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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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Another cause of Boldness (as I have formerly1 noted on that Passion) is strength of Love, as we see weak Creatures, in defence of their young ones, will set upon those that are strong, and the Tribune in A. Gellius, out of Love either of his Country,2 or of Glory, did not only advice, but himself undertake the executing of a service, where in he was before-hand certain to perish. And the same Author telleth us of Euclid, a Disciple of Socrates, 3who ventured in a disguise upon the evident danger of his Life to enjoy the Discourses and Counsels of his Master.
Another cause of Boldnesse (as I have formerly1 noted on that Passion) is strength of Love, as we see weake Creatures, indefence of their young ones, will set upon those that are strong, and the Tribune in A. Gellius, out of Love either of his Countrey,2 or of Glory, did not only advice, but himselfe undertake the executing of a service, where in hee was before-hand certaine to perish. And the same Author telleth us of Euclide, a Desciple of Socrates, 3who ventured in a disguise upon the evident danger of his Life to enjoy the Discourses and Counsels of his Master.
- 1[…] facichat A•or. Ovid Met. 4.〈…〉 facichat A•or. Ovid Met. 4.
- 2A. Gel. l 3. c. 7.A. Gell. l 3. c. 7.
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