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Show . . I ' '· pj the )Ju~c~ment ?fiLearning, .. which tfflni r.taliti~ tilt conunuance ; for to th~s- . t.endc h . gonetation, art6 rayfi~g ofhoufes and fatnt .. lies • to tbi~bw:ildings~6 undattons,and monuments, otffi tetfd~tlit~~efriieo£ mcmorie, fame, an~·celebrati rt, und: ftca, tne firet1gth oflalf.other ~u:~. mane· deltres; wte fee then howe fal!re t~e monu .. ments of' wit and ltarning;are more·4us:able, than the mofil:tments of. power, or of the handsJ1at ha~te not the vertes l of Hof~Jtr con~inucd ~)~ .1\utid.red · yeares, or more, without the lo[e,-of a ffllable; ·or letter: during which time, infinite P·allaces, Te.n1 .. ples~~<;afiles, Citi~s baue been decayed, a~d demo- . . l~fhed Plt is not pofsible to haue th~ true pttlures·or 1 flatuaesofCJrus,·LAltXander, C£/a~-, ·oo· n~r of· the Kings, or great perfon2ges ·of.mnch later. yeares; for,the· originals cannot lafi; :and thQ ~opies .i:annot hut. le-efc,.of the life. and t~Jith. But the Images of mens ~and k~\vleuges.remaine. in ·Book-e~, ·e-xempted fr.om c~e wrong ~ftime,and·capable of perpetnallr~ uatton ·: Ncttber ar-e t.hey ifitly·«> be cat •. led Images, becraufe rhey generate :fti.ll~an~ caft their· ~edes iQ:themifidfipf othors,prolldkiilg aAd-cau~ fing infinit aCtions and Opinions, mfacceeding ages .• s~ that if th~ 1nrtention Gf.ihe Shippe wa.s thotlght fo noblt! whicdi cacr.ycth · rich~s,· and~otnmodities iOmrp.:e·to p.(ac:e, agd· itO~et-h the .moft ·-r.e~' ~are· gionl m :pantiaipation-ofd1eii-6ttits 2 bow IDUCD more-areletters tO bee magnified; Which as · ShippeSipafie ~hrobgh the·vaft Seas ·of time, -and, · ~~~~ ag~~ ~~t~o pa~_~ipateo~ll1ewi_fed0illtn~~-, : . , um~ .: . .' . ··' f:'~ftrfl7l~of<.! • . · ~, f 1 Rlmiiiadon ,rana Intienti~·s ·tl1 oneOfirfll · . et! ~ . Nay fitrth ·wee fee, 'fome .of the .. P111lofopllers· \911ich we~e leaR diuine, ana moft immerfed in die . ' fi ~ s~ an~ denye~ gen~~llythe im~ortality· oftHe ~ ., yercameto thj~ point, t;l:i-at what(oeuertnoti· o~s he fpirite 9f man could act~ [ ~nd perfotirme w~:hout·'· :t:~.e Or~ans ofthe b~di~, ~hey thought mrght retna-~ne.afi-er ·death ; wht~h were only thole of the vnderfianding, and not oF fle. affeCtion ; fo immortall.and incorru.ptible a ~ing did knowledge feeme ~nto them to be: But we that know by diuine reu~Jauon~ .. tfiat not. on ely the vnderflanding,. but rhc aff'etl19ns . purdied , not onely tli~ fpirite.t but the bod1e changed iliall be aduanced to immor. talitie, doedifclaime in thefe rudiments of the fencrs. Butit mufi beremebred, both in this laft pOint · af1dj) it may like\vife be needfull -in other places: , (barf~ pro~at!on of the dignitie -of kno\vledge, or · :learntngJ dtd tn ·the beginniQg feparate.·diuine tefi.i. -~ie,from humane; whic·h method~, I haue pur-= ; ~ an·d fo ·handled then1 both a.partr. . euerthelelfe, I doe not pretend, and I know it , willie impofs~ble for me by. any Pleading of mine, reuerfethe Judgement, eJthero(~/ops Cocke, .. diat ·prefetTed ,theBarly~corne,beforetheGemme; ~ f Mydxs, tha:t being ·chofen Iu~ge, 'betweene. -~!lrJ P>~efi~m of the M ufes, and Pan ·God of the A~, lfudg~dfor Plentie: or of P arU, that ludge~ ~r Beaune, ·and loue again'ft Wifedome and Power~ ~r of ~grippintt) Occidat mar rem, modo im- · M 2. .perct:. |