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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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2 The next Rule to keep this Passion in1 order with reference unto inferior Objects is, that it be not an infinite and unlimited Desire. Appetite should answer our power to procure, and our strength to bear and to digest. We should not go about to swallow a Camel, when a G•at doth make us strain, Immoderate Desires can neither be satisfied, nor concocted. And this unboundedness of Desires we are to take heed off▪ for these reasons.
2 The next Rule to keepe this Passion in1 order with reference unto inferiour Objects is, that it be not an infinite and unlimited Desire. Appetite should answere our power to procure, and our strength to beare and to digest. Wee should not goe about to swallow a Camell, when a G•at doth make us straine, Immoderate Desires can neither be satisfied, nor concocted. And this unboundednesse of Desires we are to take heed off▪ for these reasons.
- 1Senec. de Tranq. l. •. Arian. Epict. lib. 1. •. 26.
1 First, for the unnaturalness of it: for all1 unnatural and unnecessary Desires are infinite, as the Philosopher hath observed▪ As he that is out of his way may wander infinitely. An unlimited Desire is only there requisite, where the ⟨p. 191⟩