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11 We can easily say, their foolishness, their sin, their unthankfulness. This is the¹ fittest Pronoun that we can use, we have many notable things in our selves, which we count folly in other men; as in Judah hath Tamar played the whore, burn her; but when he saw the scaffold, the case was altered. There is difference between burn her, and I am to be blamed; sinners are to be blamed. This is that we learned in Philosophy, we can see intellectu directo those things which are in others, but we cannot see intellectu reflexo and understand our selves: for our own faults we had need of an Eunuch to look out.

11 We can easily say, their foolishnesse, their sinne, their vnthankefulnesse. This is the¹ fittest Pronoune that we can vse, we haue many notable things in our selues, which we count follie in other men; as in Iudah hath Thamar played the whore, burne her; but when he saw the scaffold, the case was altered. There is difference betweene burne her, and I am to be blamed; sinners are to be blamed. This is that we learned in Philosophie, we can see intellectu directo those things which are in others, but we cannot see intellectu reflexo and vnderstand our selues: for our owne faults we had need of an Eunuch to looke out.

1. 1We are too censorious in the sin of other, and too remiss in our own.We are too censorious in the sinne of other, and too remisse in our owne.

12 We may be bold with those that are dead: so said Lucian; Anger and Envy had¹ killed all wise men, for in anger and envy we will account none wise: favour and ⟨p. 733⟩