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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 this kind of contentment doth not stupefy loose Desires, but change them, as the Cats Unum magnum was more worth to her than all the1 variety of shifts which the Fox did boast of, and one Sun doth more comfort us in the day than many thousand stars in the night.
And this kinde of contentment doth not stupisie loose Desires, but change them, as the Cats Vnum magnum was more worth to her than all the1 variety of shifts which the Foxe did boast of, and one Sunne doth more comfort us in the day than many thousand starres in the night.
- 1• Plat. de Solart. […].• Plat. de Solart. 〈…〉.
Again, Desires are either of things excellent, 1as the virtuous and spiritual desires of the soul whereby men move towards God; and these do neither load the heart, nor cloy it, but much rather open and enlarge it for more. No man was so well acquainted with God as Moses, who yet was the more importunate to know him better, I beseech thee show me thy glory, nor any man more2 acquainted with Christ than Saint Paul, who yet desired to be dissolved and to be with Christ nearer.3
Againe, Desires are either of things excellent, 1