Excerpt from The Moralist, Vol. 1 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom I am understand ing: I have stren til: I lovethem that love m;andthosc that seek me ear y shall find me. Riches and honour are: with My fruit is better than old, yea, than line gold: and my revenue. Than choicesi ver. I.lead.in the way of righteousness inthe midst of the paths ofjudgmeot: that I ma cause those that lovemeto; inherit substance and will fill their treasures. Now therefore. Hearken Untot me, 0 for.blessed are they that keep my ways. Ear instruction, and he Wise, and refuse it? Not. -blessedis. The man: that. H'eareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my.doors for whose fiajdeth me findeth life; but he that sinneth against me wrongeth his ownsoul all theyt hatei life love death. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.