The cure of church-divisions, or, Directions for weak Christians to keep them from being…

But it ignorance get possession of the ancient and […] headed, it triumpheth then, and desi•• […], and saith, Give me a man that […] with him? Or rather, Away with […] is not worthy to be disputed […] groweth not with years: […] wit may be poring forty or fifty […] that which another may sooner understand. ⟨p. 405⟩Much time and study is necessary to great wisdom: But much time and study may consist with very mean attainments; and doth not always reach the wisdom which is sought. And in such a case, the ancient and grey-headed think that veneration is their due; and that if they gravely sentence such or such to be erroneous, they are injured if they are not believed. They have not wisdom enough to make their age honourable; and therefore they expect that their age should make their wisdom honourable.

But it ignorance get poss•ssion of the ancient and 〈…〉 headed, it triumpheth then, and desi•• 〈…〉, and saith, Give me a man that 〈…〉 with him? Or rather, Away with 〈…〉 is not worthy to be disputed 〈…〉 groweth not with years: 〈…〉 wit may be poaring forty or fifty 〈…〉 that which another may sooner understand. ⟨p. 405⟩Much time and study is necessary to great wisedome: But much time and study may consist with very mean attainments; and doth not alwayes reach the wisedome which is sought. And in such a case, the ancient and grey-headed think that veneration is their due; and that if they gravely sentence such or such to be erroneous, they are injured if they are not believed. They have not wisdome enough to make their age honourable; and therefore they expect that their age should make their wisdome honourable.