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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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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⟩Grief unto the one, doth work Joy unto the3 other. And therefore Thales being asked how a Man might be cheerful and bear up in afflictions, answered: If he can see his enemies in worse case than himself. The Poet hath given us the Character of such kind of Men:
From this followeth another evill Effect,1 which I will but name, being of the same Nature with Envy; and it is that which Philosophers call 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 a rejoycing at the calamity of him whom wee hate, a quality like that of those who are reported to have *been nourished with poyson. For as in Love there is a mutuall partaking of the same loyes and Sorrowes (for where the will and affections are one, the senses are in some sort likewise) so Hatred ever worketh contrarietie of affections: That which worketh ⟨p. 157⟩Griefe unto the one, doth worke Ioy unto the3 other. And therefore Thales being asked how a Man might bee cheerfull and beare up in afflictions, answered: If hee can see his enemies in worse case than himselfe. The Poet hath given us the Character of such kinde of Men: