- The E P 1sT L -E precede_nc_Y-' and greater incere~. : .HisVertue, (w~1ichwe · mull fhll Judge the more worthy manyman) was compa~ . rable to that which was wont to.be found in t:hePr!imiti1!e 1Jijhops ofthe Church. AndhadHelived amongthof-eanci... ent Fathers, his Vertue would have fhiried; even amongil: thofe vertu0us men. And for hisLearnitzg~that was as ·well, ifnot "better known Gbroad, than refpect.ed-at home. And take him in hisLatitude, wewhich kneW;·him "\vell,knewnot any kin~le ~fLearhing to which h'e 'was aflranger; but in his profesfi.oq admirable. No.n~jlronger, thanhe, 'vhere he wrefiled with anAdverflry. Ao~ tbat~ellarminefelt; who was as weii able to {hif~ for himfelfe:. as any chat il:ood for the ~man party. None more ixa.'il, mO"rejudiciom than he} where he was to inflruCl: and informe others. And that, as they knew, which.oftei1 heard him preach, fo they may . learne,whichwill read~ this which he bath left behinde him.' · .And yet this fulnelf~ ofhis.~ateriallLearning,lefcroome enough in the temper of his braine, for almoft all Langua> ges,learnedandmoderne,tofeat.th~mfelves. So that his learn.. ing had all the helpes Language could afforp; and his Lan... guages learning enough for the beft Qhhem toexpreffe.· " Hisludgme11t,in the meane time,fo commanding over both, . as that neither of them was fuffer:ed'idly, or ~uriouflyto ihrt from, or fall fhort·of;their intended fcope. So'thatwe may better fay ofhim, then 'nvas fometime.s faidofC!audiUI Patm.Hifl. 7Jrufm ; He n>as of as many, andasgreat vertues,asmortaUna~ M. •· turecouldreceive, orindu/lriemaJ<.t perfe'J. And fincewe are l'lal.49· 10. b h h d r. · b · ·h ;r;, llfr d - ot taug t, an 1e~1t yexpertence, t atl:P!femen a'Jo tye~ andperijh togetherMn>ellas thei.gnorantandfoolijh, and though they lea"fle their riches, yet cannot difpofe theirwifedome to others: 'tis fit.we ihould be converfantin the writings ofwife andreligious men; that we may in part learne that in their " workes,which the dyingduthors had not power to bequeath unto us. -Thefe 'n1or.(_es then comming&om fo Grave, Learhed, ~nd"ReligiousanAuthor~have bm~o thjngs to doe in their · · · - - ---" - publifhing • ...
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