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Show 32 mm; OfM/IM (fin/kg. PM i. of MAN. From whence we ma-yinferre, that when wee believe in?! layipg (7993. whatfoever it be, to be true, from arguments taken, not from tilt rhino it felle, or from the principles of naturalllicflfonibujt IfOId DC Authority, and good opinitin wee have, of him that 1at ldtlyv' ii; thenis the fpeaker, or perfon we believe in, or trufl in, an wno c And this difference of quickneffe, is caufed by the difference of mens paffion . word we take, the object ofour Faith 3 andthe Honour done in be , ‘ j _ lieving, is done to‘ him onely. And confeguently, when wee Believe that the Scriptures are the word of God, having no immediate .rcvclation from-God himi'elfe , our Beleefe, Faith, and Trufl. IS in the Church ; whole word we take, and acquiefce therein. And they that s 3 that 10ve and diflike, fome one thing, fome another: and therefore fome mens thoughts run one way, fome another; and are held to, and obIEi've differently the things that pafre through their imagination. And whereas in this fucceflion ofmens thoughts, there is n0thing to obfervein the thinos they think on, but either in what they be [tee one another, or in what they be unlike, or what the} ferry: for, or how the} fave tofurb a purpofle; Thofe that obferve their limi- litudes, in cafe they be fuch as are but rarely obferved by others, are i‘ayd to have a Good Wit ; by which, in this occafion, is meant a Good Good W"; 0" Pam]. But they that believe that which a Prophet relates unto them .in the name of God, take the word of the Prophet, do honour to him,- and in him truft, and believe, touching the tiuth of what he relateth, whether he be a true, or a fulfe Prophet. And fo it is alfo With all other Hiftory. For if Ifliould not believe all that is written by Hifiorians, of the glort- obferve their differences, and diffimilitudes; which is called Diffizzguifbing, and pifceryzing, and judging be- PM" tween ous aéts of Alexander, or Cefar -, I do not think the Gholt of Alex- ander, or Ceflz‘r, had any )uit caufe to be offended 3 or any body elfe, but the Hiflorian. If Livy fay the Gods made once a Cow {peak, this Vertue is called Dr s cap. r r o N. The former, that is, and we believe it not;wee diitrufl: not God therein, but Lwy. So that it is evident, that whatfoever we believe,upon no other reafon, then what is drawn from authority of men onely, and their writings ; whether they be fent from God or not, is Faith in men onely. thing and thing 5 in cafe, fuch difcerning be not eafie, are faid to have a gocdfudgemmt : and particularly in matter of converfation Goad judge and bufineff e ; wherein, times,places, and perfons are to be difcerned, mm. Fancy, Diferetion. without the help of Judgement, is not commended as a Vertue the later which is Judgement, and Difcretion, is commended : but for it felfe, withoutthe help of Fancy. Befides the Difcretion of times, places,and perfons, necefTarytoagood FanCy, there is requir an often application of histhoughts to their End; that is to ed alfo fay, to fome ufe to be made of them. This done -, he that hath this , will be eafily fitted with fimilitudes, that will pleafe,not onelyVertue by illu- ,. .l ~*.,- "firms-""1175" "‘2" C H A P.- VIII. 0f the V a R r‘u E s commonly Called'INTELLECTuALL 5 and tbezr contrary D a F a c T s. Intel/4114.411 Vertue de- fined. Earua generally, in all forts offubjeéts, is fom ewhat that is valued for eminence; and confifleth in comparifon. For if all things were equally in all men, nothing would be prized.And by Vertuesl N T n L L TUA I. L ,arc alwayes un- derflood fuch abilityes ofthe mind, as menE cpraif fliou . ld be in themfelves; and go' commonP unde e, value, and defire ' name of a' good tune; though the fame word Wine, be u ed r the alfo, to diflinguilh one certain abili ty from the refi. if '12 _ Nam- 191.7,0' Ac- .ymrcd. [Vanna/l U '1! , Thele Vertue: are of two forts; Natural! and Acquired. By N‘an‘ turall, I mean n0t, that which a man hath from his Birth : for that is nOthing elfe but Senfe ; wherein men diff er fo little one from another, and from brute Bealts, as it is not to be reckoned amongf'c Ver tues. But I mean, that Wine, which is gotten by Life onely and Ex- perience , without Method, Culture, R A L L WI T r F. , confifleth principa or Infiruétion. Thi's NAT ull Imizgiizi/zg, (that is, {wift fucceflion 0 in two shines; Celerit} 0F fleddydire‘fliori to {ome approved end. one thought t8 another -,) and gination, maketh that Defect, or faul On the Contrary a flow Ima- {spillcdflD u LEE s s t , Stay/diljgai t ol‘the mind, which is common- id fom - D liar. .ou ne t of motion, 01 difliculr etimes by other names that yto be moved. And n w- 33 fixation of his dilbourfe, and adorning it with new and apt metaphors ; but alfo, by the rarity of their invention. But withou t dinelle,and Direé‘tion to fome End, a great FanCy is one Sted- kind of Madnefl‘e; fuch as they have, that entrino into any difcour fe, are fnatched from their purpole, by every thing that comes in their thought, into {0 many, and fo long digrellions, and Pai'entliefes, that they utterly lofe themfelves : Which kind of folly, I know no particular name for: but the caufe of it is, fometimes want of experi ence; whereby that feemeth to a man new and rare, which doth not fo to others: fometimes Pufillanimity 5 by which that feems great to him, which Other men think a trifle : and whatfoever is new, or great, therefore thought fitto be told, withdraw-es a man by degrees and from . the intended way of his difcourfe. In a good Poem , whether it be Epique, or Dram atique; Sonnets, Epiqmms. and other Pieces, both judgement and as alfo in FanCy are required: But the Fancy mull be more eminent ; becaufe they pleafe for the Extravagancy-7 ut ought not to difpleafe by Indif In agood Hiflor , the Judgement mull be emine cretion. nt; becaufe the goodn elle confillet i, in the Method, in the Truth, and in the Choyfc of the aetionsthat are molt profitable to be know n. Fancy has no place, but onely in adorning the fiile. In Orations of Prayfe, and in Inveétives, the FanCy is priedominant -, becaufe the defigne is not truth, but to Honour or Dillionour; . whichis done by noble, or by vile comp does but fuggefl what Circumflanccs makeanions. The Judgement an action laudable, or cul- paint in |