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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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Of these two extremes, the defect is not so commonly seen, as that which is in the excess: And therefore we will here a little observe, what course may be taken for the allaying of this vehemency of our Affections, whereby they disturb the quiet, and darken the serenity of mans Mind. And this is done, either by opposing contrary Passions to contrary; 1which is Aristotle's rule, who adviseth, in the bringing of Passions from an extreme to a mediocrity, to incline & bend them towards the other extreme, as Husbandmen use to do those Trees which are crooked; or as dim and weak eyes do see the light best, when it is broken in a shadow: or else it is done, by scattering and distracting of them; and that not only by the power of Reason, but sometimes also by a cautelous admixture of Passions amongst themselves, thereby interrupting their free current: For, as usually the Affections of the Mind are bred one of another, (as the Powder in the Pan of a Gun will quickly set on fire that in the Barrel) as Grief by Anger, (Circumspexit […] cum […] â condolescens, 2He looked on them with Anger, being grieved) and Fear by Love;
Of these two extreames, the defect is not so commonly seene, as that which is in the excesse: And therefore we wil here a little observe, what course may be taken for the allaying of this vehemencie of our Affections, whereby they disturbe the quiet, and darken the serenitie of mans Mind. And this is done, either by opposing contrary Passions to contrary; 1which is Aristotles rule, who adviseth, in the bringing of Passions from an extreame to a mediocritie, to incline & bend them towards the other extreame, as Husbandmen use to doe those Trees which are crooked; or as dim and weak eyes doe see the light best, when it is broken in a shadow: or else it is done, by scattering and distracting of them; and that not onely by the power of Reason, but sometimes also by a cautelous admixture of Passions amongst themselves, thereby interrupting their free current: For, as usually the Affections of the Mind are bred one of another, (as the Powder in the Pan of a Gun will quickly set on fire that in the Barrell) as Greefe by Anger, (Circumspexit 〈…〉 cum 〈…〉 â condolescens,