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Show " . The firfl13 oof<.!, · +, whereof man did giue nam'es vnto other .. crea~ti.res t in Paradi(e_, as they were brought ·before hirn, ac- ~ " cording vnto their proprieties, which gaue the occa?~ n to the:fal~; bu~ it w~s the P!oude knowledge _ ot. good 11nd e~tll, wnh an Intent tn man to giue law vnto himfelfe, and to depend no more vpon Gods COu1maundements, which Was the fourme of the temptation;, neither is it any quantitie of knowledge how great (oeuer that can make the min de of man to fwell; for nothing can fill, tnuch lelfe extend the · foule of man, but God) and the contemplation of God; and t~erfore s.t!omon fpeaking oft he ~WQprin- ~ · . cipall f~nces ofinqui~tion, the Eye,and the EareJaf. . firmeth that th~ Eye ts .neuer fatisfied with feeing, nor the Eare wtt'h heartng ; and if there be no fulnelfe, then is the Continent greater, than. the Content ; (o of knowleqge it fe;fe, .and the min de of man, wh~reto. th~ fences are but Reporters; he defin~th hkewtfe 1n thefe wordes, placed after th~t Kalender or Ephetnerides, which he maketh / of the diuerfities of titnes ,and feafons fer all ac1i- ' ons and .purpofes ; and concludeth thus : God hath made all thingts bearetifu/1 (}y decent in the true . return~ of their ftafons. t.Aljo hee ha t1 placed the wurld tn ~yans heart, . ytt cannJt ·J.lf11n pnJe ottt th~ wor~c whtch,p od ,wor~ethfrom the beg.inm~g to the end. D~<;larJ~g not obfcur5ty,_ that ~o<l hath &a- .. med t~e . "1n:J,9e of n1an as a mtrrour ,, or glalfe, ca-. pable of d1~ *Image of tfie vni uerfall world and toyfuU· to receiue the imprefsion thereo~ a~ · the' . · B Eye r |