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…

And in Scriptures we are often quickened unto¹ courage against the Difficulties of our Christian Warfare by the Greatness and the nearness of the Aides, and the Reward which we Hope ⟨p. 262⟩for. Yea, so strong a power hath Hope over the² Resolutions of men that even the froth, and dream, and fancy of it in drunken men, maketh them as the Philosopher noteth marvellous venturous upon dangers, which Reason and sobriety would have taught them to fear. Solomon tells us of a Drunkard lying on the Top of a Mast, and I have my self seen a Drunken man climb to the Top of a Steeple. Which boldness proceedeth in such men from weakness and wilfulness of self-conceit, and Opinion, for come monly³ that strength, which a Drunken man looseth in his Reason, he gathers in his fancy, and as his judgement weakens, his Opinion increaseth. And we shall never find men more confident in their affirming, then when they know not what they affirm.

And in Scriptures we are often quickened unto¹ courage against the Difficulties of our Christian Warfare by the Greatnesse and the nearenesse of the Aydes, and the Reward which we Hope ⟨p. 262⟩for. Yea, so strong a power hath Hope over the² Resolutions of men that even the froth, and dreame, and fancy of it in drunken men, maketh them as the Philosopher noteth marvellous ventrous upon dangers, which Reason and sobriety would have taught them to feare. Solomon tels us of a Drunkard lying on the Top of a Mast, and I have my selfe seene a Drunken man climbe to the Top of a Steeple. Which boldnesse proceedeth in such men from weaknesse and wilfulnesse of selfe-conceit, and Opinion, for com monly³ that strength, which a Drunken man looseth in his Reason, he gathers in his fancy, and as his judgement weakens, his Opinion encreaseth. And we shall never finde men more confident in their affirming, then when they know not what they affirme.