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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Another cause of Fear may be *Newness of Evil: When it is such, wherewith neither the Mind it self hath had any preceding encounter, whereby to judge of its own Strength; nor any example of some other mans prosperous issue to confirm its hopes in the like success: For as before I noted out of the Philosopher, Experience is in stead of Armour, and is a kind of Fortitude, enabling both to judge and to bear troubles: for there are some things which he elegantly calleth them, [Greek or Hebrew]. Empty Dangers: Epictetus calleth them, [Greek or Hebrew]. Scar-crows, and Visors, which children fear only out of Ignorance: as soon as they are known, they cease to be terrible. As the log of timber which was ⟨p. 283⟩cast into the pond, did with the first noise exceedingly affright the Frogs, which afterwards when it lay quietly, they securely swam about. And this Ignorance and Inexperience is the cause that a man can set no bounds to his Fear. I grieve for so much Evil as hath befallen me; but I fear so much as may befall me; and the2 more strong and working my Fancy, the greater my Fear; because what I cannot measure by Knowledge, I measure by Imagination▪ the figments of Fancy do usually exceed Truth.
Another cause of Feare may be *Newnesse of Evill: When it is such, wherewith neither the Minde it selfe hath had any preceeding encounter, whereby to judge of its owne Strength; nor any example of some other mans prosperous issue to confirme its hopes in the like successe: For as before I noted out of the Philosopher, Experience is in stead of Armour, and is a kind of Fortitude, enabling both to judge and to beare troubles: for there are some things which he elegantly calleth them, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Empty Dangers: Epictetus calleth them, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Scar-crowes, and Vizors, which children feare only out of Ignorance: as soone as they are knowne, they cease to be terrible. As the log of timber which was