Reader-Response Theory Texts - Religio Medici by Sir Thomas Browne (1642)

In this work, Browne muses on various topics including religion, spirituality, and how to live the good life. It's like a self-help manual from the 1600s.

Browne is a great prose stylist. Following Stanley Fish's lead, consider what Browne's prose style in the Religio Medici does to you as a reader. How does the prose style shape your reading experience?

As readers, how do we classify the Religio Medici? Is it diary? Is it religious confession? Is it a prose poem?