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Show CXVI.~ Nothing i! to he done"againft ones O}Vn judgment, though erring. THis is princip~liy to ~e o~fe:v~d; that, · although a thmg be Jttft 111 It ielf, but . done by one , who having weighed all "" Rom1 • ~4· 1 J· thinks it unjuH, the aCt: in vicious. For ' Tot 1e .ame h" . h . h ' purpofe are t _IS lS t at wh1c the ApoHJe S, Paul thefe words in fatth ' * whatfoever is not of f aith is fin, the fame d1. Where faith fignifies the mindes judg- . Let every one mem about any matcer. For, God hath be fully per- . . I . ~ fwadcd in his gt~e n unto men a Jll( glllg taculty, as a own mind, . gu1de unto th~i r aCtions , by contempt And,Happy 1s whereof the mmde becomes bruti fl1.Now ·"he who con · f - ' d h emnet n·o-t J,,t_ o ten com·e s to. pais' that the Judonm ent himfclf 10 dlJ.t mews no certamty , but fi icks ; and if wh"ch he al· this hefitation cannot be cleared by atloweth. Am· tent conf1deration, that if Cicero mult be Tbr?fiiei fairhd, foll owed : Their precept is good, th.-zt for- IS In tO O /_ "d d h. h h d I. othe rwife than 111 10 0 any t tng, w tc yott ouvt *, ones judgn1cnt n'hether it 6e right or wrong , The Heleadcd: l: and[O 6rel~1 Mailers fay , A~ftein_ from a dottbtA_ ugufim: ,both full matter. But this cannot have place, c . ted by G ra- · l 11. d h' f h ti:tn c. l 8.q .r. w lCre one mun o one t mg o t e two, That of Plu- and tt is doubted of both, whether it be ~:rh in hi~ · rig~ t ; for then a man may chufe that .1 11~1 oieon 1s v... ptch feemeth t.o him the leafl: evil. For ofl1ke fenfe : I· I h h h . . . . Ir is req uir'd, t l::t t a ways '· w ere -t e c 01' e 15 mevt- I faith he , not table, puts on the appearance of good, Of pnly that the th:n_g done be hond l: and jtJll , but that it be done with 2 6rm re_r fwalion ' and with judgment. De 0 .ffic.lib. I. Jf Plin.lib. I· ep1~ t? Quod dubicas l non fcccris. C1var. tom. r, de M11trim. F· 2.. C· 1•ftC/. 2 . 11. 9· · evils 'The [e&qna pA-rt; - 4~i tvils take the leaft, fa1th Ariftot/e :and '1\)etm. ~.e. ,. fzicero likewile: and~intt-lian)The ligh- CJ&l. 0ffif·.3· Dt ter evil obtet:n s t he pl,ue of goo d , Wr,._r e_n Jr.e - m• .u tflmJ:m a. v;rale7Jils are compar' d t ogether. C XV I. ]{ow the Judgment in drawn eith~r way. B. Ut,for the molt part,in doubtfull ~atters after fome examination the mmd .·,) flicks not in the mid!l: , but is drawn "" AuguJl:in in this way, or that, by Arguments * taken h!s thir~ de Or~ from the matter i~ felf or from the opipion dme' fa~th, · · f · ' · There are tiNO .a man hath o. other men pro.no~ncmg ways, which fentence about 1~. For , here alf9 lS true lead us through "th~t of Hejiod, It is moft excellent to he th~ dark,when ahte to direil onefetJ; next , to follow the thmgs are ob- ... dd· fl · ' ,f: ;• h f fcure the one goo tre ton oJ anot ert .Arguments rom of re;fon , the the mltter are deduced from the caufes, other of antho - e£fe¢h. , ana other adjun&s. But to the r iry. . noht difcernino of thcfc there is need of Vafque, di{pm. 0 o ' "T fome experience ·and skill ; they that t61~~·~r· 3t· .. "· ~o· h h. · c h . .a. . d , .. , nu l,US 1n ave not t ts,to conr~mn t eu· avt;ive JU g· Livy lib. u . m~nt · rightly , mull hear the Counfils of borrowca this wife men. For ,· thofe things, faith Art- ?f He lio~, 1\y-ftotle ·are propable which feem fo to all tng, He 1s the · ' ' . ·. 'lj,fi man, who o_r tp mo!t, or at leaH: to Wlfe.rnen: and to can t;iveCoun-t~ efe again , either all , or molt , or the lil, and lhew }llore excellent. And this way of judging what .is good ; .is moft \lfed by Kinos, who pave not lei- next Is he,that · o ~ · · obeyli th~ good Counfil of ani!' other; He that can do neither is a q12n of an extreme: bad temper. "Cicero hath words of the fame meaning in his Oration ·~or A. CJpeotius. ViCtor. de I~d. rel, J, ~· 1 z.. & de: jure bdl. ~~: & :.4. t\rjft, 1! Top. c, !! · · fure |
