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A52860	The great excellency, usefulness, and necessity of humane learning declared in a sermon, preached before the University, at Great St. Maries church in Cambridge, August the 7th. 1681 / Robert Neville ...	Neville, Robert, 1640 or 1-1694.	1681 (1681)	Wing N521; ESTC R10101	14,582	36

onely that proves Victorious there must be wise Heads as well as couragious Hearts to obtain a complete and Absolute Conquest It is by the help of Mathematicks that the Soldier draws his Lines of Circumvallation Astronomy is necessary for Navigation History must acquaint us with Warlike Stratagems and State Intrigues Some of the greatest Commanders in the World have been men of great learning what Julius Caesar was his Commentaries sufficiently declare and by that book of his called Anti-Cato 't is easie to be seen that he did aspire as well after a Victory in Wit and Learning as in a War by engaging with one of the greatest Masters of Wit and Eloquence that then lived the Orator of Rome Marcus Cicero That famous Commander Epaminondas was educated under Lysias the Pythagorean and Xenophon that great Soldier as well as Scholar gained as much credit by his Pen as his Sword his pure strains of Attick Greek have procured him the glorious Appellation of Athenian Bee so necessary is it for the Prosperity of a Place or Kingdom that the Soul should not be without Knowledg which is also necessary for the Peace of it and this brings me to the 2. Thing I was to shew you namely that the Want of Knowledg is an Enemy to the Peace of a Kingdom Ignorance makes men Stubborn and Mutinous the most Barbarous and unlearned times having been most subject to tumults and Seditions when the times of Learning have been times of Peace and Quietness and if we consult the Histories of those times we shall find that the Romans never ascended to the height of their Empire till they arrived to a Considerable Height in Arts and Sciences for in the time of the two first Caesars Julius and Augustus when their Government was at its highest Zenith lived Virgil the Prince of Poets the best Historiographer Titus Livius the best Antiquary Marcus Varro and the best of Orators Marcus Cicero and in the Records of time it appears that the Government of Princes in Minority have exceeded the Governments of those of mature and full Age because they were under the Tuition of some learned man For so was the State of Rome for the first five years of Nero's Minority so much commended in the hands of Seneca Nero's Tutor So was it again for ten years space or more during the Minority of Gordianus the younger with great applause in the hands of his Tutor Misitheus And as the want of Knowledg is an Enemy to a Kingdoms Peace so is it 3. To the Established Constitution of its Religion Were not our Church furnished with learned and able men the Church of Rome would soon come in upon us on our ignorant Blind side and make her advantage as she hath already done in the Eastern Churches which in little more than Age are almost over-run by her and though they had a settled and ancient Constitution and were generally sufficiently prejudic'd against the Romish Usurpation yet through their ignorance the Supremacy of the Pope is now their avowed Principle I shall conclude all in a Short Address to you by way of Application and Exhort you to the Purchase of Knowledg in the same words that Solomon does to that of * Prov. 4.7 8 9. Wisdom Knowledg is the Principal thing therefore get knowledg and with all thy getting get understanding Exalt her and she shall promote thee she shall bring thee to Honour when thou dost imbrace her she shall give to thine Head an Ornament of grace A Crown of glory shall she deliver to thee this Crown of Glory will very well become their Heads who have relation to Royal * Such as are King's Queen 's and Trinity Colledge Foundations and that have had Kings for their nursing Fathers and Queens for their nursing Mothers this will place our Academic Youth above the reach of that reprochful Character which Menedemus gave of the Youth of Athens namely that the first year they went to Athens they were wise men the second year Philosophers the third Orators and the fourth but meer Plebeians and understood nothing but their own Ignorance that is according to our Modern Language they were Golden Freshmen silver Sophisters leaden Butchelors and wooden Masters of Art O then make earnest pursuits after Knowledg and above all Knowledg be in Quest of that which is of most use to you in the practice of Virtue and Goodness We read that when the Gods and Goddesses were choosing those trees they would have Sacred to them after Apollo had chosen the Lawrel Venus the Myrtle Pluto the Cypress Hercules the Poplar and Minerva the Olive Minerva was commended above all for her wise Choice for that when the other Deities elected such Trees as were fruitless having respect onely to their straightness shade of strength she made choice of such a one as was useful and beneficial to men So that which denominates men truly knowing is when they know those things that are material and really useful for as * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Aeschylus hath well told us Not he that knows much but he that knows what is most useful is the Wisest man Sciences are multiplied and grown to a great Perfection in these parts of the World but because it is Impossible to attain them all our Apprentiship to them being long and our life short those especially should be followed which teach men both to live and dye well this is the Learning so much recommended by Solomon * Prov. 4.13 take fast hold of instruction let her not go keep her for she is thy life this Knowledg this Learning God grant us all for his dear Son Jesus Christ his sake to whom with the Father and the Holy Spirit be Honour Glory and Praise FINIS TWO Sermons formerly published by the same Author and sold by Benj. Billingsley A Sermon Preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen of the City of London at Guild-Hall Chappel August 18 1678. 2. The necessity of Receiving the Sacrament declared in a Sermon at a Conference of the several Ministers of the Deanery of Braughin in the County of Hertford appointed by the Right Reverend Father in God Henry Lord Bishop of London to be held at Ware Aug. 28 1678.