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Show . - Of the arljlanC!ment 6fle~rning, · and ·confcienc~ of men; Co great, a~ tf they haue once tiftedo£1it, it is {eldome feell~, ~hat · ~ny torco qrvctftcution can mal<e the~ r~lmqlltili or aba done·it. Bu~ ·as this lS that whnd:i be Author of the.R~uelation, calleth the depth or _profou~1dneffe of Sa than: fo by argument of colltrartes, the t.uH and lawfull foueraigACtie. ouer mens v~derftandt~g, by face dfi.truth rightly mterpret~~i t.s thatwhtc~~p- · pnoadltch· neereft to the fimtlunde of t~e dmme rule. ·' As for fortune and aduancem ent ,the beneficence oflearning,is not fo cofined t<> giue fortune only to flates and Common-wealthes : ·as it doth not like. wife giue fortune to particularperfons. For it was. well noted long agoe, that Homer hath giuen tnore mentheirliuinas,than either s~Ua, or ~,ej.tr,or A a .. . rrujius 'ener oM, notwithftartdtng thetr great lar-geffes; and donatiues, and diftri?~tions of Lands to fo many legions. And no do~bt,tt 1s hard tofay, whether armes or lea~ning haue adua~ced greater nun:ber. s. AnCl .. in cafe .oLfoueraignue, wee fe~, that tf ar.mes or defcent haue car-ried away the King dome: yet learning hath carryed the Prieft ·hood·} which e· uerbath been in fome competicion withE m p ire. · Againe, · ~.; the pleafure and deli~ht _of know· ledge and lcatning1it fa'rre furpaffeth all other in nature: for lhaHthepleafttresof the affeC\ions fo exceedethefences, as much as theobtayning of deftre or viel:orie,: ceedetbafong, ora dinner? and ~~!}~~~ ~tquence, the pleafure~~fthe in;;~ t . . · The firfl :Boo~~ : 4-4 , lee} q -vnderfianding ex1:eede the plealiJres of the · atfe&ion~ (we fee in all other pleafures, there is fa .. ieti~·; a~dafter they be v[ed, their verdour deparW ?: ·which (heweth we.ll! ~¥ be~ but de<;eits of . Rf~fur~; and not pleafitres; and that it was·the no-· ltie which pleaied,and not thequalitie. And ther~~ we fe.e, that voluptuous ·men tilrne Friers. and W»Ritious Princ.e~ turne.m.elancholy. But ofk~owdg~ re·is nQ facietie, but fatisfaClion and appe- . tite9 art ilCrpetually interchangeable; and therefore ,ap~areth t? be good in it felfe limpl-y, without fat .. Ia~!~ ·O!.: ~c1dent. Neither is that pleafure. offmall : ~~a~u;;and :<ronr.ent~ent to. the tninde ~f~man, . c;.h:tbo· oet.~ttcrettas· defcr~betbelegaotly, ... · ~ '!Nttll_~ marz m~[,no,turbantt-hU£ 4dJUDrtt1lt11tis:&.c • . . lt::Sll·v.t~lf ~ftlelrght (fay.~h he). ro_{/and orwalke 1Jf~· jM. fi?o·.tr~fide, JZncl ·tqjr1~ a &htpp._e :to{fed wit.h tem-·. ~1d!hlthefia;r or t'IJ~kee, ~~ 4.f'QrtifirllTfJJVer,-·;and t(). ~ Ba.tta.iles i~ne vppon,-a plaine-. Bu1 it is 4 plet~fort : '-"'farablefon the minde ~f; mJn to ·bet. fttkd landed~ .. , a/Mlortiftrd.in.t he~ert4inlie oftrut.h ~· 4ndfr,'r,;J.he nc;·.. . '14itt/c rie a~dliehotlldth~·errours,ptri.llrb,tcims,lttbonr.t~ l - n{/.{r1r~gs. vp'anJ downe. q_f othtr men. ~ ~ . , ~ Iy, leauing the vtllgar arguments,tllat D:y lear.; @t OlJftexcelleth:~attinthat,· wherein man ex- ~ ·lliiM,_b. ~ 1fts ;-thacib;y~earuihg manafcepdeth '~othe : Ja1.itns:incltM·it motions ;\v here iri bodiej he c.an-· · ~ P.ritc ~ an the like ; let .vs ·conclUde with 1the~ · . ·guiJie,an~excdlenc)';ofknowledge and earning,~. '" . ·.- ~:w.~c~~tmto ~mans ·nature db.th·.mofrafpire ;.'~ • · I· --- -·~ M·.: · - --- · - whiclt ~ ..... _.. -- - |