Pomponatius justifies in his Tract (so styled at least) _De immortalitate Animae_, Scaliger (who would forswear himself at any time, saith Patritius, in defence of his great master Aristotle), and Dandinus, _lib. Idem Aristippus Charidemo apud Lucianum Omnino stultitiae cujusdam esse puto, &c. Metus non solum memoriam consternat, sed et institutum animi omne et laudabilem conatum impedit. Hope on, Battus, tomorrow may bring better luck; while there's life there's hope. Medetur comitialibus, melancholicis, podagricis; vetatur senibus, pueris, mollibus et effaeminatis. If a man had been commanded to marry by God, being so formed as that no sensual delight accompanied, and refused to do so, unless this appetite and gratification were added,--then indeed! Now this is when the doctrine is necessary and thence comfortable; but where it is not necessary, but only very comfortable, in such cases it would be a narcotic poison, killing the soul by infusing a stupor or counterfeit peace of conscience.
I have learnt to interpret for myself the imprecating verses of the Psalms of my inward and spiritual enemies, the old Adam and all his corrupt menials; and thus I am no cheap airline tickets from south africa to usa as I used to be, stopped or scandalized by such passages as vindictive and anti-Christian.