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…

Now the Corruptions herein are to be attended according to the Nature of that disparity whereon the passion is grounded; which sometimes is ⟨p. 128⟩Moral, wherein it is laudable to hate the vicious courses, in which any man differs from us, or we our selves from the right rule of Life; so that the passion redound not from the quality to the person, nor break out into an endeavour of his disgrace and ruin, except it be in such a case, when our own dignity or safety, which we are bound more to regard, being assaulted, is in danger to be betrayed, unless prevented by such a speedy Remedy. Sometimes this Disparity may be in actions Civill, and with respect to society: and then as the opposition, which hatred discovereth, may be principally seen in two things; Opposition of a mans Hopes, and of his Parts and abilities, by crossing the one, and undervaluing the other: So corruption may easily proceed from two violent and unreasonable grounds, Ambition and Self-love; the one pursuing its hopes, the other reflecting upon its worth. And to this particular may be reduced, that Hatred, which ariseth out of a Parity of Desire, as amongst Competitors for the same Dignity, or Corrivals for the same Love, or Professors of the same Art, either by reason of Covetousness, or Envy, or ambition, a greedy desire of their own, or a discontented sight of another's good.¹

Now the Corruptions herein are to be attended according to the Nature of that disparity whereon the passion is grounded; which sometimes is ⟨p. 128⟩Morall, wherein it is laudable to hate the viti ous courses, in which any man differres from us, or we our selves from the right rule of Life; so that the passion redound not from the quality to the person, nor breake out into an endeavour of his disgrace and ruine, except it bee in such a case, when our owne dignity or safety, which wee are bound more to regard, being assaulted, is in danger to be betrayed, unlesse prevented by such a speedy Remedy. Sometimes this Disparity may be in actions Civill, and with respect to society: and then as the opposition, which hatred discovereth, may be principally seene in two things; Opposition of a mans Hopes, and of his Parts and abilities, by crossing the one, and undervalewing the other: So corruption may easily proceed from two violent and unreasonable grounds, Ambition and Selfe-love; the one pursuing its hopes, the other reflecting upon its worth. And to this particular may be reduced, that Hatred, whichariseth out of a Parity of Desire, as amongst Competitors for the same Dignitie, or Corrivalls for the same Love, or Professours of the same Arte, either by reason of Covetousnesse, or Envy, or ambition, a greedy desire of their owne, or a discontented sight of anothers good.