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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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CHAP. XX. Of the Causes of Joy. The union of the Object to the Faculty, by Contemplation, Hope, Fruition, Changes by accident a cause of Delight.
CHAP. XX. Of the Causes of Ioy. The union of the Object to the Faculty, by Contemplation, Hope, Fruition, Changes by accident a cause of Delight.
I Now proceed to speak of the more particular causes and1 effects of this Passion. Touching the former, not to meddle with those which are unnatural, belluine, and morbid (which the Philosopher hath given some instances of) The general cause is the natural goodness of the Object, and the particulars under that. Any thing which hath a power to unite and make present the Object with the Faculty. And that is done (to speak only of intellectual Powers)2 three manner of ways; by Contemplation, by Confidence, and by Fruition, by thinking of it in the Mind, by expecting of it in the Heart, and by enjoying it in the whole Man.
I Now proceed to speak of the more particular causes and1 effects of this Passion. Touching the former, not to meddle with those which are unnaturall, belluine, and morbid (which the Philosopher hath given some instances of) The generall cause is the naturall goodnesse of the Object, and the particulars under that. Any thing which hath a power to unite and make present the Object with the Faculty. And that is done (to speake onely of intellectuall Powers)