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An excellent oration of that late famously learned John Rainolds, D.D. and lecturer of…An excellent oration of that late famously learned Iohn Rainolds, D.D. and lecturer of…
An excellent oration of that late famously learned John Rainolds, D.D. and lecturer of the Greek tongue in Oxford Very useful for all such as affect the studies of logic and philosophy, and admire profane learning. Translated out of Latin into English by I.L. schoolmaster.An excellent oration of that late famously learned Iohn Rainolds, D.D. and lecturer of the Greek tongue in Oxford Very usefull for all such as affect the studies of logick and philosophie, and admire profane learning. Translated out of Latine into English by I.L. schoolmaster.
London: printed by Tho. Harper for Thomas Slater and William Aderton, 1638
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
What madness hath so infatuated your senses, that ye suck poison out of the Philosophers, convert helps into hinderances, embrace vanity for ⟨p. 133⟩verity, take the dregs, when you may have the finer stuff? Do ye profess Christ in the Church in words, and Aristotle in the Schools in good earnest, and Epicurus your lives and actions? What a shame is it, that may be verified of you, which Ambrose said of the Arians, They have forsaken an Apostle, and followed Aristotle. Why do ye waste good hours about trifles, divine wits about noxious things, and consume that precious time, which should be spent in History, Oratory, and ⟨p. 134⟩Philosophy (but especially in sacred matters, whereby Truth and Godliness might be promoted) and lie •aking in the filthy puddles of doting silly men? Do ye think I was ever so sottish, as to forbid ye the imitation of Lyranus, and Hugo (patterns for Divines) in interpreting the Scriptures, or did the same I ever propose such Scums, as Stannihurst's Logic, Paulus Venetus his Analytics, Niphus his Topics or Donatus his Ethics to be once meddled withal of young Students? ⟨p. 135⟩Does not my Picture put ye in mind to what end ye were chosen Scholars of this house, what ye ought to aim at, and to what purpose ye should design all your endeavours? Are ye not d•ily stirred and incited (like so many Be••) to dispose all your honey extracted out of the flowers of Truth to Gods glory? Are ye not convinced in the judgements of those holy men EUSEBIUS, Saint Augustine, Lactantius, Justine Martyr, and the rest of the Fathers, who have with so great ⟨p. 136⟩industry, and exquisite knowledge plucked up by the roots, and trodden under foot the false opinions of Philosophers, and Aristotle? Are ye not satisfied with the authority of the Lateran Council, of so many Bishops, so many learned men, and choice Cardinals, who, (to the end, that Christians might in their tender years be informed in true opinions) have most straightly charged, that the weakness of the light of Nature should be made known, laid open, and often pressed in Auditories?