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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 13: Of the other Causes of Hatred, Secret Antipathy, Difficulty of procuring a Good command…
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CHAP. XIII. Of the other Causes of Hatred, Secret Antipathy, Difficulty of procuring a Good commanded, Injury, Base Fears, Disparity of Desires, a Fixed Jealous Fancy.
CHAP. XIII. Of the other Causes of Hatred, Secret Antipathy, Difficulty of procuring a Good commanded, Injury, Base Feares, Disparity of Desires, a Fixed Iealous Fancy.
The first which I shall note is1 a secret and hidden Antipathy which is in the natures of some things one against another. As Vultures are killed with sweet smells, and Horse-flies with ointments; the Locust will die at the sight of the Polypus, and the Serpent will rather fly into the fire, than come near the boughs of a wild Ash: some plants will not grow, nor the blood of some Creatures mingle together; the feathers of the Eagle will not mix with the feathers of other fowls. So Homer noteth of the Lyon, that he feareth fire, and the Elephant nauseates his meat, if a Mouse have touched it. A world more of particulars there are which Naturalists have observed of this kind: from which natural Antipathy it cometh, that things which never before saw that which is contrary to them, do yet at the very first sight fly from it, as from an enemy to2 their nature, nor will they ever be brought by discipline to trust one another.
THe first which I shall note is1 a secret and hidden Antipathy which is in the natures of some things one against another. As Vultures are killed with sweet smells, and Horse-flies with oyntments; the Locust will die at the sight of the Polypus, and the Serpent wil rather flye into the fire, than come neere the boughes of a wild Ash: some plants will not grow, nor the blood of some Creatures mingle together; the feathers of the Eagle will not mixe with the feathers of other foules. So Homer noteth of the Lyon, that hee feareth fire, and the Elephant nauseates his meat, if a Mouse have touched it. A world more of particulars there are which Naturalists have observed of this kind: from which naturall Antipathy it commeth, that things which never before saw that which is contrary to them, doe yet at the very first sight flye from it, as from an enemy to