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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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Again, though such evils may happily be in1 themselves but sleight, yet the very strangeness of them will work an opinion of their greatness: for as that of Seneca is true, Magnitudinem rerum […] sub duci•: that use makes small esteem of great things: so it will follow on the contrary side, that Novelty makes evil appear greater, as the way which a man is least acquainted with seems the longest.* And therefore the Romans did use themselves unto their gladiatory fights and bloody spectacles that acquaintance with wounds and blood might make them the less fear it in the wars.
Againe, though such evils may happily be in1 themselves but sleight, yet the very strangenesse of them will worke an opinion of their greatnesse: for as that of Seneca is true, Magnitudinem rerum 〈…〉 sub duci•: that use makes smal esteem of great things: so it will follow on the contrary side, that Novelty makes evill appeare greater, as the way which a man is least acquainted with s•emes the longest.* And therfore the Romans did use themselves unto their gladiatory fights and bloody spectacles that acquaintance with wounds and blood might make thē the lesse fear it in the wars.
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- *I•l. Capit•l. in Max m• & […]. Vid. […] Saturn.I•l. Capitl. in Max m & . Vid. Sturn.