A censure upon certain passages contained in the History of the Royal Society [by Thomas Sprat] as being destructive to the established religion and Church of England / [Henry Stubbe].

  • Stubbe, Henry, 1632-1676.
Date:
1671
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Credit: A censure upon certain passages contained in the History of the Royal Society [by Thomas Sprat] as being destructive to the established religion and Church of England / [Henry Stubbe]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tliofe Waters which have ferved to quoddle our FirtuofotCt r- tainly there is nothing but impoftute in this complement, & they muft be very eafy fouls that are deluded therewith. The Character he hath given of his First Studyes, and the abufes which under the perfon of Mr.Grcffe, are put upon all Vniverfity-men ultra -pag, 120. ] are fo deteftable, that he muft not expedupon the profundities of the Phi- lofophical courfe taught there, he lhould retain any efteem or regard for thofe Venerable Seats. He expatiates you fee upon all theFiRST Studyes, which contain Gram- mer, Rhetorick, Logick, Phyfics, Ethics, Metaphyfics. He recommends the Study hereof to the young Academi- ans, not becaufe they are ufefull, but becaufe they are REquiRED By The Statutes •, andadvifeththemonely to inable themfelves for the performance of their Exerci- fes 5 this is Requi s i t e, & F1 t . But for any thing more, if any man defigne that , tis ufeleffe abroad in the world of Adion, & renders the owner Pedantick & ridiculous: & he muft, by example of our Heroe^ repent thereof. Doth not this excellenly jufti'fy thofe harangues of fundry Virtuofi who every where diflwade the Nobility and Gentry from refold¬ ing to the Univerfities, and mifpending their time in No¬ tions, which affoord a great deale of Idle Emploi- ment for the Tongue in Combates of deputation < Have not thefe Gentlemen the Same Sentiments with the Redor of Pat he t If.’this Cenfure upon our Academick ftu- dyes were true, who would refort thither except to gaine a Scholarlhip, or Fellowlhip < and fubmit to that Educa¬ tion, unlefie it were to Rise by it C From that Philo- fophy, and thefe men, who would not with Mr. Gian- vitly divert his eyes and hopes, and fix upon thofe Methods which Plato & the Fecundity of die Cartesian prin¬ ciples doe inftrud us with? what fiiould any Noble man doe at Oxford or Cambridge ? Thofe are not the refidence of thofe generous men , that have converfed with Real Nature, undifguifed with Art & Notion: TheSEATs are more Ve n erab l e then the, prefent poftefl’ors. Did I injure