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all the nations under heaven in the great article of adoration, plainly shew that Devotion or religious worship must be the effect of tradition for some first founder of mankind, or that it is comformable to the natural light of reason, or that it proceeds from instinct implanted in the Soul itself. For my part, I took upon all these to be the concurrent causes: But which ever of them - shall be assigned as the principle of divine worship, it manifestly points out to a supreme Being as the first author of it. [[note]] No. 206. [[/note]] There is a call upon mankind to value and esteem those who set a moderate price upon their own merit; and self-denial is frequently attended with unexpected blessings, which in the end abundantly recompense such losses as the modest seem to suffer in the ordinary occurrences of life. A modest man preserves his character, as a frugal man does his fortune; if either of them live to the height of either, one will find losses, the other errors, which he has not stock by him to make up. It were therefore a just rule, to keep your desires, your words and actions, within the regard you observe your friends have for you; and never, if it were in a man's power, to take as much has he possibly might either in preferment or reputation. I say then, he that in his air, his treatment of others, or an habitual
