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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 therefore they are elegantly compared by the Philosopher unto Cupping Glasses, which draw only the vicious humours of the body unto them, and unto Flies that are overcome with the spirits of Wine, but nourished with the froth. Like those Worms which receive their Life from the corruption of the Dead. And surely, the Prince of Devils may well have his Name given him from *Flies, because he taketh most pleasure in the ulcers and wounds of Men, as Flies ever resort unto Sores.
And therefore they are elegantly compared by the Philosopher unto Cupping Glasses, which draw onely the vitious humours of the body unto them, and unto Flies that are overcome with the spirits of Wine, but nourished with the froth. Like those Wormes which receive their Life from the corruption of the Dead. And surely, the Prince of Devils may well have his Name given him from *Flies, because hee taketh most pleasure in the ulcers and wounds of Men, as Flies ever resort unto Sores.
- *Ecclz•. Math. 12. 24. [Greek or Hebrew] v•rtunt 70. 2. Reg. 1. 3. [Greek or Hebrew] a•d Pa•san. lib. 5. & Clem. Alex. in Protreps. Myiode• v• cat Plin. l. 29. cap. 6.Ecclz•. Math. 12. 24. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 v•rtunt 70. 2. Reg. 1. 3. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 a•d Pa•san. lib. 5. & Clem. Alex. in Protreps. Myiode v cat Plin. l. 29. cap. 6.