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This is a great impediment to the tranquillity of the mind. THIS IS A GREAT IMPEDIMENT TO THE TRANQUILLITY OF THE MIND
h of their former banquets is grown insipid, and delight hath left no piquant impression upon their palates ; by this means they break as it were the con- tinuity of life, and destroy the union of present things to the past ; and dividing yesterday from to-day and to-day from to-morrow, they utterly efface all events, as if they had never been. For, as those who are dogmatical in the schools, and deny the augmentation of bodies by reason of the perpetual flux of all substance, do strip us out of our- selves and make no man to be the same to-day that he was yesterday ; so those who bury all things that have preceded them in oblivion, Avho lose all the notices of former times and let them all be shattered carelessly out of their minds, do every day make themselves void and empty ; and they become utterly dependent on the morrow, as if those things which happened last year and yesterday and the day before were not to affect their cognizance and be occurrences worthy their observation, 15. ISURE AND REPOSE THE RELISH OF THEIR FORMER BANQUETS HAS GROWN INSIPID AND DELIGHT HATH LEFT NO PIQUANT IMPRESSION UPON THEIR PALATES BY THIS MEANS THEY BREAK AS IT WERE THE CONTINUITY OF LIFE AND DESTROY THE UNION OF PRESENT THINGS TO THE PAST AND DIVIDING YESTERDAY FROM TO DAY AND TO DAY FROM TO MORROW THEY UTTERLY EFFACE ALL EVENTS AS IF THEY HAD NEVER BEEN FOR AS THOSE WHO ARE DOGMATICAL IN THE SCHOOLS AND DENY THE AUGMENTATION OF BODIES BY REASON OF THE PERPETUAL FLUX OF ALL SUBSTANCE DO STRIP US OUT OF OURSELVES AND MAKE NO MAN TO BE THE SAME TO DAY THAT HE WAS YESTERDAY SO THOSE WHO BURY ALL THINGS THAT HAVE PRECEDED THEM IN OBLIVION WHO LOSE ALL THE NOTICES OF FORMER TIMES AND LET THEM ALL BE SHATTERED CARELESSLY OUT OF THEIR MINDS DO EVERY DAY MAKE THEMSELVES VOID AND EMPTY AND THEY BECOME UTTERLY DEPENDENT ON THE MORROW AS IF THOSE THINGS WHICH HAPPENED LAST YEAR AND YESTERDAY AND THE DAY BEFORE WERE NOT TO AFFECT THEIR COGNIZANCE AND BE OCCURRENCE AS WORTHY THEIR OBSERVATION
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