He is one whose Brains having been once over-heated, retain something of the Fire in ’em ever after. He mistakes his Passion for Zeal, and his Noise and Bustling, for Services. He is always full of Doubts, Fears, and Jealousies, and is never without some notable Discovery of a deep laid Design, or a dangerous Plot found out in a _Meal Tub_, or _Petticoat_. He is a mighty Listner after _Prodigies_, and never hears of a _Whale_, or a _Comet_, but he apprehends some sudden _Revolution_ in the State, and looks upon a _Groaning-board_, or a _speaking-head_, as fore-runners of the _Day_ of _Judgment_. He is a great Lover of the King, but a bitter Enemy to all about him, and thinks it impossible for him to have any but _Evil Counsellors_, and though he be very zealous for the Government, yet he never finds any thing in it but _Grievances_ and _Miscarriages_ to declaim upon. He is a Well-wisher to the _Church_, but he is never to be reconcil’d to the _Bishops_ and _Clergy_, and rails most inveterately at the _Act_ of _Uniformity_. He hates _Persecution_ implacably, and contends furiously for _Moderation_, and can scarce think well of the _Toleration_, because it is an Act of the State. He professes himself of the _Church_ of _England_, pretends to like the Worship of it, but he goes to Meetings in spight to the _Parson_ of his _Parish_. His _Conscience_ is very tender and scrupulous in Matters of Ceremony, but it is as steely and tough as Brawn behind his Counter, and can digest any Sin of Gain. He lodges at home, but he lives at the _Coffee-house_. He converses more with _News Papers_, _Gazettes_ and _Votes_, than with his _Shop Books_, and his constant Application to the _Publick_ takes him off all Care for his _Private Concern_. He is always settling the _Nation_, yet cou’d never manage his own _Family_. He is a mighty Stickler at all _Elections_, and tho’ he has no _Vote_, thinks it impossible any thing shou’d go right unless he be there to Bawl for it. His business is at _Home_, but his thoughts are in _Flanders_, and he is earnestly investing of Towns till the _Sheriff’s Officers_ beleaguer his Doors. He is busie in forcing of _Counterscarps_, and storming of _Breaches_, while his _Creditors_ take his _Shop_ by surprize, and make Plunder of his _Goods_. Thus by mending the _State_, He marrs his own _Fortune_; and never leaves talking of the _Laws_ of the _Land_, till the Execution of ’em silence him.