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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
Chapter 10: Of the Rule of true Love: the Love of God and our selves: similitude to these, the caus…
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And this kind of Piety we find Reciprocal, 1returning from the young ones upward▪ so the young Lyons are said to feed and provide for their old ones; which is also observed of Eagles, Sto•kes and other creatures. And hence we ⟨p. 87⟩read of [Greek or Hebrew], Laws, which receive their2 denomination from the Stork, providing that children should nourish and take care of their Parents in their distress. And for men, so great is the power of natural affection, that Parents desire nothing more, than to be excelled by their children; even vicious men (as Seneca somewhere speaketh) desire that their sons may be virtuous, and virtuous men that they may be more worthy and happy than themselves, as Hector prayed for his son.
And this kind of Piety wee finde Reciprocall, 1returning from the young ones upward▪ so the young Lyons are said to feed and provide for their old ones; which is also observ'd of Eagles, Sto•kes and other creatures. And hence wee ⟨p. 87⟩read of 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Lawes, which receive their2 demomination from the Stork, providing that children should nourish and take care of their Parents in their distresse. And for men, so great is the power of naturall affection, that Parents desire nothing more, than to be excelled by their children; even vitious men (as Seneca somewhere speaketh) desire that their sonnes may be vertuous, and vertuous men that they may bee more worthy and happy than themselves, as Hector prayed for his sonne.
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