Excerpt from The Rule of Rejoycing, or a Direction for Mirth: In a Sermon Preached Upon Trinity-Sunday, Being the 18th of June, in the Year of Our Lord 1671 He Alerchant that hath once put to Sea though he meet with fime mzfcafitaltier in hit Voyage, ia yet commonly apt to make an other Adventure. It hath been my hap, by the per [wa/fon of jome prevalent F riendr, to make two ad venture; already before thief 5 my Ship if once again launch ed, and let loofi' to the floelling waver of ma liciouf The hoyfl'eroua' hlajtr offuch vain mind: not, nor do the multitude of pil fering Pyrater, who by their prating, endeavour to rob men of their good Namer, put a flop to my courfc, 2 Cor 1 r. Or oaufe me to /trike fen/{the [defied Apoftle tellt me, 26. That he mm t nice jhipwracht, that he was in perilr often, and among the re/t, efpeoially amongfl falfe Brethren. How can I then loohto he free from fuch pertle? No, no, fo longao there are fo many of hut little judgment, and left Hone/ty, I nei ther oan, nor do expect[ to efoape theirfiriper. But at for fuoh, I floall take upfhe fame Apoftler refolution, and fay 1 Cor.4.3, with him, that I paji' very little to hejudged of them. There are too manyfo proud, andfelf-conceited, that they thinknothing well done, hut what they do them felverg fitc/j Readerr commonly ujurp the ofice of raflj judges, aizdfi, iiz[tead of Lefioretey become lic'tores. Tofitch, I jhall apply my [defied Saviour; wordy, If Ihave fpoken evil, bear Witnefe of the evil 5 ifwell, why then do you fmite me with your detraeting Tongue; 2 Ifmyi God approve me, I paff not for manr eenfitre.ar for that Thredhare dry deri hon, of heinga Fool in Print I can no ohearfully hear it, ao David fomtime did the Tauntr of Michel, 2 5m. 6. 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.