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A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soul of man With the…A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soule of man With the…
A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soul of man With the several dignities and corruptions thereunto belonging. By Edward Reynolds, late preacher to the honourable society of Lincoln's Inn: and now rector of the Church of Braunston in Northamptonshire.A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soule of man With the severall dignities and corruptions thereunto belonging. By Edvvard Reynoldes, late preacher to the honorable society of Lincoln's Inne: and now rector of the Church of Braunston in Northamptonshire.
London: printed by R. Hearne and John Norton for Robert Bostock, 1640
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So then properly knowledge and experience is the cause of Hope; experience I say, either of the conquerableness of the Object by our own means: or of the sufficiency of the Power, and readiness of the Will of him from whom we expect further assistance: For a• there is less casualty, and by consequence, more presumption to be had of ⟨p. 243⟩an event of art th•n of fortune (the one proceeding1 from a governed, the other from a blind and contingent cause) so consequently there is greater hope & confidence to be given to the success of an enterprise, grounded on experience, than of one ignorantly and rashly adventured on. Experience […] as the Philosopher observeth, the Root2 of Art▪ […] unexperience […] of sort […].
So then properly knowledge and experience is the cause of Hope; experience I say, either of the conquerablenesse of the Object by our owne means: or of the sufficiency of the Power, and readinesse of the Will of him from whom wee expect further assistance: For a• there is lesse casualty, and by consequence, more presumption to be had of ⟨p. 243⟩an event of art th•n of fortune (the one proceeding1 from a gouern'd, the other from a blind and contingent cause) so consequently there is greater hope & confidence to be given to the successe of an enterprise, grounded on experience, than of one ignorantly and rashly adventured on. Experience 〈…〉 as the Philosopher observeth, the Root2 of Art▪ 〈…〉 unexperience of sort .