The INSTRUMENTS OF VERTUE

1. Our Persons, and the being at our own disposal.

  • LIBERTY, Freedom, at large, deliver, release, inlar•e, set free, rid, dis∣patch, ransom, redeem, manumise, emancipate, give one his head, scope, arbitrary, undetermin'd, unconfined, may, may chuse.
  • RESTRAINT, confine, streighten, repress.

2. Our Possessions; being either ‖ sufficient, or insufficient, for our occasi∣ons and conveniencies, according to that rank and station wherein we are placed.

  • RICHES, Wealth, Opulence, Pelf, Means, Fortunes, Estate, thrive, Treasure, make, enrich, worth, well to pass.
  • POVERTY, Necessity, Penury, Indigence, Need, Want, poor, empoverish, ruine.

3. The sutableness of the things which we have or do, and that satisfacti∣on which we receive by them.

  • PLEASURE, Delight, Delectation, Enjoyment.
  • VNPLEASANTNESS, Grief, Trouble, displeasing.

4. Our Names, and the esteem we have amongst good men.

  • REPUTATION, Credit, Countenance, Applause, Name, Honour▪ Vogue, report, Fame, redoubted, of Note, Glory, Renown, well-sounding.
  • INFAMY, Disgrace, discredit, dishonour, disparage, defame, discounte∣nance, shame, ignominy, Stein, Blot, Blemish, Slur, inglorious, illiberal, ignoble, notorious, ill reflexion, or sound, or name.

5. Our Degrees, and the quality of our Conditions in relation to others; being either considerably above them, or below them.

  • DIGNITY, Promotion, Preferment, Advancement, Honour, Worship, Greatness, State, Port, Title, preeminence, upper-hand, High place, raise, exalt, illustrious.
  • MEANNESS, Lowness, Obscurity, Baseness, Vileness, ignoble, plain, abase, debase, degrade, Abjectness.

6. Our Ability to protect our selves and others from injury, which is the usu∣al result or consequent of the rest.

  • POWER-full, Potent-ate, Greatness, Interest, Strength, Might, Puis∣sance, Mastery, Prevalence, Predominance, over-sway, rule-the rost, bear a stroke.
  • IMPOTENCE, weak, inconsiderable.
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