JEREMY TAYLOR.

By the eye of reason through the telescope of faith, that is,

Revelation, we may see what without this telescope we could never have

known to exist. But as one that shuts the eye hard, and with violence

curls the eye-lid, forces a fantastic fire from the crystalline

humour, and espies a light that never shines, and sees thousands of

little fires that never burn; so is he that blinds the eye of reason,

and pretends to see by an eye of faith. He makes little images of

notions, and some atoms dance before him; but he is not guided by the

light, nor instructed by the proposition, but sees like a man in his

sleep. IN NO CASE CAN TRUE REASON AND A RIGHT FAITH OPPOSE EACH OTHER.

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