id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt uc1.31822035061092 Charron, Pierre Of wisdom : three books written originally in French by the Sieur de Charron ; with an account of the author ; made English by George Stanhope from the best edition, corrected and enlarged by the author a little before his death v.2 1697 .txt text/plain 256801 15679 79 Now every one at the very firſt hearing, underſtands by Wiſdom ſome particular and uncommon Accompliſhment, whereby a Man is diſtinguiſh'd and ſet above the Vulgar, by a greater Ability, and more maſterly Readineſ, whether in Good or Evil. ſhall do well to underſtand thoſe Commands of Purging away the old Leaven, and putting off the Old Man. From whence we may collect, that the moſt compendious and ſucceſsful method of planting the Chriſtian Religion among Infidels, would be firſt to eſtabliſh them in the Belief of theſe following Propoſitions. Now in order to moderate this Affectionate Farneſtneſs, and reduce the Mind to due Temper; every Man ought to remember, that the moſt important thing given us in charge by God and Nature, ſuch; though the World I know are generally ſatisfied, and trouble themſelves ſo little about underſtanding or attaining to any thing better, that { except a very few Wife Men,) they have no Ideas, no ./cache/uc1.31822035061092.pdf ./txt/uc1.31822035061092.txt