And the will therein lieth, which dieth not. Who knoweth the mysteries of the will, with its vigor? For God is but a great will pervading all things by nature of its intentness, Man doth not yield himself to the angels, nor unto death utterly, save only through the weakness of his feeble will.
Joseph GlanvillHow the purer spirit is united to his clod, is a knot too hard for fallen humanity to untie.
Joseph GlanvillThe union of a sect within itself is a pitiful charity; it's no concord of Christians, but a conspiracy against Christ; and they that love one another for their opinionative concurrence, love for their own sakes, not their Lord's.
Joseph GlanvillAnd for mathematical science, he that doubts their certainty hath need of a dose of hellebore.
Joseph GlanvillThey that never peeped beyond the common belief in which their easy understandings were at first indoctrinated are strongly assured of the truth of their receptions.
Joseph Glanvill