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Show .. . Oj the Ad~lancemcrzt qf.£ _earning.' for t.man'· n a•ire roo me,. t.o fet.vp one g~eat hght, or bratmuhing :candlefticke o~ lights, tha~ to goe a~ bout with a fmaU watch candLe .1nto euer;u: corner . and !ucli is their-methode, that refis not f<> mucli vp .. .. pon euidence of tr uln prooued. byargnn.lent~, au;. ~horities, fi.militudes> e.xa1nples ;. a~ ,vpon Faruc.ul~r · , confiuations and.foltutens uf. euerte {cruple, catullation & obiection: breeding for the molt part one· ·qntfti6· as fafi ash !oluetq another; eu~as i~ tlie for .. mer refemblance) when you carry the hght tnto 01 · ,orner, you darken the refi: fo t~at. the fable and ~: ·ilion of scylla feemeth to be a huely Image of thts .. .kinde of P.hilofophie or knowledge, which· was·. transfor.med into a comely Virg~ne for the vpper. parts; but then, CarJdida. .fuccin_c:am, latranti~11s i~ .. _,.,uina monflrij : So the Generahnes of the Schoole~. ~enarefor-a·\vhile good and proportionable; but· tl\ehwheD)'OU ·de{cend·into their difiinttions aad'. decHions, in Head of a fruit full worn be, fer the v(e· and benefiteof.m.ans life; they end in monfirous al~ tercations and·oaiking queHions .. So as it is not roG . .fible but. this. q~ialitie of knowledge mufi fall vnder: . popular contempt, the people being apt to con· temne trutA vp6occa{ionof Controuerfies & alter• cations,,and·tathinke .they are aU out~ of their \Vay: which neJ.ler meete·, anq when they fee fuch . digla~ .. diation about. fi1btilties, and·tnatter ·of no ·vfe nor. moment, they eafily&Uv.pon that.iudgetnent of Di· 11'1jji1u of Siraru_(J;r trb~ ifta.funt {tn11m otiofb rum. : Notw.ithftanding· certaine.i~ is, that- if thofe· . . fchoole· ffhe ftjfl :'B o(Jf<! • · 2 I ' Schoole men to their great thirft.of truth, ~·and Ynweari~ d traliaile of wit> had ioyned varieti6 and vniuerfalitie of.reading and contemplation, they had prooued excellent Lights, to tbe great aduance ment of alllc:arning and knowledge: but as they are, they ate great vndertak~rs indeed, and fierce with · darke kee~ing~ But as in the inqui~ie of the diuine tr.uth, their .prtde enclined to leaue. the Oracle of ~Gods word, and to vaniili ·in the mixture of their . owneint:entions: fo in the inquifition of Nature, the·yeuerleflthe Oracle of Gods works, and ado ·red the deceiuing and deformed Images; which the· ,vnequall m·irrour of tfueir O\Vne minds, or a few re . . ceiued Authors or. principles, did reprefent vnto ' -them. And thus mtu:h for the fecond d1feafeofleap"9 · ·n'ing. · j l , · · For·tne ·third v_ice ·or difeafe ?~ Le~rqing, wnicli ·concerneth deceit or vntrnth, (tt 1s ot :til the refi'the fowl eft ; as that which doth de'firoy t-he ~etfentiall fourme o.f knowledge; which is nothing but-a ·re- . ·prefentat tan o~ truth; for the .trnth ofbeing, and the .tr.uth ?f ·know1ng 'Ire one, dtffcr.ing .no more t ·~n .t~e dtrea. beatne, and the beame reflet1ed. ·T·his vtc~ the:efore ~r~uncheth it felfe into t.wo forts:/ ?ehght 1n deceunng, and aptneffe to be deceiued tmpoftur-e and C!'r~dulitie: which although tbeyap~· pearetb be of a d1~1er? natt1re, the one -feeming to pro~eed~ of_cu.nntng, and tine other .of fimp1icitie; yet certatnely., they doe for the n1ofi part concurre.: f<>r as the vcrfe noteth. · , · .· . · F 2 Perc()n· ) • |