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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    able temper of Mindy as may difpofe a Man at all times to be innocently chearfully with Prudence De¬ cency and Moderation. From which fhort, but full defcription of it, we may obferve, that True Mirth is a more feriom thing than People imagine it to be 3 that it is wholly inconilftent with a foolifb Levity , and utterly incompatible with a vicious Jollity. The merriment of the Drunkard in his Midnight Reyellings, where the Mirth is not his own, but borrowed from the Liquor 3 and the Wine which before fmiled in the Glafs, car¬ ries on the Humour and laughs in the Man 3 can have no pretences to the deferved Commendatk on of this eajy and agreeable Temper of Mind. The irregular jollity of lome uneven Tempers, which ftick at nothing when the merry Fit is on them, and then fink down into Melancholy and Heavinef 3 can have no fhare in this amiable Dif- polition, which enclines a Man at all times to be innocently chearfull : The airy P leaf untry of im¬ pertinent Buffoons} who are gay to extremity, though never fo unfeafonably 3 who can jell in. a Churchy and be merry at a Funeral § can lay no claim to this commendable Alacrity, which is regulated by Prudenceymd Decencyyand Moderation t: That chearfnlnejs of Mind which the Wife-man B x. here.