Diseases of the soul a discourse divine, moral, and physical. By Tho. AdamsDiseases of the soule a discourse diuine, morall, and physicall. By Tho. Adams

But there is a vicious, impetuous, frantic anger, earnest for private and personal grudges; not like a medicine to clear the eye, but to put it out. This pernicious disease of the Soul hath degrees. 1. It is inhumane; Tigers ⟨p. 15⟩devour not Tigers, this rageth against kind and kindred. 2. Impious; it rageth often against God; as that Pope upon a field lost against the Frenchmen: Sic esto nunc Gallicus. So, turn French now, &c. 3. Mad; for it often rageth against unreasonable creatures, as Balaam striking his Ass; how much is such a man more irrational and bestial, then the Beast he maligns? 4. It is more then mad, striking at insensible things: as Xerxes wrote a defying letter to Athos a Thracian mountain. Mischievous Athos, lifted up to heaven, make thy quarries passable to my travel, or I will cut thee down, and cast thee into the sea. But his revenge was neither understood, feared, nor felt. So the Africans being infested with a North wind, that covered their corn fields with sand from a mountain, levied an army of men to fight with that wind; but were all buried under the sand. So Darius, because a River had drowned him a white Horse, vowed to cut it into so many Channels, that a woman with child might go over dry-shod. We have some so madly impatient with a storm, wind &c. which might answer them, as Rabshaceh told the Jews: Am I ¹come hither without the Lord? it is he that sent me. This anger is immediately directed against God: the heart speaks Atheism, only in other words. 5. It is unnatural, for it ²maligneth a mans self. It is full of consternation and amazement, and never useth violence, without torment to it self. It thinks to offer wrong, and indeed suffers it.

But there is a vicious, impetuous, franticke anger, earnest for priuate and personall grudges; not like a medicine to cleare the eye, but to put it out. This pernicious disease of the Soule hath degrees. 1. It is inhumane; Tygers ⟨p. 15⟩deuoure not Tygers, this rageth against kind and kindred. 2. Impious; it rageth often against God; as that Pope vpon a field lost against the Frenchmen: Sic esto nunc Gallicus. So, turne French now, &c. 3. Mad; for it often rageth against vnreasonable creatures, as Balaam striking his Asse; how much is such a man more irrationall and bestiall, then the Beast he malignes? 4. It is more then mad, striking at insensible things: as Xerxes wrote a defying letter to Athos a Thracian mountaine. Mischieuous Athos, lifted vp to heauen, make thy quarries passable to my trauell, or I will cut thee downe, and cast thee into the sea. But his reuenge was neither vnderstood, feared, nor felt. So the Affricans being infested with a North winde, that couered their corne fields with sand from a mountaine, leuied an army of men to fight with that wind; but were all buryed vnder the sand. So Darius, because a Riuer had drowned him a white Horse, vowed to cut it into so many Channels, that a woman with child might go ouer drie-shoo'd. We haue some so madly impatient with a storme, wind &c. which might answere them, as Rabshaceh told the Iewes: Am I