"Fruit of the Spirit," TEMPERANCE, is therefore indifpenfably neceffary to man, and happy are they who learn what it is, and endeavour to maintain it in themfelves. But to return to Sir Francis Walfingham. He alfo very properly ranked TEMPERANCE with FORTITUDE; nay, rather as being the PERFECTION of FORTITUDE.

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See "his

Anatomifing of Honesty, Ambition, and "FORTITUDE," written in 1590, and printed in 1772, with the Pofthumous Works of Sir Robert Cotton, in 8vo: See page 329. His "Anatomy of For" titude" (the last head which closes this little tract) deferves to be copied at length; but that would draw me too far from the present topic, TEMPERANCE. However, he here furns only true means of obtaining and maintaining all neceffary virtues." The perfection of happiness" (fays he) con"Jifts in the LOVE of GOD; which is

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only

"only able to fill up all the corners of the "foul with most perfect joy; and confe

quently to fix all its defires upon thofe "celeftial joys that shall never be taken

from it. But this, as it cannot be ob"tained by difcourfe, but by UNFEIGNED "PRAYER, and the affiftance and illu"mination of GOD'S GRACE; fo it is "not my purpose to prick at it. And for "that part of felicity which is attained "to by moral virtue, I find that every "VIRTUE gives a man perfection in fome kind, and a degree of felicity too, viz. HONESTY, gives a man a good re

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JUSTICE, eftimation and authority; "PRUDENCE, respect and confidence ; "COURTESY, and LIBERALITY, Affection and a kind of dominion over « other men ;

"TEMPERANCE, health.

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"FORTITUDE, a quiet mind, not to be moved by any adverfity, and a con"fidence not to be circumvented by any

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piness, as receiving their reward from others; only TEMPERANCE doth "pre"tend to make the body a stranger to pain; "both in taking from it the occafion of

difeafes, and making the outward in"conveniencies of want, as hunger and "cold, if not delightful, at least fuffer"able."