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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
Diseases of the soul a discourse divine, moral, and physical. By Tho. Adams.Diseases of the soule a discourse diuine, morall, and physicall. By Tho. Adams.
London: printed by George Purslowe for John Budge, 1616London: printed by George Purslowe for Iohn Budge, 1616
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The Dropsy and Covetousness, Causes. Disease. 6.
The Dropsie and Couetousnes, Causes. Disease. 6.
Physicians say, that the Dropsy is an error in the digestive virtue in the liver, bred of the abundance of salt and waterish flegme, with the over-feeding of raw and moist meats. It is distinguished into three sorts, Ascites, Tympanites, and Anasarca, or Hyposarca. Ascites is, when between the film called Peritonaeum (which is the Caul that covers the Entrails) much watery humour is gathered. Tympanites ariseth from windiness and flatuous causes gathered into the foresaid places. Hyposarca is, when the humours are so dispersed through the whole body, that all the flesh appears moist and spongy. Our spiritual Dropsy covetousness, is a disease bred in the soul, through defect of faith and understanding. It properly resides in the inferior powers of the soul, the affections; but ariseth from the errors of the superior intellectual faculty; neither conceiving aright of Gods all-sufficient help, nor of the worlds all-deficient weakness.
PHysicians say, that the Dropsie is an errour in the digestiue vertue in the liuer, bred of the abundance of salt and waterish flegme, with the ouer-feeding of raw and moist meates. It is distinguished into three sorts, Ascites, Tympanites, and Anasarca, or Hyposarca. Ascites is, when betweene the filme called Peritonaeum (which is the Caule that couers the Entrailes) much watery humour is gathered. Tympanites ariseth from windinesse and flatuous causes gathered into the foresaid places. Hyposarca is, when the humours are so dispersed through the whole body, that all the flesh appeares moyst and spungy. Our spirituall Dropsie couetousnesse, is a disease bred in the soule, through defect of faith and vnderstanding. It properly resides in the inferiour powers of the soule, the affections; but ariseth from the errours of the superiour intellectuall facultie; neither conceiuing aright of Gods all-sufficient helpe, nor of the worlds all-deficient weakenesse.