8ENECA OF BENEFITS. 50

CHAP. XV.
A genera! mew of the parts and duties of the banefactoi

The three main points in the question of benefits arc,
first, fi judicious choice in the object; secondly, in the mat-
ter of our benevolence; and thirdly, a grateful /eZici/y in
the manner of expressing it. But there are also incumbent
upon the benefactor other considerations, which will deserve
a place in this discourse.
It is not enough to do one good turn, and to do it with a
gfood ffrace too,- unless we follow it with more, ^. ..
J tu * -A u -J- • Obligations

and without either upbraiding or repining, must be fni-
It is a common shift, to charge that upon the lowed without
ingratitude of the receiver, which, in truth, is "^repVn/"|.'*'
most commonly the levity and indiscretion of
«.he giver ; for all circumstances must be duly weighed tc
consummate the action. Some there are that we find un
grateful ; but what with our frowardness, change of humor
and reproaches, there are more that we make so. And this
is the business : we give with design, and most to those
that are able to give most again, We give to the covetous,
and to the ambitious ; to those that can never be thankful,
(for their desires are insatiable,) and to those that toill not
He that is a tribune would be preetor ; the prsetor, a consul ;
never reflecting upon what he was, but only looking for-
ward to what ne would be. People are still computing.
