New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-08
VIEW PUBLICATIONS.
SIR THOMAS BROWNE.

typography, Dr. ii'' ~, of the onoint old
lection from the wTitin, VI ,'o 4u''o' Wv
.t,.i.;sn Of Norwich which VIII meet WIN
hearty welcome from every h"ef Vi noO''
thinking clothed in a garb of state'.t dno in
rressjye beauty sir Thomas Browne wa
jseply imbued with the best learning OF h''
Say; he vas habitualy conyersant with the
loftiest themes of speculatioU; his mlod was
grave and majestic in It's acton, but s'HiHP''
y lib childlike simplicity; be loved ~ ~
template tie submest mysteries OF ia'" ""'N
exercised strange charm over DIS nea.'' II
no reverence for tradt on imp"i'eu "''
pess of thought: every expression Vi n''
and opinions bears the signatures OF ''o
;nd;r;du.Itv. while his style EXHIBITS an eA'''
orotc splepdor that is perhaps WITHOUT 0'uH'
terpart in English literature. 40.
Iyo srbioip few passages from the ne
uo;o Med;ci.r which Will not only give pleasure
ID our readers, but awaken the desire ior
,nore intimate acquaintance with such pro
found and cordial writer.
DISPUTES IL RELIGION.
cou'd never divide myself from any u'aH ~ ~
tie oinereuce Of IN opinion or Dc ausf! WI" - na
.STt@llt " III NV -
wien wi hin q few DAYS should dissent III! Sei,
bee 40 --rs 10 disputes N rriinon, ana pave oiten
Thought il wirdom 10 decline ibeu e'ltc'aliy upoIa
dis,dvsutage. or when the cause Oh "I,n NJ a
,rfer if ne weakness Of my patronage "..ie NC
80. ~ Lao informed, is good 10 COuts. wiz, mei
$50 ourselves: but TO confirm ana est toilso our
o,ioin,- lis best 20 argue VIII JodSmeh's o.lo"
or own that the frequent II OILS ana welcomes over
trir r,-ou, may settle IN ourselves an esteem anu
,,,tr,..i COMMON OF our own. Every man If mol
....~ FOR tru.N
.,uutIe in the cause of verify; many RON the ~,
Torrance If these m.xms, and an inconslderaie zeal
for truth, have too rashiy charged the troops OF
error and remain as trophies unto ibe enennrs
Of truth. A man may be IN as losl possession
If truth a. OF d.y, and yet De Iorteu 10
surrerC,r. It's therefore lar better 10 ENJOY her
with reace than 10 hazaId Ter on battle; II
therefore there rise any doubts IN my way, do lor
get them or al least Otier them, uii IA! oeuer
etti.d ,sst n.ent uud more manly reason be able 70
se.ol,e item; Tor perceive ever! man own reason
j. his best tldinus ana WILL upon rea -ouaole truce
GUd a way 10 loose those bonds wbeiewlh The
suttleues If error have enchanted our mOre flexible
stnd tebC er judgments. In philosophy where tfuth
reerns doIJe-factd, there is 40 nah more psTadoMcai
than my.elf; but ~ divinity love 10 keep The
road: AID though Tot IN an implicit, yet an humble
fith follow the great WLeelO tLe church. BY winch
move. uOt reserying aoy proper poles or motion
fnu he tlcycie OF my own brain; by these means
lave 40 zap for heresy. sell ms orerroEs OF which
have 10 aiut or tincIure. must confess ny greener
studies have teen polluted With Two or three, not
snv hegCteu IN the Latter centuries but old ano
obsolete such as could never have been revived, bui
by such eXtFavag AID irregular beads as nine =;
Tor indeed Lereses Ivrh Lot with their authors, bot
Ike the liyer AreIhus4, tough they lose their
Tents IN place, they rise up sgaln IN another.
One general council is lot able 10 ex'irpate one
sing hesesy: lt may he cancelled for TIE preoeut
but revolution OF line, and Vie IKE aspects from
..HaI .rfgn.f
be condemned sgsil. For as though there was
uetengsy Ghosts auo Inc soul of one pa sed into
smother, opinio,s do iind, alter certain revolutions
and minds Ike those tbat hftt Legal them ID
see ourselves again, We need not loe FOR Plato
year: every man is not only himself; there haiti
been many DiOgenes, and as many Unions, though
but few Of that naEe: men are lived over again
sbe world is now as 1t was III ages past; there wa
none then, bus there hath been sCme one sinee TIA
parallel hin, and rs il were bic revived self.
NATURE BIBLE.
Thus there are two DO ks from whence | collec
ny divinity besides that written one OF God IN
oler Of his servant nature that universal and pub
MANUSCRIPT that lies au.ed unto The eyes OF all
those that never saw him IN tie one, have oi-coy
cred bin in tie other. Ills was the Scripture and
Theology Of the beatlens: he natural motion OF Tho
sun mace them m0Ie admire im than lie supernat
ural sts.icu did the Children Of Israel the orcinay
effect Of ugture wrought more admiration IN them
than IL the other all bis uiriCles: surely the hea
tbeDs knew tettsr how 10 JOIN aud read these niye-
teal letters than Christians, WHO cast more
careless eve upon these common hlerog phlcs and
di,dsin to suck divinity from the flowers vi nature
Nor do | 70 forget God as 10 adore the lame oil
nature: which define not, with he schools, TO be
the principle OF motion and res, but tnai straight
AID regular line that .etled aud constant The
wisd IN Of God hath ordained the actions Of bid
suie.. according 10 their several kinds. To make a
revolution every day. il the nature Of the sun, be-
csus. Of that necess ITy cOufse when Goa hath Or
dained it, fro which 1t cannot ,werve but by fac
uty rom that voice which first did give II motion.
Vow this course Of nature God seldom alters per-
veris but ike an excellent artist bath cOntryed
his work that with the selIsame instrument, without
a creation, he may effect bis 0bscurest designs
Thus be sweeteneth the water with wood pressry-
eth the creatures IL the ark, witch The blast OF his
mouth might have ne easily created; for Goo il like
sk HUI geOmetIiclan, WHO when mole ea-ily and
with stroke OF hs compass, he might describe on
divide night line had yet rather do this in circle
LONGER way, according 70 the consttuted and tore
laG principles Of lis art; We, this rule Of his be doth
sometimes pervert 10 acquaint the world witt hi.
prercgaiive lest the arrOgeHcy OF reason should
question Bis power aud conclude he could not And
thus call The effects q nature the works Il God
whose hand and instrument she onls il; and there
fore 10 ascibe bis actions unto Ler il 10 deyolye IA,
honor Of the principal agent upon the ins,romer,t
which II w.fh reason We nay %, Their LEI our barn
rers riss up and boast they have built ou
houses, and our pens receive tie honor OF on
whiting. 4 LOld there g genera ttaut'
in the works OF God, and therefore n
dsforuity ID any bind Of species whstsoeS er
cannot tell by what logic we call 4 toad, bear o
an elephant ugly, they being created in 'tbo.e on
ward shares aud figures which best express thos
selOls Of heir inward forms And having pace
ihst general Nsitatiou Of God, who that all tht
be rad made was good, that is. conormable 10 ii
Will which sbbors deiOrmty, sbd il the rule OF ordt
ana beauty; ihere IL 10 ceornity bat III monstrOily
wherein notwithstanding there il a kind f beauty
nature 70 iogeuiously coutriSing tue irregular part
tLat toey become sometimes more remarkable lha