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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.
The desires of the Soul are of three sorts, according to the three degrees of perfection which belong unto man, Natural, Rational, Spiritual.
The desires of the Soule are of three sorts, according to the three degrees of perfection which belong unto man, Naturall, Rationall, Spirituall.
Natural desires respect [Greek or Hebrew] things of1 simple Necessity to the Being, Preservation, and integrity of Nature, as the desires which things have to their proper nourishment and place ad conservationem individui, for preserving themselves and to propagation, & increase ad conservationem speciei, for preserving of their kind.
Naturall desires respect 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 things of1 simple Necessity to the Being, Preservation, and integrity of Nature, as the desires which things have to their proper nourishment and place ad conservationem individui, for preserving themselves and to propagation, & increase ad conservationem speciei, for preserving of their kind.
- 1Arist. […]. lib. 7. cap. 6.Arist. 〈…〉. lib. 7. cap. 6.
Rational Desires are such as respect [Greek or Hebrew] such things as are Eligible in themselves, and the proper objects of right Reason, such as Felicy the common End of all rational Appetitions, Virtue the way, and external good things, as Health, Strength, Credit, Dignity, Prosperity, the Ornaments of humane life.