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THE 



ARGUMENT 



OF THE 



CHAPTERS 



OF THE 



Firft Book. 



GAP. I. 



.HEConfecratton of this Work unto the fftofi Learned of 

 Trinces^ King James. § Who in high , but jnji con- 

 cepioMs is here admired. § The Dijiribution into the 

 Dignity and Proficiency of Learning. I. Difcredits of 

 Learning from the obje&ions of Divines j That the 

 afpring unto KuoTvledi^e was the firjl Sin. That Learn- 

 ing is infinite and full of anxiety. That Learning inclines the Mind 

 to Hcrefie and Atheifm. IL The Solution » Original Guilt was not in 

 the ^antity^ but in the ^ality of Knowledge. § The CorreBive 

 hereof^ Charity. III. Againji Infinity^ Anxiety ^ and Seducement of 

 Knovpledge^Three prefervatives. § That it in^ruif us in our Mortality, 

 (j That it gives us content. § That it foar not too high, § And fo 

 Pbilofophy leads the Mind by the Linkj of Second Caufes unto the Firji. 



CAP. II. 



I. Difcredits cafl upon Learning from the obJeSions of Politicks ; That 

 Learning foftens Mens natures^ and makes them unfit for Exercife of 



Arms. 



