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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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Now the reasons why newness of evil doth thus work fear, may be many. For first, all Admiration is • kind of fear: it being the property of man, not only to fear that which is Against, but that also which is above our Nature, either in regard of natural and civill dignity, which worketh a fear of Reverence; as to parents, governors, masters; or in regard of Moral Excellency and Excesses above the strength of the faculty, which worketh a Fear of 1Admiration. Now then it is the property of every thing, that brings novelty with it to work more2 or less, some manner of admiration, which, (as the Honour of this ages learning calls it) is a broken knowledge, and commonly the first step, which we make in each particular Science: & therefore children are most given to wonder, because every thing appeareth New unto them. Now then when any evil shall at once fright our nature, & pose our understanding, the more our Ignorance doth weaken our Reason, the more doth it strengthen our Passion.
Now the reasons why newnesse of evill doth thus work fear, may be many. For first, all Admiration is • kind of feare: it being the property of man, not only to feare that which is Against, but that also which is above our Nature, either in regard of naturall and civill dignity, which worketh a fear of Reverence; as to parents, governours, masters; or in regard of Morall Excellency and Excesses above the strength of the faculty, which worketh a Feare of 1Admiration. Now then it is the property of every thing, that brings novelty with it to worke more2 or lesse, some manner of admiration, which, (as the Honour of this ages learning cals it) is a broken knowledge, and commonly the first step, which we make in each particular Science: & therfore children are most given to wonder, because every thing appeareth New unto thē. Now then when any evill shall at onc• fright our nature, & pose our understanding, the more our Ignorance doth weaken our Reason, the more doth it str•ngthen our Passion.