Five books of philosophicall comfort ... . ngRules them with Lordly might+Fnmhim they Andfpring]Be a: their law and tudge deuidestheir right•Thofe things ywhofe courfeAfoftfwiftly (lidesaway,His might doth of en backwardforce, And Thilofophicall Comfort* Andfuddenlj their wandring mot ion vwlen e fhontd found,And l hem which elfe would runne At lengthyShould bringwithin she compare of arotmdiThat firm? decreeWhich now doth alladomeWould foone dcHroid and broken beeyThings bemgfarrefrow their beginning borne*.This powerful! hueIs common vnto allW hichf
Five books of philosophicall comfort ... . ngRules them with Lordly might+Fnmhim they Andfpring]Be a: their law and tudge deuidestheir right•Thofe things ywhofe courfeAfoftfwiftly (lidesaway,His might doth of en backwardforce, And Thilofophicall Comfort* Andfuddenlj their wandring mot ion vwlen e fhontd found,And l hem which elfe would runne At lengthyShould bringwithin she compare of arotmdiThat firm? decreeWhich now doth alladomeWould foone dcHroid and broken beeyThings bemgfarrefrow their beginning borne*.This powerful! hueIs common vnto allW hichfor defire of good dee moneBacke to the fpringsjrom whence thtjfirjl did wordlj thingCan a contin nance haueVnlejfe lone backe agame it bringsVntothecaufe^whichpr^ thee[feneegaue? The V1L Prose. .Allfortune is now, whatfolloweth ofal^that vvc hauhetherto (aid?what?(quothI.)That (qnothfhe)all mancr offortune is good; How can that bee?(quoth I ^Beattcntiue^uothfheJfince that al fortune,be it pleating or vrplea-. TSoetim his vnplea(ing,is directed to the rewai dorexercile or the good, and to thepunifhment and direction of thewicked, it is manifeft, it is all good,fincc it is all iuft, or profitable. Thyrcafonisverytrue(quo:hI)and ifI conflder prouidence & fate,whichthou diddeft explicate a little before,thy opinion is well grounded* Butif thou pleafeft let vs account it a-mong thole, wi ;ich thou not longfince Iuppofedft incredible. What ?(quoth fhe)Becau(emen common-ly vfe to lay, and tepeat, that fomehaue ill fortune: Shall wee (quothfliee) frame our fpeech to the vulgarphrafe^leaftweieeme to haue as itwere forfaken the vie of humaneconuerfation ? As it plealeth thee(quoth 1. ) Doeft thou not thinkethen that that is good,which is pro-fitable ? Yes (quoth I.) But that, which Tbilofophicall Qomfort. j *-8 which either exercifetn, or correct-ed^, is profitable. It istrue(quothIJ It is good then. VVhy not? Butthis is die eftate of tliem,who beingei her ve
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