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be_v he_o know_v not_o that_o his_o face_n shine_v the_o same_o word_n in_o the_o hebrew_n signify_v both_o a_o horn_n and_o a_o shine_a beam_n that_o our_o saviour_n wear_v his_o hair_n long_o because_o we_o read_v he_o be_v a_o nazarite_n whereas_o the_o truth_n be_v that_o he_o be_v a_o nazarite_n or_o rather_o a_o nazarene_n as_o with_o beza_n our_o last_o translatour_n read_v it_o by_o education_n not_o by_o profession_n 23._o and_o institution_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o place_n in_o which_o he_o be_v nurse_v and_o converse_v not_o any_o vow_n whereunto_o he_o be_v bind_v and_o last_o that_o absalon_n be_v hang_v by_o the_o hair_n of_o the_o head_n whereas_o the_o text_n say_v in_o plain_a term_n his_o head_n catch_v hold_v of_o the_o oak_n in_o 9_o like_a manner_n it_o seem_v as_o henry_n grandchild_n to_o the_o conqueror_n be_v say_v to_o have_v end_v his_o day_n in_o the_o new_a forest_n hamsâ—…_n sectio_fw-la 2._o in_o philosophy_n second_o in_o philosophy_n it_o be_v common_o 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sex_n suck_v there_o out_o a_o certain_a humour_n and_o anoint_v their_o body_n all_o over_o therewith_o which_o serve_v they_o for_o a_o defence_n against_o rain_n that_o a_o wolf_n if_o he_o see_v a_o man_n first_o sudden_o strike_v he_o dumb_a whence_o come_v the_o proverb_n lupus_fw-la est_fw-la in_o fabula_fw-la and_o that_o of_o the_o poet_n lupi_fw-la moerim_n videre_fw-la priores_fw-la the_o wolf_n see_v moeris_n first_o yet_o philip_n camerarius_fw-la profess_v fabulosum_fw-la esse_fw-la quod_fw-la vulgo_fw-la creditur_fw-la hominem_fw-la 23._o à _fw-la lupo_fw-la praevisum_fw-la subitò_fw-la consternari_fw-la &_o vocem_fw-la amittere_fw-la that_o it_o be_v fabulous_a which_o be_v common_o believe_v that_o a_o man_n be_v first_o see_v by_o the_o wolf_n be_v thereupon_o astonish_v and_o lose_v his_o voice_n and_o that_o himself_o have_v find_v it_o by_o experience_n to_o be_v a_o vain_a opinion_n which_o scaliger_n 344._o likewise_o affirm_v upon_o the_o same_o ground_n utinam_fw-la tot_fw-la ferulis_fw-la castigarentur_fw-la mendaciorum_fw-la assertores_fw-la isti_fw-la quot_fw-la à _fw-la lupis_n visi_fw-la sumus_fw-la sine_fw-la jactura_fw-la vocis_fw-la i_o wish_v those_o patron_n of_o lie_n be_v chastise_v with_o so_o many_o blow_v as_o at_o sundry_a time_n i_o have_v be_v see_v of_o wolf_n without_o any_o loss_n of_o my_o voice_n that_o man_n be_v sometime_o transform_v into_o wolf_n and_o again_o from_o wolf_n into_o man_n touch_v the_o falsehood_n whereof_o pliny_n himself_o be_v thus_o 22._o confident_a homines_fw-la in_o lupos_fw-la verti_fw-la rursumque_fw-la restitui_fw-la sibi_fw-la falsum_fw-la esse_fw-la confidenter_fw-la existimare_fw-la debemus_fw-la aut_fw-la credere_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la fabulosa_fw-la tot_fw-la saeculis_fw-la comperimus_fw-la that_o man_n be_v change_v into_o wolf_n and_o again_o restore_v to_o themselves_o that_o be_v to_o the_o shape_n of_o man_n we_o ought_v assure_o believe_v to_o be_v false_a or_o to_o 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counsellor_n and_o physician_n to_o henry_n the_o four_o of_o france_n in_o his_o book_n of_o popular_a error_n have_v observe_v last_o that_o the_o mole_n have_v no_o eye_n nor_o the_o elephant_n knee_n both_o which_o notwithstanding_o by_o daily_a and_o manifest_a experience_n be_v find_v untrue_a sectio_fw-la 6._o a_o application_n of_o what_o have_v be_v say_v to_o the_o present_a purpose_n many_o more_o instance_n may_v be_v give_v both_o in_o divinity_n philosophy_n and_o history_n to_o show_v that_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n neither_o new_a nor_o unjustifiable_a by_o the_o practice_n of_o wise_a man_n to_o examine_v and_o impugn_v receive_v opinion_n if_o they_o be_v find_v erroneous_a such_o as_o i_o take_v this_o to_o be_v of_o nature_n universal_a decay_n so_o that_o i_o hope_v it_o shall_v neither_o seem_v unpleasing_a nor_o unprofitable_a nor_o yet_o impertinent_a that_o i_o have_v dwell_v so_o long_o upon_o this_o point_n i_o know_v that_o of_o chrysostome_n to_o be_v most_o true_a the_o hard_a lesson_n be_v to_o unlearne_v and_o therefore_o have_v i_o harp_v so_o long_o upon_o this_o string_n to_o make_v it_o clear_v that_o man_n may_v err_v special_o where_o that_o fall_v out_o which_o justin_n in_o his_o dialogue_n with_o tryphon_n have_v observe_v that_o posteriores_fw-la sequntur_fw-la priores_fw-la securi_fw-la examinis_fw-la that_o the_o latter_a follow_v the_o former_a without_o examination_n custom_n with_o most_o man_n prevail_v more_o than_o truth_n though_o christ_n have_v say_v as_o tertullian_n right_o note_v i_o be_o truth_n and_o not_o custom_n yea_o such_o be_v the_o force_n thereof_o that_o according_a to_o the_o inbred_a notion_n and_o praeconception_n which_o it_o have_v form_v and_o imprint_v in_o our_o mind_n for_o the_o most_o part_n we_o shape_v the_o discourse_n of_o reason_n itself_o thus_o pythagoras_n by_o bring_v up_o his_o scholar_n in_o the_o speculative_a knowledge_n of_o number_n make_v their_o conceit_n so_o strong_a that_o when_o they_o come_v to_o the_o contemplation_n of_o thing_n natural_a they_o imagine_v that_o in_o every_o particular_a thing_n they_o even_o behold_v as_o it_o be_v with_o their_o eye_n how_o the_o element_n of_o number_n give_v essence_n and_o be_v to_o the_o work_n of_o nature_n a_o thing_n in_o reason_n impossible_a which_o notwithstanding_o through_o their_o misfashioned_a praeconceite_n appear_v unto_o they_o no_o less_o certain_a than_o if_o nature_n have_v write_v it_o in_o the_o very_a forehead_n of_o all_o the_o creature_n of_o god_n divine_a be_v that_o speech_n of_o aristotle_n in_o his_o metaphysic_n quantam_fw-la autem_fw-la vim_o habeat_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la leges_fw-la declarant_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la fabulosae_fw-la &_o pueriles_fw-la narrationes_fw-la plus_fw-la valent_fw-la cognition_n vera_fw-la earum_fw-la rerum_fw-la propter_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la what_o be_v the_o strange_a force_n of_o custom_n the_o law_n themselves_o declare_v in_o which_o childish_a and_o fabulous_a narration_n be_v prefer_v before_o the_o true_a knowledge_n of_o the_o same_o thing_n and_o that_o only_a through_o custom_n from_o whence_o to_o draw_v near_o to_o our_o present_a purpose_n the_o great_a lawyer_n panormitan_n wish_v that_o the_o severity_n of_o the_o ancient_a canon_n be_v not_o too_o far_o 6._o press_v upon_o delinquent_n because_o man_n of_o latter_a age_n say_v he_o be_v no_o wâ—…y_n matchable_a with_o the_o ancient_n as_o not_o in_o strength_n nor_o stature_n so_o neither_o in_o wit_n nor_o manner_n but_o i_o much_o marvel_v that_o so_o great_a a_o clerk_n shall_v be_v so_o easy_o carry_v away_o with_o so_o vain_a a_o show_n and_o by_o make_v man_n believe_v that_o they_o be_v not_o able_a to_o observe_v the_o canon_n make_v they_o unable_a indeed_o which_o together_o with_o the_o greedy_a desire_n of_o gain_n have_v be_v no_o doubt_n the_o ground_n or_o at_o least_o the_o pretence_n of_o such_o a_o multiplicity_n of_o dispensation_n in_o latter_a age_n man_n choose_v rather_o to_o stretch_v their_o purse-string_n and_o to_o buy_v out_o a_o dispensation_n for_o their_o money_n then_o to_o improve_v their_o endeavour_n for_o the_o do_v of_o that_o which_o the_o canon_n require_v and_o hence_o the_o lenten_a fast_o due_o keep_v with_o much_o ease_n by_o our_o predecessor_n be_v with_o most_o man_n now_o adays_o make_v so_o impossible_a notwithstanding_o the_o observation_n thereof_o conduce_v so_o much_o to_o the_o public_a good_a cap._n 2._o of_o the_o reason_n induce_v the_o author_n to_o the_o writing_n and_o publish_v of_o this_o discourse_n sect_n 1._o whereof_o the_o first_o be_v the_o redeem_n of_o a_o captivate_v truth_n such_o be_v the_o admirable_a beauty_n and_o sovereignty_n of_o truth_n in_o itself_o and_o such_o infinite_a content_n do_v it_o yield_v the_o soul_n be_v find_v and_o embrace_v that_o have_v i_o propose_v no_o other_o end_n to_o myself_o in_o this_o ensue_a treatise_n then_o the_o discovery_n and_o unfold_n thereof_o i_o shall_v hold_v it_o alone_o a_o very_a ample_a recompense_n and_o sufficient_a reward_n of_o my_o labour_n the_o greek_n call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o by_o a_o easy_a and_o unstrained_a derivation_n imply_v the_o breath_n of_o god_n so_o that_o as_o minerva_n by_o which_o be_v mean_v the_o art_n be_v feign_v to_o have_v spring_v from_o the_o head_n of_o jupiter_n so_o truth_n undoubted_o flow_v from_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o creator_n not_o only_o that_o supernatural_a and_o reveal_v truth_n which_o concern_v our_o spiritual_a &_o supernatural_a good_a but_o that_o likewise_o which_o concern_v our_o good_a either_o moral_a or_o natural_a for_o as_o every_o good_a thing_n so_o far_o as_o it_o be_v good_a be_v from_o 17._o god_n the_o author_n and_o original_a cause_n of_o all_o goodness_n so_o every_o truth_n be_v from_o the_o same_o god_n the_o fountain_n of_o all_o truth_n howbeit_o he_o impart_v the_o diverse_a kind_n thereof_o after_o a_o different_a manner_n the_o truth_n of_o experience_n by_o sense_n of_o reason_n by_o discourse_n of_o the_o intellectual_a power_n of_o religion_n by_o
faith_n these_o be_v as_o several_a line_n draw_v from_o the_o same_o centre_n or_o several_a beam_n from_o the_o same_o sun_n all_o which_o notwithstanding_o in_o their_o several_a rank_n and_o degree_n carry_v in_o they_o or_o rather_o have_v stamp_v and_o print_v upon_o they_o some_o character_n or_o resemblance_n of_o the_o divine_a excellency_n and_o as_o truth_n be_v the_o breath_n of_o god_n so_o be_v the_o soul_n of_o man_n too_o which_o 7._o may_v well_o be_v think_v to_o be_v in_o part_n the_o cause_n that_o the_o soul_n be_v so_o wonderful_o take_v and_o affect_v with_o the_o love_n and_o like_n of_o it_o all_o the_o kingdom_n in_o the_o world_n and_o the_o glitter_a pomp_n of_o they_o can_v so_o much_o refresh_v and_o delight_v a_o studious_a mind_n as_o this_o one_o inestimable_a jewel_n of_o truth_n which_o lucretius_n have_v lively_o describe_v suave_fw-la mari_fw-fr magno_fw-la turbantibus_fw-la aequora_fw-la ventis_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o be_v a_o view_n of_o delight_n say_v he_o to_o stand_v or_o walk_v upon_o the_o shore_n side_n &_o 〈◊〉_d to_o see_v a_o ship_n toss_v with_o tempest_n upon_o the_o sea_n or_o to_o be_v in_o a_o fortify_v tower_n and_o to_o see_v two_o army_n join_v battle_n upon_o a_o plain_a but_o it_o be_v a_o pleasure_n incomparable_a for_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n to_o be_v settle_v land_a and_o fortify_v in_o the_o certainty_n of_o truth_n and_o from_o thence_o to_o descry_v and_o behold_v the_o error_n perturbation_n labour_n and_o wander_n up_o and_o down_o of_o other_o man_n we_o see_v in_o all_o other_o pleasure_n there_o be_v satiety_n and_o after_o they_o be_v use_v their_o verdure_n depart_v which_o show_v well_o they_o be_v but_o deceit_n of_o pleasure_n and_o not_o pleasure_n and_o that_o it_o be_v the_o novelty_n that_o please_v and_o not_o the_o quality_n but_o of_o the_o contemplation_n of_o truth_n there_o be_v no_o satiety_n but_o satisfaction_n and_o appetite_n be_v perpetual_o interchangeable_a and_o certain_o the_o more_o contentment_n and_o comfort_n do_v we_o reap_v therein_o for_o that_o the_o apprehension_n of_o truth_n help_v to_o repair_v that_o image_n of_o god_n which_o by_o the_o fall_n of_o man_n be_v in_o that_o very_a part_n sore_o batter_v and_o bruise_v i_o mean_v in_o regard_n of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o natural_a truth_n but_o in_o regard_n of_o supernatural_a utter_o deface_v now_o such_o be_v the_o condition_n of_o truth_n both_o in_o regard_n of_o god_n itself_o and_o we_o we_o may_v not_o part_v with_o it_o upon_o any_o term_n nor_o can_v we_o purchase_v it_o at_o too_o dear_a a_o rate_n buy_v the_o truth_n but_o sell_v it_o not_o some_o perchance_o in_o this_o very_a point_n may_v suppose_v that_o the_o opinion_n maintain_v nature_n 23._o decay_n argue_v in_o the_o maintainer_n more_o modesty_n and_o humility_n and_o be_v apt_a to_o breed_v in_o man_n a_o religious_a fear_n and_o devotion_n be_v persuade_v as_o well_o by_o sense_n and_o reason_n as_o by_o scripture_n and_o faith_n that_o the_o world_n must_v have_v a_o end_n and_o that_o in_o appearance_n the_o end_n thereof_o can_v be_v far_o off_o which_o though_o it_o be_v so_o yet_o may_v it_o not_o be_v uphold_v with_o a_o untruth_n rectè_fw-la placet_fw-la laudem_fw-la humilitatis_fw-la in_o parte_fw-la non_fw-la ponere_fw-la falsitatis_fw-la ne_fw-la humilitas_fw-la conconstituta_fw-la in_o parte_fw-la falsitatis_fw-la perdat_fw-la praemium_fw-la veritatis_fw-la say_v s._n augustine_n 36._o we_o desire_v not_o to_o settle_v the_o praise_n of_o humility_n upon_o false_a ground_n lest_o be_v build_v upon_o falsehood_n it_o lose_v the_o reward_n of_o truth_n if_o evil_a be_v in_o no_o case_n to_o be_v do_v that_o good_a may_v come_v thereof_o no_o not_o the_o least_o evil_n for_o the_o great_a good_a if_o a_o lie_n may_v not_o be_v make_v for_o the_o win_n of_o a_o man_n soul_n no_o nor_o for_o the_o gain_n of_o a_o world_n of_o infidel_n to_o the_o faith_n as_o divine_n true_o teach_v then_o may_v not_o the_o defence_n of_o any_o untruth_n be_v undertake_v what_o fair_a pretence_n soever_o of_o piety_n or_o charity_n or_o humility_n it_o may_v put_v on_o for_o as_o we_o be_v to_o speak_v veritatem_fw-la in_o charitate_fw-la the_o truth_n in_o love_n so_o be_v we_o to_o follow_v charitatem_fw-la in_o veritate_fw-la love_v ground_v upon_o 15._o truth_n it_o be_v one_o of_o the_o property_n of_o true_a charity_n to_o rejoice_v in_o truth_n 6._o truth_n then_o and_o true_a piety_n truth_n and_o true_a charity_n truth_n and_o true_a humility_n be_v inseparable_a companion_n let_v none_o presume_v to_o put_v they_o asunder_o who_o god_n have_v thus_o link_v and_o join_v together_o will_v you_o talk_v deceitful_o for_o god_n cause_n say_v job_n will_v you_o make_v a_o lie_n for_o he_o if_o we_o may_v not_o utter_v a_o untruth_n 7._o for_o god_n cause_n and_o the_o advancement_n of_o his_o glory_n much_o less_o for_o the_o best_a good_a of_o man_n the_o glory_n of_o god_n be_v as_o much_o and_o more_o to_o be_v prefer_v before_o the_o best_a spiritual_a good_a of_o man_n as_o man_n spiritual_a good_a before_o his_o temporal_a absit_fw-la à _fw-la i_o ut_fw-la veritatem_fw-la per_fw-la mendacium_fw-la uâ—…lim_fw-la iri_fw-la confirmatam_fw-la say_v chrysostome_n far_o be_v it_o from_o i_o to_o attempt_v the_o mattâ—…um_n strengthen_n of_o truth_n by_o falsehood_n the_o reason_n hereof_o be_v well_o yield_v by_o s._n augustine_n fracta_fw-la velleviter_fw-la imminuta_fw-la authoritate_fw-la veritatis_fw-la omne_fw-la consenâ—…m_n dubia_fw-la remanebunt_fw-la the_o credit_n and_o sovereignty_n of_o truth_n be_v never_o so_o little_o crack_v or_o the_o practice_n of_o lie_v never_o so_o little_o countenance_v a_o man_n can_v build_v upon_o nothing_o but_o all_o thing_n will_v be_v full_a of_o doubt_n and_o distrust_n and_o again_o nunquam_fw-la errari_fw-la tutius_fw-la existimo_fw-la quam_fw-la cum_fw-la in_o amore_fw-la nimio_fw-la veritatis_fw-la &_o reiectione_n nimia_fw-la falsitatis_fw-la erratur_fw-la a_o man_n can_v light_o err_v more_o safe_o then_o in_o too_o much_o love_n of_o truth_n and_o hatred_n of_o lie_n when_o there_o they_o arise_v from_o error_n and_o mistake_n or_o malice_n and_o forgery_n whether_o they_o consist_v in_o the_o disagreement_n and_o disconformitie_n betwixt_o the_o speech_n and_o the_o conception_n of_o the_o mind_n or_o the_o conception_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o the_o thing_n themselves_o or_o the_o speech_n and_o the_o thing_n sect_n 2._o the_o second_o be_v the_o vindicate_a of_o the_o creator_n honour_n as_o my_o first_o reason_n for_o the_o writing_n and_o publish_v this_o discourse_n be_v for_o the_o redeem_n of_o a_o captivate_v truth_n so_o my_o second_o be_v for_o the_o vindicate_a of_o the_o creator_n honour_n the_o reputation_n of_o his_o wisdom_n his_o justice_n his_o goodness_n and_o his_o power_n be_v all_o of_o they_o in_o my_o judgement_n by_o the_o opinion_n of_o nature_n decay_n not_o a_o little_a impeach_v and_o blemish_v his_o wisdom_n for_o that_o intend_v as_o by_o the_o sacred_a oracle_n of_o his_o word_n he_o have_v in_o sundry_a passage_n clear_o manifest_v it_o to_o put_v a_o end_n to_o the_o world_n by_o fire_n it_o can_v i_o think_v be_v well_o conceive_v why_o he_o shall_v ordain_v or_o admit_v such_o a_o daily_a universal_a and_o irrecoverable_a consumption_n in_o all_o the_o part_n of_o nature_n which_o without_o fire_n or_o any_o other_o outward_a mean_n will_v undoubted_o bring_v it_o to_o that_o final_a period_n his_o justice_n for_o that_o withdraw_a from_o latter_a age_n that_o strength_n and_o ability_n of_o perform_v religious_a duty_n and_o practise_v moral_a virtue_n which_o to_o the_o former_a he_o grant_v yet_o to_o demand_v and_o expect_v no_o less_o from_o the_o latter_a than_o he_o do_v from_o the_o former_a what_o be_v it_o but_o to_o reap_v where_o he_o sow_v not_o to_o require_v as_o much_o of_o he_o that_o have_v but_o 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polygamy_n yet_o 8._o in_o regard_n of_o their_o frequent_a practice_n we_o have_v great_a reason_n to_o conceive_v that_o they_o scarce_o hold_v it_o to_o be_v a_o sin_n and_o the_o pharisee_n though_o of_o all_o other_o sect_n they_o pretend_v and_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o most_o zealous_a &_o strict_a observer_n of_o the_o lanâ—…_n yet_o teach_v other_o &_o themselves_o practise_v the_o observation_n thereof_o as_o they_o do_v only_o in_o regard_n of_o outward_a conformity_n thereby_o perhaps_o make_v their_o disciple_n formal_a justiciaries_n but_o withal_o 5._o damnable_a hypocrite_n boil_v in_o malice_n &_o lust_n &_o covetousness_n while_o they_o set_v a_o fair_a face_n on_o it_o and_o make_v a_o goodly_a semblance_n of_o holiness_n piety_n and_o devotion_n and_o if_o it_o so_o fare_v with_o the_o jew_n no_o marvel_n that_o the_o gentile_n their_o natural_a inclination_n carry_v they_o headlong_o to_o wickedness_n and_o withal_o their_o religion_n their_o law_n the_o doctrine_n 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