Ecclesiastes, or, A discourse concerning the gift of preaching as it fals under the rules of art shewing the most proper rules and directions, for method, invention, books, expression, whereby a minister may be furnished with such abilities as may make him a workman that needs not to be ashamed : very seasonable for these times, wherein the harvest is great, and the skilful labourers but few / by John Wilkins ...

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Ecclesiastes, or, A discourse concerning the gift of preaching as it fals under the rules of art shewing the most proper rules and directions, for method, invention, books, expression, whereby a minister may be furnished with such abilities as may make him a workman that needs not to be ashamed : very seasonable for these times, wherein the harvest is great, and the skilful labourers but few / by John Wilkins ...
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Wilkins, John, 1614-1672.
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London :: Printed by T.R. and E.M. for Samuel Gellibrand ...,
1651.
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"Ecclesiastes, or, A discourse concerning the gift of preaching as it fals under the rules of art shewing the most proper rules and directions, for method, invention, books, expression, whereby a minister may be furnished with such abilities as may make him a workman that needs not to be ashamed : very seasonable for these times, wherein the harvest is great, and the skilful labourers but few / by John Wilkins ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A66039.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 12, 2025.

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2. The Heathen Moralists.

The two chief Authors in this kind are Plato and Aristotle, men of clear reason and profound judgments, whose works are sufficiently known. But besides these, there is.

  • Antoninus.
  • Epictetus.
  • Hierocles.
  • Maximus Tyrius.
  • Plotinus.
  • Salustius. Gr. L.
  • Seneca.
  • Simplicius.
  • Stobaeus.
  • Plutarchus.

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Seneca in traducendis vitiis salsus est & elegans, ac vehemens etiam. De moribus nemo foelicius scrip∣sit * 1.1 quam Plutarchus, cjus libelli digni sunt qui ad verbum ediscantur, è quibus Basilius & Chryso∣stomus multa videntur hausisse.

Unto these may be added those Authors that treat concerning Naturall Divinity, The Religi∣on of the Heathen, or the Light of Nature, And the use of reason in sacred matters, and the like, such as

  • Coelius secundus.
  • Collius de Animabus Paganorum.
  • Lipsii manuductio ad Stoicam Philosophiam.
  • Marinus de cognitione hominis quoad lumine na∣turali attincre potest.
  • Musaeus de usu principiorum philosophiae & ra∣tionis.
  • Raimundi de Sabundis Theologia naturalis.
  • Nic. Videlii Rationale Theologicum.
  • Io. Vossius de Theologia Gentili.

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