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or,XZ9SERM-ONS.little known ; thou haft no member of the court topufli forward thy caufe. If thou contendeft withfome great perfon, tliou mayft lay thy account beforehandthat refpe6i: will be fhown to the m.an with thegold- ring and the gay clothing, the man who hathriches, who hath liberality of foul to furnifh out acopious and fplendid entertainment to the judges :Believe me, and for once follow my advice ; adventurenot on a procefs which will certainly be expen-(ive, which in air probability will be tedious, andhowever clear thou mayft think it, its iflue is extremelydoubtful : Thcu will be borne down and difappointed; or, fuppofe that by fome odd and favourablechance thou fliouldft fucceed, yet it is fifty to onethat, upon the whole, thou will be a iofer. Checkthat lull which ftimulates thee to take the field in thisfort of v/ar ; leave off. the contention before it bemeddled with , agree with thine adverfary by the way,rather than embark in a contention that will be expenfiveand tedious, and the ifiiie of it precariousfccthe thine adverfary, accept c^ his terms, or fubmitthe difference to the firft ftranger thou meeteft with;if he be a m.an of fenfe and common hontfty, the lefsknovv'ledge he hath of cur law,his decifion will pro-*-bably be the more confiftent with material juftice.procefs at law, iii moft of our courts, is like trying,one's fortune at a ftate-lottery ;Aa v/ife man who hathm.ade one trial will hardly ever venture to make a fe--cond.I prefume tlie text would juftify me, though, in^.this difcourfe, I fhould confine myfelf to that interiorwar, that torture which an unrenewed man feels,which, even when his lufts are kept from burftingout in flagrant a6ls of intemperance, injuftice, or violence,y t they burn within him as red coals coveredup with afhes•