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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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And from this Ignorance likewise it is, that Timorous men are usually Inquisitive, as the Philosopher notes; and so the Prophet expresseth the Fear of the Idumeans in the War, Watchman! What of the Night? Watchman! What of the Night? Fear usually doubleth the same questions, as Grief doth the same Complaints. Therefore men in a fright and amazement, look one another in the face; one mans countenance, as it were asking counsel of another▪ and once more1 from hence grow the Irresolutions of Timorous men, because they know not what to do, no• which way to fly the things they fear: in which respect they are said to fly from an Enemy seven ways, as ever suspecting they are in the worst. Pavidei semper Consilia in incer•o, they never can have fixed and composed Counsels: and it is the usual voice of Men in their Fears, I know not what to do, I know not which way to turn my self; Trembling of Heart, and Failing of Eyes, Blindness and Astonishment: Ignorance and ⟨p. 284⟩Fear, do thus usually accompany each other. And therefore the Stoics make [Greek or Hebrew] and [Greek or Hebrew] a2 sluggish Affection of Mind, whereby a man shrinketh back, and declineth business, because of difficulty of danger which he observeth in it; and a Tumultuary and distracted frame of Mind, not knowing which way to take, to be amongst the kinds of this Passion of Fear. The Poet speaking of the Sabine Virgins, whom the Roman youth snatched away, and took to them for Wives, hath thus elegantly described this distraction of Fear.
And from this Ignorance likewise it is, that Timorous men are usually Inquisitive, as the Philosopher notes; and so the Prophet expresseth the Feare of the Idumeans in the Warre, Watchman! What of the Night? Watchman! What of the Night? Feare usually doubleth the same questions, as Griefe doth the same Complaints. Therefore men in a fright and amazement, looke one another in the face; one mans countenance, as it were asking counsell of another▪ and once more1