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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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CHAP. V. Of Passions, their nature, and distribution; of the Motions of Natural Creatures, guided by a knowledge without them; and of Rational Creatures, guided by a knowledge within them: of Passions Mental, Sensitive, and Rational.
CHAP. V. Of Passions, their nature, and distribution; of the Motions of Naturall Creatures, guided by a knowledge without them; and of Rationall Croatures, guided by a knowledge within them: of Passions Mentall, Sensitive, and Rationall.
I Now proceed unto the Soul of Man: of which, I must speak in a double reference; either according to its motions and impressions which it makes on the Body, and receiveth from it; or according to those more immanent perfections which it hath within it self: under the former of these, come to be considered the Passions of Mans Mind, with the more notable perfections and corruptions (as far as my weakness can discover) which the Soul and Body contracted from them.
INow proceed unto the Soule of Man: of which, I must speake in a double reference; either according to its motions and impressions which it makes on the Body, and receiveth from it; or according to those more immanent perfections which it hath within it selfe: under the former of these, come to be considered the Passions of Mans Minde, with the more notable perfections and corruptions (as farre as my weakenesse can discover) which the Soule and Body contracted from them.
Passions are nothing else, but those natural, perfective, and unstrained motions of the Creatures unto that advancement of their Natures, which they are by the Wisdom, Power, and Providence of their Creator, in their own several Spheres, and according to the proportion of their Capacities, ordained to receive, by a regular inclination to those objects, whose goodness ⟨p. 32⟩