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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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Thirdly, that our love keep in all the kinds thereof its due proportion, both for the nature of them, being towards some a love of Reverence, towards others of friendship, towards others of Compassion, towards others of counsel and bounty; as also for their several degrees of intension, which are to be more or less according to the Natural, Moral, or Divine obligations which we find in the persons loved. For though we must love All men as Our selves, yet that infers not an Equality, but a Fidelity and Sincerity of love; Since even within Our selves, there is no man but loves his Head and his Heart and other vital parts with a closer Affection than those which are but fleshly and integral, and more easily repairable. And therefore the Apostle limiteth the [Greek or Hebrew], the greatest degree of our love upon two objects, those of our own house, and those of1 the household of faith; not excluding others, but preferring these.
Thirdly, that our love keepe in all the kinds thereof its due proportion, both for the nature of them, being towards some a love of Reverence, towards others of friendship, towards others of Compassion, towards others of counsell and bounty; as also for their severall degrees of intension, which are to be more or lesse according to the Naturall, Morall, or Divine obligations which wee finde in the persons loved. For though wee must love All men as Our selves, yet that inferres not an Equality, but a Fidelity and Sincerity of love; Since even within Our selves, there is no man but loves his Head and his Heart and other vitall parts with a closer Affection than those which are but fleshly and integrall, and more easily repayrable. And therefore the Apostle limiteth the 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, the greatest degree of our love upon two objects, those of our owne house, and those of1 the houshold of faith; not excluding others, but preferring these.