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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 we fear in this Regard, Rigid and Severe Men, who are not ready to forgive, not to put Candide and Charitable Constructions upon what we do. Therefore when Cat• was present (who was virrigida Innocentia, a stern and severe1 Censor of the manners of Men) none durst call for the obscene spectacles of their Floralia, being more awed by the Authority of the man, than all lured by the pleasure of the Plays.
Againe wee feare in this Regard, Rigid and Severe Men, who are not ready to forgive, not to put Candide and Charitable Constructions upon what we doe. Therefore when Cat• was present (who was virrigida Innocentia, a sterne and severe1 Censor of the manners of Men) none durst call for the obscoene spectacles of their Floralia, being more awed by the Authority of the man, than al lured by the pleasure of the Playes.
- 1Liv. l. 3•. val. Max. lib. 2. •. 10 Vid. exam lib. 4 cap. 5.Liv. l. 3•. val. Max. lib. 2. •. 10 Vid. e•am lib. 4 cap. 5.
Likewise Busy and Garrulous men, because they enquire into our Crimes, and having disclosed, do divulge them. For which cause we fear in this case the Multitude, because an ill name is like an1 ill face, the broader it is drawn, and the more light it hath about it, it appears the more deformed. As a little Gold beaten into thin Leaves: a little Water drawn into a thin steam and vapour, seems