every Movement and Gesture, apart. And this Method will hold with Respect to the Olympick Exercises. [1] In short. All other Entertainments but those of Virtue, abate by taking them asunder, and therefore apply the Expedient to all other parts of your Life.
III. What a brave Soul is that, that's always prepar'd to walk out of the Body, and unconcern'd about her being either extinguish'd, scatter'd, [2] or remov'd ? Prepared I say upon Judgment, and not out of mere Obstinacy like the Christians ; [3] To recommend the Example, this Fortitude must have nothing of Ostentation, but be carried on with a Solemn Air of Gravity, and Consideration.
IV. Have I oblig'd any Body, or done the World any Service ? If so, the Action has rewarded me ; This Answer will encourage Good Nature, therefore let it always be at Hand.
V. What may your Trade or Profession be ? 'Tis to live like a Man of Virtue and Probity. And how can this end be better compass'd, than by the Contemplation of the Nature of the World, and of Mankind in particular; and the Influence the one has upon the Affairs of the other.
