and all by the penetrating •orce of his own natural parts, without a Tutor: so that †France never brought forth a man of sharper wit, more piercing judgement, exact diligence, and greater learning, nor in his time, Italy it self. Felix & foecundum ingenium, quod in se uno invenit, & Doctorem, & Discipulum! A happy and fruitful wit, which in it self found both a Master, and a Scholar. And yet Pasquier relates what is much more admirable of a young man, who came to Paris in the twentieth year of his age, and in the year 1445, and showed himself so excellent and exact in all the Arts, Sciences, and Languages, that if a man of an ordinary good wit, and sound constitution, should live an hundred years, and during that time, study incessantly, without eating, drinking, sleeping, or any recreation; He could hardly attain to that perfection. (3.) And yet a far greater difference is made betwixt one Soul and another, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit of God. This makes yet a greater disparity, for it alters and new moulds the frame and temper of the Soul, and restores the lost Image of God to it; by reason whereof the righteous is truly said to be more excellent than his neighbour, Prov. 12.26. This ennobles the Soul, and stamps the highest dignity and glory upon it, that it is capable of in this world. 'Tis true, it hath naturally an excellency and perpetuity in it above other Beings, as Cedar hath not only a beauty and fragrancy, but a soundness and durability far beyond other trees of the Wood: But when it comes under the sanctification of the spirit, then it is as Cedar overlaid with gold. (4.) Lastly, a wonderful difference will be made betwixt one Soul, and another, by the judgement of God in the great day. Some will be blessed, and others cursed Souls, Matt. 25. ult. some received into glory, others shut out into everlasting misery, Matth. 8.11, 12. Many shall come from the East, and West, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of Heaven, but the children of the kingdom, shall be cast out into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
and all by the penetrating •orce of his own natural parts, without a Tutor: so that †France never brought forth a man of sharper wit, more piercing judgement, exact diligence, and greater learning, nor in his time, Italy it self. Foelix & foecundum ingenium, quod in se uno invenit, & Doctorem, & Discipulum! A happy and fruitful wit, which in it self found both a Master, and a Scholar. And yet Pasquier relates what is much more admirable of a young man, who came to Paris in the twentieth year of his age, and in the year 1445, and shewed himself so excellent and exact in all the Arts, Sciences, and Languages, that if a man of an ordinary good wit, and sound constitution, should live an hundred years, and during that time, study incessantly, without eating, drinking, sleeping, or any recreation; He could hardly attain to that perfection. (3.) And yet a far greater difference is made betwixt one Soul and another, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit of God. This makes yet a greater disparity, for it alters and new moulds the frame and temper of the Soul, and restores the lost Image of God to it; by reason whereof the righteous is truly said to be more excellent than his neighbour, Prov. 12.26. This ennobles the Soul, and stamps the highest dignity and glory upon it, that it is capable of in this world. 'Tis true, it hath naturally an excellency and perpetuity in it above other Beings, as Cedar hath not only a beauty and fragrancy, but a soundness and durability far beyond other trees of the Wood: But when it comes under the sanctification of the spirit, then it is as Cedar overlaid with gold. (4.) Lastly, a wonderful difference will be made betwixt one Soul, and another, by the judgement of God in the great day. Some will be blessed, and others cursed Souls, Matt. 25. ult. some received into glory, others shut out into everlasting misery, Matth. 8.11, 12. Many shall come from the East, and West, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Iacob, in the kingdom of Heaven, but the children of the kingdom, shall be cast out into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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