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A29880 Religio medici Browne, Thomas, Sir, 1605-1682.; Keck, Thomas. Annotations upon Religio medici.; Digby, Kenelm, Sir, 1603-1665. Observations upon Religio medici. 1682 (1682) Wing B5178; ESTC R12664 133,517 400

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of_o light_n i_o must_v needs_o acknowledge_v that_o where_o he_o ballance_v life_n and_o death_n against_o one_o another_o and_o consider_v that_o the_o latter_a be_v to_o be_v a_o kind_a of_o nothing_o for_o a_o moment_n to_o become_v a_o pure_a spirit_n within_o one_o instant_a and_o what_o follow_v of_o this_o strong_a thought_n be_v extreme_a handsome_o say_v and_o argue_v very_o gallant_a and_o generous_a resolution_n in_o he_o to_o exemplify_v the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n he_o need_v not_o have_v recourse_n to_o the_o philosophers-stone_n his_o own_o store_n furnish_v he_o with_o a_o most_o pregnant_a one_o of_o revive_v a_o plant_n the_o same_o numerical_a plant_n out_o of_o his_o own_o ash_n but_o under_o his_o favour_n i_o believe_v his_o experiment_n will_v fail_v if_o under_o the_o notion_n of_o the_o same_o he_o comprehend_v all_o the_o accident_n that_o first_o accompany_v that_o plant_n for_o since_o in_o the_o ash_n there_o remain_v only_o the_o fix_a salt_n 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when_o he_o make_v such_o great_a prince_n the_o landmark_n in_o the_o chronology_n of_o himself_o sure_o if_o he_o be_v to_o write_v by_o retale_a the_o particular_n of_o his_o own_o story_n and_o life_n it_o will_v be_v a_o notable_a romance_n since_o he_o tell_v we_o in_o one_o total_a sum_n it_o be_v a_o continue_a miracle_n of_o thirty_o year_n though_o he_o creep_v gentle_o upon_o we_o at_o the_o first_o yet_o he_o grow_v a_o giant_n a_o atlas_n to_o use_v his_o own_o expression_n at_o the_o last_o but_o i_o will_v not_o censure_v he_o as_o he_o that_o make_v note_n upon_o balsac_n letter_n and_o be_v angry_a with_o he_o for_o vex_v his_o reader_n with_o story_n of_o his_o colic_n and_o void_v of_o gravel_n i_o leave_v this_o kind_n of_o expression_n without_o look_v further_o into_o they_o in_o the_o next_o place_n my_o lord_n i_o shall_v take_v occasion_n from_o our_o author_n be_v set_v so_o main_a a_o difference_n between_o moral_a honesty_n and_o virtue_n or_o be_v 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a_o possibility_n of_o generation_n and_o therefore_o that_o opinion_n that_o antichrist_n shall_v be_v bear_v of_o the_o tribe_n of_o *_o dan_n by_o conjunction_n with_o the_o devil_n be_v ridiculous_a and_o a_o conceit_n fit_a for_o a_o rabbin_z than_o a_o christian_n i_o hold_v that_o the_o devil_n do_v real_o possess_v some_o man_n the_o spirit_n of_o melancholy_a other_o the_o spirit_n of_o delusion_n other_o that_o as_o the_o devil_n be_v conceal_v and_o deny_v by_o some_o so_o god_n and_o good_a angel_n be_v pretend_v by_o other_o whereof_o the_o late_a defection_n of_o the_o maid_n of_o germany_n have_v leave_v a_o pregnant_a example_n sect._n 31_o again_o i_o believe_v that_o all_o that_o use_v sorcery_n incantation_n and_o spell_n be_v not_o witch_n or_o as_o we_o term_v they_o magician_n i_o conceive_v there_o be_v a_o traditional_a magic_n not_o learn_v immediate_o from_o the_o devil_n but_o at_o second_o hand_n from_o his_o scholar_n who_o have_v once_o the_o secret_a betray_v be_v able_a and_o do_v emperical_o practice_v without_o his_o advice_n they_o proceed_v upon_o the_o principle_n of_o nature_n where_o active_n apt_o conjoin_v to_o dispose_v passives_n will_v under_o any_o master_n produce_v their_o effect_n thus_o i_o think_v at_o first_o a_o part_n of_o philosophy_n be_v witchcraft_n which_o be_v afterward_o derive_v to_o one_o another_o prove_v but_o philosophy_n and_o be_v indeed_o no_o more_o but_o the_o honest_a effect_n of_o nature_n what_o invent_v by_o we_o be_v philosophy_n learn_v from_o he_o be_v magic_a we_o do_v sure_o owe_v the_o discovery_n of_o many_o secret_n to_o the_o discovery_n of_o good_a and_o bad_a angel_n i_o can_v never_o pass_v that_o sentence_n of_o paracelsus_n without_o a_o asterisk_n or_o annotation_n nativity_n ascendens_fw-la constellatum_fw-la multa_fw-la revelat_fw-la quaerentibus_fw-la magnalia_fw-la naturae_fw-la i._n e._n opera_fw-la dei_fw-la i_o do_v think_v that_o many_o mystery_n ascribe_v to_o our_o 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however_o i_o be_o sure_a there_o be_v a_o common_a spirit_n that_o play_v within_o we_o yet_o make_v no_o part_n in_o we_o and_o that_o be_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n the_o fire_n and_o fcintillation_n of_o that_o noble_a and_o mighty_a essence_n which_o be_v the_o life_n and_o radical_a heat_n of_o spirit_n and_o those_o essence_n that_o know_v not_o the_o virtue_n of_o the_o sun_n a_o fire_n quite_o contrary_a to_o the_o fire_n of_o hell_n this_o be_v that_o gentle_a heat_n that_o brood_a on_o the_o water_n and_o in_o six_o day_n hatch_v the_o world_n this_o be_v that_o irradiation_n that_o dispel_v the_o mist_n of_o hell_n the_o cloud_n of_o horror_n fear_n sorrow_n despair_n and_o preserve_v the_o region_n of_o the_o mind_n in_o serenity_n whatsoever_o feel_v not_o the_o warm_a gale_n and_o gentle_a ventilation_n of_o this_o spirit_n though_o i_o feel_v his_o pulse_n i_o dare_v not_o say_v he_o live_v for_o true_o without_o this_o to_o i_o there_o be_v no_o heat_n under_o the_o tropic_a nor_o any_o light_n though_o i_o dwell_v in_o the_o body_n of_o the_o sun_n as_o when_o the_o labour_a sun_n have_v wrought_v his_o tract_n up_o to_o the_o top_n of_o lofty_a cancer_n back_o the_o icy_a ocean_n crack_v the_o freeze_a pole_n thaw_v with_o the_o heat_n of_o the_o celestial_a coal_n so_o when_o thy_o absent_a beam_n begin_v to_o impart_v again_o a_o solstice_n on_o my_o freeze_a heart_n my_o winter_n over_o my_o droop_a spirit_n sing_v and_o every_o part_n revive_v into_o a_o spring_n but_o if_o thy_o quicken_a beam_n a_o while_n decline_v and_o with_o their_o light_n bless_v not_o this_o orb_n of_o i_o a_o chilly_a frost_n surprise_v every_o member_n and_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o june_n i_o feel_v december_n o_o how_o this_o earthly_a temper_n do_v debase_v the_o noble_a soul_n in_o this_o her_o humble_a place_n who_o wingy_a nature_n ever_o do_v aspire_v to_o reach_v that_o place_n whence_o first_o it_o take_v its_o fire_n these_o flame_n i_o feel_v which_o 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illo_fw-la not_o that_o i_o be_o ashamed_a of_o the_o anatomy_n of_o my_o part_n or_o can_v accuse_v nature_n for_o play_v the_o bungler_n in_o any_o part_n of_o i_o or_o my_o own_o vicious_a life_n for_o contract_v any_o shameful_a disease_n upon_o i_o whereby_o i_o may_v not_o call_v myself_o as_o wholesome_a a_o morsel_n for_o the_o worm_n as_o any_o sect._n 41_o some_o upon_o the_o courage_n of_o a_o fruitful_a issue_n wherein_o as_o in_o the_o true_a chronicle_n they_o seem_v to_o outlive_v themselves_o can_v with_o great_a patience_n away_o with_o death_n this_o conceit_n and_o counterfeit_a subsist_v in_o our_o progeny_n seem_v to_o be_v a_o mere_a fallacy_n unworthy_a the_o desire_n of_o a_o man_n that_o can_v but_o conceive_v a_o thought_n of_o the_o next_o world_n who_o in_o a_o noble_a ambition_n shall_v desire_v to_o live_v in_o his_o substance_n in_o heaven_n rather_o than_o his_o name_n and_o shadow_n in_o the_o earth_n and_o therefore_o at_o my_o death_n i_o mean_v to_o take_v a_o total_a adieu_n of_o the_o world_n not_o care_v for_o a_o monument_n history_n or_o epitaph_n not_o so_o much_o as_o the_o memory_n of_o my_o name_n to_o be_v find_v any_o where_o but_o in_o the_o universal_a register_n of_o god_n i_o be_o not_o yet_o so_o cynical_a as_o to_o approve_v the_o crow_n testament_n of_o diogenes_n nor_o do_v i_o altogether_o allow_v that_o rodomontado_n of_o lucan_n coelo_fw-la tegitur_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la urnam_fw-la he_o that_o unburied_a lie_n want_v not_o his_o hearse_n for_o unto_o he_o a_o tomb_n the_o universe_n but_o commend_v in_o my_o calm_a judgement_n those_o ingenuous_a intention_n that_o desire_v to_o sleep_v by_o the_o urn_n of_o they_o father_n and_o strive_v to_o go_v the_o neat_a way_n unto_o corruption_n *_o ay_o do_v not_o envy_v the_o temper_n of_o crow_n and_o daw_n nor_o the_o numerous_a and_o weary_a day_n of_o our_o father_n before_o the_o flood_n if_o there_o be_v any_o truth_n in_o astrology_n i_o may_v outlive_v a_o jubilee_n as_o yet_o i_o have_v not_o see_v one_o revolution_n of_o saturn_n nor_o have_v my_o pulse_n beat_v thirty_o year_n and_o yet_o except_v one_o have_v see_v the_o ash_n &_o leave_v underground_o all_o the_o king_n of_o europe_n have_v be_v contemporary_a to_o three_o emperor_n four_o grand_a signior_n and_o as_o many_o pope_n methinks_v i_o have_v outlive_v myself_o and_o begin_v to_o be_v weary_a of_o the_o sun_n i_o have_v shake_v hand_n with_o delight_n in_o my_o warm_a blood_n and_o canicular_a day_n i_o perceive_v i_o do_v anticipate_v the_o vice_n of_o age_n the_o world_n to_o i_o be_v but_o a_o dream_n or_o mock-show_a and_o we_o all_o therein_o but_o pantalones_n and_o antic_n to_o my_o severe_a contemplation_n sect._n 42_o it_o be_v not_o i_o confess_v a_o unlawful_a prayer_n to_o desire_v to_o surpass_v the_o day_n of_o our_o saviour_n or_o wish_v to_o outlive_v that_o age_n wherein_o he_o think_v fit_a to_o die_v yet_o if_o as_o divinity_n affirm_v there_o shall_v be_v no_o gray_a hair_n in_o heaven_n but_o all_o shall_v rise_v in_o the_o perfect_a state_n of_o man_n we_o do_v but_o outlive_v those_o perfection_n in_o this_o world_n to_o be_v recall_v unto_o they_o by_o a_o great_a miracle_n in_o the_o next_o and_o run_v on_o here_o but_o to_o be_v retrograde_a hereafter_o be_v there_o any_o hope_n to_o outlive_v vice_n or_o a_o point_n to_o be_v super-annuated_n from_o sin_n it_o be_v worthy_a our_o knee_n to_o implore_v the_o day_n of_o methuselah_n but_o age_n do_v not_o rectify_v but_o incurvate_a our_o nature_n turn_v bad_a disposition_n into_o worse_a habit_n and_o like_o disease_n bring_v on_o incurable_a vice_n for_o every_o day_n as_o we_o grow_v weak_a in_o age_n we_o grow_v strong_a in_o sin_n and_o the_o number_n of_o our_o day_n do_v but_o make_v our_o sin_n innumerable_a the_o same_o vice_n commit_v at_o sixteen_o be_v not_o the_o same_o though_o it_o agree_v in_o all_o other_o circumstance_n as_o at_o forty_o but_o swell_v and_o double_v from_o that_o circumstance_n of_o our_o age_n wherein_z beside_o the_o constant_a and_o inexcusable_a habit_n of_o transgress_v the_o maturity_n of_o our_o judgement_n cut_v off_o pretence_n unto_o excuse_n or_o pardon_v every_o sin_n the_o often_o it_o be_v commit_v the_o more_o it_o acquire_v in_o the_o quality_n of_o evil_n as_o it_o succeed_v in_o time_n so_o it_o proceed_v in_o degree_n of_o badness_n for_o as_o they_o proceed_v they_o ever_o multiply_v and_o like_a figure_n in_o arithmetic_n the_o last_o stand_v for_o more_o than_o all_o that_o go_v before_o it_o and_o though_o i_o think_v no_o man_n can_v live_v well_o once_o but_o he_o that_o can_v live_v twice_o yet_o for_o my_o own_o part_n i_o will_v not_o live_v over_o my_o hour_n past_a or_o begin_v again_o the_o thread_n of_o my_o day_n *_o not_o upon_o cicero_n ground_n because_o i_o have_v live_v they_o well_o but_o for_o fear_v i_o shall_v live_v they_o worse_o i_o find_v my_o grow_a judgement_n daily_o instruct_v i_o how_o to_o be_v better_o but_o my_o untamed_a affection_n and_o confirm_a vitiosity_n make_v i_o daily_o do_v worse_o i_o find_v in_o my_o confirm_a age_n the_o same_o sin_n i_o discover_v in_o my_o youth_n i_o commit_v many_o then_o because_o i_o be_v a_o child_n and_o because_o i_o commit_v they_o still_o i_o be_o yet_o a_o infant_n therefore_o i_o perceive_v a_o man_n may_v be_v twice_o a_o child_n before_o the_o day_n of_o dotage_n ‖_o and_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o aeson_n bathe_v before_o threescore_o sect._n 43_o and_o true_o there_o go_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o providence_n to_o produce_v a_o man_n life_n unto_o threescore_o there_o be_v more_o require_v than_o a_o able_a temper_n for_o those_o year_n though_o the_o radical_a humour_n contain_v in_o it_o sufficient_a oil_n for_o seventy_o yet_o i_o perceive_v in_o some_o it_o give_v no_o light_n past_o thirty_o man_n assign_v not_o all_o the_o cause_n of_o long_a life_n that_o write_v whole_a book_n 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i_o choose_v for_o my_o devotion_n but_o *_o our_o grosser_n memory_n have_v then_o so_o little_a hold_n of_o our_o abstract_a understanding_n that_o they_o forget_v the_o story_n and_o can_v only_o relate_v to_o our_o awake_v soul_n a_o confuse_a and_o break_a tale_n of_o that_o that_o have_v pass_v aristotle_n who_o have_v write_v a_o singular_a tract_n of_o sleep_n have_v not_o methinks_v thorough_o define_v it_o nor_o yet_o galen_n though_o he_o seem_v to_o have_v correct_v it_o for_o those_o noctambuloes_n and_o nightwalker_n though_o in_o their_o sleep_n do_v yet_o enjoy_v the_o action_n of_o their_o sense_n we_o must_v therefore_o say_v that_o there_o be_v something_o in_o we_o that_o be_v not_o in_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o morpheus_n and_o that_o those_o abstract_a and_o ecstatick_a soul_n do_v walk_v about_o in_o their_o own_o corpse_n as_o spirit_n with_o the_o body_n they_o assume_v wherein_o they_o seem_v to_o hear_v and_o feel_v though_o indeed_o the_o organ_n be_v 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law_n have_v invent_v *_o i_o wonder_n the_o fancy_n of_o lucan_n and_o seneca_n do_v not_o discover_v it_o it_o be_v that_o death_n by_o which_o we_o may_v be_v literal_o say_v to_o die_v daily_o a_o death_n which_o adam_n die_v before_o his_o mortality_n a_o death_n whereby_o we_o live_v a_o middle_n and_o moderate_a point_n between_o life_n and_o death_n in_o fine_a so_o like_o death_n i_o dare_v not_o trust_v it_o without_o my_o prayer_n and_o a_o half_a adieu_n unto_o the_o world_n and_o take_v my_o farewell_n in_o a_o colloquy_n with_o god_n the_o night_n be_v come_v like_v to_o the_o day_n depart_v not_o thou_o great_a god_n away_o let_v not_o my_o sin_n black_a as_o the_o night_n eclipse_v the_o lustre_n of_o thy_o light_n keep_v still_o in_o my_o horizon_n for_o to_o i_o the_o sun_n make_v not_o the_o day_n but_o thou_o thou_o who_o nature_n can_v sleep_v on_o my_o temple_n sentry_n keep_v guard_v i_o '_o against_o those_o watchful_a foe_n who_o eye_n be_v open_a while_n my_o close_a let_v no_o dream_n my_o head_n infest_v but_o such_o as_o jacob_n temple_n blessed_v while_o i_o do_v rest_n my_o soul_n advance_v make_v my_o sleep_n a_o holy_a trance_n that_o i_o may_v my_o rest_n be_v wrought_v awake_v into_o some_o holy_a thought_n and_o with_o as_o active_a vigour_n run_v my_o course_n as_o do_v the_o nimble_a sun_n sleep_n be_v a_o death_n o_o make_v i_o try_v by_o sleep_v what_o it_o be_v to_o die_v and_o as_o gentle_o lay_v my_o head_n on_o my_o grave_n as_o now_o my_o bed_n however_o i_o rest_v great_a god_n let_v i_o awake_v again_o at_o least_o with_o thou_o and_o thus_o assure_v behold_v i_o lie_v secure_o or_o to_o awake_v or_o die_v these_o be_v my_o drowsy_a day_n in_o vain_a i_o do_v now_o wake_v to_o sleep_v again_o o_o come_v that_o hour_n when_o i_o shall_v never_o sleep_v again_o but_o wake_v for_o ever_o this_o be_v the_o dormative_a i_o take_v to_o bedward_o i_o need_v no_o other_o laudanum_n than_o this_o to_o make_v i_o sleep_v after_o which_o i_o close_o my_o eye_n in_o security_n content_a to_o take_v my_o leave_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o sleep_v unto_o the_o resurrection_n sect._n 13_o the_o method_n i_o shall_v use_v in_o distributive_a justice_n i_o often_o observe_v in_o commutative_a and_o keep_v a_o geometrical_a proportion_n in_o both_o whereby_o become_v equable_v to_o other_o i_o become_v unjust_a to_o myself_o and_o supererogate_v in_o that_o common_a principle_n do_v unto_o other_o as_o then_o will_v he_o do_v unto_o thyself_o i_o be_v not_o bear_v unto_o riches_n neither_o be_v it_o i_o think_v my_o star_n to_o be_v wealthy_a or_o if_o it_o be_v the_o freedom_n of_o my_o mind_n and_o frankness_n of_o my_o disposition_n be_v able_a to_o contradict_v and_o cross_v my_o fate_n for_o to_o i_o avarice_n seem_v not_o so_o much_o a_o vice_n as_o a_o deplorable_a piece_n of_o madness_n *_o to_o conceive_v ourselves_o urinal_n or_o be_v persuade_v that_o we_o be_v dead_a be_v not_o so_o ridiculous_a nor_o so_o 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