A sermon preach'd at the Parish-Church of St. Andrew's Wardrobe, Sept. 16th, 1703. Before the Incorporated Society of Apothecaries of London / By Nicholas Brady.

  • Brady, Nicholas, 1659-1726.
Date:
1703
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Credit: A sermon preach'd at the Parish-Church of St. Andrew's Wardrobe, Sept. 16th, 1703. Before the Incorporated Society of Apothecaries of London / By Nicholas Brady. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    innocent chearfitlnefs j and in the midft of their Merriment their condition is like Hk, who is filing with a tarantula, dies laughing.. A 'id. Qualification, which is abfolute neceflary, to obtain and keep up the merry Heart here men¬ tioned, is, a due dijregard for, the things of this Wodd. He that is too folicitous about temporal ad¬ vantages, and indulges himfelf in a fondnefs for the enjoyments of this Life, lays himfelf open thereby to a thoufand odd accidents, which may difturbhis Mirth, and interrupt his Satisfaction : Difcontents and Murmurings, Complainings and Repinings, will be the ufual entertaiments of Inch a Man, when he meets with unavoidable Difappointments or Loifes: And thefe are incon- liftent with a merry Heart, which can never be found without true Contentment. For if he places his delight in uncertain Riches, he muft be racked with care in the getting and the keeping, and with grief when they take Wing and fly away from him: If his Aim be at the Honours and Preferments of this World ^ how much pains mult he take in comparing and enjoying them ! How truly is he a Slave in the midft of his Grandeur, though his Chains mav be Golden, and, his. Coalers hare- headed /:.