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it shewes much of a divine nature, and a kinde of conformity with Christ 

 himselfe. 



P. 190.&quot; [i] anathematized: anathemized in ed. 1605, corrected in 

 Errata. [15] The story is told by Cicero (Tusc. Disp. v. 3) from Hera- 

 elides Ponticus of Leo tyrant of Phlius, not of Hiero. See lamblichus, 

 Vita Pythag. xii. 58. [21] this theatre of man s life, &c. : the reference 

 is to Gen. i. where after each of the six days work God saw that it 

 was good. Compare Essay xi. p. 40: For if a man, can be partaker of 

 Gods theater, he shall likewise be partaker of Gods rest. [24] Ps. 

 cxvi. 15. [27] simple: So ed. 1605; the editions of 1629, 1633 read 

 simply. [30] or taking : Some copies of ed. 1605 have or in taking, 

 others and in taking: in the Errata to ed. 1605 the reading is or 

 taking, and this is adopted in edd. 1629, 1633. [31] Ex. xxiii. 



P. 191. [i] Gen. v. 24. [2] Jude 14. The apocryphal Book of Enoch 

 was brought from Abyssinia by Bruce, and translated into English by 

 Abp. Laurence. [4] knoweth it not: Some copies of ed. 1605 read 

 knoweth it, decideth it not. The Latin has nescit earn certe Tkeologia. 

 The compositor s eye had been caught by the following line. [6] Zeno, 

 the Stoic, who died B.C. 263. [10] the Cyrenaics: founded by Aristip- 

 pus of Cyrene, who flourished B.C. 366. Their doctrines terminated in 

 Epicureanism. [15] Lat. nee minus illam alter am Epicuri scholam, quasi 

 reformatam. [19] Comp. Ovid, Met. i. 107: 



Ver erat seternum, placidique tepentibus auris 

 Mulcebant zephyri natos sine semine flores. 



[20] and Herillus: Lat. denique et illam explosam Pyrrhonis et Herilli 

 scholam. Herillus of Carthage flourished about B.C. 264, Cic. de Fin. 

 iv. 14. [24] revived: Some copies of ed. 1605 read receued. [29] 

 Epictetus, Enchir. 1-7. 



P. 192. [2] Consalvo: Fernandez Consalvo, or Gonsalvo, of Cordova, 

 the Great Captain. This story is told by Guicciardini, Hist. vi. 2. 

 [3, 4] he had rather die . . than to have : Observe the looseness of the 

 construction. See p. 189, 1. 12. [5] leader: So edd. 1629 and 1633, 

 and some copies of ed. 1605 ; others have reader. Lat. dux et impera- 

 tor. [6] hath signed : to sign to a document is to attest it by affixing 

 one s signature, and hence to attest generally. [Ib.] Prov. xv. 15. [18] 

 Aristotle, Rhet. i. 5. 10. [24] Mr. Ellis has shown that this was the 

 opinion of Aristippus and not of Diogenes. Diog. Laert. Aristip. ii. 75 

 TO KpartTv KOI i^ fjTTaaOai fjoovuv dpiarov, ov TO /XT) x/?&amp;lt;7#cu. [ 2 5] av *~ 

 Xov Kal aircxov was the maxim of Epictetus. [26] refrain: to bridle, 

 rein in, as it were ; a figure from horsemanship. [29] want of applica 

 tion : Lat. ineptitudinem ad morlgerandum. Mr. Spedding rightly explains 

 it as want of compliance or accommodation. 



P. 193. [i] This saying of Consalvo is quoted again in Essay Ivii. 



