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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
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And here we may observe the mutual and interchangeable services, which corrupt affections exercise amongst themselves: For as Philosophy observes in the generation of those cold Meteors which are drawn to the middle region of the Air, they are first by the coldness of the place congealed, and afterward do by the like impressions fortify and intend the same quality in the Region: so here Hatred first generates Envy; and this again doth reciprocally increase Hatred, and both join in mischief. So much the more hurtful to the Soul, wherein they are, than to the Enemy whom they respect, by how much they are more near and inward thereunto: for certainly a malignant humour doth most hurt where it harboureth.
And here we may observe the mutuall and interchangable services, which corrupt affections exercise amongst themselves: For as Philosophy observes in the generation of those cold Meteors which are drawne to the middle region of the Aire, they are first by the coldnesse of the place congealed, and afterward doe by the like impressions fortify and intend the same quality in the Region: so here Hatred first generates Envy; and this againe doth reciprocally increase Hatred, and both ioyne in mischiefe. So much the more hurtfull to the Soule, wherein they are, than to the Enemy whom they respect, by how much they are more neer and inward thereunto: for certainly a malignant humour doth most hurt where it harboureth.
From this followeth another evil Effect,1 which I will but name, being of the same Nature with Envy; and it is that which Philosophers call [Greek or Hebrew] a rejoicing at the calamity of him whom we hate, a quality like that of those who are reported to have *been nourished with poison. For as in Love there is a mutual partaking of the same loyes and Sorrows (for where the will and affections are one, the senses are in some sort likewise) so Hatred ever worketh contrariety of affections: That which worketh ⟨p. 157⟩