The blessedness of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 /The blessednesse of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 /

But how much intuition hath the advantage, above this way of knowledge, ⟨p. 92⟩may be seen in these two obvious respects.¹

1. 1No• •ulli laed•o […] ve•tatis, cuilib•t opinioni potius igaavi succumb •nt; quam i• explorand• […], pertinaci […] persev rire […] Mr. Felix. Octiv. 9.No• •ulli laed•o 〈…〉 ve•tatis, cuilib•t opinioni potius igaavi succumb •nt; quam i• explorand• 〈…〉, pertinaci 〈…〉 persev rire 〈…〉 Mr. Felix. Octiv. 9.

1. 'Tis a more facile way of knowing; Here is no need of a busy search; a tiresome indagation, (the difficulty whereof makes the more slothful, rather trust than try) a chaining together of consequencies. The Soul hath its clothing (its vestment of light) upon as cheap terms as the Lilies theirs; doth neither toil nor spin for it: And yet Solomon, in all the glory of his (famed) wisdom was not arrayed like it. This knowledge saves the expense of study, is instantaneous not successive; The soul now sees more, at one view, in a moment, than before in a life's-time. As a man hath a speedier, and more grateful prospect of a pleasant Country, by placing himself in some commodious station that commands the whole Region; than by travelling through it. 'Tis no pains to look upon what offers it self to my eye. Where there is a continued series of consequencies, that lie naturally connected; the soul pleasingly observes this continuity, but views the whole frame, the whole length of the line, at once (so far as its limited capacity can extend) and needs not discuss every particle, severally, in this series of truths; and proceed gradatim from the knowledge of one truth to another; in which case only one, at once, would be present to its view. It sees things that are connected, not because they are so. As a man conveniently placed in some eminent station, may possibly see, at one view, all the successive parts of a gliding stream