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Show · ,4 Letter, to Mr. Matthew, upon fending, &c. ~Letter~ to Mr. Matthew~ impri]6ned for RELlGlON· MR. Matt/Jew; Doc not think me forgctfull, or altered tO\V::trlls you. But if I iliould fay, I could doe you any good, I .fhould make tny Power, n1orc than it is. I doc hc~r that, which I am · right forry for; That you grow n1ore lmpanent,and Bufie, than at firft .: which mak~th me exceedingly fear the iifue of that, which fecmcth not to Hand at a ita y. I my Self, am out of doubt, that you have bc~n-Inifc.(ably abufed, when .you were firfi '[educed: ·.But'that, which I take in Compaffio , othcrstnay take in Sev.erity. I pray God, that underftandetb us all, (better than we . underHand one another,fcomain you, (even as I hope he will,) at the lcafr, within .the Bounds or Loyalty to his MaieHy, and N.atural Piety towards your Country. And I entreat you much, fometimes, to m~ditate, upon the extreme Effeets.of Super~ition, in this lafl Powder Tre11[on ;·: fit ~o be tabl d, and p16tured, 111 the Chambers of Medhation, as another HeU, above the Gr:ound; And well juftifying, the Cen[ure of the Heathen;. ~hat Superffition is farr worfe than Athei[m: By how 1nuch lt IS lc{s evil, to have no Opinion, of God at all; than fuch as is impious, ~awards his Di.-r-'ine Majefty, and Gcodnefs. Gdod Mr. Matthew,recetv~ your Self back, from thefe Courfcs, ofPerdition : Willing to have written a great dealtnore, I continue. · ' . ~---- --~-......... --_..............~ ........ --------- · .d LetterJ to Mr. Matthew, upon fending hi~ Bo.ok~ De Sapientia Veterum. MR. Matthew, I do very heartily thank you, for your Letter of the t4. of ~u.e.uft, from Salamanca; And, in recompence thcrrof, · I fend you,a little work of minc,that hath begttn,to pafs the World. They tdlme,my Latin, is turn'dimo Silver, and become current: Had· you been here, you iliould have been my Inquifitour,before it came forth. But I think,thc greateft Inquifitour in Spain.,vvill allow it.But one thing, you q:mft pardon tnc,ifl n1ake no naft to bde~vc, Tnat the \!Vorld f1.1oilld be grown to fuch an Ecftafy, as ·to rqe6t Truth in Philo(ophy, beca'u[e the Author diifenteth in Religion: No more than they doe_, by Ariffotle, or Averro:es. My great u~ork gocth forward; And after my mJnner, I alter ever, when I add. So tbat nothing is fini!hed, till all be finifhcd. This I have written, in the 1nidll:, of a Term, and Parliament ; Thinking no time fo poifcff~d , bt'lt that I (hould talk of thc{e Matters, with fo · d Letter, to my Lord of Salisbury) &c. fo gooj, and dear a Frie~d. Ancffo, with my \YOn~cd Wifhes, I leave you to Gods Goodne['5. From Graits Inn 27th of F"br I6Io. ' • • A Letter, ofExpoflulation1 to the Atturney Generalj · . Sir Edward Cook, l\;j R.1tt~erney, I thought heft_, once for all, to let you know, in plaumefs, what I finde o~ you, and what you fhall find of me : You take .ro your fcl~,. a l:tbcny, ro difgrace, an:\ difable my La..w, _ml Expertence, my Difcretton : What ir plea[cth you_, I pray, thu~k of me; I am ~ne, that know's both mine own wanes , and ~thcr Mens: And It may be, perchance, that fninc inend; others ·and ·at aHa y. .And furely, I may not endure, in pub lick place, to b. wronged, \?tthout repelling the fame, ro my bcft advarttagc, t_? r~ght my S~lf. You arc great, and therefore have rhe more Envters ~ wh1ch .would ~e glad, to have you paid, at anothers co~. Smce the tunc, I m1ifed the SoUiciters place, ( the rather I t~hm~ by your means,) I c~~not expeCt, that you, and I {hall ever 1crve~ as Atturmy, and SoUzctttr, together; But either, to fcrve ·with another, upon your Retnove, or to fiep into fame other Coutfe: So as, I am more f~ee, than ever I was; fto11.1 any Occafioh, of unworthy Conformtng my Self to you; Mote than general ood manners, or your particular go~d Ufage, iliall provoke. A~d if you h~d not been,f11ort fightcd,m your ownFortune,(as I think_,) yo~ mtght ha~c had more ufe of me. But that Tide is paffed. I wr~te not thts_, to .thew tny Fnends, what a brave Letttr, 1 have wruten, to M:. Att,urttey : I have none of thofe Humours :But that I ...h av~ wntten, ts to a good End; That is, to the more decent C_arnagc_, ?ftny Majfets Serrvice; And to our particular, better U."nderfi:andmg One of Another. This Letter, if it fhall be anfwered by you, to deed, a~d.not in word, I fuppofc, it will·not be worfe, for us both : Elfe 1t ts but a few Lines loft . which for a much fmaller Matter, I would have ad ventured. s; this b;ing _to y_our_ Self_, I _fo1· m_y _part_ rdl_:. __ . .. ...:_._ _______ . __ A.· Letter, to my Lord of Salisbury touching tbe SolliCicers Place. ' It may ple~(e your cf!.OOd Lordfhip, ' J Am no.t tgnoranc, how mean a Thing~ I fiand for, in de firing to c~me,. llltO the SoOicittrs Place : For I know well, it is not the T.h111g tt hath been; Time having wrought Alteration, both in ____ :,__ __F f_f . ..,__ ____ the ___..:.=:..:.____~ |