Asarkokaukemma, or The vanity of glorying in the flesh, opened in a sermon preached…Asarkokaukēma, or The vanity of glorying in the flesh, open'd in a sermon preached…

The truth is,¹ his studies were his recreations, which from his childhood he did so naturally affect, that in the climax of literature in which he was ascending, he was always a form or two before his age, and in every part of learning which he was put upon, from time to time so eminently proficient, that he was the envy of his fellow-pupils, and the boast of his Tutors. His studious disposition ⟨p. 72⟩was so tempered with sweetness, that it was hard to say, whether he gained love or learning faster from his teachers.

The truth is,¹ his studies were his recreations, which from his childhood he did so naturally affect, that in the climax of literature in which he was ascending, he was alwayes a forme or two before his age, and in every part of learning which he was put upon, from time to time so eminently proficient, that he was the envie of his fellow-pupils, and the boast of his Tutours. His studious disposition ⟨p. 72⟩was so tempered with sweetnesse, that it was hard to say, whether he gain'd love or learning faster from his teachers.

1. 1His Studies.

¹Nature had highly befriended him, as with an excellent spirit, so with rare parts, and he again did make nature a most ingenious requital, by improving the stock she lent him, so that he might truly borrow the language of the faithful servant in the Gospel, to give in his account to nature, Behold, thy talent hath gained ten, He was a meek spirit,²