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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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It is true, that in some cases, similitude is the cause of Envy; but this is only then, when first the quality wherein men agree, is a litigating and contentious quality: in which case, the meeting of such men in one disposition, is but like the meeting of two rough Streams, which makes them run with the more noise • Therefore, a wise and a meek-tempered man shall sooner win and hold the love of an angry man, than he, who is like unto him in that distemper; because such a man (though indeed he be Conqueror, in regard of his Wisdom) yet by ⟨p. 90⟩his Patience he seemeth to yield: and there is nothing which a mans Passion loves so much as victory. Whereas between Anger and Anger there must needs be fighting of affections, which is the remotest temper from Love.
It is true, that in some cases, similitude is the cause of Envie; but this is onely then, when first the qualitie wherein men agree, is a litigating and contentious qualitie: in which case, the meeting of such men in one disposition, is but like the meeting of two rough Streames, which makes them runne with the more noyse • Therefore, a wise and a meek-tempered man shall sooner winne and hold the love of an angry man, than he, who is like unto him in that distemper; because such a man (though indeed he be Conquerour, in regard of his Wisdome) yet by ⟨p. 90⟩his Patience he seemeth to yeeld: and there is nothing which a mans Passion loves so much as victory. Whereas betweene Anger and Anger there must needs be fighting of affections, which is the remotest temper from Love.
Secondly, when by accident, the quality, wherein men agree, doth any other way inconvenience them▪ either in point of credit, usefulness▪ or pro fit. For as the Sta•res, though they agree in light, yet Validiorum exortu exilia obscurantur,