CXXV. Upon the sight of the Blinde and the Lame.
HEre is a true naturall commerce of Senses. The Blinde man hath Legs, the Lame man hath Eyes: the Lame man lends his Eyes to the Blinde, [ D] the Blinde man lends his Legs to the Lame; and now both of them move, where otherwise both must sit still and perish. It is hard to say whether is more beholden to other; the one gives Strength, the other Direction; both of them equally necessary to motion.
Though it be not in other cases so sensible, yet surely this very traffick of Faculties is that whereby we live, neither could the world subsist without it: one man lends a Brain, another an Arme; one a Tongue, another an Hand. He that knows wherefore he made all, hath taken order to improve every part to the benefit of the whole.
What do I wish ought that is not usefull? And if there be any thing in me [ E] that may serve to the good of others, it is not mine, but the Churches. I cannot live but by others: it were injurious if others should not likewise share with me.