The French Academie

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Excerpt from The French Academie: Wherin Is Discoursed the Institution of Maners, and Whatsoever Els Concerneth the Good and Happie Life of All Estates and Callings, by Precepts of Doctrine, and Examples of the Lives of Ancient Sages and Famous MenAll men haue of Feli citie, of T al lie: Orator, or qf-woor'ej Vtopia, that they containein themrather an Idea of good life, than f uch a platforme as may be dgawne from contemplation into aé'cion he hath ioined works with words, prafiife with precept and the fruits of rare examplesvwith the faire ¿owers of Philofo phicall ihftruétious But many are fo farre from concei uing any fuch exeellencic in them that'fo foche 'as they heare the name of Philofophy, they thinke they haue f ufiici: ent caufe to condemne as hurtfull, 'all the writings of Thi lo/bpherf, allead gin g that'fenten'ce of S Patele Beware lea¿l there he an] man that jjmile on through Philojhphy not con ii dermgthar the Apofile oth in the very next wordes ex pound himfelfe, and {heweth that he meaneth nothing els but the deceitfull conclufions/of mans reafon, difagreein g from the doétrine of Chrifi reucaled vnt'o vs in his word I: grant'that the word of God is 011e perfe&, and contai neth in it an abfolute rule both of pietie towardsgod, and humanitie towards men but it followeth not there fore, that we may not vfe the benefit of hum gne precepts, or tread in the {teps of heathen men fo farre foorth as their learning and lines di¿'ent not from the truth ofholy Scriptures Will any man refufe pearles bicaufe they are offered him in Safe veffels Or not vfe a light bicaufe it is not'put into a hluer candlefiicke And {hall we palte ouer without profite, .fo many good precepts and woorthy ex amples of learned men bicaufe they proceede from the twilight of naturall knowledge, and not from the cleerc funne-ibine of the word of God? Let vs rather harken to S. A@afiiae in his fecond booke of Chrifiian doé'trine, where he hath thefe words agreeing very fitly to this mat ter. E/fffor thofi (faith he) that are called Philofhpherr, if they A, la. 0 d, haxe wtred any tru'th agreeahle to ourfazth é dorz'ae (efpeeialh do ochnmpuim the Platonifh) we are not and] not to fieare rather to chal lenge itfiom them aafiom vniu¿pw'fe¿hm thereof. For a, the E gyptian: had 110: and] idol: and heaa] hardem, isvhieh the people of.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.