Five books of philosophicall comfort ... . reKhttU it reach the fiarry houfe^anAget to treade bright Ph&^uiwatesCcemr,toyntng ttfelfe in company with aged Sktunta Ugitfome rates,And trace the circles o](the ftarres^hieh. in the nig I t to 9s hdntngftai d there long enough eoe en beyond the Spsntke high?ft orbepartj^tr of the glorious ltg!;t,Vyherehighejl \\tng btt Scepter Inids^nd the worlds rainei doth guide /t+And in his Chariot /landing frr?netdoth euery thtng tn order fet [right, Prnto this feat when thou art brought t??j countrcy^?. ic ti cu didrr/orgef,Thou then
Five books of philosophicall comfort ... . reKhttU it reach the fiarry houfe^anAget to treade bright Ph&^uiwatesCcemr,toyntng ttfelfe in company with aged Sktunta Ugitfome rates,And trace the circles o](the ftarres^hieh. in the nig I t to 9s hdntngftai d there long enough eoe en beyond the Spsntke high?ft orbepartj^tr of the glorious ltg!;t,Vyherehighejl \\tng btt Scepter Inids^nd the worlds rainei doth guide /t+And in his Chariot /landing frr?netdoth euery thtng tn order fet [right, Prnto this feat when thou art brought t??j countrcy^?. ic ti cu didrr/orgef,Thou then wilt challenge to thy felfe/aying this is the glorious landWoere Iwas borne and ins his fotle my feet for euerm re/haft iltnd\Whence if thou & iedjift tohehoU the earthly might .wl icb thouhafi /eft91 ho e Tjraun:sy which th e people feare, will teem e eft, en true ho *nz b-rcjt. The II. Prose, That good men are powerful!, and euilimen weake. H (quoth I. ) How great things doeft thoti promife ? And I doubt not but thou N z canft. TSoetim his \ * Goodmen arepowerful],and cullraeawcake canft performs them, wherefore(by me not now; that thou hall:itirrei vp my defire. Firft then(quoth fhcjibat* good men areal-way powerful!, and eui.\ men ofno itrength, thou mayeft eafilykno;ve,.and the one is prousd bythe other. For fines that good andeuill arecon:raiie5,ifitbeconuin-ced, that good nefie is potent, theweakenefie ofeu-il will be alfo ; and contrariwise if wedif-cerne thefrailty ofenill, wecmuftneedes acknowledge the firmenesofgoodneife. But that our opini- on may be more certainely embra-ced y I will take both waies, confir-ming rriy piopofitions, fometimefrom one part,(ometime from an-other. There bee two all humane aftions areef-fected, will and power 3 of vvhicl if cPhilofophicall Comfort. \ 91 if-either be waning, there can no-thing be performed. For if therewant will, no man taketh anything in hand againi}: his will, andif there be not power. ti\e will
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