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Of the Advancement of Learning. L i b . VI. 



SUPERSTITION. Xlli. 



Pro. 



They that err out of a well meant 

 Z,eal^ may not be approved^ but yet 

 may be beloved. 



Mediocrities are due to Moral 

 •vertues j extretnities to divine. 



A fuperjiitioui man is a religioifs 

 tormaliji. 



Ijhonldfooner believe all the Fa. 

 hulous wonders of any Religon^than 

 that this univerjal Frame tpos built 

 without a Deity. 



Contra. 



As it adds deformity unto aa 

 Ape^ to befo lil^e a man ; fo the /?- 

 niHitude of fupelittion to Religion^ 

 makes it more deformed. 



Look hovp edious AffeQation is in 

 matters Civil 5 fo hateful isfuper* 

 Jiition, in matters Divine. 



it were better to have ho opinion 

 of God at all, thanfuch an opinion 

 as is reproachful unto him. 



It is not the School of Epicurus, 

 but the Porch of the Stoicks that 

 hath perturbed ancient States. 



It cannot come into the mind of 

 man to be a mere Atheiji in Opini- 

 on 5 but your great Hypocrites are 

 the true Atheijis , who are ever 

 handling holy things , but never re.* 

 vere them. 



PRIDE. XIV. 



Pro. 



tride is even with vices incom- 

 pctible : And as poyfon is expelled 

 by poyfon , fo many vices are by 

 pride. 



A foft nature becomes guilty of 

 the crimes of others , but a proud 

 fpirit only of his own. 



Tride if it afcend from contempt 

 of others to a contempt of it f elf at 

 laji is changdinto PhiloJ'ophy. 



Contra. 



Pride is the injlnuating Ivie to 

 Fertues, and all good ^alities. 



AU other vices are only contrary 

 to vertues^pride alone is contagious. 



Pride wants the beji condition of 

 vice, that is, concealment. 



A proud man while he defpifetb 

 others. prejudiceth himfelf 



INGRATITUDE. XV. 



Pro. 



The guilt of ingratitude is no- 

 thing elfe ibut a too precife confi- 

 deration and inquifition into the 

 caufe of a benefit conferred. 



IVhilji we endeavour to be grate- 

 ful to others, we neither perform 



Contra. 



The crime of Ingratitude L' 

 not to be reprejjed by punijlj- 

 ments, but to referred over to the 

 Furies. 



The obligations of benefits are 

 more Jlri^ than of Duties ^ where^ 



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