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men are the true successors of Diotrephes, the lover 

 of pre-eminence, and not lord bishops. Such spirits 

 do light upon another sort of natures, which do ad 

 here to these men ; &amp;lt;f quorum gloria in obsequio ;&quot; 

 stiff followers, and such as zeal marvellously for 

 those whom they have chosen for their masters. 

 This latter sort, for the most part, are men of young 

 years, and superficial understanding, carried away 

 with partial respects of persons, or with the enticing 

 appearance of godly names and pretences ; &amp;lt;f Pauci 

 res ipsas sequuntur, plures nomina rerum, plurimi 

 nomina magistrorum :&quot; few follow the things them 

 selves, more f he names of the things, and most the 

 names of their masters. 



About these general affections are wreathed and 

 interlaced accidental and private emulations and dis 

 contentments, all which together break forth into 

 contentions ; such as either violate truth, sobriety, 

 or peace. These generalities apply themselves. The 

 universities are the seat or the continent of this 

 disease, whence it hath been, and is derived into the 

 rest of the realm. There men will no longer be 

 &amp;lt;e e numero,&quot; of the number. There do others side 

 themselves before they know their right hand from 

 their left: so it is true which is said, &quot; transeunt ab 

 ignorantia ad prsejudicium,&quot; they skip from ignorance 

 to a prejudicate opinion, and never take a sound 

 judgment in their way. But as it is well noted, 

 &quot; inter juvenile judicium et senile praejudicium, 

 omnis veritas corrumpitur :&quot; through want of years, 

 when men are not indifferent, but partial, then their 



