The arte of logick Plainely taught in the English tongue, according to the best approued authors. Very necessary for all students in any profession, how to defend any argument against all subtill sophisters, and cauelling schismatikes, and how to confute their false syllogismes, and captious arguments. By M. Blundevile.

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Discipline is necessarie, but the Ceremonies of Moses are discipline, therefore the Ceremonies of Moses are neces∣sary: here you must denie the Consequent, because that of meere particulars nothing followeth: and to be short, when any Argument is made contrary to the rules of Figure and Moode before taught, the Consequent is not good, and therefore to bee denied, as here: euery couetous man doth violate the lawes of liberalitie; but euery prodigall man doth violate the lawes of liberalitie; therefore euery prodigall man is a couetous man: This Syllogisme, being of the second Fi∣gure, is made in Barbara, which Moode belongeth not to that Figure: But if the Argument fayle in matter, that is, when either one of the premisses, or both are false, then it may be confuted aswell by denying the false part, bee it Ma∣ior or Minor, as by vsing distinction: and to finde out the falsenesse of the matter, it is necessary alwayes to haue re∣spect to the Maxims of the places, from whence the proofe is fetched; for they doe shew which Propositions are true, and which are not; as for example in this Argument: No pain∣ted speach becommeth Philosophers, but eloquence is painted speach: Ergo, eloquence becommeth no Philosophers: here the Maior is to bee denied, because it is a false definition: for the true definition of eloquence is to speake wisely, aptly, a∣dornedly, and to the purpose, and not to vse painted wordes vainely: Againe, whoso worshippe•…•…h God the Creator, wor∣shippeth the true God; the Turkes worship God the Creator: Ergo, the Turkes worship the true God: This Argument is to be denied, because the Minor is false; for no man can truely worship God the Creator, vnlesse he worship also Iesus Christ his Sonne, which the Turkes doe not, and therefore they worship a fained Idole, and not the true God.