Of shunning too much familiarity
The Following of Christ, in Four Books, 1819, no. VIIISource and notes
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Chap. VIII.—Of shunning too much familiarity
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| Printed in | The Following of Christ, in Four Books |
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| Imprint | London, Keating, Brown and Co., 1819 |
| Number | VIII |
| Pages | pp. 19–20 |
| Scan | leaf 23, leaf 24 of the Internet Archive copy |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
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DISCOVER not thy heart to every one (Eccl. viii.): but treat of thy affairs with a man that is wise and feareth God.
Keep not much company with young people and strangers.
Be not a flatterer with the rich: nor willingly appear before the great.
Associate thyself with the humble and simple, with the devout and virtuous: and treat of those things which may be to edification.
Be not familiar with any woman: but recommend all good women in general to God.
Desire to be familiar only with God and his angels: and fly the acquaintance of men.
We must have charity for all, but familiarity is not expedient.
It sometimes happens that a person, when not known, shines by a good reputation; who, when he is present, is disagreeable to them that see him.
We think sometimes to please others by being with them: and we begin rather to disgust them by the evil behaviour which they discover in us.