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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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Another ill Effect of Fear, is a Dislike of whatever means Reason presents for the freeing of us, whence issue Inconstancy and continual Change of Resolutions, hating all Counsels when they are present, and recalling them when they are too far past▪ which Effect is elegantly described by the Author of the Book of Wisdom, who saith that Fear is a betraying of the Succours which Reason offereth: a submitting of them to the false interpretations of a crooked and prejudicate suspicion, which overcuriously discovering Weakness in all means, and making use of none, doth thereby betray Nature into the hands of Danger. *They say of a certain Fish, that it hath a Sword, but it hath not a Heart: a perfect Emblem of Fear, which though you put into Armour, yet you cannot give it Courage. And ⟨p. 294⟩†therefore as he said, an army of Lyons led by a Hart, would do less service than an army of Harts led by a Lyon, because in that case Fear would betray her own succours. And this I find a frequent observation, that Pavidis consiliain incerto. Fear ever dazzleth the Eye, and blindeth the Mind in all her Counsels: and Timor etiam auxilia reformidat. It is afraid of the very succours that are offered. And therefore it is noted as a great mastery of Ulysses over his Fears, that he could think and wisely advise what to do.
Another ill Effect of Feare, is a Dislike of whatever means Reason presents for the freeing of us, whence issue Inconstancy and continuall Change of Resolutions, hating all Counsels when they are present, and recalling them when they are too farre past▪ which Effect is elegantly described by the Author of the Booke of Wisedome, who saith that Feare is a betraying of the Succours which Reason offereth: a submitting of them to the false interpretations of a crooked and prejudicate suspition, which overcuriously discovering Weaknesse in all means, and making use of none, doth thereby betray Nature into the hands of Danger. *They say of a certaine Fish, that it hath a Sword, but it hath not a Heart: a perfect Embleme of Feare, which though you put into Armor, yet you cannot give it Courage. And