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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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In others it is abused by Curiosity, which may1 well be called the Pride, and the Wantonness of Knowledge, because it looketh after high things that are above us, and after hidden things that ⟨p. 463⟩are denied us. And I may well put these two together, Pride and Luxury of Learning. For I believe we shall seldom find the Pride of Knowledge more predominant than there where it ariseth out of the curious and conjectural enquiries of Wit, and not out of scientifical and demonstrative Grounds. And I find the Apostle joining them together, when he telleth us of some, who intruded themselves into Things which they had not seen, and were Vainly puffed up by a fleshly Mind. And he himself complaineth of Others, who were Proud, and languished about needless Questions; as it is ever a sign of a sick and ill-affected stomach to quarrel with usual and wholesome meat, and to long for and linger after Delicacies which we cannot reach too. When Manna will not go down without Quails, you may be sure the Stomach is cloyed, and wants Physic to Purge it. I will not here2 add more of this point, having lately touched it on a fitter Occasion.
In others it is abused by Curiosity, which may1 well be called the Pride, and the Wantonnesse of Knowledge, because it looketh after high things that are above us, and after hidden things that ⟨p. 463⟩are denied us. And I may well put these two together, Pride and Luxurie of Learning. For I beleeve wee shall seldome finde the Pride of Knowledge more praedominant than there where it ariseth out of the curious and conjectural enquiries of Wit, and not out of scientificall and demonstrative Grounds. And I finde the Apostle joyning them together, when hee telleth us of some, who intruded themselves into Things which they had not seene, and were Vainely puff'd up by a fleshly Minde. And hee himselfe complaineth of Others, who were Proud, and languished about needlesse Questions; as it is ever a signe of a sick and ill-affected stomack to quarrell with usuall and wholsome meat, and to long for and linger after Delicacies which wee cannot reach too. When Manna will not goe downe without Quailes, you may be sure the Stomack is cloyed, and wants Physick to Purge it. I will not here