mal bus eadem
origo. Instit. Orator lib. i, cap. 6) Such an objection however has
but little force. For though, according to the account which Moses
gives of the creation, the earth at the command of God, not only
brought forth man, but other creatures, (Gen. i. 24) man alone was
called _Adam_ {~HEBREW LETTER MEM~}{~HEBREW LETTER DALET~}{~HEBREW LETTER ALEF~} because he was formed of the dust of the _ground_,
({~HEBREW LETTER HE~}{~HEBREW LETTER MEM~}{~HEBREW LETTER DALET~}{~HEBREW LETTER ALEF~}) Gen. ii. 7.--Joseph, Antiq. lib. i, cap. 1.--_Ed._]

421 [That is, "humble beings."--_Ed._]

422 [See note page 168.--_Ed._]

423 [Humility is "the seasoning of the virtues," as well as "the garb."
Cicero represents suavity of speech and manners to be the seasoning
of friendship (condimentum amicitiae). De Amicitia, cap. 18.--_Ed._]

424 [That is, "an ornament and covering."--_Ed._]

425 [Crede mihi, bene qui latuit, bene vixit; et intra
Fortunam debet quisque manere suam.

"Believe me, he who has not attracted the notice of the world has
lived well, and every one ought to keep within his own proper
sphere." Ovid Trist. lib. iii. eleg. iv, ver. 25.--_Ed._]

426 ["He who falls on a smooth surface, (yet this rarely happens,) falls
in such a way that he can rise again from the ground he has
touched." Ovid, ut supra, ver. 17.--_Ed._]

427 [A relation of the principal circumstances in Binning's life
follows.--_Ed._]

428 [That is, he will not refuse.--_Ed._]

429 [Parcel.--_Ed._]

430 [Such a disburdening of former offences.--_Ed._]

431 [Inclination.--_Ed._]

432 [De Agricola filios suos docente. AEsop. Fab. p. 98. Oxon.
1653.--_Ed._]

433 [Subdue.--_Ed._]

434 [Such a wonder.--_Ed._]

435 [Violent inclination.--_Ed._]

436 [That is, truths of little value.--_Ed._]

437 [In the Scottish universities, they were said to have _laureated_,
who had a decree conferred upon them, as they were "crowned with
laurel leaves." Ev. Un. Com. vol. i. p. 153. Lond. 1837.--_Ed._]

438 [These are the generous sentiments of an enlightened Christian. They
would lead us to infer that the author's views, as a Protester, had
been modified somewhat before he died or that he had never taken
such high ground, as some others on this score.--_Ed._]

439 [Or, _while we,