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A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soul of man With the…A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soule of man With the…
A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soul of man With the several dignities and corruptions thereunto belonging. By Edward Reynolds, late preacher to the honourable society of Lincoln's Inn: and now rector of the Church of Braunston in Northamptonshire.A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soule of man With the severall dignities and corruptions thereunto belonging. By Edvvard Reynoldes, late preacher to the honorable society of Lincoln's Inne: and now rector of the Church of Braunston in Northamptonshire.
London: printed by R. Hearne and John Norton for Robert Bostock, 1640
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First of the Habits of the Reasonable Soul, and they are either Rational only, and in the Mind, as the Habits of Wisdom, of Principles, of Conclusions, of Art and Prudence; or besides that Virtuous and Vicious, conversant about Good or Evil Moral. Which are first the Habits of Practical Principles, called Synteresis; and next the Habits ⟨p. 552⟩of particular Virtues, whereby the Will is inclined and facilitated unto well doing. Unto the felicity of all which are required these four conditions.
First of the Habits of the Reasonable Soule, and they are either Rationall only, and in the Minde, as the Habits of Wisedome, of Principles, of Conclusions, of Art and Prudence; or besides that Vertuous and Vitious, conversant about Good or Evill Morall. Which are first the Habits of Practicall Principles, called Synteresis; and next the Habits ⟨p. 552⟩of particular Vertues, whereby the Will is inclined and facilitated unto well doing. Vnto the felicity of all which are required these foure conditions.
1 Justice and Rectitude disposing the Will to render unto God, unto our selves, and unto all others that which is theirs, and which of right we owe unto them.
1 Iustice and Rectitude disposing the Will to render unto God, unto our selves, and unto all others that which is theirs, and which of right wee owe unto them.
2 Prudence, discovering that which is in this manner Right, Judging of it, and directing unto it.