...de" livered rhetorically, many expressions merely " tropical, and therefore many things to be ta" ken in a soft and flexible sense, and not to be " called...expression : " I -could be content {says he) to be nothing al" most to eternity, if I might enjoy my Saviour " at the last." He has little acquaintance with the...

...indeed, in his own preface, endeavonred to secnre himself from rigorons examination, by alledging, that "many things are delivered rhetorically, many...in. a soft and flexible sense, and not to be called nnt3 the rigid test of reason." The first glance npon his book will indeed discover examples of this...

...precipitate, upon a book thus in*jured in the transcription, quickly passed the press. ; and ReKgio Medici was more accurately published, with an admonition...rigid test of reason." The first glance upon his book wifl indeed discover examples of this liberty of thought and expression : " I could be content, (says...

...is one of the most risi• Dighy's Letter to Browne, prefixed to the Religio Medici, fol. edit. ble scenes in the farce of life. Who would not have thought,...expression : " I could be content," says he, "to be nothing ulmost to eternity, if I might enjoy my Saviour at the last." He has little acquaintance with the acuteness...

...there is a severe censure, not upon Digby, who was to be used with ceremony, but upon the observaior who had usurped his name: nor was this invective written...he, "to be nothing almost to eternity, if I might enjov mv Saviour at the last." He has little acquaintance with the acuteness of Browne, who suspects...

...expressions therein merely tropical, and as they best illustrate my intention ; and therefore also there are many things to be taken in a soft and flexible sense,...and not to be called unto the rigid test of reason. Lastly, all that is contained therein, is in submission unto maturer discernments ; and as I have declared,...

...expressions therein merely tropical, and as they best illustrate my intention ; and therefore also there are many things to be taken in a soft and flexible sense,...and not to be called unto the rigid test of reason. Lastly, all that is contained therein, is in submission unto maturer discernments ; and, as I have...

...rhetorically, many expressions therein merely tropical, as they best illustrate my meaning and therefore to be taken in a soft and flexible sense, and not to be called unto the rigid test of reason." The " Letter to a Friend" is a noble offering of personal sympathy and an eloquent illustration of religious...

...invective written by Dr. Browne,6 who was supposed • Digby's Letter to lirowne, vol. ii, p. xxix. to be satisfied with his opponent's apology ; but...thought and expression : " I could be content (says he6) to be nothing almost to eternity, if I might enjoy my Saviour at the last." He has little acquaintance...

...expressions therein merely tropical, and as they best illustrate my intention; and therefore also there are many things to be taken in a soft and flexible sense,...and not to be called unto the rigid test of reason. Lastly, all that is contained therein is in submission unto maturer discernments; and, as I have declared,...