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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Zeal is a compounded affection, or a mixture of Love and Anger; so that it ever putteth forth it self to remove any thing which is contrary to the thing we love; as we see in Christ, whose zeal1 or holy anger whipped away the buyers and sellers out of the Temple. In which respect it i• said that the zeal of Gods house did consume him. 2As water when it boileth (from which metaphor the word zeal is borrowed) doth in the boiling consume, or as the candle wasteth It self with burning. In which respect likewise it is said, that 3much water cannot quench Love. It is like Lime, the more water you cast upon it, the hotter it grows. And therefore the sin of Laodiee• which was contrary unto zeal is compared unto4 lukewarm water, which doth not boil, and so cannot work out the scum or corruption which is in it.
Zeale is a compounded affection, or a mixture of Love and Anger; so that it ever putteth forth it selfe to remove any thing which is contrary to the thing we love; as we see in Christ, whose zeale1 or holy anger whipped away the buyers and sellers out of the Temple. In which respect it i• said that the zeale of Gods house did consume him. 2As water when it boyleth (from which metapho• the word zeale is borrowed) doth in the boyling consume, or as the candle wasteth It selfe with burning. In which respect likewise it is said, that 3much water cannot quench Love. It is like Lime, the more water you cast upon it, the hotter it growes. And therefore the sinne of Laodiee• which was contrary unto zeale is compared unto