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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.
[Greek or Hebrew]1 [Greek or Hebrew] &c. ⟨p. 140⟩To Father, City, People, loss and blame; Joy to his foes, and to himself a shame.
〈non-Latin alphabet〉1 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 &c. ⟨p. 140⟩To Father, City, People, losse and blame; Ioy to his foes, and to himselfe a shame.
- 1Iliad. [Greek or Hebrew]. 51.Iliad. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. 51.
Secondly, Hatred worketh Confidence and some Presumption and good assurance of our own, or some assisting strength against evils. Which ariseth first out of the former: for Cau• lousnesse or Furniture against the onset of evil cannot but make the mind more resolute in its own defence, than if it were left naked without Assistance. Again, of all others, this is one of the most confident Passions, because it moves not out of sudden perturbations, but is usually seconded and backed with Reason, as the Philosopher observes;1 and ever the more Counsel, the more Confidence. Besides, being a deep and severe Passion, it proportionably calleth out the more strength to execute its purposes. There is no Passion, that intendeth so much evil to another, as Hatred; An-ger would only bring Trouble; but Hatred, Mischief; Anger would only Punish and Retaliate, but Hatred would Destroy; for as the Philosopher notes, it seeketh the not being of what it Hates. A man may be Angry with his friend, but he hates none but an enemy; and no man can will so much hurt to his friend, as to his enemy. Now the more hurt a passion doth intend, the more strength it must call out to execute that intention; and ever the more strength the more Confidence.