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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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It is true indeed that some men are blessed with a greater excellency of gifts than others; yet we are not to think that any man was ever made, as Seneca speaks of Cato, In convitium humani generis, for a reproach of mens weakness, rather than for an example and encouragement of their actions: or for astonishment rather than emulation unto others. This being one end of Nature, in framing men of great virtues, not only that we might wonder and believe, and know that the same things which for the greatness of them, are the objects of our admiration, may as well for their possibility be the objects of our Hope; and the encouragements of our industry.
It is true indeed that some men are blessed with a greater e•cellency of gifts than others; yet we are not to thinke that any man was ever made, as Seneca speaks of Cato, In convitium humani generis, for a reproach of mens weaknesse, rather than for an example and incouragement of their actions: or for astonishment rather than emulation unto others. This being one end of Nature, in framing men of great vertues, not onely that wee might wonder and beleeve, and know that the same things which for the greatnesse of them, are the objects of our admiration, may as well for their possibility be the objects of our Hope; and the incouragements of our industry.
The third cause of Hope, may be large furniture with, or strong dependence upon the assistant mean• ⟨p. 248⟩of what is hoped for Helps in any enterprise are in stead of head and hands, to advance a man• design, which likewise is elegantly expressed by Diomedes and S•rpedon in Homer:
The third cause of Hope, may be large furniture with, or strong dependance upon the assistant mean• ⟨p. 248⟩