it doth rest fully satisfied with itself without any other thing.

XXI. Wipe off all opinion stay the force and violence
of unreasonable lusts and affections: circumscribe the
present time examine whatsoever it be that is happened,
either to thyself or to another: divide all present objects,
either in that which is formal or material think of the last hour.
That which thy neighbour bath committed, where the guilt of it lieth,
there let it rest. Examine in order whatsoever is spoken.
Let thy mind penetrate both into the effects, and into the causes.
Rejoice thyself with true simplicity, and modesty; and that
all middle things between virtue and vice are indifferent
unto thee. Finally, love mankind; obey God. XXII. All things
(saith he) are by certain order and appointment.
And what if the elements only.

It will suffice to remember, that all things in general
are by certain order and appointment: or if it be but few.
And as concerning death, that either dispersion, or the atoms,
or annihilation, or extinction, or translation will ensue.
And as concerning pain, that that which is intolerable is soon
ended by death; and that which holds long must needs be tolerable;
and that the mind in the meantime (which is all in all)
may by way of jnterclusion, or interception, by stopping all
manner of commerce and sympathy with the body, still retain its
own tranquillity. Thy understanding is not made worse by it.
As for those parts that suffer, let them, if they can,
declare their grief themselves. As for praise and commendation,
view their mind and understanding, what estate they are in;
what kind of things they fly, and what things they seek after: