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30. That nothing more opposeth the tranquillity of life, which is proper, and peculiar to Wise-men, then to be tyed to a generality of publicke example in all our actions.
Amongst the causes of our evils, thisIs one of the most ordinary, that
We live b'example: things which are amisse
Supplying oftentimes the place of what
Is rightest, and most vertuous; for there's no man
(Scarce) holds that error, which is done in cōmon.
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