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…

Now this Experience may be such, either as our selves have had, or such as we have observed other […] to have▪ […] which we have from our selves is the most forcible to […] this affection, because every man is the best […] of his own abilities. And it is that which […] forth influence and force into all our actions; nothing could more assure the hopes of David in his encounter with Goliath, than an experience formerly had against creatures every way as formidable, a Lyon and a Bear, wherein notwithstanding they were the sheep of Jesse, and not of God that were endangered. Thus the eye of Faith and Hope looketh both backward upon the memory of actions past, and forward with courage and resolution on second enterprises: For though in some cases it be requisite with Saint Paul to forget that which is past, when the remembrance of it may be an occasion of sloth, weariness, and distrust; yet there may a happy use be made of a seasonable memory in matters of difficulty, wherein haply our former successful resolutions and patience may upbraid our present fears, and sharpen our languishing and sluggish Hopes. O passi graviora, was the ⟨p. 244⟩best Argument which he could have used to put his fellows in confidence of that which he added:

Now this Experience may be such, either as our selves have had, or such as we have observed other 〈…〉 to have▪ 〈…〉 which we have from our selves is the most forcible to 〈…〉 this affection, because every man is the best 〈…〉 of his owne abilities. And it is that which 〈…〉 forth influence and force into all our actions; nothing could more assure the hopes of David in his encounter with G•liah, than an experience formerly had against creatures every way as formidable, a Lyon and a Beare, wherein notwithstanding they were the sheep of Iesse, and not of God that were endangered. Thus the eye of Faith and Hope looketh both backward upon the memory of actions past, and forward with courage and resolution on second enterprises: For though in some cases it be requisite with Saint Paul to forget that which is past, when the remembrance of it may be an occasion of sloath, wearinesse, and distrust; yet there may a happy use be made of a seasonable memory in matters of difficulty, wherein haply our former successefull resolutions and patience may upbraid our present fears, and sharpen our languishing and sluggish Hopes. O passi graviora, was the