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…

Other Desires are of middle things [Greek or Hebrew] ¹the Philosopher calls them; such as Wealth, Profit, Victory, Honour, which are not good in themselves, but as they are managed. And these Desires though not extinguished, yet are very much assuaged, and moderated by the weight and wisdom, of solid contentment. He was the wisest man then alive, and who knew all the quintessence, and what ever was desirable in the Creature, who said Da mihi panem Statutim• ²Give me the Bread of my Allowance; [Greek or Hebrew] ³so much as the quality of my place ⟨p. 173⟩and state requireth, which is that which our Saviour⁴ limiteth our desires unto, [Greek or Hebrew] our portion and dimensum, [Greek or Hebrew] in Saint James, daily food, and was pleased to answer that wise King in that his request, and to give us a record and Catalogue of his daily bread.

Other Desires are of middle things 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 ¹the Philosopher calls them; such as Wealth, Profit, Victory, Honour, which are not good in themselves, but as they are managed. And these Desires though not extinguished, yet are very much asswaged, and moderated by the weight and wisedome, of solid contentment. He was the wisest man then alive, and who knew all the quintessence, and what ever was desireable in the Creature, who said Da mihi panem Statutim• ²Give me the Bread of my Allowance; 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 ³