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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
Chapter 23: Of the affection of Hope, the Object of it, Good Future, Possible, Difficult, of Regula…
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Of this kind of Despair, there are three sorts: The one Sensual, arising out of an excessive love of Good, Carnal, and Present; and out of a secure contempt of Good, Spiritual, and Future. Like that of the Epicures, Let us eat and drink while we1 may, To morrow we shall die: The other Sluggish, 2which dis-hearteneth and indisposeth for Action, causing men to refuse to make experiments about that wherein they conclude before hand that they shall not succeed: The third Sorrowful, arising from deep and strong apprehensions of Fear, which betrayeth and hideth the succours upon which Hope should be sustained: as in the great Tempest wherein Saint Paul suffered shipwreck; when the Sun and Stars were hid, and nothing but Terror to be scene: All Hope that they 3should be saved, was taken away.
Of this kind of Despaire, there are three sorts: The one Sensual, arising out of an excessive love of Good, Carnal, and Present; and out of a secure contempt of Good, Spiritual, and Future. Like that of the Epicures, Let us eat and drink while we1 may, To morrow we shall die: The other Sluggish, 2which dis-hearteneth and indisposeth for Action, causing men to refuse to make experiments about that wherin they conclude before hand that they shall not succeed: The third Sorrowfull, arising from deep and strong apprehensions of Feare, which betrayeth and hideth the succours upon which Hope should be sustained: as in the great Tempest wherein Saint Paul suffered shipwrack; when the Sunne and Starres were hid, and nothing but Terrour to be scene: All Hope that they 3should be saved, was taken away.
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