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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 it was excellent counsel of Antisthenes the Philosopher, That a man should lay up such provisions, as in a Shipwreck might swim out with him such treasure as will pass and be currant in another World, and will follow us thither, which as the Apostle speaks, is to lay up a good foundation against the time to come
And therefore it was excellent counsell of Antisthenes the Philosopher, That a man should lay up such provisions, as in a Shipwracke might swimme out with him such treasure as will passe and be currant in another World, and will follow us thither, which as the Apostle speaks, is to lay up a good foundation against the time to come
The Internal Causes moving Desire, in regard of the subject or mind of man, may be different according to the different kinds of Desires spoken of before. The most general which respecteth1 them all is a Vacuity, Indigence, and self-insufficiency of the Soul: For having not within it self enough either to preserve it or to content it, it is forced to go out of it self for supplies; for wheresoever God hath implanted sensitive and rational affections, he hath bin pleased to carry them from themselves, and to direct them abroad for their satisfaction: by that means preserving the Soul in humility, and leading it as by Degrees up unto himself. Every creature though it have its life in its own possession; yet the preservation of it, it fetcheth from some things without. The excellentest creatures are beholding to the meaner, both for their nourishment, and for their knowledge. And therefore of all Graces, God hath chosen Faith & Repentance, as the chief means of carrying us to him, because these two do most ⟨p. 170⟩carry us out of our selves, and most acquaint us with our insufficiencies, Repentance teaching a man to abhor himself, & Faith to deny himself.
The Internall Causes moving Desire, in regard of the subject or minde of man, may be different according to the different kinds of Desires spoken of before. The most generall which respecteth