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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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—fixumque latronis1 Impavidus frangit telum, & fremit ore cruento.
- 1Aeneid. lib. 12.
With bloody mouth, and an undaunted heart, Breaks & tears from his wound the fastened dart.
With bloudie mouth, and an undaunted heart, Breaks & teares from his wound the fastned dart.
Which effect of Passions, I have before touched upon; neither is it always a corrupt effect, but only then, when there is in the Passion generative some distemper. In which respect of the Understanding and Will, (both which I comprise under one Name of Reason) I conceive the corruption to be principally these four; Imposture, or seduction; Alienation, or withdrawing; Distraction, or confounding; and Precipitancy, or a headlong transporting of Reason.
Which effect of Passions, I have before toucht upon; neither is it alwayes a corrupt effect, but onely then, when there is in the Passion generative some distemper. In which respect of the Vnderstanding and Will, (both which I comprise under one Name of Reason) I conceive the corruption to be principally these foure; Imposture, or seduction; Alienation, or withdrawing; Distraction, or consounding; and Precipitancie, or a headlong transporting of Reason.