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…

Now this effect of Fear is generally in it self a corruption of it: For though I would have a mans dangers make him provident and solicitous in the forecasting future evils out of a sound and sober conjecture, according as are ⟨p. 293⟩the likelihoods of their event, and not have him flatter himself in a careless security, nor divert his Mind from such unwelcome and pensive thoughts, like Vitellius in Tacitus, who in the near approach of his fatal •ine, was Trepidus dein Temulentus, one hour Fearful, and the next Drunken, smothering in himself every thought of ensuing danger, and enduring nothing but I•cundum & L•surum; that which was pleasing, though harmful to him; yet I would not have the mind tormented with ungrounded Fancies, and preoccupate Evils to be no further effected than in our brain, because hereby it is made soft and irresolute, tumultuary and confused, and both ways much indisposed and disabled for Action.

Now this effect of Feare is generally in it selfe a corruption of it: For though I would have a mans dangers make him provident and solicitous in the forecasting future evils out of a sound and sober conjecture, according as are ⟨p. 293⟩the likelihoods of their event, and not have him flatter himselfe in a carelesse security, nor divert his Minde from such unwelcome and pensive thoughts, like Vitellius in Tacitus, who in the neere approach of his fatall •ine, was Trepidus dein Temulentus, one houre Fearfull, and the next Drunken, smothering in himselfe every thought of ensuing danger, and enduring nothing but I•cundum & L•surum; that which was pleasing, though harmefull to him; yet I would not have the mind tormented with ungrounded Fancies, and preoccupate Evils to be no further effected than in our braine, because hereby it is made soft and irresolute, tumultuary and confused, and both wayes much indisposed and disabled for Action.