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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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The next cause (which I shall observe) is Fear, I mean slavish Fear: for as Love excludeth Fear; so Fear begetteth Hatred; and it is ever seene: Qui terribiles sunt, timent: they that terrify others do fear them, as well knowing that they are themselves hated: for as Aristotle speaketh, Nemoquem metuit, amat; no man loves him whom he fears: which is the same with that of Saint John, Love casteth out Fear: not a Reverend, submissive, awful fear; not a cautelous, vigilant and obedient fear; not a fear of Admiration, nor a fear of Subjection; but a fear of slavery and of Rebellion, all flashes of Horror, all the tossings and shipwrecks of a torn mind, all the tremblings of a tormented spirit; briefly all evil and hurtful fear. And this I believe is one principal reason of that malice and contempt of godliness, which shows it self in the lives of Atheistical and desperately wicked men, which as it ariseth out of the corruption of nature, so is it marvellously enraged by the fearful expectation of that fiery vengeance, which their pale and guilty consciences do already preoccupate; for as their conscience dictates, that they deserve to be hated by God; so their stubbornness and malice concludes that they will hate him again; Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall dye.
The next cause (which I shall observe) is Feare, I meane slavish Feare: for as Love excludeth Feare; so Feare begetteth Hatred; and it is ever seene: Qui terribiles sunt, timent: they that terrifie others doe feare them, as well knowing that they are themselves hated: for as Aristotle speaketh, Nemoquem metuit, amat; no man loves him whom he feares: which is the same with that of Saint Iohn, Love casteth out Feare: not a Reverend, submissive, awsull feare; not a cautelous, vigilant and obedient feare; not a feare of Admiration, nor a feare of Subjection; but a feare of slavery and of Rebellion, all flashes of Horrour, all the tossings and shipwracks of a torne mind, all the tremblings of a tormented spirit; briefely all evill and hurtfull feare. And this I beleeve is one principall reason of that malice and contempt of godlinesse, which shewes it selfe in the lives of Atheisticall and desperately wicked men, which as it ariseth out of the corruption of nature, so is it marveilously enraged by the fearefull expectation of that siery vengeance, which their pale and guilty consciences doe already preoccupate; for as their conscience dictates, that they deserve to be hated by God; so their stubbornesse and malice concludes that they will hate him againe; Let us eate and drinke, for toomorrow we shall dye.