Secondly, that inutilis æquitas sit not in the chancery; for that is inepta misericordia.
Thirdly, that utilis iniquitas keep not the exchequer; for that is crudele latrocinium.
Fourthly, that fidelis temeritas be not his general; for that will bring but seram pœnitentiam.
Fifthly, that infidelis prudentia be not his secretary; for that is anguis sub viridi herbâ.
To conclude: as he is of the greatest power, so he is subject to the greatest cares, made the servant of his people, or else he were without a calling at all.
He, then, that honoreth him not is next an atheist, wanting the fear of God in his heart.
III.—ON DEATH.
1. I have often thought upon death, and I find it the least of all evils. All that which is past is as a dream; and he that hopes or depends upon time coming, dreams waking. So much of our life as we have discovered is already dead; and all those hours which we share, even from the breasts of our mothers, until we return to our grandmother the earth, are part of our dying days, whereof even this is one, and those that succeed are of the same nature, for we die daily; and, as others have given place to us, so we must, in the end, give way to others.