<P_14>

<font> Nature </font> and <font> Religion </font> are the <font> bands
</font> of Friendships ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,14.2)

<font> Excellencie </font> and <font> Usefulnesse </font> are its great
<font> Indearments : (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,14.3)

Society </font> and <font> Neighbourhood </font> , that is , the
possibilities and the circumstances of converse <P_15> are the <font>
Determinations </font> and <font> actualities </font> of it .
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,15.4)

Now when men either are unnatural , or Irreligious , they <font> will
not </font> be friends ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,15.5)

when they are neither Excellent nor Usefull , <font> they are not
worthy </font> to be friends ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,15.6)

when they are strangers or unknown , they <font> $can $not
{TEXT:cannot} be friends </font> actually and practically ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,15.7)

but yet , as any man hath any thing of the good , contrary to those
evils , so he can have and must have his share of Friendship .
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,15.8)

For thus the Sun is the eye of the world ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,15.9)

and he is indifferent to the Negro , or the cold Russian , to them that
stand near the Tropicks , the scalded Indian , or the poor boy that
shakes at the foot of the Peiphean hills ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,15.10)

but the fluxures of the heaven & the earth , the conveniency of abode ,
and the approches to <P_16> the North or South respectively change the
emannations of his beams ; not that they do not pass alwaies fro~ him ,
but that they are not equally received below ,
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,16.11)

but by periods and changes , by little inlets and reflections , they
receive what they can ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,16.12)

and some have onely a dark day and a long night from him , snowes and
white cattle , a miserable life & a perpetual harvest of Catarrhes and
consumptions ; apoplexies and dead palsies , (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,16.13)

but some have splendid fires , and aromaticke spices , rich wines , and
well digested fruits , great wit and great courage ; because they dwell
in his eye , and look in his face , and are the courtiers of the Sun ,
and wait upon him in his Chambers $of {TEXT:of_of} the East ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,16.14)

just so is it in friendships : (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,16.15)

some are worthy , (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,16.16)

and some are necessary ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,16.17)

some dwell hard by (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,16.18)

<P_17>

and are fitted for converse ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,17.20)

Nature joyns some to us , (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,17.21)

and Religion combines us with others ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,17.22)

society and accidents , parity of fortune , and equal dispositions do
actuate our friendships : which of themselves and in their prime
dispositions are prepared for all Mankind according as any one can
receive them . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,17.23)

We see this best exemplified by instances and expressions of
freindships and charity : <font> viz. Almes </font> and <font> Prayers
</font> ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,17.24)

Every one that needs relief is equally the object of our charity ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,17.25)

yet we signifie this severally and by limits , and distinct measures :
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,17.26)

the poor man that is neer me , he whom I meet , he whom I love , he
whom I fancy , he who did me benefit , he who relates to my family ,
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,17.27)

he rather then another , <P_18> because my expressions being finite and
narrow , and $can $not {TEXT:cannot} extend to all in equal
significations , must be appropriate to those whose circumstances best
fit me : (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,18.28)

and yet even to all I give my alms : to all the world that needs them ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,18.29)

I pray for all mankind , (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,18.30)

I am greived at every sad story I hear ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,18.31)

I am troubled when I hear of a pretty Bride murdered in her
bridechamber by an ambitious and enrag'd Rival ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,18.32)

I shed a tear when I am told that a brave King was mis-understood ,
then slandered , then imprisoned , and then put to death by evil men :
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,18.33)

and I can never read the story of the Parisian Massacre or the Sicilian
Vespers , but my blood curdles , and I am disordered by two or three
affections . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,18.34)

A good man is a friend to all the world ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,18.35)

& he is not truly charitable that <P_19> doth not wish well , and doe
good to all mankind in what they can ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,19.36)

but though wee must pray for all men , yet we say special Letanies for
brave Kings and holy Prelates , and the wise Guides of Souls ; for our
Brethren and Relations , our Wives and Children .
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,19.37)

The effect of this consideration is , that the Universal Friendship of
which I speak , must be <font> limited </font> , because <font> we are
so : </font> (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,19.38)

In those things where we stand next to Immensity and Infinity , as in
good wishes and prayers , and a <font> readinesse </font> to benefit
all Mankind , in these our Friendships must not be limitted ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,19.39)

but in other things which passe under our hand and eye , our voices and
our material exchanges ; our hands can reach no further but to our arms
end , (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,19.40)

and our voices can but sound till the next <P_20> ayre be quiet ,
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,20.41)

and therefore they can have entercourse but within the sphere of their
own activity ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,20.42)

our needs and our conversations are served by a few ,
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,20.43)

and they $can $not {TEXT:cannot} reach to all ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,20.44)

where they can , they must ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,20.45)

but <font> where it is impossible it $can $not {TEXT:cannot} be
necessary </font> . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,20.46)

It must therefore follow , that our Friendships to Mankind may admit
variety as doth our coversation ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,20.47)

and as by nature we are made <font> sociable </font> to all , so we are
<font> friendly </font> ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,20.48)

but as all $can $not {TEXT:cannot} actually be of our society , so
neither can all be admitted to a special , actual Friendship ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,20.49)

Of <font> some entercourses </font> all men are capable , but <font>
not of all </font> ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,20.50)

Men can pray for one another , and abstain from doing injuries to all
the world , and be desirous to do all Mankind good , and love all Men ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,20.51)

Now this Friendship we must pay to all <P_21> because we can ,
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,21.52)

but if we can do no more to all , we must shew our readinesse to do
more good to all by actually doing more good to all them to whom we can
{COM:no_period_in_text} (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,21.53)

To some we can , (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,21.54)

and therefore there are nearer Friendships to some then to others ,
according as there are natural or civil nearnesses , relations and
societies ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,21.55)

and as I $can $not {TEXT:cannot} expresse my Friendships to all in
equall measures and significations , that is , as I $can $not
{TEXT:cannot} do benefits to all alike : so neither am I tyed to love
all alike : (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,21.56)

for although there is much reason to love every man ; yet there are
more reasons to love some then others , (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,21.57)

and if I must love because there is reason I should ; then I must
<font> love more </font> , where there is <font> more reason </font> ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,21.58)

and where there is a special affection and a great readiness <P_22> to
do good , and to delight in certain persons towards each other , there
is that special Charity and Indearment which Philosophy calls <font>
Friendships </font> ; but our Religion calls <font> Love </font> or
<font> Charity </font> . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,22.59)

Now if the inquiry be concerning this speciall Friendship . 1. <font>
How it can be appropriate </font> , that is , who to be chosen to it ;
2. <font> How far it may extend </font> ; that is , with what
expressions signified ; 3. <font> How conducted ? </font> The answers
will depend upon such considerations which will be neither useless nor
unpleasant . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,22.60)

1 . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,22.61)

There may be a speciall Friendship contracted for any speciall
excellency whatsoever ; because <font> Friendships are nothing but Love
and Society mixt together </font> ; that is , <font> a conversing with
them whom we love </font> ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,22.62)

now for whatsoever we can love any one , for that we can be <P_23> his
friend ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,23.63)

and since every excellency is a degree of amability , every such
worthiness is a just and proper motive of friendship , or loving
conversation . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,23.64)

But yet in these things there is an order and proportion .
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,23.65)

Therefore 2. A Good man is the best friend , and therefore soonest to
be chosen , longer to be retain'd ; and indeed never to be parted with
; unless he cease to be that for which he was chosen .
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,23.66)

{COM:greek_and_verse_omitted}

But although vertue alone is the <P_24> worthiest cause of amability ,
and can weigh down any one consideration ; and therefore to a man that
is vertuous every man ought to be a friend ; yet I do not mean the
severe , and philosophical excellences of some morose persons who are
indeed wise unto themselves and exemplar to others ,
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,24.68)

by <font> vertue </font> here I do not mean <font> justice </font> and
<font> temperance , charity </font> and <font> devotion </font> ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,24.69)

for these I am to love the man , (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,24.70)

but friendship is something more then that : (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,24.71)

<font> friendship is the nearest love and the nearest society </font>
of which the persons are capable : (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,24.72)

Now justice is a good entercourse for Merchants , as all men are that
buy , and sell ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,24.73)

and temperance makes a man good company , (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,24.74)

and helps to make a wise man ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,24.75)

but a perfect friendship requires something else ,
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,24.76)

these must be in him that is chosen to be <P_25> my friend ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,25.77)

but for these I do not make him my <font> privado </font> ; that is ,
my special and peculiar friend : (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,25.78)

but if he be a <font> good man </font> , then he is properly fitted to
be my correlative in the noblest combination .
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,25.79)

And for this we have the best warrant in the world :
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,25.80)

<font> For a just man scarcely will a man die </font> ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,25.81)

the Syriac interpreter reads it {COM:greek_omitted} <font> for an
unjust man scarcely will a man dy </font> ; that is , a wicked man is
at no hand fit to receive the expression of the greatest friendship ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,25.82)

but all the Greek Copies that ever I saw , or read of , read it as we
do ; <font> for a righteous man or a just man </font> :
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,25.83)

that is , justice and righteousnesse is not the nearest indearment of
friendship ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,25.84)

but for a good man some will even dare to dy : that is , for a man that
is sweetly disposed , ready to do acts of goodnesse , and to oblige
<P_26> others , to do things usefull and profitable , for a loving man
, a beneficent , bountiful man , one who delights in doing good for his
friend , (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,26.85)

such a man may have the highest friendship ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,26.86)

he may have a friend that will dy for him . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,26.87)

And this is the meaning of <font> Laelius </font> :
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,26.88)

Vertue may be despised , (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,26.89)

so may learning and Nobility ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,26.90)

<font> et una est amicitia in rebus humanis de cujus utilitate omnes
consentiunt </font> : (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,26.91)

onely friendship is that thing which because all know to be useful and
profitable , no man can despise ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,26.92)

that is , {COM:greek_omitted} , or {COM:greek_omitted} , goodness or
beneficence makes friendships . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,26.93)

For if he be a good man he will love where he is beloved ,
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,26.94)

and $that $'s {TEXT:that's} the first tye of friendship .
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,26.95)

<P_27>

{COM:greek_omitted}

That was the Commendation of the bravest friendship ; in <font>
Theocritus </font> . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,27.98)

{COM:verse_and_greek_omitted}

For it is impossible this neerness of friendship can be where there is
not mutual love ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,27.100)

but this is secured <P_28> if I choose a good man ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,28.101)

for he that is apt enough to begin alone will never be behinde in
relation & correspondency ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,28.102)

and therefore I like the Gentiles Letany well .
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,28.103)

{COM:greek_and_verse_omitted}

But there is more in it then this felicity mounts to
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,28.105)

For {COM:greek_omitted} <font> the good man </font> is a profitable ,
useful person , (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,28.106)

and $that $'s {TEXT:thats} an effective friendship .
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,28.107)

For I doe not <P_29> think that friendships are Metaphysical nothings ,
created for contemplation ; or that men or women should stare upon each
others faces , and make dialogues of news & prettinesses , and look
babies in one anothers eyes . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,29.108)

Friendship is the allay of our sorrows , the ease of our passions , the
discharge of our oppressions , the sanctuary to our calamities , the
counsellor of our doubts , the clarity of our minds , the emission of
our thoughts , the exercise and improvement of what we meditate ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,29.109)

And although I love my friend because he is worthy , yet he is not
worthy if he can do no good . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,29.110)

I do not speak of accidental hinderances and misfortune by which the
bravest man may become unable to help his child ; but of the natural ,
and artificial capacities of the man . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,29.111)

<P_30>

He onely is fit to be chosen for a friend , who can do those offices
for which friendship is excellent . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,30.113)

For <paren> mistake not </paren> no man can be loved for himselfe ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,30.114)

our perfections in this world $can $not {TEXT:ca~not} reach so high ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,30.115)

it is wel if we would love God at that rate ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,30.116)

and I very much feare , that if God did us no good , we might admire
his Beauties , but we should have but a small proportion of love
towards him ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,30.117)

and therefore it is that God to indeare <font> the obedience </font> ,
that is , <font> the love </font> of his servants , signifies what
benefits he gives us , what great things he does for us .
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,30.118)

<font> I am the Lord God that brought thee out of the Land of Egypt :
</font> (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,30.119)

and , <font> does </font> Job <font> serve God for nought ? </font>
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,30.120)

And , <font> he that comes to God , must believe that he is , and that
he is a rewarder : </font> (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,30.121)

all his other greatnesses are objects of feare and wonder ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,30.122)

it is his goodnesse that <P_31> makes him lovely :
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,31.123)

and so it is in friendships . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,31.124)

He only is fit to be chosen for a friend who can give me counsel , or
defend my cause , or guide me right , or relieve me , or can and will ,
when I need it , do me good : (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,31.125)

onely this I adde : (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,31.126)

into the heaps of doing good , I will reckon <font> <bracket> loving me
</font> </bracket> (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,31.127)

for it is a pleasure to be beloved ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,31.128)

but when his love signifies nothing but kissing my Cheek or talking
kindly , and can goe no further , it is a prostitution of the Bravery
of friendship to spend it upon impertinent people who are <paren> it
may be </paren> loads to their families , but can never ease my loads :
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,31.129)

but my friend is a worthy person , when he can become to me instead of
God , a guide or a support , an eye , or a hand ; a staffe , or a rule
: (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,31.130)

There must be in friendship something to distinguish it from a <P_32>
Companion , and a Countryman , from a School-fellow , or a Gossip ,
from a Sweetheart , or a Fellow traveller : (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,32.131)

Friendship may look in at any one of these doors ,
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,32.132)

but it stayes not any where till it come to be the best thing in the
world : (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,32.133)

and when we consider that one man is not better then another ,
neither-1 towards God nor Man , but by doing better and braver things ,
we shall also see , that that which is most beneficent is also most
excellent ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,32.134)

and therefore those friendships must needs be most perfect , where the
friends can be most useful . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,32.135)

For men $can $not {TEXT:cannot} be useful but by worthinesses in the
several instances : (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,32.136)

a fool $can $not {TEXT:cannot} be relied upon for counsel ; nor a
vitious person for the advantages of vertue , nor a beggar for relief ,
nor a stranger for conduct , nor a tatler to <P_33> keep a secret , nor
a pittiless person trusted with my complaint , nor a covetous man with
my childes fortune , nor a false person without a witnesse , nor a
suspicious person with a private design ; nor him that I feare with the
treasures of my love ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,33.137)

But he that is wise and vertuous , rich and at hand , close and
merciful , free of his money and tenacious of a secret , open and
ingenuous , true and honest , is of himself an excellent man ; and
therefore fit to be lov'd ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,33.138)

and he can do good to me in all capacities where I can need him ,
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,33.139)

and therefore is fit to be a friend . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,33.140)

I confesse , we are forced in our friendships to abate some of these
ingredients ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,33.141)

but full measures of friendship would have full measures of
worthinesses ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,33.142)

and according as any defect is in the foundation ; <P_34> in the
relation also there may be imperfection : (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,34.143)

and indeed I shall not blame the friendship so it be worthy , though it
be not perfect ; not only because friendship is charity , which $can
$not {TEXT:cannot} be perfect here , but because there is not in the
world a perfect cause of perfect friendship .
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,34.144)

If you can suspect that this discourse can suppose friendship to be
mercenary , and to be defective in the greatest worthinesse of it ,
which is to love our friend for our friends sake <paren> for <font>
Scipio </font> said , that it was against friendship to say , <font>
ita amare oportere ut aliquando esset usurus </font> , that we ought to
love , that we may also sometimes make use of a friend
{COM:no_close_paren} : I shall easily be able to defend my self :
because I speak of the election and reasons of choosing friends :
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,34.145)

after he is chosen , do <P_35> as nobly as you talk ,
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,35.146)

and love as purely as you dream ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,35.147)

and let your conversation be as metaphysical as your discourse ,
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,35.148)

and proceed in this method , till you be confuted by experience ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,35.149)

yet till then , the case is otherwise when we speak of choosing one to
be my friend : (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,35.150)

He is not my friend till I have chosen him , or loved him ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,35.151)

and if any man inquires whom he shall choose , or whom he should love ,
I suppose it ought not to be answered , that we should love him who
hath least amability ; that we should choose him who hath least reason
to be chosen : (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,35.152)

But if it be answered , he is to be chosen to be my friend who is most
worthy in himself , not he that can do most good to me ; I say , here
is a distinction , but no difference ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,35.153)

for he is most worthy in himself who can <P_36> do most good ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,36.154)

and if he can love me too , that is , if he will do me all the good he
can , or that I need , then he is my friend ,
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,36.155)

and he deserves it . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,36.156)

And it is impossible from a friend to separate a will to do me good :
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,36.157)

and therefore I do not choose well , if I choose one that hath not
power ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,36.158)

for if it may consist with the noblenesse of friendship to desire that
my friend be ready to do me benefit or support , it is not sense to say
, it is ignoble to desire he should really do it when I need ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,36.159)

and if it were not for pleasure or profit , we might as well be without
a friend as have him . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,36.160)

Among all the pleasures and profits , the <font> sensual pleasure
</font> and the <font> matter of money </font> are the lowest and the
least ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,36.161)

and therefore although they may sometimes be used in <P_37> friendship
, and so not wholly excluded from the consideration of him that is to
choose , yet of all things they are to be the least regarded ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,37.162)

{COM:greek_and_verse_omitted}

For there are , besides these , many profits and many pleasures ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,37.164)

and because these only are sordid , all the other are noble and fair ,
and the expectations of them no disparageme~ts to the best friendships
. (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,37.165)

For can any wise or good man be angry , if I say , I chose this man to
be my friend , because he is able to give me counsel , to restrain my
wandrings , to comfort me in my sorrows ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,37.166)

he is pleasant to me in <P_38> private , and useful in publick ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,38.167)

he will make my joyes double , and divide my grief between himself and
me . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,38.168)

For what else should I choose ? (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,38.169)

For being a fool , and useless ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,38.170)

for a pretty face , or a smooth chin ? (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,38.171)

I confesse , it is possible to be a friend to one that is ignorant ,
and pitiable , handsome and good for nothing , that eats well , and
drinks deep : (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,38.172)

but he $can $not {TEXT:cannot} be a friend to me ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,38.173)

and I love him with a fondness or a pity , (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,38.174)

but it $can $not {TEXT:cannot} be a noble friendship .
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,38.175)

{COM:greek_and_verse_omitted}

<P_39>

<font> Plutarch </font> calls such friendships , the Idols and Images
of friendship . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,39.178)

True and brave friendships are between worthy persons ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,39.179)

and there is in mankind no degree of worthiness , but is also a degree
of usefulnesse ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,39.180)

and by every thing by which a man is excellent , I may be profited :
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,39.181)

and because those are the bravest friends which can best serve the ends
of friendships , either we must suppose that friendships are not the
greatest comforts in the world , (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,39.182)

or else we must say , he chooseth his friend best , that chooseth such
a one by whom he can receive the <P_40> greatest comforts and
assistances . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,40.183)

3 . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,40.184)

This being the measure of all friendships ; they all partake of
excellency , according as they are fitted to this measure :
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,40.185)

a friend may be counselled well enough , though his friend be not the
wisest man in the world ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,40.186)

and he may be pleased in his society though he be not the best natured
man in the world ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,40.187)

but still it must be , that something excellent is , or is apprehended
, (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,40.188)

or else it can be no worthy friendship ; because the choice is
imprudent and foolish . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,40.189)

Choose for your friend him that is wise and good , and secret and just
, ingenuous and honest ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,40.190)

and in those things which have a latitude , use your own liberty ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,40.191)

but in such things which consist in an indivisible point , make no
abatements : (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,40.192)

That is , you must choose him to be your <P_41> friend that is not
honest and secret , just and true , to a tittle ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,41.193)

but if he be wise at all , and usefull in any degree , and as good as
you can have him , you need not be ashamed to own your friendships ;
though sometimes you may be ashamed of some imperfections of your
friend . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,41.194)

4 . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,41.195)

But if you yet inquire further , whether fancy may be an ingredient in
your choice ? I answer , that fancy may minister to this as to all
other actions in which there is a liberty and variety ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,41.196)

and we shall find that there may be peculiarities , and little
partialities , a <font> friendship , improperly so called </font> ,
entring upon accounts of an innocent passion and a pleas'd fancy ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,41.197)

even our Blessed Saviour himself loved St. <font> John </font> and
<font> Lazarus </font> by a special love , which was signified by
special <P_42> treatments ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,42.198)

and of the young man that spake well and wisely to Christ , it is
affirmed , <font> Jesus loved him </font> : (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,42.199)

that is , he fancied the man ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,42.200)

and his soul had a certain cognation and similitude of temper and
inclination . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,42.201)

For in all things where there is latitude , every faculty will
endeavour to be pleased ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,42.202)

and sometimes the meanest persons in a house have a festival ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,42.203)

even sympathies and natural inclinations to some persons , and a
conformity of humors , and proportionable loves , and the beauty of the
face , and a witty answer may first strike the flint and kindle a spark
, which if it fall upon tender and compliant natures may grow into a
flame ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,42.204)

but this will never be maintained at the rate of friendship , unlesse
it be fed by pure materials , by <font> worthinesses </font> , which
<font> are the food of </font> <P_43> <font> friendship </font> .
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,43.205)

Where these are not , men and women may be pleased with one anothers
company , and ly under the same roof , and make themselves companions
of equal prosperities , and humour their friend ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,43.206)

but if you call this friendship , you give a sacred name to humour or
fancy ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,43.207)

for there is a Platonic friendship , as well as a Platonic love ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,43.208)

but they being but the Images of more noble bodies are but like tinsel
dressings , which will shew bravely by candle light , and doe
excellently in a mask , but are not fit for conversation , and the
material entercourses of our life . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,43.209)

These are the prettinesses of prosperity , and good-natured wit ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,43.210)

but when we speak of friendship , which is the best thing in the world
<paren> for it is love and beneficence ; it is charity which is fitted
<P_44> for society </paren> we $can $not {TEXT:cannot} suppose a brave
pile should be built up with nothing ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,44.211)

and they that build castles in the aire , and look upon friendship , as
upon a fine Romance , a thing that pleases the fancy , but is good for
nothing else , will do well when they are asleep , or when they are
come to Elysium ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,44.212)

& for ought I know , in the mean time may be as much in love with
<font> Mandana </font> in the <font> Grand Cyrus </font> , as with the
<font> Countess of Exeter </font> ; and by dreaming of perfect and
abstracted friendships , make them so immaterial that they perish in
the handling , and become good for nothing .
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,44.213)

But I know not whither I was going ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,44.214)

I did only mean to say that because friendship is that by which the
world is most blessed and receives most good , it ought to <P_45> be
chosen amongst the worthiest persons , that is , amongst those that can
do greatest benefit to each other ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,45.215)

and though in equal worthinesse I may choose by my eye , or ear , that
is , into the consideration of the essential I may take in also the
accidental intrinsic worthinesses ; yet I ought to give every one their
just value ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,45.216)

when the internal beauties are equal , these shall help to weigh down
the scale , (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,45.217)

and I will love a worthy friend that can delight me as well as profit
me , rather then him who $can $not {TEXT:cannot} delight me at all ,
and profit me <font> no more </font> ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,45.218)

but yet I will not weigh the gayest flowers , or the wings of
butterflies against wheat ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,45.219)

but when I am to choose wheat , I may take that which looks the
brightest : (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,45.220)

I had rather see Time and Roses , Majoram and Julyflowers <P_46> that
are fair and sweet and medicinal , then the prettiest Tulips , that are
good for nothing : (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,46.221)

And my Sheep and Kine are better servants then race-Horses and
Grayhounds : (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,46.222)

And I shall rather furnish my study with <font> Plutarch </font> and
<font> Cicero </font> , with <font> Livy </font> & <font> Polybius
</font> , then with <font> Cassandra </font> and <font> Ibrahim Bassa
</font> ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,46.223)

and if I do give an hour to these for divertisement or pleasure , yet I
will dwell with them that can instruct me and make me wise , and
eloquent , severe and useful to my self , and others .
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,46.224)

I end this with the saying of <font> Laelius </font> in <font> Cicero :
Amicitia non debet consequi utilitatem , sed amicitiam utilitas </font>
. (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,46.225)

When I choose my friend , I will not stay till I have receiv'd a
kindnesse ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,46.226)

but I will choose such a one that can do me many if I need them :
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,46.227)

But I mean such kindnesses which make me <P_47> wiser , and which make
me better ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,47.228)

that is , I will when I choose my friend , choose him that is the
bravest , the worthiest and the most excellent person :
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,47.229)

And then your first question is soon answered ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,47.230)

to love such a Person , and to contract such friendships , is just so
authorized by the principles of Christianity , as it is warranted to
love wisdome and vertue , goodnesse and beneficence , and all the
impresses of God upon the spirits of brave men .
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,47.231)

2 . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,47.232)

The next inquiry is , <font> how far it may extend ? </font>
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,47.233)

That is , by what expressions it may be signified ?
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,47.234)

I finde that <font> David </font> and <font> Jonathan </font> loved at
a strange rate ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,47.235)

they were both good men ; though it happenned that <font> Jonathan
</font> was on the obliging side ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,47.236)

but here the expressions were ; <font> Jonathan </font> watched for
<P_48> <font> Davids </font> good ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,48.237)

told him of his danger , (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,48.238)

and helped him to escape ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,48.239)

took part with <font> Davids </font> innocence against his Fathers
malice and injustice ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,48.240)

and beyond all this , did it to his own prejudice ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,48.241)

and they two stood like two feet supporting one body ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,48.242)

though <font> Jonathan </font> knew that <font> David </font> would
prove like the foot of a wrastler , and would supplant him , not by any
unworthy or unfriendly action , but it was from God ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,48.243)

and he gave him his hand to set him upon his owne throne .
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,48.244)

We find his paralels in the Gentile stories :
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,48.245)

young <font> Athenodorus </font> having divided the estate with his
Brother <font> Xenon </font> divided it again when <font> Xenon </font>
had spent his own share ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,48.246)

and <font> Lucullus </font> would not take the Consularship till his
younger brother had first injoyed it for a <P_49> year ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,49.247)

but <font> Pollux </font> divided with <font> Castor </font> his
immortality ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,49.248)

and you know who offer'd himself to death being pledge for his friend ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,49.249)

and his friend by performing his word rescued him as bravely :
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,49.250)

and when we find in Scripture that <font> for a good man some will even
dare to die </font> ; and that <font> Aquila </font> and <font>
Priscilla </font> laid their necks down for S. <font> Paul </font> ;
and the <font> Galatians </font> would have given him their very eyes ,
that is , every thing that was most dear to them ; and some others were
neer unto death for his sake ; and that it is a precept of Christian
charity , to lay down our lives for our Brethren , that is , those who
were combined in a cause of Religion , who were united with the same
hopes , and imparted to each other ready assistances , and grew dear by
common sufferings , we need inquire <P_50> no further for the
expressions of friendships : (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,50.251)

<font> Greater love then this hath no man , then that he lay down his
life for his friends </font> ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,50.252)

and this we are oblig'd to do in some Cases for all Christians ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,50.253)

and therefore we may do it for those who are to us in this present and
imperfect state of things , that which all the good men and women in
the world shall be in Heaven , that is , in the state of perfect
friendships . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,50.254)

This is the biggest ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,50.255)

but then it includes and can suppose all the rest ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,50.256)

and if this may be done for all , and in some Cases must for any one of
the multitude , we need not scruple whether we may do it for those who
are better then a multitude . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,50.257)

But as for the thing it self , it is not easily and lightly to be done
; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,50.258)

and a man must not die for humor , nor expend so great a Jewel for a
<P_51> trifle : (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,51.259)

{COM:greek_omitted} said <font> Philo </font> ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,51.260)

we will hardly die when it is for nothing , when no good , no worthy
end is served , and become a sacrifice to redeem a foot-boy .
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,51.261)

But we may not give our life to redeem another : unless , 1. The party
for whom we die be a worthy and a useful person ; better for the
publick , or better for Religion , and more usefull to others then my
self . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,51.262)

Thus <font> Ribischius </font> the German died bravely when he became a
sacrifice for his Master , <font> Maurice </font> Duke of <font> Saxony
</font> ; Covering his Masters body with his own , that he might escape
the fury of the Turkish Souldiers . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,51.263)

<font> Succurram perituro , sed ut ipse non peream , nisi si futurus
ero magni hominis , aut magnae rei merces </font> ; said <font> Seneca
</font> . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,51.264)

I will help a dying person if I can ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,51.265)

but I will not die <P_52> my self for him , unless by my death I save a
brave man , or become the price of a great thing ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,52.266)

that is , I will die for a Prince , for the republick , or to save an
Army , as <font> David </font> expos'd himself to combat with the
Philistin for the redemption of the Host of Israel :
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,52.267)

And in this sence , that is true ; <font> Praestat ut pareat unus ,
quam Unitas </font> , (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,52.268)

better that one perish than a multitude . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,52.269)

2 . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,52.270)

A man dies bravely when he gives his temporal life to save the soul of
any single person in the Christian world . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,52.271)

It is a worthy exchange , and the glorification of that love by which
Christ gave his life for every soul . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,52.272)

Thus he that reproves an erring Prince wisely and necessarily , he that
affirms a fundamentall truth , or stands up for the glory of the Divine
Attributes , though he die for <P_53> it , becomes a worthy sacrifice .
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,53.273)

3 (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,53.274)

These are duty , (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,53.275)

but it may be heroic and full of Christian bravery , to give my life to
rescue a noble and a brave friend ; though I my self be as worthy a man
as he ; because the preference of him is an act of humility in me ; and
of friendship towards him ; <font> Humility </font> and <font> Charity
</font> making a pious difference , where <font> art </font> and <font>
nature </font> have made all equall . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,53.276)

Some have fancied other measures of treating our friends .
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,53.277)

One sort of men say that we are to expect that our friends should value
us as we value our selves : which if it were to be admitted , will
require that we make no friendships with a proud man ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,53.278)

and so far indeed were well ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,53.279)

but then this proportion does exclude also humble men who are most to
be <P_54> valued , and the rather because they undervalue themselves .
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,54.280)

Others say , that a friend is to value his friend as much as his friend
values him ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,54.281)

but neither is this well or safe , wise or sufficient ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,54.282)

for it makes friendship a mere bargain , (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,54.283)

and is something like the Country weddings in some places where I have
been ; where the Bridegroom and the Bride must meet in the half way ;
and if they fail a step , they retire and break the match :
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,54.284)

It is not good to make a reckoning in friendship ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,54.285)

$that $'s {TEXT:that's} merchandise , (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,54.286)

or it may be gratitude , but not noble friendship ; in which each part
strives to out-do the other in significations of an excellent love :
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,54.287)

And <font> amongst true friends there is no fear of losing anything .
</font> (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,54.288)

But that which amongst the old <P_55> Philosophers comes nearest to the
right , is , that we love our selves . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,55.289)

If they had meant it as our Blessed Saviour did , of that general
friendship by which we are to love all mankind , it had been perfect
and well ; or if they had meant it of the inward affection , or of
outward justice ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,55.290)

but because they meant it of the most excellent friendships , and of
the outward significations of it , it $can $not {TEXT:cannot} be
sufficient : (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,55.291)

for a friend may and must sometimes do more for his friend then he
would do for himself . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,55.292)

Some men will perish before they will beg or petition for themselves to
some certain persons ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,55.293)

but they account it noble to do it for their friend ,
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,55.294)

and they will want rather then their friend shall want ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,55.295)

and they will be more earnest in praise or dispraise respectively
<P_56> for their friend , then for themselves .
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,56.296)

And indeed , I account <font> that </font> one of the greatest
demonstrations of real friendship is , that a friend can really
endeavour to have his friend advanced in honour , in reputation , in
the opinion of wit or learning , before himself .
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,56.297)

{COM:verses_omitted}

<P_57>

But then be pleas'd to think that therefore I so highly value this
signification of friendship , because I so highly value humility .
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,57.300)

Humility & Charity are the two greatest graces in the world ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,57.301)

and these are the greatest ingredients which constitute friendship and
expresse it . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,57.302)

But there needs no other measures of friendship , but that it may be as
great as you can express it ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,57.303)

beyond death it $can $not {TEXT:cannot} go ,
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,57.304)

to death it may , when the cause is reasonable and just , charitable
and religious : (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,57.305)

and yet if there be any thing greater then to suffer death <paren> and
pain and shame to some are more insufferable </paren> a true and noble
friendship shrinks not at the greatest trials , {COM:sic}
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,57.306)

<P_58>

And yet there is a limit even to friendship .
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,58.308)

It must be as great as our friend fairely needs in all things where we
are not tied up by a former duty , to God , to our selves , or some
pre-obliging relative . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,58.309)

When <font> Pollux </font> heard some body whisper a reproach against
his Brother <font> Castor </font> , he kill'd the slanderer with his
fist : (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,58.310)

That was a zeal which his friendship could not warrant .
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,58.311)

<font> Nulla est excusatio , si amici causa peccaveris </font> , said
<font> Cicero </font> . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,58.312)

No friendship can excuse a sin : (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,58.313)

And this the braver Romans instanced in the matter of duty to their
Country . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,58.314)

It is not lawful to fight on our friends part against our Prince or
Country ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,58.315)

and therefore when <font> Caius Blosius </font> of <font> Cuma </font>
, in the sedition of <font> Gracchus </font> , appeared against his
Country , when he was taken he answered , that he loved <P_59> <font>
Tiberius Gracchus </font> so dearly , that he thought fit to follow him
whithersoever he lead ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,59.316)

and begg'd pardon upon that account . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,59.317)

They who were his Judges were so noble , that though they knew it no
fair excuse ; yet for the honour of friendship they did not directly
reject his motion : but put him to death , because he did not follow ,
but led on <font> Gracchus </font> and brought his friend into the
snare : (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,59.318)

For so they preserved the honours of friendship on either hand , by
neither-1 suffering it to be sullied by a foul excuse , nor yet
rejected in any fair pretence . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,59.319)

A man may not be perjured for his friend . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,59.320)

I remember to have read in the History of the Low-countreyes , that
<font> Grimston </font> and <font> Redhead </font> , when <font>
Bergenapzoom </font> was besieged by the Duke of <font> Parma </font> ,
acted for the interest of <P_60> the Queen of <font> Englands </font>
forces a notable design ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,60.321)

but being suspected , and put for their acquittance to take the
Sacrament of the Altar , they dissembled their persons , and their
interest , their design and their Religion ,
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,60.322)

and did for the Queens service <paren> as one wittily wrote to her
</paren> give not only their bodies , but their souls ,
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,60.323)

and so deserved a reward greater then she could pay them :
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,60.324)

I $can $not {TEXT:cannot} say this is a thing greater then a friendship
can require , (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,60.325)

for it is not great at all , but a great villany , which hath no name ,
and no order in worthy entercourses ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,60.326)

and no obligation to a friend can reach as high as our Duty to God :
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,60.327)

And he that does a base thing in zeal for his friend , burns the golden
thred that tyes their hearts together ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,60.328)

it is a <font> conspiracy </font> , but no longer <font> friendship
</font> . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,60.329)

<P_61>

And when <font> Cato </font> lent his Wife to <font> Hortensius </font>
, and <font> Socrates </font> lent his to a merry Greek , they could
not amongst wise persons obtain so much as the fame of being worthy
friends ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,61.331)

neither could those great Names legitimate an unworthy action under the
most plausible title . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,61.332)

It is certain that amongst friends their estates are common ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,61.333)

that is , by whatsoever I can rescue my friend from calamity , I am to
serve him , or not to call him my friend ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,61.334)

and there is a great latitude in this ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,61.335)

and it is to be restrained by no prudence ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,61.336)

but when there is on the other side a great necessity neither vitious
nor avoidable , A man may choose , whether he will or no ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,61.337)

and he does not sin in not doing it , unlesse he have bound himself to
it : (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,61.338)

<font> But certainly friendship <P_62> is the greatest band in the
world ; </font> (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,62.339)

and if he have professed a great friendship , he hath a very great
obligation to do that and more ; (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,62.340)

and he can no way be disobliged but by the care of his Natural
relations . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,62.341)

I said <bracket> <font> Friendship is the greatest bond in the world
</font> </bracket> , (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,62.342)

and I had reason for it , (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,62.343)

for it is all the bands that this world hath ;
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,62.344)

and there is no society , and there is no relation that is worthy , but
it is made so by the communications of friendship and by partaking some
of its excellencies . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,62.345)

For friendship is a transcendent , (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,62.346)

and signifies as much as <font> Unity </font> can mean ,
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,62.347)

and every consent , and every pleasure , and every benefit , and every
society is the Mother or the Daughter of friendship .
(JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,62.348)

Some friendships are made by <font> nature </font> , some by <font>
contract </font> , some by <P_63> <font> interest </font> , and some by
<font> souls </font> . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,63.349)

And in proportion to these wayes of Uniting , so the friendships are
greater or less , vertuous or natural , profitable or holy , or all
this together . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,63.350)

Nature makes excellent friendships , of which we observe something in
social plants ; growing better in each others neighbourhood then where
they stand singly : (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,63.351)

And in animals it is more notorious , whose friendships extend so far
as to herd and dwell together , to play , and feed , to defend and
fight for one another , and to cry in absence , and to rejoyce in one
anothers presence . (JETAYLORMEAS-E3-P2,63.352)

