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Pagina vi
... action may be more nearly and " strongly conjoined and united together , than they " have been : a conjunction like unto that of the " two highest planets , Saturn the planet of rest and " contemplation , and Jupiter the planet of civil ...
... action may be more nearly and " strongly conjoined and united together , than they " have been : a conjunction like unto that of the " two highest planets , Saturn the planet of rest and " contemplation , and Jupiter the planet of civil ...
Pagina 21
... action according to nature , as agreeable to health of mind , as exercise is to that health of body , taking pleasure in the action itself , and not in the purchase : so that of all men they are the most indefatigable , if it be towards ...
... action according to nature , as agreeable to health of mind , as exercise is to that health of body , taking pleasure in the action itself , and not in the purchase : so that of all men they are the most indefatigable , if it be towards ...
Pagina 34
... - clude this part ) which is often noted in learned men , that they do many times fail to observe decency and discretion in their behaviour and carriage , and commit errors in small and ordinary points of action , 34 OF THE PROFICIENCE AND.
... - clude this part ) which is often noted in learned men , that they do many times fail to observe decency and discretion in their behaviour and carriage , and commit errors in small and ordinary points of action , 34 OF THE PROFICIENCE AND.
Pagina 35
... action , so as the vulgar sort of capacities do make a judgment of them in greater matters by that which they find wanting in them in smaller . But this con- sequence doth often deceive men , for which I do refer them over to that which ...
... action , so as the vulgar sort of capacities do make a judgment of them in greater matters by that which they find wanting in them in smaller . But this con- sequence doth often deceive men , for which I do refer them over to that which ...
Pagina 57
... action , com- monly spoken of by the ancients ; the one plain and smooth in the beginning , and in the end impassable ; the other rough and troublesome in the entrance , but after a while fair and even : so it is in contempla- tion ; if ...
... action , com- monly spoken of by the ancients ; the one plain and smooth in the beginning , and in the end impassable ; the other rough and troublesome in the entrance , but after a while fair and even : so it is in contempla- tion ; if ...
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Pagina 313 - I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Pagina 158 - I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Pagina 13 - Jupiter's chair. ^<fo conclude therefore : let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain, that a man can search too far, or be too well studied in the book of God's word, or in the book of God's works ; divinity or philosophy ; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress, or proficience in both...
Pagina 57 - So it is in contemplation; if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
Pagina 309 - He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
Pagina 364 - Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me : and again a little while and ye shall see me ; and, Because I go to the Father ? They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while ? we cannot tell what he saith.
Pagina 267 - But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on...
Pagina 226 - For the mind of man is far from the nature of a clear and equal glass, wherein the beams of things should reflect according to their true incidence; nay, it is rather like an enchanted glass, full of superstition and imposture, if it be not delivered and reduced.
Pagina 52 - ... for, as water will not ascend higher than the level of the first spring-head from whence it descendeth, so knowledge derived from Aristotle, and exempted from liberty of examination, will not rise again higher than the knowledge of Aristotle.
Pagina 142 - Because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice. therefore poesy feigns them more just in retribution, and more according to revealed providence.