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Resolves, Divine, Moral, and Political, of Owen Felltham

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J. Hatchard, 1806 - Conduct of life - 404 pages

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OF Reward and Service PAGE	1

A Friend and Enemy when most dangerous	7

Of Times continual Speed	16

That a wise Man may gain by any Company	23

Of the Worship of Admiration	30

Of the Choice of Religion	36

Of the Evil in Man from Himself and Occasions	43

Of Reconciling Enemies	51

Of Loquacity and Tediousness in Discourse	185

How he must Live that Lives well	192

Of Humility	199

Of Truth and Lying	209

The Virtuous Man is a Wonder	222

Of Memory and Forgetfulness in Friendship	225

Of Losses	233

That Virtue and Vice generate after their Kind	240

Remorse of Sin	59

That SelfDelusion has ruined	65

Of the Mutability of Human Affairs and of human	94

That al Things have a like Progression and Fall	102

Of too much Thoughtfulness in Misery	111

Of the Temper of Affections	117

On MansSelf	123

Of Poets and Poetry	130

Of Pride and Choler	138

Of Benefits	140

Of Suspicion	148

Of Ostentation	154

That Policy and Friendship are scarcely compatible	160

Of Charity	166

Of Music	173

Of Public Scandal	179

That it is difficult to be Rich and Good	249

Of reading Authors	260

Of Neglect	300

Of Faith and good Works	306

Of Apparel	317

Of the Inconvenience of neglecting Prayer	323

Prayer most needful in the Morning	330

Of Improving by good Examples	336

That most Men have their Weaknesses by which they	345

Of Nobility	354

Of the Folly of	363

Of Church Ceremonies	369

Of Promises and keeping ones Word	376

Of Conscience	384

Of Peace	394

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Title	Resolves, Divine, Moral, and Political, of Owen Felltham
Author	Owen Felltham
Publisher	J. Hatchard, 1806
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	11 Sep 2008
Length	404 pages

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