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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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A fourth cause of Hope, may be Goodness and facility 1of Nature, whereby we find a disposition in our selves of readiness, to further any mans purposes and desires, and to expect the like from others; for it is the observation of Aristotle, touching young men, sud ipsorum innocentiâ cateros 2metiuntur. Their own goodness makes them credulous of the like in others. For as every mans ⟨p. 251⟩prejudice loves to find his own will and opinion▪ so doth his charity to find his own goodness in another man. They therefore who are soft and facile to yield, are likewise to believe, and dare trust them whom they are willing to pleasure. And this indeed is the Rule of Nature, which makes a mans self the Pattern of what it makes his Neighbour the Object.
A fourth cause of Hope, may be Goodnesse and facility 1of Nature, whereby we finde a disposition in our selves of readinesse, to further any mans purposes and desires, and to expect the like from others; for it is the observation of Aristotle, touching young men, sud ipsorum innocentiâ cateros 2metiuntur. Their own goodnesse makes them credulous of the like in others. For as every mans ⟨p. 251⟩prejudice loves to find his owne will and opinion▪ so doth his charity to find his owne goodnesse in another man. They therefore who are soft and facile to yeeld, are likewise to beleeve, and dare trust them whom they are willing to pleasure. And this indeed is the Rule of Nature, which makes a mans selfe the Patterne of what it makes his Neighbour the Object.
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