Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-02-10
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lMPOSSlBlLlTY OF PLEA SING
ALL MEN.

|. Remember what Il multitude yon
have oplea>e: aud when y"u have pleased
some. how many mnre will TIC sill un
pleased. aud how many uupleased when
vnm have done Nnur nr>r.
9. Rrn,rlher thar all nirn are sn sci
fish. tlia, their txrrclatinus will be sIIrr
Than You are able TO CRAFTY. Many an'l
n,ann Il time. when have an huliror u
day To >prnd, Il multitude have ever tx
prcrrd that should have spent it with
Them. When visit on,', there are ten of
{; uded rilaI ann nat visiting lhcm at the
slime hour II vou have any office IN
rive. or benefit to confer. which only one
can have, every one thinks himself the
lnusl fit.
). You have abundance Ia please that
are so isrnranI. unreasonable, and weak.
that they take your greatest virtue for
vnnr faults. and know nOt when YOU dn
| we'll of IT.; and none are more bold in cen
| surinc than thu>c that lea>, understand The
lhil g> they crnsmrc.
A. You will have manv fartious ZealuIS
to please. who being strangers tn the love
ofChriStian'y. holiness and unity, are ru
led by the interest of an opinion "r secl.
These will never he pleased with y"n IN.
less you will he one Of their side or party.
A. in civil. 50 in ecclesiastical wars. fire
brands cannot endure the peacentlr.
5. You will have rigorous. raprinus. un-
charitable. aud uuriS IrIcUuS men 10 please,
no will "make Il man an offender for u
word" They are glaI when they can
find any matter 10 rrprnach you; and if
they once meet il, (Iue or iaISr) they will
never forget il. but dwell US the fly on The
liberated place.
6. You will have passionate persons 20
please, WHOSE Judgments arc blinhrh, and
are nn' capable Of being pleased. Like
the sick and sore that are hurt with every
touch; and AT last, says Sene' "A. with the
very concel that yon touched them. How
can you please them, when 'Ii>rleasr'l-
ness is their disease, that abitle.h with
them AT the very heart.
z. You will find lha, cenSorinuSncSS is
very common vice, and tl,nt the mo>1
unfit are readies, to blame. Few are al
your elbow. and none in your heart, aud
therefore they knuw un the circumstances
and reasons of all that you tn. nor hear
what YOU have 10 say fnr yourself; aud ye
,hoSe will presume To ccnsure ynu wht
would have cleared you lfthey had heart
you speak.
3. You live among lattlers and tale car
ricrS. who would please others ny accu,in.
YOU. Who is il thar hath ears that hath
not such vernin lis these earwigs busy "a
Them! except here and there an uprlgh
man whose angry cOuntenance bath sill
driven away such backhitins tongues
And when these are near men, and Won ia
off, it is easy for them 10 con'rive the n'os
odinus repre>, ntariunS Of the most lauda
bic pcr>on's ar,nns in the world.
9. Yuu have men of grea, nIutabllltv u
please, that one hour may he ready L
worship you as Gods, aud the next I,
stone you, or account v"u as devils; d
hey did in the cause of ST. Paul, an
Christ himself. v ila, Il wealIIercor
is The mind Of man especially "f tn
vulgar, the lei,porizers!
10. Ever. man living will unavni'lab
be engaged hy God himself in some dn
tie, which arc very liable 10 misconsruc
tinn, aud which will have an outside mp
pearance uf evil, 10 the ullrnce that kno,
nm all the inside and circumstances. Me-
have not the choosing Of their own duIlc:
bur God make,h them by his law and prr
videucc; and it plcasc,h him oft to try hi
servants IN This kind. No wundcr FJoarp