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A DOCTRINE FOR YOU ONLY, 1584 - topics: travel,letters_books,angelic_spiritual

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24 May. - Daybook Entries. Records travel, letters books, angelic spiritual: Because E.K.

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Records travel, letters books, angelic spiritual: Because E.K. came not (according as it was bidden yesterday) to follow the Action, I went to his study door and knocked for him, and I requested him to come. And he refused so to do, and gave me a short and resolute answer, that he would never more have to do...

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A DOCTRINE FOR YOU ONLY, 1584

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travel,letters_books,angelic_spiritual

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Thursday. Because E.K. came not (according as it was bidden yesterday) to follow the Action, I went to his study door and knocked for him, and I requested him to come. And he refused so to do, and gave me a short and resolute answer, that he would never more have to do with these Actions. I asked him the reason why. He would give none, but earnestly denied to proceed. I told him that his words yesternight16 (that he could not this day deal) did very much grieve me, &c., whereof he made small account. So I went into my study again, and committed the cause to God. After half an hour and less, he came speedily out of his study, and brought in his hand one volume of Cornelius Agrippa his works, and in one chapter of that book he read the names of countries and provinces collected out of Ptolema:us (as the author there noteth)Y Whereupon he inferred that our spiritual instructors were coseners to give us a description of the world, taken out of other books: and therefore he would have no more to do with them. I replied, and said: 'I am very glad that you have a book of YOut own wherein these geographical names are expressed. Whereby you may perceive how your reason is marvellously confounded by your wilful fantasy: for so much as, wherein you would find fault in our spiritual instructors' doings, therein they have done that which I requested them, as appeareth: and that to the intent of known countries we might understand which angels had the government: for such purposes as occasion might offer or require our practices to be tried in. 'This,' quoth I, 'is too gross your error, and too wilful your wrangling. But I do in narrower points peruse and consider their words and doings: in which though sometimes my writings (after your declaration) hath been amended by them, yet the occasion of miswriting for the most part hath been either in your misreporting what you saw or heard, or in my wrong hearing or writing: and sometime by the spiritual present correcting of my writing, and sometime longer after, &c.' But for all this, E.K. remained of his wilful intent, and so departed to his study again: and I committed God his cause into his own hands, care and ordering, as may be best for his honour and glory. So be it.

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Thursday. Because E.K. came not (according as it was bidden yesterday) to follow the Action, I went to his study door and knocked for him, and I requested him to come. And he refused so to do, and gave me a short and resolute answer, that he would never more have to do with these Actions. I asked him the reason why. He would give none, but earnestly denied to proceed. I told him that his words yesternight16 (that he could not this day deal) did very much grieve me, &c., whereof he made small account. So I went into my study again, and committed the cause to God. After half an hour and less, he came speedily out of his study, and brought in his hand one volume of Cornelius Agrippa his works, and in one chapter of that book he read the names of countries and provinces collected out of Ptolema:us (as the author there noteth)Y Whereupon he inferred that our spiritual instructors were coseners to give us a description of the world, taken out of other books: and therefore he would have no more to do with them. I replied, and said: 'I am very glad that you have a book of YOut own wherein these geographical names are expressed. Whereby you may perceive how your reason is marvellously confounded by your wilful fantasy: for so much as, wherein you would find fault in our spiritual instructors' doings, therein they have done that which I requested them, as appeareth: and that to the intent of known countries we might understand which angels had the government: for such purposes as occasion might offer or require our practices to be tried in. 'This,' quoth I, 'is too gross your error, and too wilful your wrangling. But I do in narrower points peruse and consider their words and doings: in which though sometimes my writings (after your declaration) hath been amended by them, yet the occasion of miswriting for the most part hath been either in your misreporting what you saw or heard, or in my wrong hearing or writing: and sometime by the spiritual present correcting of my writing, and sometime longer after, &c.' But for all this, E.K. remained of his wilful intent, and so departed to his study again: and I committed God his cause into his own hands, care and ordering, as may be best for his honour and glory. So be it.