of
             his
             misery
             .
             Which
             Supposition
             ,
             
             two
             of
             the
             Ancients
             ,
             as
             I
             am
             informed
             ,
             have
             taken
             pains
             to
             confute
             ,
             and
             branded
             with
             the
             odium
             of
             a
             detestable
             opinion
             .
             And
             no
             man
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             need
             torture
             himself
             with
             the
             thought
             of
             some
             inextricable
             difficulty
             ,
             either
             in
             this
             ,
             or
             other
             cases
             of
             this
             nature
             ,
             especially
             when
             he
             comes
             to
             consider
             upon
             what
             foundation
             he
             is
             to
             rest
             on
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             is
             not
             to
             crouch
             to
             a
             Stoical
             Paradox
             ,
             or
             to
             pay
             a
             blind
             obedience
             to
             any
             Pagan
             Position
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             were
             in
             defiance
             of
             those
             noble
             ,
             and
             more
             refined
             Principles
             ,
             which
             are
             so
             surpassing
             ,
             and
             far
             beyond
             the
             weak
             reflections
             of
             that
             unsound
             Philosophy
             ,
             That
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             some
             future
             good
             a
             man
             may
             commit
             a
             present
             evil
             .
             They
             that
             are
             to
             be
             swayed
             in
             a
             different
             manner
             from
             this
             ,
             and
             have
             a
             more
             setled
             basis
             ro
             relye
             on
             ,
             will
             not
             think
             it
             reasonable
             to
             move
             in
             so
             irregular
             a
             manner
             ,
             or
             to
             have
             the
             sway
             of
             their
             actions
             carried
             on
             by
             the
             weight
             of
             such
             an
             unfair
             bias
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             instance
             ,
             He
             that
             will
             so
             far
             set
             his
             hand
             to
             the
             Seal
             of
             Nature
             ,
             as
             to
             pay
             a
             willing
             obedience
             to
             these
             refined
             dictates
             of
             reason
             ,
             will
             not
             change
             his
             Sentiments
             ;
             and
             being
             as
             't
             were
             timorous
             of
             his
             Security
             ,
             as
             he
             will
             distrust
             the
             Principle
             ,
             so
             he
             will
             fear
             the
             Practise
             of
             Self-destruction
             in
             order
             to
             future
             preservation
             .
             He
             will
             be
             in
             doubt
             what
             kind
             of
             Invasion
             will
             follow
             ,
             when
             he
             has
             thus
             broken
             
             up
             the
             fence
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             exposed
             himself
             to
             such
             a
             violent
             Inroad
             .
             Further
             ,
             he
             that
             thinks
             himself
             obliged
             by
             this
             Naturalty
             ,
             to
             render
             to
             each
             particular
             person
             ,
             as
             he
             expects
             to
             be
             dealt
             with
             himself
             ,
             will
             upon
             this
             consideration
             ,
             That
             no
             person
             can
             be
             nearer
             to
             him
             ,
             than
             he
             is
             to
             himself
             ,
             be
             forced
             to
             suspect
             how
             he
             shall
             be
             requited
             ,
             in
             case
             he
             should
             mis-use
             himself
             at
             present
             in
             hope
             of
             some
             future
             advantage
             that
             shall
             accrue
             thereby
             .
             For
             he
             has
             a
             greater
             reason
             to
             fear
             ,
             than
             one
             who
             lately
             setting
             aside
             common
             honesty
             has
             to
             dread
             of
             having
             returned
             on
             himself
             what
             afore
             he
             so
             injuriously
             offered
             to
             another
             .
             And
             if
             a
             man
             can't
             do
             himself
             Justice
             ,
             we
             can
             hardly
             think
             him
             in
             a
             possibility
             of
             doing
             that
             to
             another
             which
             he
             is
             not
             capable
             of
             performing
             to
             himself
             .
             If
             he
             is
             out
             of
             love
             with
             himself
             ,
             we
             can
             hardly
             think
             him
             in
             charity
             with
             the
             rest
             of
             mankind
             .
             
               Qui
               sibi
               nequam
               ,
               cui
               bonus
               ?
            
             If
             a
             man
             be
             naught
             for
             himself
             ,
             't
             is
             much
             to
             be
             suspected
             ,
             he
             will
             be
             hardly
             good
             for
             any
             body
             else
             .
             If
             to
             love
             others
             ,
             as
             I
             love
             my self
             ,
             be
             now
             the
             grand
             prescript
             a
             foot
             ;
             and
             if
             the
             love
             to
             my
             friend
             be
             thought
             fit
             by
             the
             greatest
             Artist
             to
             be
             copied
             from
             this
             fair
             original
             my self
             ;
             if
             I
             abandon
             self-affection
             ,
             and
             have
             no
             charity
             at
             home
             ,
             how
             shall
             I
             do
             to
             exercise
             it
             abroad
             ,
             and
             be
             to
             others
             what
             I
             am
             not
             to
             my self
             .
          
           
             Again
             further
             ,
             I
             have
             two
             or
             three
             things
             more
             to
             offer
             .
             He
             that
             destroys
             himself
             ,
             besides
             bursting
             asunder
             all
             the
             bonds
             of
             nature
             ,
             he
             quite
             subverts
             the
             end
             of
             his
             being
             created
             ;
             which
             is
             to
             live
             decently
             under
             Government
             ,
             and
             to
             pay
             that
             honour
             and
             submission
             which
             is
             due
             to
             respective
             Authority
             ,
             without
             which
             the
             present
             Pavement
             on
             which
             we
             tread
             ,
             would
             look
             like
             blood
             and
             confusion
             ,
             and
             become
             a
             meer
             wild
             and
             sanguinary
             desert
             .
             Now
             if
             you
             regard
             the
             Magistratick
             Power
             in
             a
             Kingdom
             ,
             he
             that
             shall
             thus
             dispose
             of
             himself
             ,
             must
             needs
             be
             look'd
             on
             as
             a
             horrid
             Usurper
             ,
             and
             fit
             to
             be
             censured
             as
             an
             Assassine
             upon
             this
             account
             ,
             Because
             he
             invades
             that
             Power
             ,
             which
             none
             but
             the
             Supreme
             Magistrate
             ,
             or
             his
             Delegate
             ,
             is
             invested
             withal
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             heard
             some
             say
             (
             and
             again
             I
             am
             informed
             Casuists
             are
             not
             positive
             about
             it
             )
             that
             a
             condemned
             Criminal
             may
             ,
             
             and
             must
             destroy
             himself
             in
             obedience
             to
             the
             Magistrates
             command
             .
             I
             'le
             censure
             the
             thing
             ,
             but
             I
             am
             cautious
             of
             medling
             with
             the
             Authority
             ;
             and
             shall
             only
             say
             this
             ,
             That
             the
             more
             moderate
             sort
             of
             Heathens
             would
             never
             allow
             that
             an
             offender
             ,
             if
             death
             were
             the
             case
             ,
             should
             execute
             the
             sentence
             on
             himself
             ;
             as
             well
             knowing
             that
             't
             was
             a
             dividing
             him
             from
             that
             natural
             Right
             which
             obliged
             every
             man
             to
             preserve
             himself
             in
             being
             ,
             as
             long
             as
             possibly
             he
             could
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             If
             you
             regard
             the
             Supremest
             Power
             over
             all
             the
             Kingdoms
             of
             
             the
             world
             ,
             we
             had
             need
             invent
             names
             beyond
             Rebellion
             ,
             Usurpation
             ,
             and
             Disobedience
             ,
             to
             paint
             the
             Self-murderer
             in
             his
             proper
             Colours
             .
             He
             is
             a
             Rebel
             to
             the
             Grand
             Author
             of
             his
             Being
             ,
             whom
             we
             must
             suppose
             to
             be
             the
             Rector
             of
             the
             Universe
             ,
             and
             by
             virtue
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             challenges
             a
             Propriety
             over
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             which
             none
             durst
             usurp
             ,
             or
             meddle
             with
             .
             Every
             one
             almost
             must
             needs
             imagine
             ,
             that
             betwixt
             him
             and
             the
             whole
             Systeme
             of
             Rationals
             ,
             there
             is
             some
             secret
             Law
             or
             Obligation
             ,
             as
             the
             result
             of
             that
             constant
             Communion
             ,
             and
             entercourse
             that
             is
             betwixt
             them
             .
             Nay
             ,
             we
             may
             not
             suppose
             of
             this
             great
             Author
             himself
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             so
             unlimited
             in
             his
             Legislative
             Authority
             ,
             as
             to
             act
             above
             the
             restraints
             of
             a
             Law
             ;
             neither
             may
             we
             say
             that
             he
             is
             absolutely
             determined
             to
             act
             by
             a
             Law
             ;
             but
             this
             we
             may
             rather
             conclude
             with
             safety
             ,
             that
             the
             rules
             whereby
             he
             governs
             the
             world
             ,
             are
             rather
             the
             Sacred
             Decrees
             of
             some
             Diviner
             Reason
             ,
             than
             the
             arbitrary
             productions
             of
             an
             absolute
             will.
             
          
           
             Now
             as
             all
             Rationals
             are
             bound
             by
             that
             Law
             which
             is
             mingled
             as
             't
             were
             with
             their
             very
             frame
             ,
             and
             seated
             in
             the
             Immortal
             Nature
             ,
             to
             render
             to
             this
             Universal
             Governour
             the
             constant
             tribute
             of
             their
             lives
             ,
             which
             seems
             to
             be
             due
             upon
             the
             very
             nature
             of
             the
             thing
             ,
             were
             there
             no
             extrinsick
             injunction
             ,
             and
             to
             endeavour
             all
             the
             ways
             they
             can
             to
             display
             ,
             and
             blazon
             the
             Glories
             of
             their
             Original
             ;
             so
             are
             they
             to
             do
             it
             in
             that
             manner
             he
             has
             designed
             ,
             and
             in
             which
             he
             has
             declared
             to
             accept
             it
             .
             Well
             then
             ,
             suppose
             a
             person
             that
             pretends
             to
             never
             so
             great
             fidelity
             and
             subjection
             ,
             and
             in
             making
             Protestations
             how
             faithful
             he
             will
             be
             in
             serving
             this
             great
             Prince
             at
             a
             more
             exalted
             Post
             ,
             shall
             thereupon
             break
             through
             the
             confines
             of
             the
             body
             ,
             hoping
             to
             obtain
             his
             end
             ;
             or
             shall
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             different
             case
             of
             some
             heretofore
             ,
             provoke
             his
             execution
             ,
             being
             as
             't
             were
             elated
             with
             the
             Glories
             of
             an
             affected
             Martyrdom
             ;
             I
             am
             afraid
             ,
             as
             the
             latter
             will
             be
             argued
             of
             a
             fond
             rashness
             ,
             so
             the
             former
             will
             be
             look'd
             on
             as
             a
             bold
             Intruder
             ,
             and
             may
             be
             censured
             as
             a
             Rebel
             ,
             to
             throng
             thus
             into
             the
             presence
             of
             Majesty
             before
             he
             is
             called
             for
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             much
             to
             be
             doubted
             whether
             he
             will
             not
             be
             treated
             in
             a
             rough
             manner
             for
             quitting
             his
             present
             station
             so
             unhandsomely
             ;
             
             and
             whether
             he
             can
             bethink
             himself
             of
             any
             other
             reward
             besides
             that
             of
             a
             deserter
             .
             Whoever
             acts
             thus
             indiscreetly
             ,
             can
             by
             no
             means
             warrant
             his
             future
             security
             .
             Unthinking
             wretch
             !
             whoever
             thou
             art
             ,
             to
             regard
             thy
             Being
             at
             no
             better
             rate
             ,
             and
             to
             throw
             it
             away
             in
             a
             manner
             as
             uncertain
             ,
             as
             't
             is
             worthless
             .
             If
             as
             that
             Divine
             Canon
             assures
             us
             ,
             self-murderers
             are
             direct
             enemies
             to
             the
             work
             of
             Nature
             ,
             what
             satisfaction
             can
             they
             make
             ,
             who
             have
             been
             razing
             so
             noble
             a
             Pile
             ?
             Ah
             ,
             
             senseless
             mortal
             !
             Art
             thou
             fitter
             to
             determine
             the
             periods
             of
             time
             ,
             than
             that
             extensive
             Providence
             which
             was
             awake
             from
             everlasting
             ,
             and
             had
             a
             vast
             number
             of
             Possibilities
             ,
             stored
             up
             in
             his
             own
             unfathomable
             thought
             ,
             and
             might
             as
             well
             have
             sent
             thee
             forth
             the
             Sample
             of
             some
             ill-shapen
             Idea
             ,
             as
             have
             set
             on
             thee
             the
             kinder
             Impress
             of
             the
             Rational
             Species
             ?
             Art
             thou
             wiser
             than
             an
             Infinite
             Contriver
             ,
             and
             more
             skilful
             in
             fixing
             the
             Boundaries
             of
             Life
             ,
             than
             that
             unerring
             hand
             ,
             which
             drew
             the
             several
             lineaments
             of
             being
             ,
             ere
             they
             appeared
             in
             the
             curious
             proportion
             we
             now
             behold
             them
             .
          
           
             Again
             3ly
             ,
             Suppose
             a
             man
             had
             no
             regard
             to
             a
             temporal
             restraint
             ,
             and
             would
             not
             think
             fit
             to
             be
             swayed
             by
             any
             present
             Authority
             ,
             is
             there
             not
             something
             within
             him
             ,
             that
             should
             prompt
             him
             to
             his
             future
             happiness
             ?
             Is
             there
             not
             in
             man
             what
             's
             distinct
             from
             the
             massie
             part
             ,
             and
             with
             whose
             irresistible
             suggestion
             he
             must
             needs
             comply
             ,
             though
             at
             first
             sight
             he
             seems
             never
             so
             loath
             and
             unwilling
             ?
             Reason
             it self
             ,
             whatever
             becomes
             of
             the
             rest
             ,
             should
             be
             all
             for
             securing
             the
             better
             part
             .
             She
             is
             often
             seen
             to
             beg
             ,
             and
             prevail
             .
             One
             common
             notion
             the
             dying
             remain
             of
             distorted
             Nature
             ,
             one
             would
             think
             should
             be
             enough
             to
             win
             ,
             and
             soften
             to
             some
             compliance
             .
          
           
             That
             a
             Creature
             furnished
             with
             an
             Immortal
             mind
             should
             act
             the
             part
             of
             a
             Tyrant
             against
             himself
             to
             that
             degree
             ,
             as
             to
             course
             the
             Sacred
             Game
             through
             all
             the
             Mazes
             of
             so
             bloody
             a
             Scene
             .
             Infamous
             ,
             and
             base
             ,
             beyond
             repair
             !
             It
             can
             hardly
             be
             reflected
             on
             without
             fainting
             in
             the
             Imagination
             ,
             and
             the
             being
             bewildred
             in
             the
             Maeander
             of
             so
             dark
             a
             thought
             .
             A
             crime
             so
             black
             and
             dangerous
             ,
             that
             the
             very
             Heathens
             have
             ascribed
             to
             it
             the
             horrors
             of
             a
             deeper
             Hell
             than
             ordinary
             .
             The
             Poet
             reckoning
             up
             the
             several
             apartments
             belonging
             to
             that
             Infernal
             Vault
             ,
             puts
             the
             Self-murderer
             to
             inhabit
             the
             yondermost
             of
             all
             .
          
           
             
               Proxima
               deinde
               tenent
               maesti
               loca
               qui
               sibi
               Lethum
            
             
               Insontes
               peperere
               manu
               .
               —
               Virg.
               
            
          
           
             And
             in
             a
             feign'd
             descent
             brings
             in
             one
             going
             down
             thither
             ,
             and
             hearing
             this
             sorrowful
             Crew
             bemoaning
             their
             hasty
             farewel
             in
             dismal
             accent
             ,
             and
             begging
             to
             regain
             their
             former
             liberty
             ,
             though
             it
             were
             at
             the
             expence
             of
             all
             the
             hardship
             and
             misery
             the
             aethereal
             world
             could
             afford
             .
          
           
             
               —
               Quam
               vellent
               aethere
               in
               alto
               .
            
             
               Nunc
               &
               pauperiem
               ,
               &
               duros
               perferre
               labores
               .
            
          
           
           
             Truly
             a
             man
             might
             have
             well
             spared
             the
             case
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             the
             Jewel
             .
             He
             might
             have
             been
             tender
             of
             the
             Chrystal
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             precious
             Diamond
             inclosed
             in
             it
             .
             If
             I
             recite
             to
             you
             the
             Sentiments
             of
             the
             wiser
             Heathens
             concerning
             the
             Soul
             ,
             't
             is
             enough
             to
             amaze
             a
             man
             to
             find
             how
             regardless
             some
             are
             of
             it
             .
             And
             that
             the
             Sons
             of
             Reason
             ,
             who
             are
             struck
             with
             the
             Divine
             Ferula
             ,
             and
             do
             sparkle
             amidst
             the
             brighter
             kindlings
             of
             the
             Coelestial
             fire
             should
             be
             more
             culpable
             than
             those
             Brute
             Animals
             who
             are
             only
             swayed
             by
             the
             fury
             of
             their
             own
             Instinct
             .
          
           
             
               —
               Indulsit
               communis
               conditor
               illis
               ,
            
             
               Tantùm
               Animas
               ,
               nobis
               Animum
               quoque
               .
               —
            
          
           
             That
             those
             wild
             Irrationals
             ,
             who
             are
             seen
             in
             their
             calmer
             Intervals
             to
             chant
             and
             rejoyce
             in
             the
             merry
             Pasture
             ,
             should
             enjoy
             more
             pleasant
             hours
             than
             some
             that
             are
             of
             the
             wiser
             race
             ,
             and
             have
             both
             judgment
             to
             contrive
             ,
             and
             leisure
             to
             enjoy
             .
             That
             they
             who
             should
             flourish
             ,
             and
             spread
             themselves
             into
             all
             the
             fair
             ,
             and
             goodly
             branches
             of
             Love
             and
             Amity
             ;
             under
             whose
             soft
             shadow
             the
             Immortal
             mind
             might
             gladly
             acquiesce
             ,
             should
             be
             so
             suddenly
             blasted
             with
             the
             frightful
             streams
             of
             Lightning
             from
             within
             ,
             and
             pass
             into
             a
             frown
             beyond
             the
             Brutal
             nature
             .
             That
             they
             should
             grunt
             away
             their
             time
             in
             discontent
             ,
             and
             live
             like
             that
             groveling
             herd
             ,
             who
             snuff
             up
             ,
             and
             devour
             the
             acorn
             without
             ever
             looking
             up
             to
             the
             Tree
             from
             whence
             it
             drops
             .
             Certainly
             these
             are
             they
             that
             banish
             reason
             ,
             and
             will
             by
             no
             means
             pay
             reverence
             to
             the
             Radical
             Principles
             within
             them
             .
             Without
             which
             ,
             Plato
             tells
             us
             ,
             no
             man
             can
             attain
             true
             happiness
             and
             contentment
             ,
             
               i.
               e.
            
             unless
             he
             be
             careful
             to
             walk
             in
             the
             steps
             of
             right
             Reason
             .
          
           
             What
             Sentiments
             of
             some
             Noble
             thing
             residing
             in
             them
             had
             the
             braver
             Sect.
             
             Insomuch
             ,
             't
             is
             not
             possible
             for
             a
             man
             to
             destroy
             himself
             ,
             without
             drawing
             on
             him
             almost
             the
             guilt
             of
             Deicide
             ,
             as
             I
             may
             speak
             .
             Both
             the
             Stoicks
             and
             Platonists
             in
             a
             high
             strain
             of
             the
             Soul's
             Nobility
             call
             it
             a
             particle
             of
             the
             Divine
             Nature
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Others
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             They
             spake
             of
             it
             as
             if
             they
             saw
             the
             Impress
             of
             the
             Immortal
             Godhead
             on
             it
             .
             And
             so
             indeed
             they
             might
             ,
             which
             I
             reckon
             to
             be
             the
             best
             way
             to
             solve
             these
             extravagant
             thoughts
             .
             For
             the
             Grand
             Architect
             in
             raising
             these
             Noble
             Fabricks
             ,
             may
             leave
             on
             them
             the
             impressions
             ,
             but
             not
             the
             particles
             of
             himself
             .
             And
             't
             is
             beyond
             the
             censure
             of
             Metaphysicks
             ,
             to
             imagin
             how
             the
             Creator
             should
             
               ingredi
               Essentiam
               Creaturae
            
             .
             As
             we
             can't
             suppose
             the
             vessel
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             subject
             of
             his
             Power
             ,
             to
             be
             any
             part
             of
             the
             Potters
             essence
             .
          
           
           
             Others
             call'd
             it
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ;
             which
             in
             its
             descent
             to
             the
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             or
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             as
             they
             called
             the
             body
             ,
             and
             there
             residing
             a
             while
             ,
             became
             differently
             impressed
             ,
             and
             modified
             according
             to
             the
             
               Idola
               Specûs
            
             .
             And
             whence
             may
             we
             imagin
             does
             all
             that
             trembling
             and
             consternation
             proceed
             ,
             but
             from
             the
             foulness
             of
             that
             dismal
             cavern
             within
             ?
             Agreeable
             to
             which
             the
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             has
             excellently
             stated
             the
             case
             ,
             that
             all
             perturbations
             of
             the
             mind
             arise
             not
             properly
             from
             an
             outward
             ,
             but
             an
             inward
             cause
             .
             And
             that
             all
             grief
             and
             molestation
             springs
             from
             the
             womb
             of
             self-imagination
             :
             And
             happy
             is
             that
             man
             that
             has
             no
             uncouth
             apprehensions
             to
             rifle
             his
             tranquility
             ;
             so
             well
             entertain'd
             at
             home
             ,
             as
             to
             find
             no
             frown
             ,
             no
             sowre
             look
             from
             the
             ghastly
             Mormo
             of
             his
             own
             corrupted
             fancy
             .
          
           
             But
             beyond
             all
             ,
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             Deity
             and
             sublimity
             of
             the
             soul
             ,
             to
             be
             admired
             is
             that
             of
             Seneca
             ,
             who
             would
             allow
             it
             no
             less
             title
             than
             that
             of
             a
             God
             condescending
             to
             reside
             within
             a
             mortal
             frame
             .
             
               Quid
               aliud
               vocas
               Animam
               ,
               quàm
               Deum
               in
               humano
               corpore
               hospitantem
               .
            
             And
             what
             apprehensions
             ought
             every
             man
             to
             be
             under
             ,
             when
             he
             calmly
             reflects
             what
             a
             noble
             Guest
             he
             constantly
             entertains
             within
             him
             ?
             He
             could
             not
             think
             it
             proper
             ,
             one
             would
             imagin
             ,
             to
             storm
             that
             habitation
             by
             violence
             ,
             where
             so
             great
             a
             Being
             is
             pleased
             for
             some
             time
             to
             lodg
             himself
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             V.
             
          
           
             The
             present
             Case
             summ'd
             up
             ,
             with
             the
             Opinion
             of
             Josephus
             and
             Saint
             Austin
             .
          
           
             A
             Man
             cannot
             be
             his
             own
             dispatcher
             without
             breaking
             the
             Laws
             both
             of
             Nature
             and
             Reason
             ,
             and
             opposing
             that
             Eternal
             Law
             ,
             of
             which
             the
             former
             is
             an
             exact
             Transcript
             .
             And
             we
             can't
             but
             resolve
             Self-murder
             into
             that
             kind
             of
             
               malum
               non
               prohibitum
            
             ,
             which
             is
             certainly
             an
             evil
             in
             the
             order
             of
             nature
             before
             the
             prohibition
             of
             it
             .
             Some
             of
             the
             Divine
             Statutes
             we
             find
             are
             delivered
             in
             a
             fair
             Compendium
             ,
             without
             any
             amplification
             at
             all
             ,
             having
             an
             injunction
             which
             looks
             like
             the
             brevity
             of
             an
             Emperor
             ,
             with
             no
             more
             than
             ,
             
               Thou
               shalt
               not
            
             .
             Others
             are
             recommended
             in
             a
             larger
             exposition
             ;
             because
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             ,
             they
             are
             clothed
             with
             such
             circumstances
             as
             natural
             light
             will
             hardly
             discover
             .
             Now
             for
             Self-murder
             ,
             had
             all
             been
             silent
             about
             it
             ,
             had
             there
             been
             no
             positive
             Laws
             to
             fence
             mankind
             against
             the
             hazards
             of
             such
             a
             senceless
             undertaking
             ,
             there
             would
             have
             been
             enough
             in
             the
             breasts
             
             of
             men
             to
             convince
             them
             of
             the
             unreasonableness
             of
             it
             .
             'T
             is
             reported
             of
             Solon
             ,
             as
             wise
             a
             Law-maker
             as
             he
             was
             ,
             he
             Enacted
             no
             Penal
             Statute
             against
             such
             as
             should
             murder
             their
             Parents
             ;
             and
             his
             reason
             was
             ,
             he
             thought
             none
             would
             be
             so
             desperately
             inhumane
             as
             to
             attempt
             it
             .
             And
             in
             this
             ,
             the
             Orator
             commends
             his
             prudence
             ;
             for
             fear
             the
             very
             mention
             of
             such
             a
             villany
             ,
             as
             yet
             unknown
             ,
             should
             be
             an
             occasion
             to
             put
             men
             upon
             the
             practice
             of
             it
             .
             
               Sapienter
               fecisse
               dicitur
               ,
               cum
               de
               co
               nihil
               sanxerit
               ,
               quod
               antea
               commissum
               non
               erat
               ,
               ne
               non
               tam
               prohibere
               ,
               quam
               admonere
               videretur
               .
            
             Cic.
             
          
           
             And
             we
             may
             well
             hint
             at
             the
             reason
             ,
             why
             there
             is
             no
             such
             prohibition
             as
             this
             in
             terms
             ,
             
               Thou
               shalt
               not
               kill
               thy self
            
             ,
             because
             't
             is
             not
             supposed
             that
             any
             one
             would
             be
             so
             absurd
             as
             to
             make
             the
             trial
             ,
             and
             put
             himself
             upon
             the
             guilt
             of
             that
             which
             is
             so
             intimately
             and
             unavoidably
             evil
             ,
             that
             it
             cannot
             almost
             but
             be
             forbidden
             ,
             were
             the
             Supremest
             Legislator
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             Subordinate
             Authorities
             in
             the
             world
             besides
             ,
             absolutely
             silent
             about
             it
             .
             There
             is
             no
             instance
             ,
             no
             state
             whatever
             can
             justifie
             such
             an
             attempt
             .
             There
             is
             no
             manner
             of
             precedent
             ,
             though
             of
             never
             so
             Divine
             a
             stamp
             ,
             that
             can
             in
             any
             wise
             abett
             the
             Legality
             of
             it
             .
             And
             though
             there
             be
             some
             extraordinary
             cases
             ,
             which
             however
             do
             look
             of
             a
             dangerous
             complexion
             ,
             yet
             there
             is
             nothing
             left
             imitable
             for
             us
             ,
             unless
             the
             Morality
             ,
             if
             we
             can
             find
             any
             ,
             wrapt
             up
             in
             them
             ;
             there
             is
             nothing
             in
             the
             world
             can
             legitimate
             that
             action
             ,
             which
             in
             its
             own
             nature
             is
             eternally
             and
             intrinsecally
             evil
             .
             For
             a
             Sea-Commander
             to
             evade
             the
             terror
             of
             the
             Victor
             ,
             and
             to
             shun
             the
             slavery
             of
             the
             vanquished
             ,
             to
             sink
             himself
             forthwith
             ,
             and
             to
             hurry
             his
             shattered
             vessel
             with
             all
             the
             fainting
             crew
             into
             that
             insatiable
             Gulf
             ,
             is
             we
             must
             confess
             a
             desperate
             ,
             but
             not
             a
             generous
             exploit
             :
             And
             we
             may
             be
             so
             far
             from
             justifying
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             little
             else
             to
             do
             besides
             lamenting
             their
             deplorable
             state
             .
          
           
             Those
             braver
             Romans
             ,
             such
             as
             
               Cato
               Vticensis
            
             ,
             &c.
             that
             durst
             be
             severely
             honest
             in
             a
             most
             licentious
             age
             ,
             and
             were
             proposed
             as
             great
             Exemplars
             of
             virtue
             and
             integrity
             in
             other
             things
             ,
             cannot
             be
             excused
             in
             this
             .
             To
             break
             their
             confinement
             through
             an
             unnatural
             violation
             ,
             they
             cannot
             but
             be
             argued
             both
             of
             weakness
             and
             imprudence
             at
             once
             .
             And
             what
             these
             little
             Heroes
             did
             in
             passion
             and
             regret
             ,
             must
             not
             be
             thought
             to
             be
             a
             Standard
             for
             any
             succeeding
             people
             to
             act
             by
             .
             For
             all
             that
             ever
             departed
             this
             way
             ,
             must
             be
             censured
             either
             of
             a
             fond
             impatience
             ,
             or
             an
             ambition
             which
             will
             hardly
             be
             vindicated
             .
             And
             who
             will
             so
             far
             venture
             on
             the
             miscarriage
             as
             to
             expose
             himself
             to
             the
             imitation
             of
             such
             wild
             exorbitancies
             as
             these
             ,
             not
             sit
             to
             be
             medled
             with
             by
             one
             ,
             that
             will
             wait
             the
             results
             of
             common
             Instinct
             ,
             and
             
             frame
             his
             temper
             according
             to
             the
             regular
             products
             of
             the
             Natural
             Law
             ;
             for
             a
             man
             to
             shift
             himself
             in
             this
             manner
             ,
             is
             certainly
             no
             argument
             of
             valour
             .
             Will
             you
             count
             him
             a
             man
             of
             bravery
             and
             execution
             ,
             that
             first
             makes
             the
             direful
             experiment
             on
             himself
             ?
             Will
             you
             not
             rather
             brand
             him
             for
             a
             Coward
             ,
             and
             adjudg
             his
             poor
             undertaking
             much
             like
             the
             running
             from
             an
             enemy
             ,
             when
             he
             is
             seen
             to
             sneak
             out
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             for
             fear
             of
             the
             weak
             attacks
             of
             some
             present
             calamity
             in
             it
             ?
             'T
             is
             far
             from
             being
             consistent
             with
             the
             fulness
             ,
             and
             magnanimity
             of
             the
             reasonable
             composition
             .
             Man
             of
             all
             Creatures
             ought
             to
             be
             most
             watchful
             ,
             and
             prudent
             in
             what
             doth
             more
             immediately
             concern
             his
             preservation
             ;
             for
             he
             is
             furnished
             as
             't
             were
             with
             a
             double
             life
             ,
             a
             Natural
             ,
             and
             a
             Spiritual
             one
             ;
             and
             upon
             the
             miscarriage
             of
             the
             one
             depends
             the
             misery
             of
             the
             other
             .
             And
             indeed
             by
             how
             much
             the
             more
             excellent
             he
             may
             be
             ,
             
             if
             he
             be
             saved
             ,
             so
             much
             the
             more
             miserable
             shall
             he
             be
             ,
             if
             he
             perish
             .
             The
             measures
             of
             his
             care
             ought
             then
             to
             be
             taken
             from
             the
             weightiness
             of
             his
             adventure
             .
             And
             indeed
             ,
             it
             must
             needs
             argue
             such
             a
             littleness
             of
             spirit
             for
             any
             one
             to
             quit
             this
             present
             life
             ,
             out
             of
             an
             apprehension
             of
             some
             threatning
             difficulties
             that
             may
             attend
             it
             ,
             that
             it
             can
             scarce
             be
             imagined
             ever
             common
             Reason
             should
             be
             forced
             under
             such
             an
             ungrateful
             circumstance
             .
             'T
             is
             an
             argument
             ,
             That
             that
             man
             has
             little
             or
             no
             measure
             of
             things
             ,
             when
             we
             see
             him
             raging
             and
             racking
             himself
             under
             the
             pressures
             of
             a
             broken
             fortune
             ,
             and
             every
             moment
             ready
             to
             become
             his
             own
             Assassine
             .
             Too
             visible
             a
             manifestation
             here
             is
             of
             his
             horrid
             distrusting
             that
             unknown
             power
             ,
             who
             can
             soon
             change
             the
             tide
             ,
             and
             buoy
             up
             his
             sinking
             state
             ,
             though
             languishing
             away
             to
             never
             so
             low
             an
             ebb
             ,
             and
             with
             new
             supplies
             can
             recruit
             his
             necessities
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             two
             inexhaustible
             Exchequers
             ,
             Clouds
             and
             Providence
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             for
             want
             of
             true
             Valuing
             what
             we
             have
             ,
             tho
             never
             so
             little
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             impatient
             at
             what
             we
             have
             not
             ;
             and
             we
             are
             always
             gaping
             after
             the
             showers
             of
             Plenty
             ,
             without
             ever
             minding
             the
             sweet
             and
             gentle
             Drops
             that
             do
             continually
             diffuse
             themselves
             on
             us
             .
             A
             hard
             Case
             indeed
             ,
             That
             the
             common
             Favours
             of
             Life
             should
             like
             Rain
             and
             Sun-shine
             appear
             to
             us
             cheap
             blessings
             ,
             for
             which
             we
             scarce
             adore
             the
             invisible
             Bounty
             ,
             because
             we
             daily
             enjoy
             them
             .
             And
             then
             things
             thwarting
             with
             our
             Tempers
             ,
             and
             interfering
             with
             our
             present
             Inclinations
             ,
             and
             every
             change
             of
             Fortune
             becoming
             uneasy
             to
             us
             ,
             because
             we
             are
             so
             to
             our selves
             ;
             down
             at
             length
             we
             sit
             shuddering
             in
             cold
             fits
             of
             Phlegm
             and
             Melancholly
             ,
             and
             dye
             we
             must
             out
             of
             hand
             .
          
           
           
             Proud
             drops
             that
             we
             are
             ,
             never
             satisfied
             till
             we
             are
             Oceans
             .
             We
             talk
             much
             of
             being
             Poor
             ,
             but
             I
             reckon
             none
             are
             really
             so
             ,
             except
             the
             wealthiest
             of
             Men
             robb'd
             of
             the
             the
             genuine
             Treasure
             of
             a
             virtuous
             contented
             Mind
             ,
             the
             only
             thing
             that
             denominates
             a
             Man
             rich
             .
             Alas
             !
             we
             are
             generally
             quite
             mistaken
             in
             the
             notion
             of
             Riches
             ;
             a
             greedy
             insatiable
             Miser
             is
             so
             far
             from
             being
             a
             rich
             Man
             ,
             that
             you
             can
             make
             no
             more
             of
             him
             then
             a
             poor
             hungry
             Slave
             amidst
             all
             his
             Enjoyments
             .
             'T
             was
             customary
             with
             the
             Jews
             of
             old
             in
             representing
             and
             ridiculing
             a
             covetous
             Wretch
             ,
             for
             a
             Company
             of
             them
             to
             march
             about
             ,
             each
             with
             his
             Basket
             in
             his
             hand
             ,
             acting
             the
             part
             of
             Beggers
             ,
             and
             withal
             mentioning
             the
             Person
             whom
             they
             were
             minded
             to
             deride
             ,
             (
             as
             in
             the
             Case
             of
             
               Gessius
               Florus
               ,
               Jos
               .
               Bell.
               Jud.
               l.
               2.
               )
            
             whereby
             they
             signified
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             such
             a
             Person
             was
             as
             miserable
             as
             the
             Beggar
             that
             had
             nothing
             .
             And
             if
             I
             add
             ten
             times
             more
             ,
             I
             think
             I
             may
             have
             have
             those
             of
             my
             side
             to
             say
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             err
             in
             the
             Computation
             .
          
           
             But
             not
             to
             run
             too
             far
             into
             this
             most
             necessary
             Digression
             .
             Suppose
             Mens
             circustances
             were
             something
             narrow
             ,
             and
             their
             present
             Fortunes
             were
             circumscribed
             with
             a
             closer
             pressure
             then
             ordinary
             ;
             Poverty
             ,
             they
             say
             ,
             is
             like
             a
             Girdle
             ,
             who
             tho
             it
             may
             for
             a
             time
             pinch
             the
             Body
             with
             an
             uneasy
             Tincture
             ,
             yet
             't
             will
             keep
             the
             Garments
             from
             falling
             into
             loosness
             and
             disorder
             .
             There
             is
             a
             sort
             of
             Generosity
             that
             is
             capable
             of
             being
             heightened
             ,
             and
             improved
             by
             Calamity
             ,
             which
             by
             a
             patient
             Toleration
             will
             in
             time
             pass
             into
             an
             invincible
             fortitude
             .
             Look
             into
             the
             humble
             Cell
             ,
             where
             you
             may
             see
             noble
             Poverty
             and
             Content
             stand
             hand
             in
             hand
             ,
             and
             joyfully
             saluting
             all
             that
             will
             enter
             ;
             where
             lives
             one
             as
             gay
             and
             cheary
             ,
             as
             free
             and
             unconfin'd
             ,
             as
             the
             very
             Air
             in
             which
             he
             breathes
             .
             Here
             is
             one
             that
             retires
             into
             the
             sweetness
             of
             himself
             ,
             and
             scorns
             what
             can
             threaten
             his
             Content
             .
             He
             can
             smile
             at
             yonder
             Cloud
             that
             's
             ready
             to
             launch
             in
             Thunder
             and
             Storm
             ;
             He
             can
             deride
             the
             sullen
             Attacks
             of
             a
             viler
             State.
             Look
             how
             unbroken
             is
             his
             Sleep
             ,
             how
             serene
             his
             Breast
             ,
             how
             bright
             his
             Day
             ,
             and
             glorious
             as
             the
             breaking
             East
             .
             But
             to
             proceed
             .
          
           
             If
             Discontent
             be
             the
             common
             Incentive
             ,
             why
             Men
             are
             provoked
             to
             commit
             that
             Barbarity
             on
             themselves
             ,
             which
             even
             Nature
             abhors
             ,
             then
             there
             can
             be
             no
             Apology
             for
             it
             .
             For
             't
             is
             a
             Deformity
             of
             our
             own
             making
             ;
             't
             is
             a
             Brat
             of
             our
             own
             hellish
             Darkness
             ,
             and
             so
             cruel
             an
             Off-spring
             that
             't
             will
             devour
             the
             very
             Parent
             that
             nurs'd
             it
             .
             For
             I
             am
             apt
             to
             think
             that
             the
             greatest
             Hell
             is
             of
             our
             own
             creating
             ;
             and
             that
             this
             dark
             State
             cannot
             so
             well
             be
             defind
             by
             any
             thing
             without
             ,
             
             as
             by
             something
             within
             us
             .
             And
             't
             is
             as
             great
             a
             Torment
             as
             can
             be
             thought
             on
             ,
             to
             be
             stung
             by
             those
             fiery
             Snakes
             that
             are
             bred
             within
             the
             Caverns
             of
             a
             foul
             Mind
             .
             And
             further
             ,
             I
             make
             no
             question
             ,
             those
             streams
             of
             Brimstone
             ,
             ordered
             for
             the
             damned
             hereafter
             ,
             are
             rather
             the
             Exudations
             of
             their
             own
             corrupt
             Nature
             ,
             than
             any
             thing
             else
             ;
             and
             they
             may
             suffer
             a
             greater
             Torture
             from
             themselves
             ,
             than
             from
             any
             thing
             that
             can
             be
             externally
             offered
             .
             Hence
             't
             is
             ,
             that
             many
             are
             so
             loath
             ,
             
               in
               sese
               descendere
               :
               Nemo
            
             the
             Poet
             concludes
             ;
             only
             for
             fear
             of
             being
             poysoned
             with
             those
             impure
             Steams
             that
             do
             reak
             from
             the
             black
             Gulf
             of
             themselves
             .
          
           
             Out
             of
             this
             fuming
             fit
             ariseth
             all
             manner
             of
             trembling
             and
             despair
             ,
             and
             like
             those
             clammy
             Vapours
             springing
             from
             the
             earthy
             Globe
             ,
             whose
             weight
             not
             permitting
             them
             to
             rise
             to
             any
             considerable
             height
             ,
             do
             spread
             themselves
             about
             the
             Circumference
             of
             that
             Body
             ,
             where
             they
             were
             first
             generated
             ,
             and
             do
             continually
             pester
             it
             with
             Thunder
             and
             Tempest
             .
             Now
             ,
             't
             is
             only
             when
             we
             strive
             to
             cleanse
             and
             garnish
             those
             Caves
             ;
             't
             is
             only
             when
             we
             do
             our
             best
             to
             ascend
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             and
             to
             rise
             as
             't
             were
             out
             of
             the
             Dungeon
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             that
             we
             feel
             our selves
             in
             a
             clear
             Air
             ,
             in
             a
             Region
             every
             way
             calm
             and
             serene
             .
             And
             then
             will
             those
             black
             Affections
             of
             despair
             and
             anguish
             vanish
             away
             ,
             and
             those
             clear
             and
             bright
             ones
             of
             Love
             ,
             Joy
             and
             Tranquility
             ,
             break
             forth
             in
             their
             full
             strength
             ,
             and
             shine
             in
             the
             Glories
             of
             their
             own
             native
             Lustre
             .
             He
             that
             has
             an
             ill
             Conscience
             ,
             needs
             no
             angry
             Cherub
             with
             a
             flaming
             Lance.
             He
             has
             an
             armed
             Giant
             already
             that
             stands
             raging
             and
             ready
             to
             devour
             .
             And
             tho
             we
             could
             suppose
             never
             so
             mild
             a
             Season
             without
             us
             ,
             things
             never
             so
             sweet
             and
             pacate
             ,
             yet
             all
             would
             avail
             nothing
             ,
             when
             there
             is
             a
             burning
             Vesuvius
             continually
             vomiting
             out
             Flames
             and
             Horror
             within
             .
             A
             Man
             that
             is
             of
             a
             quiet
             and
             even
             Disposition
             ,
             and
             has
             all
             things
             so
             well
             shaped
             within
             him
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             be
             startled
             at
             the
             Limnings
             of
             darker
             Fancy
             ;
             't
             is
             he
             certainly
             that
             lives
             nobly
             and
             happily
             ,
             and
             constantly
             enjoys
             a
             clear
             Heaven
             in
             the
             compass
             of
             his
             own
             mind
             .
             When
             the
             Sea
             of
             this
             World
             is
             most
             rough
             and
             tempestuous
             about
             him
             ,
             he
             can
             ride
             safely
             at
             Anchor
             within
             the
             calm
             Haven
             of
             himself
             ;
             he
             can
             look
             about
             him
             ,
             and
             with
             an
             indifferent
             glance
             behold
             either
             the
             Smiles
             ,
             or
             the
             Frowns
             of
             Fortune
             .
          
           
             Now
             ,
             that
             this
             might
             not
             be
             supposed
             to
             be
             a
             needless
             step
             from
             the
             present
             purpose
             ,
             all
             that
             I
             contend
             for
             ,
             is
             ,
             that
             no
             Man
             of
             a
             calm
             ,
             regular
             frame
             ,
             can
             be
             driven
             on
             so
             absurd
             a
             thing
             as
             Self-Murder
             ;
             an
             injury
             to
             Life
             and
             Nature
             ;
             a
             thing
             as
             loathsom
             in
             the
             thought
             ,
             as
             't
             is
             dreadful
             in
             the
             Execution
             .
             If
             he
             be
             ,
             I
             can
             allow
             it
             no
             better
             
             Title
             than
             that
             of
             a
             sober
             Studied-madness
             .
             And
             as
             for
             that
             Studious
             Youngster
             whom
             Scultetus
             remembers
             in
             his
             Annals
             from
             good
             Authority
             ,
             
             to
             be
             found
             hang'd
             in
             his
             Study
             ,
             supposed
             by
             the
             direction
             of
             his
             Finger
             on
             the
             sacred
             Text
             ,
             to
             be
             driven
             thereto
             by
             the
             terror
             of
             the
             Predestinarian
             Opinion
             ;
             were
             it
             his
             own
             desperate
             act
             ,
             the
             proper
             Causes
             of
             Despair
             in
             this
             case
             are
             to
             be
             sifted
             ,
             such
             as
             weakness
             of
             Spirit
             ,
             violence
             of
             Passion
             ,
             &c.
             And
             't
             is
             Dr.
             
             Taylor
             's
             Observation
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ;
             where
             there
             is
             a
             littleness
             of
             Heart
             ,
             there
             is
             also
             a
             defect
             of
             Hope
             ,
             and
             an
             extreme
             forwardness
             to
             Sorrow
             and
             Suspicion
             .
          
           
             Certainly
             they
             were
             no
             other
             than
             Heathens
             ,
             that
             were
             so
             far
             from
             thinking
             it
             unlawful
             ,
             that
             in
             some
             Cases
             ,
             as
             that
             of
             Country
             ,
             Friends
             ,
             bodily
             Pressure
             ,
             &c.
             they
             held
             it
             to
             be
             their
             Duty
             to
             kill
             themselves
             .
             And
             how
             they
             could
             be
             justified
             in
             the
             attempt
             ,
             tho
             they
             had
             no
             other
             Philosophy
             but
             that
             of
             Nature
             to
             direct
             them
             ,
             we
             can't
             find
             ;
             for
             in
             that
             the
             Wiser
             among
             them
             did
             oppose
             all
             Violence
             of
             this
             kind
             ,
             and
             were
             often
             disputing
             ,
             that
             't
             was
             but
             a
             poor
             Specimen
             of
             Valour
             ,
             if
             they
             could
             not
             encounter
             a
             little
             trouble
             ;
             and
             that
             we
             were
             placed
             in
             this
             world
             as
             Soldiers
             by
             their
             General
             ,
             each
             man
             at
             his
             Post
             ,
             and
             none
             to
             move
             without
             order
             ;
             and
             that
             self-violence
             was
             a
             breach
             not
             only
             to
             our
             own
             persons
             ,
             but
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             or
             Commonwealth
             of
             which
             we
             were
             members
             .
             In
             that
             the
             Sagest
             amongst
             them
             pleaded
             in
             this
             manner
             ,
             't
             was
             enough
             to
             baffle
             all
             their
             pretences
             ,
             to
             silence
             all
             that
             ever
             had
             a
             mind
             to
             plead
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             to
             argue
             them
             of
             extreme
             weakness
             and
             inconsideration
             in
             the
             fact
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             we
             are
             to
             imagine
             that
             such
             deficiencies
             as
             these
             will
             be
             so
             far
             from
             being
             justifiable
             ,
             that
             right
             Reason
             will
             never
             be
             put
             to
             father
             all
             those
             pitiful
             abortions
             that
             do
             spring
             from
             the
             womb
             of
             passion
             and
             mistake
             .
             And
             think
             if
             a
             man
             has
             the
             judgment
             to
             determine
             about
             the
             Contingencies
             of
             this
             present
             life
             ;
             he
             need
             not
             terrifie
             himself
             so
             much
             about
             the
             expectation
             of
             another
             ;
             for
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             forementioned
             Principle
             ,
             I
             hope
             ever
             to
             acquiesce
             in
             his
             determination
             ,
             
             who
             speaks
             to
             this
             effect
             ,
             He
             that
             after
             due
             search
             finds
             not
             the
             marks
             of
             a
             Reprobate
             about
             him
             ,
             has
             no
             grounds
             to
             suspect
             the
             power
             of
             any
             latent
             decree
             to
             make
             him
             one
             .
             And
             therefore
             't
             is
             an
             argument
             of
             a
             strange
             kind
             of
             shortness
             and
             incogitancy
             ,
             for
             any
             man
             to
             miscarry
             upon
             that
             account
             ,
             and
             fit
             only
             to
             be
             imputed
             to
             the
             fickleness
             of
             misguided
             youth
             .
          
           
           
             Josephus
             ,
             
             who
             devised
             a
             way
             that
             Men
             should
             rather
             kill
             one
             another
             by
             Lot
             ,
             if
             occasion
             were
             ,
             than
             become
             Murderers
             of
             themselves
             ,
             which
             he
             calls
             a
             bloody
             Work
             ,
             
             and
             says
             ;
             That
             they
             who
             wrought
             it
             ,
             were
             such
             as
             did
             not
             permit
             Reason
             to
             take
             place
             .
             He
             in
             a
             Philosophick
             Discourse
             to
             his
             Countrymen
             ,
             so
             much
             over-mastered
             by
             the
             Roman
             Puissance
             ,
             endeavours
             to
             prove
             that
             he
             who
             strives
             against
             an
             Adversary
             ,
             whom
             he
             has
             all
             the
             reason
             in
             the
             world
             to
             imagine
             he
             shall
             fall
             before
             ,
             is
             little
             else
             than
             a
             Self-murderer
             :
             And
             from
             hence
             't
             is
             that
             he
             so
             passionately
             proceeds
             to
             intreat
             his
             friends
             to
             a
             peaceable
             surrender
             .
             Why
             should
             we
             become
             Murderers
             of
             our selves
             ,
             O
             ye
             my
             friends
             ,
             what
             Cowards
             shall
             we
             shew
             our selves
             to
             be
             ?
             Of
             what
             absurdity
             and
             indiscretion
             shall
             we
             be
             found
             guilty
             ?
             How
             much
             shall
             we
             violate
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             ?
             What
             a
             dreadful
             Crime
             shall
             we
             commit
             against
             the
             Author
             of
             our
             Being
             ?
             How
             manifestly
             shall
             we
             contemn
             hereby
             his
             power
             ,
             and
             command
             over
             us
             ?
             How
             can
             he
             do
             otherwise
             than
             justly
             consign
             us
             over
             to
             some
             dark
             abode
             ,
             as
             the
             punishment
             annexed
             to
             so
             black
             a
             crime
             .
             And
             hence
             he
             concludes
             too
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             a
             darker
             reserve
             than
             ordinary
             for
             the
             soul
             of
             the
             Selfmurderer
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Jo.
             And
             if
             death
             in
             its
             most
             leisurable
             advance
             looks
             formidable
             enough
             ,
             sudden
             death
             much
             more
             ,
             because
             it
             comes
             to
             us
             in
             the
             shape
             of
             horrour
             and
             surprize
             .
             But
             of
             all
             kinds
             of
             death
             a
             self-violent
             one
             must
             needs
             be
             as
             the
             most
             unsafe
             to
             a
             mans
             self
             ,
             so
             the
             most
             uncomfortable
             to
             any
             surviving
             Relation
             ;
             for
             as
             doubts
             may
             arise
             of
             the
             fairness
             of
             such
             a
             ones
             valediction
             to
             this
             world
             ,
             so
             there
             may
             be
             a
             greater
             concern
             at
             his
             being
             fit
             for
             the
             entertainment
             of
             a
             better
             .
          
           
             A
             man
             cannot
             act
             against
             himself
             in
             so
             base
             and
             felonious
             a
             manner
             without
             highly
             prejudicing
             his
             Immortal
             part
             ,
             and
             interrupting
             his
             eternal
             tranquility
             .
             For
             according
             to
             the
             terms
             on
             which
             we
             now
             all
             stand
             ,
             impenitence
             and
             irremission
             are
             such
             ,
             as
             the
             former
             must
             needs
             suppose
             the
             latter
             .
             And
             how
             a
             man
             can
             be
             said
             to
             prerepent
             of
             a
             dangerous
             fact
             ,
             which
             he
             is
             presently
             entring
             upon
             ,
             and
             by
             means
             of
             which
             he
             is
             precluded
             from
             all
             future
             hopes
             ,
             and
             opportunities
             in
             order
             to
             such
             an
             effect
             ,
             must
             be
             left
             to
             a
             deeper
             enquiry
             ,
             than
             I
             am
             at
             present
             able
             to
             make
             .
             Certainly
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             any
             thing
             of
             pardon
             
               ante
               factum
            
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             supposed
             to
             be
             by
             grant
             of
             dispensation
             ;
             which
             includes
             both
             an
             allowance
             of
             the
             fact
             ,
             and
             also
             an
             exemption
             from
             punishment
             ;
             which
             would
             be
             a
             horrid
             thing
             for
             any
             man
             to
             suppose
             in
             the
             present
             Case
             .
             Hence
             it
             is
             that
             the
             most
             candid
             Casuist
             can
             hardly
             find
             in
             it
             a
             capacity
             of
             being
             pardoned
             .
             And
             according
             to
             Ecclesiastick
             Censure
             ,
             the
             party
             we
             know
             is
             supposed
             to
             
             be
             
               ipso
               facto
            
             Excommunicate
             .
             And
             therefore
             it
             was
             that
             St.
             Austin
             left
             it
             so
             strictly
             in
             caution
             ,
             that
             no
             one
             should
             dare
             to
             dispatch
             himself
             ,
             though
             to
             never
             so
             good
             a
             purpose
             ,
             even
             the
             getting
             free
             from
             any
             present
             inconvenience
             ,
             lest
             he
             should
             be
             mistaken
             in
             his
             aim
             ,
             and
             from
             thinking
             to
             make
             his
             condition
             better
             ,
             render
             it
             infinitely
             and
             unspeakably
             worse
             .
             
               Neminem
               spontaneam
               mortem
               sibi
               inferre
               debere
               velut
               fugiendo
               molestias
               temporales
               ,
               ne
               incidat
               in
               aeternas
               .
               Aug.
               de
               Civit.
               Dei.
            
             And
             again
             ,
             he
             is
             so
             far
             from
             questioning
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             very
             positive
             in
             it
             ,
             that
             a
             better
             life
             is
             not
             designed
             for
             those
             that
             have
             so
             much
             abused
             themselves
             in
             this
             :
             
               Reos
               suae
               mortis
               melior
               post
               mortem
               vita
               non
               suscipit
               .
               Aug.
            
             And
             when
             he
             came
             to
             chide
             some
             of
             his
             Co-temporaries
             ,
             for
             being
             over-favourable
             to
             the
             memories
             of
             such
             as
             had
             made
             themselves
             away
             upon
             a
             Religious
             account
             ,
             says
             he
             ,
             Let
             their
             pretence
             he
             what
             't
             will
             ,
             my
             Conclusion
             is
             ,
             That
             as
             they
             never
             deserved
             ,
             so
             they
             shall
             never
             be
             honoured
             with
             the
             name
             of
             Martyrs
             .
             
               Qui
               sibi
               collum
               ligaverunt
               nomine
               Martyrum
               nunquam
               veneramur
               .
            
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             saying
             of
             Pythagoras
             in
             Cicero
             ,
             of
             excellent
             importance
             in
             the
             present
             matter
             ,
             That
             for
             a
             man
             to
             depart
             hence
             in
             a
             violent
             manner
             ,
             
             is
             as
             if
             a
             Soldier
             should
             march
             off
             without
             the
             word
             of
             the
             Commander
             .
             And
             what
             a
             sorry
             expectation
             is
             it
             for
             one
             that
             has
             voluntarily
             resigned
             up
             his
             Right
             ,
             to
             be
             summoned
             again
             to
             receive
             the
             wages
             of
             a
             Rebel
             ?
             
               Injussu
               Imperatoris
               de
               praefidio
               ,
               &
               statione
               vitae
               discedere
               .
            
             'T
             is
             an
             audacious
             thing
             to
             imagine
             ,
             We
             are
             at
             our
             own
             disposal
             ,
             and
             can
             execute
             our selves
             when
             we
             will
             :
             No
             more
             than
             a
             private
             person
             can
             take
             a
             Malefactor
             from
             the
             Bar
             ,
             and
             put
             him
             to
             death
             upon
             his
             own
             private
             authority
             .
             In
             this
             case
             we
             are
             to
             suppose
             a
             man
             to
             be
             both
             his
             own
             Judge
             and
             ●aylor
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             first
             place
             ,
             how
             a
             man
             can
             be
             thought
             a
             competent
             Judge
             in
             his
             own
             Cause
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             second
             ,
             what
             authority
             can
             be
             exercise
             over
             himself
             ,
             when
             there
             is
             no
             superior
             Law
             whereon
             to
             build
             his
             determination
             ,
             is
             difficult
             to
             find
             out
             .
             
               Nemo
               habet
               in
               se
               Authoritatem
               ,
               cum
               non
               sit
               se●pso
               superior
               .
            
             Further
             I
             confess
             ,
             I
             am
             not
             old
             enough
             to
             conceive
             how
             self-violence
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             preservation
             of
             some
             virtue
             or
             other
             ,
             should
             assume
             the
             title
             of
             Martyrdom
             .
             The
             cause
             may
             be
             good
             't
             is
             true
             ,
             which
             indeed
             constitutes
             the
             Martyr
             ,
             but
             how
             good
             that
             cause
             must
             be
             which
             justifies
             an
             ill
             act
             ,
             I
             can't
             well
             determine
             ;
             and
             should
             be
             very
             cautious
             to
             celebrate
             for
             Martyrdom
             ,
             what
             we
             can
             make
             little
             else
             than
             plain
             murder
             .
             The
             case
             of
             Pelagia
             is
             rather
             to
             be
             pitied
             than
             commended
             .
             Though
             that
             tender
             Creature
             did
             it
             undoubtedly
             to
             miss
             those
             unhandsome
             Violations
             to
             which
             she
             saw
             her self
             exposed
             .
             And
             't
             is
             pity
             ,
             methinks
             ,
             that
             the
             blushes
             of
             so
             Divine
             a
             modesty
             should
             
             wholly
             disappear
             by
             such
             a
             hasty
             indiscreet
             management
             of
             her self
             .
             The
             most
             that
             St.
             Ambrose
             spake
             of
             it
             ,
             when
             his
             Sister
             Marcellina
             consulted
             him
             directly
             to
             give
             in
             his
             thoughts
             about
             this
             matter
             ,
             was
             ,
             He
             believed
             ,
             that
             might
             not
             be
             reputed
             as
             an
             offence
             ,
             which
             was
             made
             use
             of
             as
             a
             remedy
             .
             But
             it
             must
             be
             a
             desperate
             distemper
             indeed
             to
             admit
             of
             so
             dangerous
             an
             application
             .
             And
             Baronius
             was
             so
             perplexed
             about
             it
             ,
             that
             he
             e'ne
             concluded
             ,
             
               Quid
               ad
               haec
               dicamus
               ,
               non
               habemus
               .
            
             Amongst
             all
             ,
             one
             would
             rather
             chuse
             to
             rest
             in
             St.
             
             Austin's
             
               nullo
               modo
            
             ;
             upon
             no
             account
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             the
             removing
             any
             present
             ,
             or
             the
             preventing
             any
             future
             evil
             ,
             or
             the
             gratifying
             some
             flashy
             desire
             to
             be
             in
             the
             next
             life
             ,
             can
             it
             be
             lawful
             for
             any
             man
             to
             do
             violence
             to
             himself
             .
             In
             reference
             to
             this
             last
             it
             was
             ,
             that
             he
             gave
             his
             opinion
             of
             Cleombrotus
             ,
             when
             seeming
             to
             applaud
             his
             Courage
             ,
             concluded
             of
             his
             attempt
             ,
             that
             't
             was
             done
             rather
             magnè
             than
             benè
             .
             And
             here
             I
             cannot
             but
             remark
             that
             of
             
               Seneca
               ,
               Irascere
               Interfectori
               ,
               sed
               miscrere
               Interfecti
               .
            
             And
             further
             ,
             to
             the
             former
             instance
             of
             Pelagia
             ,
             having
             had
             occasion
             to
             mention
             that
             innocent
             delightsome
             part
             of
             mankind
             ,
             give
             me
             leave
             to
             represent
             the
             matter
             in
             some
             Diviner
             feature
             ,
             and
             you
             have
             in
             the
             Apocrypha
             an
             account
             of
             a
             Woman
             that
             in
             excess
             of
             sorrow
             thought
             of
             making
             her self
             away
             ,
             
             but
             the
             only
             thing
             that
             restrained
             her
             ,
             was
             the
             tender
             regard
             she
             bore
             to
             her
             aged
             Parent
             .
             
               She
               was
               very
               sorrowful
            
             ,
             't
             is
             said
             ,
             
               so
               that
               she
               thought
               to
               have
               strangled
               her self
               ,
               and
               she
               said
               ,
               I
               am
               the
               only
               daughter
               of
               my
               father
               ,
               and
               if
               I
               do
               this
               thing
               ,
               it
               will
               be
               a
               reproach
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               I
               shall
               bring
               his
               old
               age
               with
               sorrow
               to
               the
               grave
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           The
           CONCLVSION
           .
        
         
           AND
           now
           to
           draw
           towards
           an
           end
           :
           Alas
           !
           when
           your
           lost
           friend
           ,
           Lindâmor
           ,
           shall
           recur
           to
           your
           Nightly
           fancy
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           have
           reacted
           to
           your
           waking
           Geni
           his
           unfortunate
           transition
           from
           this
           life
           to
           the
           immense
           space
           of
           another
           ,
           Ah
           Melancholly
           thought
           ,
           to
           suppose
           that
           he
           is
           now
           sighing
           way
           an
           Eternity
           in
           tears
           as
           the
           just
           amercement
           of
           so
           horrid
           a
           Crime
           !
           'T
           is
           a
           torment
           indeed
           to
           see
           happiness
           at
           a
           distance
           with
           hopeless
           eyes
           never
           to
           enjoy
           it
           .
           Can
           you
           refrain
           folding
           up
           your self
           in
           all
           the
           forms
           of
           sorrow
           ?
           To
           what
           a
           strange
           fetch
           must
           a
           man
           be
           driven
           in
           such
           a
           case
           ?
        
         
           —
           Amissum
           Socium
           longo
           sermone
           .
        
         
           What
           would
           you
           give
           to
           retrieve
           his
           wandring
           shade
           ?
           O
           the
           curse
           that
           lies
           on
           those
           rude
           hands
           that
           were
           so
           impiously
           imbrewed
           !
           the
           censure
           he
           has
           incurred
           for
           drawing
           on
           himself
           the
           guilt
           of
           his
           own
           
           blood
           !
           Were
           I
           to
           imagine
           such
           a
           thing
           to
           be
           the
           hasty
           product
           of
           unkind
           despair
           ,
           I
           would
           curse
           with
           fury
           and
           concern
           ,
           those
           unpolished
           atoms
           that
           should
           justle
           together
           in
           so
           unhappy
           a
           Collision
           .
           And
           were
           it
           my
           case
           that
           I
           had
           a
           friend
           so
           determining
           ,
           I
           would
           beg
           the
           Powers
           above
           ,
           that
           can
           never
           forget
           ,
           only
           to
           raze
           such
           an
           action
           out
           of
           the
           Annals
           of
           time
           ,
           and
           suffer
           it
           rather
           to
           remain
           a
           blot
           ,
           than
           any
           discernable
           note
           in
           the
           Calender
           of
           Eternity
           .
        
         
           Oh!
           That
           Nature's
           Garment
           should
           sit
           uneasie
           about
           any
           one
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           tarry
           the
           leisure
           of
           some
           Angel
           to
           undress
           him
           ,
           but
           violently
           to
           strip
           off
           the
           robe
           of
           Nature
           !
           How
           does
           a
           man
           by
           such
           an
           action
           not
           only
           baffle
           the
           hopes
           of
           his
           surviving
           friends
           ,
           but
           also
           balk
           the
           Courtesie
           of
           his
           Invisible
           Minister
           ,
           who
           would
           gladly
           himself
           have
           drawn
           the
           Curtain
           ,
           removed
           the
           Light
           ,
           and
           bid
           him
           a
           gentle
           repose
           .
        
         
           Further
           ,
           what
           hard
           thoughts
           will
           the
           world
           be
           apt
           to
           entertain
           concerning
           the
           conduct
           of
           such
           a
           man's
           Reason
           and
           Understanding
           ?
           how
           illy
           he
           has
           improved
           that
           Divine
           Light
           ,
           
           and
           almost
           quenched
           the
           Coelestial
           Spangle
           !
           Was
           he
           furnished
           with
           an
           Intellect
           ,
           and
           had
           a
           Glorious
           Lamp
           of
           Knowledg
           set
           up
           to
           shine
           in
           it
           for
           no
           better
           purpose
           !
           they
           will
           rather
           censure
           it
           by
           the
           use
           that
           is
           made
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           be
           some
           loose
           spark
           flying
           out
           of
           the
           Lake
           of
           fire
           ,
           than
           ever
           suppose
           it
           to
           be
           the
           kindlings
           of
           a
           Diviner
           flame
           .
           Better
           certainly
           ,
           in
           my
           thought
           ,
           had
           such
           a
           one
           never
           been
           ,
           or
           being
           ,
           had
           been
           long
           since
           banished
           from
           his
           own
           essence
           ,
           and
           commencing
           some
           other
           kind
           ,
           had
           passed
           into
           an
           innocent
           Animal
           ,
           that
           was
           never
           like
           to
           have
           the
           burthen
           of
           an
           after-thought
           to
           gall
           and
           perplex
           him
           !
           That
           man
           who
           is
           only
           capable
           here
           of
           those
           higher
           accessions
           of
           thought
           and
           study
           ,
           should
           not
           better
           consider
           what
           a
           noble
           thing
           't
           is
           to
           live
           !
           Life
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           be
           assured
           ,
           is
           the
           highest
           perfection
           of
           Corporeal
           Beings
           ,
           because
           the
           nearest
           resemblance
           of
           the
           Divine
           .
           The
           most
           contemptible
           Creature
           in
           whom
           the
           Springs
           of
           Life
           are
           in
           motion
           ,
           can
           boast
           of
           a
           preheminence
           beyond
           the
           Stars
           ;
           and
           the
           minutest
           part
           of
           an
           Organiz'd
           Being
           ,
           and
           enliven'd
           ,
           may
           challenge
           the
           Sun
           ,
           and
           bid
           defiance
           to
           its
           Inanimate
           luster
           .
           But
           alas
           !
           't
           is
           not
           barely
           to
           live
           ,
           that
           we
           plead
           for
           :
           If
           so
           ,
           the
           vilest
           of
           Brute
           Animals
           may
           well
           rank
           themselves
           with
           the
           highest
           Sons
           of
           Reason
           .
           But
           when
           Life
           it self
           shall
           be
           adorned
           and
           glorified
           with
           all
           those
           Excellencies
           and
           Advantages
           ,
           to
           render
           it
           easie
           and
           delightful
           ,
           that
           can
           be
           named
           ,
           this
           is
           that
           which
           raiseth
           it
           beyond
           a
           common
           breathing
           .
           And
           all
           men
           I
           reckon
           might
           live
           happy
           ,
           if
           they
           would
           themselves
           ;
           if
           they
           would
           be
           steady
           in
           their
           desires
           ,
           and
           equal
           in
           their
           apprehensions
           of
           things
           present
           .
           They
           might
           have
           then
           saved
           wise
           Democritus
           the
           trouble
           of
           exchanging
           his
           Passion
           ,
           
           who
           though
           't
           was
           his
           constant
           business
           to
           laugh
           ,
           yet
           having
           once
           lighted
           on
           a
           man
           of
           an
           indifferent
           temper
           like
           himself
           ,
           could
           not
           forbear
           dropping
           a
           tear
           ,
           for
           that
           the
           number
           of
           such
           men
           was
           so
           small
           .
        
         
           Indifferency
           ,
           we
           confess
           ,
           is
           a
           flower
           that
           grows
           not
           in
           every
           Garden
           :
           where
           we
           shall
           meet
           with
           one
           that
           is
           calm
           ,
           easie
           and
           delectable
           under
           every
           circumstance
           ,
           and
           event
           of
           things
           ,
           we
           shall
           be
           pestered
           with
           a
           hundred
           that
           are
           nothing
           but
           storm
           and
           noise
           ;
           and
           if
           any
           thing
           crosses
           their
           desires
           ,
           they
           think
           it
           their
           only
           remedy
           to
           rage
           and
           boil
           away
           in
           the
           fury
           of
           some
           base
           extreme
           .
           And
           truly
           I
           can't
           think
           it
           any
           other
           ,
           but
           for
           want
           of
           studying
           the
           Golden
           Rule
           of
           Equality
           ,
           that
           most
           men
           are
           as
           miserable
           in
           the
           defeat
           of
           their
           expectations
           ,
           as
           before
           they
           were
           eager
           in
           the
           pursuit
           of
           their
           desires
           .
           Of
           all
           men
           of
           his
           Rank
           ,
           Seneca
           came
           at
           length
           to
           be
           mostly
           admired
           for
           a
           man
           of
           a
           patient
           ,
           even
           temper
           ,
           who
           in
           every
           interfering
           juncture
           found
           more
           pleasure
           and
           contentment
           in
           his
           own
           quiet
           apprehension
           of
           things
           ,
           than
           he
           did
           trouble
           and
           uneasiness
           in
           their
           discomposure
           .
           And
           Cleanthes
           was
           as
           noble
           in
           his
           Sentiment
           ;
           as
           Seneca
           was
           now
           grown
           discreet
           in
           his
           behaviour
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           asked
           ,
           How
           a
           man
           should
           become
           Rich
           ?
           answered
           ,
           To
           be
           poor
           in
           Desires
           .
           And
           he
           that
           is
           otherwise
           ,
           and
           has
           neither
           the
           measure
           ,
           nor
           the
           manners
           to
           respect
           a
           little
           ,
           I
           wish
           him
           no
           worse
           ,
           with
           that
           pious
           Elder
           in
           his
           Treatise
           of
           Contentation
           ,
           
           but
           that
           he
           were
           plagued
           sufficiently
           with
           an
           Abundance
           .
        
         
           Alas
           !
           what
           meanness
           of
           spirit
           does
           this
           argue
           ?
           a
           man
           of
           a
           sowr
           ,
           implacable
           discontented
           temper
           ,
           is
           so
           far
           from
           being
           Christianly
           great
           and
           generous
           ,
           that
           I
           much
           question
           whether
           he
           has
           not
           disgraced
           the
           very
           Heathen
           within
           him
           .
           True
           virtue
           is
           certainly
           the
           fairest
           Criterien
           whereby
           to
           discern
           a
           man
           truly
           great
           ;
           and
           as
           an
           Honourable
           Person
           whose
           name
           will
           for
           ever
           flour●sh
           in
           the
           Common-wealth
           of
           Learning
           ,
           has
           lately
           shewn
           ,
           That
           is
           Magnanimity
           indeed
           ,
           where
           Religion
           and
           Virtue
           are
           the
           Commanders
           of
           humane
           action
           .
           
           Boyle's
           Christ
           .
           Virt.
           'T
           is
           only
           in
           a
           Rel●gious
           breast
           where
           Indifferency
           ,
           and
           Moderation
           do
           reside
           ;
           that
           the
           Natural
           Symphony
           which
           Plato
           fancied
           by
           his
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           is
           in
           consort
           ,
           By
           means
           of
           which
           he
           talked
           so
           much
           of
           Mental
           Musick
           ,
           tuning
           of
           Passions
           ,
           and
           the
           Harmonies
           of
           a
           virtuous
           mind
           .
           Such
           Virtues
           as
           these
           are
           the
           only
           Instruments
           of
           Enthroning
           Man's
           deposed
           Reason
           ,
           and
           reestablishing
           within
           him
           a
           just
           Empire
           over
           all
           those
           disorderly
           Passions
           ,
           which
           so
           impetuously
           rend
           a
           man
           from
           the
           free
           possession
           and
           enjoyment
           of
           himself
           .
           Now
           besides
           the
           want
           of
           this
           ,
           here
           is
           one
           thing
           to
           
           which
           a
           great
           part
           of
           mans
           misery
           is
           owing
           .
           Men
           are
           often
           seen
           to
           terrifie
           themselves
           with
           what
           may
           be
           ,
           and
           to
           erect
           Schemes
           of
           futurity
           in
           the
           Shop
           of
           their
           amazed
           fancy
           .
           They
           would
           fain
           be
           spelling
           out
           their
           future
           state
           ,
           when
           't
           would
           make
           abundantly
           more
           for
           their
           happiness
           and
           tranquility
           
             in
             diem
             vivere
          
           ,
           and
           to
           entertain
           their
           present
           fortune
           with
           all
           imaginable
           ease
           and
           freedom
           .
        
         
           Nescia
           mens
           hominum
           fati
           ,
           sortisque
           futurae
           .
        
         
           Hereby
           they
           raise
           to
           themselves
           Ideas
           ,
           much
           like
           the
           imaginary
           guesses
           of
           some
           imposing
           Astrologer
           ,
           who
           threatens
           you
           with
           Thunder
           and
           Lightning
           enough
           to
           dare
           the
           stoute●
           Hector
           ,
           and
           put
           him
           to
           his
           shifts
           to
           fly
           away
           in
           horror
           and
           sadness
           ,
           when
           in
           the
           issue
           the
           air
           proves
           mild
           and
           temperate
           ;
           they
           possess
           themselves
           with
           the
           dread
           of
           a
           sad
           ,
           discontented
           day
           approaching
           ,
           which
           will
           even
           weep
           out
           its
           eyes
           .
           But
           when
           't
           is
           born
           ,
           it
           proves
           a
           Democritus
           ,
           and
           does
           nothing
           but
           laugh
           at
           the
           foolery
           of
           their
           extravagant
           prepossessions
           .
        
         
           Another
           thing
           which
           renders
           us
           in
           a
           great
           degree
           miserable
           is
           this
           :
           We
           are
           extremely
           busie
           in
           prosecuting
           our
           fond
           desires
           ,
           and
           are
           oftentimes
           deceived
           by
           our
           overmuch
           confidence
           in
           the
           enjoyment
           .
           Like
           silly
           Children
           we
           think
           the
           Sky
           lies
           on
           yonder
           hill
           ,
           which
           we
           either
           lose
           in
           the
           prosecution
           ,
           or
           find
           vastly
           removed
           from
           our
           eager
           prospect
           .
           The
           temper
           of
           most
           men
           is
           never
           to
           be
           satisfied
           till
           they
           are
           got
           up
           to
           the
           height
           of
           enjoyment
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           a
           great
           hazard
           but
           they
           then
           find
           themselves
           far
           more
           uneasie
           than
           they
           were
           before
           ,
           and
           would
           fain
           ,
           if
           possible
           ,
           be
           restored
           to
           their
           former
           point
           ,
           and
           wish
           they
           had
           never
           tasted
           the
           enjoyment
           .
           They
           are
           fit
           to
           be
           resembled
           to
           that
           King
           in
           Josephus
           ,
           who
           being
           disturbed
           by
           his
           enemies
           and
           accusers
           in
           the
           possession
           of
           the
           Throne
           ,
           came
           to
           Cesar
           ,
           and
           told
           him
           ,
           He
           had
           the
           Substance
           ,
           but
           now
           craved
           the
           shadow
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           too
           ,
           even
           in
           this
           we
           shall
           meet
           with
           great
           variety
           of
           Humours
           ;
           some
           love
           to
           be
           great
           and
           popular
           ;
           others
           to
           be
           gave
           and
           reserved
           .
           When
           as
           an
           Alexander
           grows
           big
           with
           Empire
           ,
           and
           groans
           for
           more
           worlds
           to
           conquer
           ,
           a
           Dioclesian
           gladly
           retires
           from
           his
           Throne
           and
           Augustness
           ,
           to
           a
           Rural
           Farm
           ,
           as
           from
           a
           state
           of
           Misery
           and
           Servitude
           ,
           to
           that
           of
           freedom
           and
           repose
           .
           Some
           men
           chuse
           rather
           to
           live
           a
           private
           life
           ,
           wherein
           is
           security
           ,
           than
           in
           the
           height
           of
           fortune
           and
           honour
           ,
           with
           perpetual
           danger
           and
           disquiet
           .
           But
           now
           here
           is
           the
           most
           pinching
           and
           tremendous
           consideration
           of
           all
           ,
           that
           after
           a
           man
           has
           been
           variously
           exercised
           ,
           and
           shifted
           from
           this
           side
           to
           that
           ,
           he
           shall
           for
           want
           of
           an
           Executioner
           become
           his
           own
           ;
           a
           
           man
           in
           this
           case
           is
           divided
           ,
           and
           at
           enmity
           against
           himself
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           strange
           kind
           of
           manner
           becom●●
           both
           the
           active
           and
           passive
           subject
           of
           his
           own
           action
           .
           'T
           is
           said
           of
           Pythagoras
           ,
           that
           he
           cursed
           the
           number
           Two
           ,
           because
           't
           was
           the
           first
           that
           presumed
           to
           depart
           from
           Unity
           .
           Now
           't
           is
           by
           Unity
           that
           things
           are
           preserved
           ,
           and
           Individuals
           are
           principally
           one
           ;
           and
           therefore
           if
           Individuals
           be
           divided
           against
           themselves
           ,
           and
           things
           cease
           to
           be
           true
           and
           amically
           disposed
           towards
           themselves
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           other
           to
           be
           expected
           ,
           desolation
           must
           needs
           ensue
           ,
           the
           world
           it self
           can't
           stand
           .
           'T
           is
           strange
           that
           any
           one
           should
           be
           so
           hideously
           cruel
           to
           himself
           ,
           beyond
           all
           exceptions
           of
           pity
           and
           compassion
           :
           Indeed
           ,
           to
           render
           the
           whole
           circuit
           of
           Autophony
           the
           more
           conspicuo●s
           ,
           I
           can't
           think
           that
           any
           man
           should
           absolutely
           desire
           to
           be
           miserable
           or
           wretched
           in
           his
           last
           existence
           .
           But
           the
           thing
           is
           ,
           upon
           some
           distaste
           he
           affects
           the
           dissolution
           of
           his
           present
           ,
           and
           personal
           subsistence
           ,
           upon
           intention
           and
           hope
           by
           such
           a
           change
           to
           be
           bettered
           in
           his
           future
           condition
           .
           And
           therefore
           for
           the
           present
           he
           is
           ,
           as
           't
           were
           ,
           at
           odds
           with
           himself
           ;
           and
           like
           two
           intimate
           persons
           ,
           the
           nearer
           is
           their
           affection
           ,
           the
           greater
           is
           their
           distance
           when
           they
           fall
           into
           division
           ,
           and
           the
           likelier
           to
           continue
           if
           there
           be
           no
           Reconciler
           ;
           his
           condition
           is
           much
           the
           more
           desperate
           ,
           because
           the
           difference
           rises
           high
           ,
           and
           there
           wants
           a
           Mediator
           of
           Reconciliation
           betwixt
           a
           man
           and
           himself
           .
           But
           it
           must
           be
           a
           desperate
           attack
           indeed
           ,
           when
           a
           man
           shall
           precipitate
           himself
           no
           so
           dangerous
           a
           hazard
           as
           we
           are
           now
           mentioning
           ;
           to
           separate
           himself
           so
           preposterously
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           separation
           to
           send
           one
           part
           of
           himself
           ,
           to
           inherit
           no
           more
           mercy
           than
           we
           can
           suppose
           to
           hover
           
             inter
             pontem
             ,
             &
             fontem
          
           ;
           the
           other
           to
           be
           exposed
           like
           the
           interment
           of
           some
           viler
           Creature
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           denied
           the
           decencies
           of
           a
           common
           obsequy
           .
           Nay
           moreover
           ,
           whose
           very
           goods
           are
           adjudged
           execrable
           hereby
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           as
           to
           men
           .
           And
           therefore
           do
           from
           that
           very
           instant
           become
           a
           Deodand
           ,
           as
           returning
           to
           their
           principal
           owner
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           there
           are
           some
           cases
           (
           as
           I
           am
           well
           informed
           )
           in
           which
           the
           Law
           universally
           allows
           an
           orderly
           Sepulture
           ,
           such
           as
           deep
           Melancholy
           ,
           or
           an
           extraordinary
           Delirium
           .
           And
           we
           have
           an
           account
           out
           of
           an
           ancient
           Author
           of
           two
           Melancholy
           Brethren
           that
           murdered
           themselves
           ,
           and
           for
           so
           foul
           an
           act
           were
           condemned
           to
           an
           infamous
           Burial
           ;
           but
           when
           upon
           further
           examination
           it
           appeared
           that
           misery
           and
           madness
           were
           the
           Incentives
           ,
           the
           Sentence
           was
           revoked
           ,
           and
           the
           deceased
           honoured
           with
           a
           due
           solemnity
           .
           This
           seems
           very
           tolerable
           ,
           and
           agreeing
           with
           humane
           Prudence
           to
           mitigate
           these
           hard
           Censures
           ;
           for
           when
           men
           are
           sad
           beyond
           measure
           ,
           and
           are
           harassed
           by
           the
           violence
           of
           a
           long
           distemper
           ,
           they
           oft-times
           suffer
           under
           a
           frightful
           
           wreck
           of
           Reason
           ;
           and
           then
           like
           a
           Ship
           without
           a
           Pilot
           ,
           they
           must
           needs
           split
           on
           the
           next
           Rock
           .
           But
           this
           is
           so
           rarely
           proved
           ,
           and
           so
           seldom
           regarded
           ,
           that
           most
           men
           to
           shew
           the
           malignity
           of
           so
           detestable
           a
           fact
           ,
           are
           for
           exposing
           the
           Criminal
           to
           an
           Exemplary
           disgrace
           .
           And
           therefore
           as
           among
           the
           Romans
           they
           had
           their
           
             Pertae
             Sceleratae
          
           ,
           through
           which
           the
           Bodies
           of
           the
           Dead
           were
           dragg'd
           ;
           so
           now
           the
           manner
           is
           to
           convey
           them
           to
           a
           separate
           place
           ,
           and
           there
           stake
           down
           the
           trembling
           Corps
           reaking
           in
           its
           own
           gore
           and
           filth
           ,
           
           as
           a
           publick
           horror
           to
           all
           that
           shall
           pass
           that
           way
           .
           Other
           Laws
           determined
           ,
           that
           one
           hand
           should
           be
           left
           unburied
           .
           And
           't
           was
           a
           Statute
           made
           by
           Tarquin
           ,
           that
           their
           whole
           Bodies
           should
           be
           hung
           up
           in
           the
           air
           .
        
         
           Josephus
           tells
           us
           ,
           'T
           was
           anciently
           determined
           among
           the
           Jews
           ,
           that
           though
           they
           generally
           held
           it
           lawful
           to
           bury
           their
           Enemies
           ,
           yet
           they
           resolved
           't
           was
           not
           fit
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Self-murderer
           should
           be
           Interr'd
           till
           the
           going
           down
           of
           the
           Sun.
           And
           't
           was
           Customary
           with
           other
           Nations
           ,
           he
           tells
           us
           farther
           ,
           to
           cut
           off
           their
           right
           hands
           ,
           judging
           that
           as
           the
           Soul
           hereby
           was
           made
           a
           stranger
           to
           the
           Body
           ,
           so
           by
           that
           fact
           the
           hand
           was
           as
           't
           were
           a
           stranger
           to
           both
           .
           
             Joseph
             .
             de
             Bell.
             Jud.
             Lib.
             3.
             
             Cap.
             14.
             
          
        
         
           The
           shame
           and
           ignominy
           then
           to
           which
           they
           generally
           exposed
           such
           a
           one
           ,
           does
           sufficiently
           testifie
           their
           judgment
           of
           so
           notorious
           a
           fact
           .
           And
           indeed
           considering
           the
           Obligations
           the
           Self-murderer
           breaks
           through
           ,
           the
           quality
           of
           the
           fact
           ,
           &c.
           how
           can
           we
           suppose
           them
           to
           be
           less
           rigorous
           in
           making
           their
           resentment
           of
           it
           as
           Exemplary
           as
           may
           be
           ?
           Here
           is
           an
           irreparable
           breach
           made
           in
           humane
           Society
           ;
           here
           is
           an
           unnatural
           violation
           of
           the
           Law
           of
           Self-charity
           ;
           (
           when
           we
           can't
           otherwise
           suppose
           but
           that
           this
           is
           a
           thing
           which
           ought
           first
           to
           begin
           at
           our selves
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           are
           under
           higher
           obligations
           to
           preserve
           our
           own
           lives
           ,
           than
           the
           lives
           of
           others
           ;
           and
           more
           obliged
           not
           to
           deface
           that
           Divine
           Image
           upon
           our selves
           ,
           than
           upon
           any
           other
           of
           mankind
           .
           )
           Here
           is
           an
           abuse
           of
           that
           Right
           of
           Nature
           ,
           which
           is
           defined
           to
           be
           a
           liberty
           that
           each
           man
           hath
           to
           use
           his
           power
           ,
           not
           in
           order
           to
           his
           destruction
           ,
           but
           the
           contrary
           .
           For
           this
           were
           really
           to
           infringe
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           and
           Reason
           ,
           
           to
           the
           breach
           of
           which
           no
           Rational
           man
           will
           ever
           pretend
           to
           any
           right
           .
           And
           if
           once
           broken
           ,
           whether
           out
           of
           error
           ,
           passion
           ,
           or
           surprise
           ,
           nothing
           can
           be
           pleaded
           in
           justification
           or
           excuse
           ;
           for
           this
           seems
           a
           very
           plausible
           determination
           ,
           that
           seeing
           Self-preservation
           is
           the
           great
           Law
           of
           Nature
           and
           
           Reason
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           intimated
           above
           ,
           to
           act
           that
           which
           is
           really
           and
           truly
           contrary
           to
           this
           Law
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           a
           breach
           thereof
           ,
           though
           the
           man
           so
           acting
           may
           be
           so
           far
           in
           an
           error
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           think
           the
           action
           to
           be
           so
           destructive
           to
           the
           end
           he
           aims
           at
           ,
           as
           't
           is
           ;
           for
           as
           in
           Civil
           Government
           ,
           ignorance
           of
           the
           Law
           is
           no
           good
           Plea
           to
           excuse
           ,
           and
           justifie
           ,
           though
           it
           may
           extenuate
           a
           crime
           in
           some
           cases
           ;
           so
           in
           
             Statu
             Naturae
          
           ,
           
           error
           ,
           ignorance
           ,
           or
           passion
           ,
           cannot
           excuse
           and
           justifie
           those
           actions
           which
           are
           really
           contrary
           to
           right
           Reason
           ,
           or
           that
           Grand
           principle
           of
           Self-preservation
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           Lindâmor
           ,
           I
           am
           afraid
           that
           in
           disswading
           others
           from
           doing
           violence
           to
           themselves
           ,
           I
           have
           offered
           some
           to
           your
           patience
           in
           the
           tediousness
           of
           so
           large
           a
           Letter
           .
           I
           have
           only
           at
           present
           to
           add
           the
           readiness
           I
           am
           in
           to
           serve
           you
           ;
           and
           to
           put
           you
           in
           mind
           of
           the
           Obligation
           ,
           that
           you
           need
           not
           doubt
           of
           having
           that
           respect
           shewn
           you
           ,
           which
           you
           might
           at
           all
           times
           so
           freely
           command
           from
        
         
           
             Your
             Obliged
             Friend
             and
             Servant
             ,
             EZRA
             PIERCE
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A54825-e210
           
             Animum
             scribendo
             lenire
             ,
             Erasm
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A54825-e350
           
             Bishop
             Hopkins
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A54825-e860
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             Aristotle
             .
          
           
             〈…〉
             
          
           
             Dr.
             Tillotson
             .
          
           
             Multos
             da
             Jupiter
             annos
             .
             Pers
             .
          
           
             Massagetae
             omnes
             70
             An.
             egresses
             interficiunt
             .
             Et
             Tybareni
             (
             ut
             tradit
             Euseb
             .
             L.
             1.
             )
             Viros
             suos
             seniores
             praecipitant
             .
          
           
             Ad
             incerta
             fortunae
             venenum
             sub
             eustede
             promptum
             .
             Liv.
             
          
           
             Joseph
             .
             Antiq
             .
             l.
             14.
             c.
             25.
             ●●cum
             .
          
           
             Joseph
             .
             Ant
             l.
             15.
             c.
             3.
             
          
           
             Joseph
             .
             de
             Jud.
             l.
             1.
             c.
             12.
             
          
           
             Joseph
             .
             Ant
             l.
             15.
             
          
           
             Jeseph
             .
             de
             Bell.
             Jud.
             l.
             7.
             c.
             28.
             
          
           
             Plut.
             
          
           
             Vi.
             Progn
             .
             of
             Mel.
             
          
           
             〈◊〉
             non
             invenere
             Tyranni
             tormentum
             majus
             .
          
           
             Dr.
             Tillot
             .
             Vol.
             2.
             
          
           
             St.
             Aug.
             
          
           
             Plaut
             .
          
           
             Lactant.
             and
             Cypr.
             
          
           
             Vid.
             Dr.
             Donn
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Ap.
             Can.
             vid.
             Ham.
             Annot.
             p.
             95.
             ●
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             
             Sym's
             Life
             's
             Preservative
             .
          
           
             Cantabrigiae
             in
             Coll.
             Trin.
             Adolescens
             studiosus
             suspensus
             suomet
             singulo
             repertus
             est
             ,
             intramusae●lum
             suum
             eo
             quidem
             modo
             ,
             ut
             faciem
             haberet
             in
             Sacrum
             Bibliorum
             codicem
             obversam
             ,
             ac
             digitum
             porectim
             locum
             Sacrae
             Scripturae
             designantem
             ult
             de
             praedestinatione
             tractabatur
             ,
             
               Scult
               .
               An.
               Dec.
               2.
               p.
               87.
               
            
          
           
             Dr.
             Tillot
             .
          
           
             Bell.
             Jud.
             L.
             3.
             
             C.
             14.
             
          
           
             Also
             
               L.
               7.
               
               C.
               28.
            
             in
             the
             Siege
             of
             Massada
             .
          
           
             〈…〉
             
          
           
             Tob.
             3.
             10.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A54825-e3500
           
             Intellectus
             humanus
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             Dr.
             Hall.
             
          
           
             Athenienses
             abscissant
             manum
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             inhumatam
             relinquebant
             .
             Tarquin
             .
             Priscus
             cadavera
             crucibus
             figebat
             ,
             civibus
             spectanda
             ,
             &
             feris
             volucribus
             laceranda
             .
          
           
             See
             
             Shafto's
             Great
             Law
             of
             Nature
             against
             Hobbs
             .
          
           
             See
             more
             of
             this
             in
             
               Shaf
               to