The Cause of the Megrim, is the ascending of many vaporous humours, hot or cold, by the veins or arteries. The Cause of this spiritual Megrim, or brain-sickness, is the unkindly concurrence of ignorance, arrogance and affectation, like foggy mists and clouds, obscuring & smothering the true light of their sober judgements; and bearing their affections like a violent wind, upon one only point of the Compass, new-fangled Opinion. Like the Giants son, they must have six toes on a foot: they hate, not to be observed, and had rather be notorious, then not notable. Opinion, is a foot too much, which spoils the Verse. New Physic may be better then old, so may new Philosophy; our studies, observation, and experience perfecting theirs: beginning, not at the Gamut, as they did, but as it were at the Ela: but hardly new Divinity; not that an ancient error should be brought out against a new truth. A new truth? nay, an old newly come to light: for Error cannot wage Antiquity with Truth. His desire is to be cross to regularity; and should he be enjoined a Hat, a Cap would extremely please him: were he confined to extemporal and enthusiastical labours, he would commend premeditation and study; which now he abhors, because they are put on him. He is unwise in being so bitter against Ceremonies: for therein he is palpably against himself, himself being nothing else but Ceremony. He loves not the beaten path; and because every fool (saith he) enters at the gate, he will climb over the wall, whiles ⟨p. 5⟩the door of the Church stands open, he contends to 1creep through the window. The Brain-sick are no less then drunk with Opinion; and that so strangely, that sleep which helps other drunkards, doth them no good. Their ambitious singularity is often so violent, that if it be not restrained, it grows to a kind of frenzy, and so the Megrim turns into the Staggers. Herein, because we will not credit their Positions, nor receive their Crochets in our set Music, they reel into the low-Countries.
THe Cause of the Migram, is the ascending of many vaporous humours, hot or cold, by the veines or arteries. The Cause of this spirituall Migram, or braine-sicknesse, is the vnkindly concurrence of ignorance, arrogance and affectation, like foggy mistes and cloudes, obscuring & smothering the true light of their sober iudgements; and bearing their affections like a violent winde, vpon one only point of the Compasse, new-fangled Opinion. Like the Gyants sonne, they must haue sixe toes on a foote: they hate, not to be obserued, and had rather be notorious, then not notable. Opinion, is a foote too much, which spoiles the Uerse. New Physicke may bee better then olde, so may new Philosophy; our studies, obseruation, and experience perfecting theirs: beginning, not at the Gamoth, as they did, but as it were at the Ela: but hardly new Diuinitie; not that an ancient errour should be brought out against a new truth. A new truth? nay, an old newly come to light: for Errour cannot wage Antiquity with Truth. His desire is to be crosse to regularity; and should he be enioined a Hatte, a Cappe would extremely please him: were he confined to extemporall and enthusiasticall labours, he would commend premeditation and studie; which now he abhorres, because they are put on him. He is vnwise in being so bitter against Ceremonies: for therein hee is palpably against himselfe, himselfe being nothing else but Ceremonie. Hee loues not the beaten path; and because euery foole (sayth he) enters at the gate, hee will climbe ouer the wall, whiles ⟨p. 5⟩the dore of the Church stands open, hee contends to 1creepe through the windowe. The Brain-sicke are no lesse then drunke with Opinion; and that so strangely, that sleepe which helps other drunkards, doth them no good. Their ambitious singularity is often so violent, that if it be not restrained, it growes to a kind of frenzy, and so the Migram turnes into the Staggers. Heerein, because we will not credit their Positions, nor receiue their Crochets in our set Musicke, they reele into the lowe-Countries.
- 1John 10. 1.Iohn 10. 1.
