No Discourse whatsoever, can End in absolute knowledge of Fact, past, or to come.  For, as for the knowledge of Fact, it is originally, Sense; and ever after, Memory.  And for the knowledge of consequence, which I have said before is called Science, it is not Absolute, but Conditionall.  No man can know by Discourse, that this, or that, is, has been, or will be; which is to know absolutely:  but onely, that if This be, That is; if This has been, That has been; if This shall be, That shall be:  which is to know conditionally; and that not the consequence of one thing to another; but of one name of a thing, to another name of the same thing.

Science Opinion Conscience And therefore, when the Discourse is put into Speech, and begins with the Definitions of Words, and proceeds by Connexion of the same into general Affirmations, and of these again into Syllogismes, the end or last sum is called the Conclusion; and the thought of the mind by it signified is that conditional Knowledge, or Knowledge of the consequence of words, which is commonly called Science.  But if the first ground of such Discourse be not Definitions, or if the Definitions be not rightly joyned together into Syllogismes, then the End or Conclusion is again opinion, namely of the truth of somewhat said, though sometimes in absurd and senslesse words, without possibility of being understood.  When two, or more men, know of one and the same fact, they are said to be conscious of it one to another; which is as much as to know it together.  And because such are fittest witnesses of the facts of one another, or of a third, it was, and ever will be reputed a very Evill act, for any man to speak against his Conscience; or to corrupt or force another so to do:  Insomuch that the plea of Conscience, has been always hearkened unto very diligently in all times.  Afterwards, men made use of the same word metaphorically, for the knowledge of their own secret facts, and secret thoughts; and therefore it is Rhetorically said that the Conscience is a thousand witnesses.  And last of all, men, vehemently in love with their own new opinions, (though never so absurd,) and obstinately bent to maintain them, gave those their opinions also that reverenced name of Conscience, as if they would have it seem unlawful, to change or speak against them; and so pretend to know they are true, when they know at most but that they think so.

Beliefe Faith When a mans Discourse beginneth not at Definitions, it beginneth either at some other contemplation of his own, and then it is still called Opinion; Or it beginneth at some saying of another, of whose ability to know the truth, and of whose honesty in not deceiving, he doubteth not; and then the Discourse is not so much concerning the Thing, as the Person; And the Resolution is called beleefe, and faith:  Faith, In the man; Beleefe, both Of the man, and Of the truth of what he sayes.  So then in Beleefe