 who laid himself in the Manger of human Flesh, came upon him; he acquired a new Heart and a new Nature; and he offered himself a willing Subject to all the Sufferings and Persecutions which he had brought upon others.
Saul,
from that Time, exemplified, in his own Person, all those Qualities of the
Gentleman,
which he afterwards specifies in his celebrated Description of that
Charity
which, as he says, alone endureth for ever.
When
Festus
cried, with a loud Voice,
Saul,
thou art beside thyself, much Learning doth make thee mad.
Saul
stretched the Hand, and answered, I am not mad, most noble
Festus,
but speak forth the Words of Truth and Soberness. For the King knoweth of these Things, before whom also I speak freely; for I am persuaded that none of these Things are hidden from him; King
Agrippa,
believest thou the Prophets? I know that thou believest. Then
Agrippa
said unto
Saul,
almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. And
Saul
said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this Day, were not only almost, but altogether such as I am --except these Bonds.
Here, with what an inimitable Elegance did this Man, in his own Person, at once sum up the Orator, the Saint, and the Gentleman!
From these Instances, my Friend, you must have seen that the Character or rather Quality of a GENTLEMAN does not, in any Degree, depend on Fashion or Mode, on Station or Opinion; neither changes with Customs, Climates or Ages. But, as the Spirit of God can, alone, inspire it into Man; so it is, as God is, the same, Yesterday, To-day, and for Ever.
It is a Standard whereby I propose, for the future, to Measure and judge of all my Acquaintance.  �  But, let us return to our little Gentleman Monitor.
CHAP. XII.
NEVER did
Harry
feel himself so deeply mortified, so debased in his own Eyes, as when my Lord's Footman, in Terms and with an Action so uncommonly respectful, had stooped and kissed his Hand. His Heart, but just before, had whispered to him, that the Manner, in which he had admonished the young Nobleman, expressed more of the Pride and Insolence of his own Temper, than any friendly Intention to reform the Faults of another; and he already began to suspect that the Manner, in which he had dispensed his own Bounty, shewed the same Ostentation which he meant
