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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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Which is the reason why Philosophers prescribe the whole course of a Mans Life, to be only a meditation upon Death; because that being so great an Evil in it self, and so sure to us, it ought to be so expected, as that it may not come sudden, and find us unprepared to meet the King of Terror. For it is in the property of custom and acquaintance, not only to alleviate and assuage evils (to which purpose Seneca speaks, perdidisti tot 1mala si nondum misera esse didicisti, thou hast lost thy afflictions if they have not yet taught thee to be miserable) but further as Aristotle notes, to work some manner of delight in things, at first troublesome and tedious; and therefore he reckoneth2 mourning amongst pleasant things, and tears are by Nature made the witnesses as well of Joy as of Grief.
Which is the reason why Philosophers prescribe the whole course of a Mans Life, to be only a meditation upon Death; because that being so great an Evill in it selfe, and so sure to us, it ought to be so expected, as that it may not come sudden, and find us unprepared to meet the King of Terrour. For it is in the property of custome and acquaintance, not only to alleviate and asswage evils (to which purpose Seneca speakes, perdidisti tot 1mala si nondum misera esse didicisti, thou hast lost thy afflictions if they have not yet taught thee to be miserable) but further as Aristotle notes, to work some manner of delight in things, at first troublesome and tedious; and therefore hee reckoneth2 mourning amongst pleasant things, and teares are by Nature made the witnesses as well of Ioy as of Griefe.
- 1Consolatio ad Helviam.
- 2[Greek or Hebrew] […]. l. 1.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 〈…〉. l. 1.