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Show ~ Of th~ JdNttncement.of Le~rning~ . 1ther IJflltl 111.4 jl41l mo-re itpf~tued.The purpofe thcr~ -fore 0ftbis praetife is to fixe and cberiilie the good . bowers of the mind and to obliterate and take fourth the Euil:Thefudng oftbe good hath bene praCl:ifed b~ two meanes, vawes or Confl:ant refolutions, and · . ) · obferuances ,or exercifes which are 11ot robe regar. .ded fe much in themfelues,as becaufe they keepe the I .. .mynd.in continual:obedience.The obliteratio of the E uill hath 'bee_n pra6tifed by two Meanes,fo1ne kind of Redemption or expiation of that which is paft, , , , and an,Inteptioo or account de Nouo, for the time· , ta-come::but·~s part, feetneth facred and rcligioust . . , ·and luftly: fo~ aU good Mora11 Philofophy( as waS' / . laid,} is but au Handmaide to Religion. . . '· W h:drefote we Will conclude with that lafi: pointe whi~h·is ·Of· other meanes the mofte compen· dious aud fummanye, and againe, the mofte noble and effcetual·to the reducing of the min de vnto ver. tue and good eftatc:which is the eleCl:ing aad pro; pounding vntoamans felfe good & vertuous ends of hitlife,fucll as may bee in a reafonable fo~te· within hi$ Compas to attaine.F or if thefe two things be fup ofed:.tbata mafctbefore hilnhoneft&Good ends, . and againetbat he bee refolute,.Confia~t, and true . vntothem; it will follow. that heelhaHMoulde.him~ relfc into al vertue at once: and this is indeede like rhe , workc of nature, whereas the other courfe ·,is like · the WG>rke of the hand. For as \vhen a caruer makes an ~ , . image ,bee thapes onely that parte whereupon bee worketli,as if bee bee vpon 7 he lace that parte which ·- 1 J• · ihall ,, r~e fecond boo~(: .6 9 at bee lht hody ~~ hut a r.ude fione :ail, til fuclt times bee comes to tt ~ ~ut contrarywife when Nature ~es ajlfiWtr or ltNtng creatnre,ihee founneth rudi.• aacntsof a~l the parts ~tt·one ti~e;fo in ?btaining ver c::by h.,6tte, whtle a man pr~Chfeth T.emperilnce, he "oeb.not pr~fit much to fortuude, nor the like; But hcs be ded1cateth & applyeth himfelfe to goga e11d1 · what ertue focuer the purfute and paffage to~ s.tnofe ends dot:h commend vnto him ,he is in· •~tea-of a precedent difpofition to conforme him·. Jllletnereunto: which ftate ofmi11d .A.!!.flotledoth ex • . ..,w,cody ellpr4ffehimfelf,that it ought not to bee cl.~rlllfJus,~ut.:Diuise:hls words are·thefes lmmtr • . ;iMii _.em t(J•fentllntu~ 1ft, oppontrt tam, qtJtt. JNtr• ""'Miilllltm ·eft, her1ica jiue diuinMn virtMtem.And a ;•lc.ala:cc:;N4 vi for4,neque vitiu,•eq; virtw eft .sic ntq ; ' · ....... ,,~~~11/Jic.qu;def lAtus altius q~ida4 virl ute eft .)Jit 4/iud .IIM4b.4V,Ug.And therforewemayfeewhat Celfttud .. onor Piiniu1 foHndus attributeth to TrrAi4tJt iit his ... bll ara~on,.wherehefaid. Thttt ·mtn needed to ·•ttiiPe. olhtr pr4iers to· the Gods, !Jnt tfut tbtywou/de· MIIUMr4.llgHt1Larrlsto them,asT:r.tiAme h~dhtene:as. .,.IIAIII~ ..... not beeneonely 4n Imitation of diuine-na:a a.~tauara; patterocof it.But the{e be heathen.& pro •. ltlrl1L1all~•c~-;:.~ having but a ~ado we of that diuine lhJtmnd.·whichReligion and theholy· f~th doth: .. aet·nu~·~nto ; by imprintimg vpon their foul.~s. _,.l'WhtGtr.is exelletly called the bond of PeT{e81o:. •~m·c<>orehedeth & fafi:neth al vertues together •. elegantJYfaid by c.Menander of vaine l~ue· . J lj wbtch |