登陆注册
34884600000028

第28章

WHEN thou lookest upon the Imperfections of others, allow one Eye for what is Laudable in them, & the balance they have from some excellency, which may render them considerable. while we look with fear or hatred upon the teeth of the Viper, we may behold his Eye with love. In venemous Natures something may be amiable: Poysons afford Antipoysons: no thing is totally, or altogether uselesly bad. Notable Virtues are sometimes dashed with notorious Vices, & in some vicious tempers have been found illustrious Acts of Virtue; which makes such observable worth in some actions of King Demetrius, Antonius, and Ahab, as are not to be found in the same kind in Aristides, Numa, or David. Constancy, Generosity, Clemency, & Liberality have been highly conspicuous in some Persons not markt out in other concerns for Example or Imitation. But since Goodness is exemplary in all, if others have not other Virtues, let us not be wanting in theirs, nor scorning them for their Vices whereof we are free, be condemned by their Virtues, wherein we are deficient. There is Dross Alloy, &

Embasement in all human temper, and he flieth without Wings, who thinks to find Ophyr or pure Metal in any. For perfection is not like Light center'd in any one Body, but like the dispersed Seminalities of Vegetables at the Creation scattered through the whole Mass of the Earth, no place producing all and almost all some. So that 'tis well, if a perfect Man can be made out of many Men, and to the perfect Eye of God even out of Mankind. Time, which perfects some Things, imperfects also others. Could we intimately apprehend the Ideated Man, and as he stood in the intellect of God upon the first exertion by Creation, we might more narrowly comprehend our present Degene ration, and how widely we are fallen from the pure Exemplar and Idea of our Nature: for after this corruptive Elongation from a primitive and pure Creation, we are almost lost in Degeneration; and Adam hath not only fallen from his Creator, but we our selves from Adam, our Tycho and primary Generator.

同类推荐
热门推荐
  • 萌宠新世界

    萌宠新世界

    小萌宠耍萌撒娇真可爱,一路成长,偶得大机遇成就修仙之路!
  • 仙尊想要平凡生活

    仙尊想要平凡生活

    一不小心就把人界给毁了,徒儿现在很生气,我该怎么办,在线等,急!久居高位闲得慌?那就来一场说走就走的旅行吧!不行!师傅您身为六界之主,您要是走了,六界该怎么办啊?是嘛...那么,这六界之主,就不当了吧!老子出门游历去咯!等等师傅,您给我回来!可恶,待霜凌逮到师傅,师傅就死定了!等等...总感觉背后传来了一股冻人的气息...算了,劳资闹事去咯!
  • 唐高祖李渊(世界伟人传记丛书)

    唐高祖李渊(世界伟人传记丛书)

    唐高祖李渊(566—635),唐代开国的君主,姓李,名渊,字叔德,陇西成纪(今甘肃省秦安县北)人。世代显贵,受北周唐国公爵号,后受隋炀帝弘化留守,兼领潼关以西的军事指挥大权.见隋炀帝无道,天下大乱,运筹帷幄,起兵太原,定鼎关中,创建大唐,又横扫群雄,统一全国,实为一代创业之主.在位九年,传位于子世民,自称太上皇。贞观九年崩,死后庙号高祖。
  • 洪荒门庭

    洪荒门庭

    今生命尽,混沌重生。历洪荒年月,看遍那圣、那仙、那妖、那传说,有怎样不同。
  • 天行

    天行

    号称“北辰骑神”的天才玩家以自创的“牧马冲锋流”战术击败了国服第一弓手北冥雪,被誉为天纵战榜第一骑士的他,却受到小人排挤,最终离开了效力已久的银狐俱乐部。是沉沦,还是再次崛起?恰逢其时,月恒集团第四款游戏“天行”正式上线,虚拟世界再起风云!
  • 女帝太猛总裁要扛住啊

    女帝太猛总裁要扛住啊

    看着面前的某男,心里一阵腹诽:越来越不要脸了
  • 卡米洛

    卡米洛

    卡米洛是颗理想主义的半恒星半行星。当光源柱大部分集中在符文之地时,虚空之门开启了。而瓦罗兰大陆上没有绝对的弱者,在这大陆上最开始诞生的强者是:狮心;碎桶者;迅箭;和我最初的老师白须法师
  • 十年等待:严少好撩人

    十年等待:严少好撩人

    他把她压在身下,双眼用从未在他身上显现出的深情的凝望着她,脸和脸之间挨得很近,共同呼吸着同一缕气息。“混蛋!你干什么呢你,放开我!”他嘴角上扬着一抹弧度,用着玩世不恭的语气说:“我混蛋?那我现在就让你见识一下什么叫混蛋。”“啊!!!不要啊……”“宁儿,你让我等了十年,这次,我一定不会再把你放开。”说着,他俯下身,唇落于她的额头,眼睛,鼻尖…她放弃了挣扎,回应着他的吻,缠绵而又暧昧……他默默等她十年,只为给她,更好的自己,更好的未来。十年了,我怎么还可能错过你。
  • 执掌邪宗

    执掌邪宗

    鸷鸟之不群兮,自前世而固然。一本零售价十元的神秘武林秘籍,改变了叛逆少年方霁月的人生。 我,方霁月,魔宗宗主,为爱封魔,为爱疯魔!
  • 快穿之夜来沈醉拂洛舟

    快穿之夜来沈醉拂洛舟

    洛粥粥死了,见义勇为被车撞死的。死就死吧,还绑定了一个自称T26的系统。T26说,只要洛粥粥和它一起收集他家boss的灵魂碎片,就能让她复活,还能给她一百万。洛粥粥:才一百万,不干!我觉得死了也挺好。T26:五百万。洛粥粥:emmm……不干!T26:一千万,外加豪华大别墅。洛粥粥:成交!大佬,咱们什么时候出发?从此,洛粥粥踏上了拯救大boss(赚钱糊口)的路上。在收集完最后一枚碎片后,洛粥粥以为自己可以拿着钱逍遥快活。然鹅,大boss醒了,还不让她走了……洛粥粥:boss大人,我不要一千万了,也不要大别墅了,你放我走吧。沈醉:粥粥乖,我的钱和房全给你,留在我身边。被金钱迷惑了双眼的洛粥粥:大佬,我答应你。【1v1,双洁,甜宠】沙雕可爱少女和毒舌腹黑大佬的日常