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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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Lastly, because the Nature of man is usually more acquainted with sorrows, then with pleasures, therefore whither out of Conscience of guilt, which deserves no joy, or out of experience, which useth to find but little joy in the world, or out of fear of our own aptness to mistake, or out of a provident care, not to close or feed upon a Delight, till we are fully assured of our Possession of it, and because usually the Mind after shaking is more settled, whether for these or any other reasons, we see it usually come to pass, that vehement joy doth breed a kind of jealousy and unbelief, that sure •he thing we have is too good to be true […] and that then when our eyes tell us, that they see it, they do but […] and deceive us, as Quod nimi• volumu• •aud facile credimus:
Lastly, because the Nature of man is usually more acquainted with sorrowes, then with pleasures, therefore whither out of Conscience of guilt, which deserves no joy, or out of experience, which useth to finde but little joy in the world, or out of feare of our owne aptnesse to mistake, or out of a provident care, not to close or feed upon a Delight, till we are fully assured of our Possession of it, and because usually the Minde after shaking is more setled, whether for these or any other reasons, we see it usually come to passe, that vehement joy doth breed a kinde of jealousie and unbeliefe, that sure •he thing we have is too good to be true 〈…〉 and that then when our eyes tell us, that they see it, they doe but 〈…〉 and deceive us, as Quod nimi• volumu• •aud facile credimus:
The things which we desire should be, We scarce believe when we do see.