[ 44. 0 ,] . who ha~. been Patriarch qf Alexandr!a ' after he ·;\vas Bam(ned. ' · · § rq. It 'i~ adreadful Jqpgm_ent ofGod that the .l1oder!landings of Learned men ihould be fo far f~rfaken; .~s fO m~ke the Mttjor pa·rt of ~he Chri~ fhan World not only the Partern, but the Law– fivers ~o the refr? ren.oundn~.hereby the comm~n ~xpeneoce of Mankmd ; ·It 1s Gods great Mercy that all Chrifiians agree in · the Elfentials ofChri11ianit'y : elfe they were not Chrifiians. ' In Chri.; .(lianiry w~ are united to them alJ. · But, i . Even *mopg ihe Heathens few were Philo{ophers; And among the fJhilofophe'rs·few found,and few ofone tv1ind ; ·Anq othh·s~ ~swell as SeneFa faid, Awife 1J1an muft b'econtent with je'1v Approvers: •The Multi- , tude wi?l tJQt ·underft and.· . · 2. 'Even Nature makerh ~Jut fevv Men of firong Wits. 3· Education giv.: ~ ~h fewMen the advantage·offdund teaching,and gh~at helps and le1fure. 4-' Few Men have patience t.o· hold ·on 'in hard Studies till they digdt the hurh.;· s·. Few Men efcape the fnares of Temp– ta tions to b'yafs ·tbeJil to fome corrupr opinion~ 01; way.· 6. rew Men·efcape the fle!hly w'oddly in~ ~ lina tio'n , .,,,hid1 ever :follo\veth worldly interefi. 7 . He would '' be 'thought no vVife Man himfelf; \vbo would' refer a-Controverfie about the Tran~ latiori 'ofa Hebi·ew or GreekText, .or adiQ-iculry ~n Pi\:inity, Philofophy, Afir?non]y ~Critici.fn:,&c. · f.~ the, Malo~Vote of t!Je Umverfity ~r MI'mfiers· e t <.England~ (or Drs. ettber;) ·J(. :/J.mes had more \~i j t rbari to make the ·Majority 'of the Clergy the . ]Hdges of lii s T ranllation·of -rhe Bible. -~ . We Jee:<irndi1gG'odly P~rfods -what various· degreesof l\ ri O\'vl ed'ge and V)rru'e, an'd· corifcquently diffe– f~~~ c ~ririi\;ns thei'e ?e. ?: Ic y actual'ly ·know'~ i;., J _! ; , 1 • • ' ~ >! ' ' ' "'- ~ • . ~- . ' ,. . ' that ' J ~ :--; ._f_:
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