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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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To this branch of Contempt may be referred Forget fullness of friends and acquaintance, whereby we upbraid them with obscurity and distance, as well from true worth, as from our affection: For ⟨p. 319⟩Omnia quae curant, meminerunt, saith Tully: and Aristotle to the same purpose. Those things which we do respect, do not lye hid and out of our sight.
To this branch of Contempt may bee referred Forget fulnesse of friends and acquaintance, whereby we upbraid them with obscurity and distance, as well from true worth, as from our affection: For ⟨p. 319⟩Omnia quae curant, meminerunt, saith Tully: and Aristotle to the same purpose. Those things which wee doe respect, doe not lye hid and out of our sight.
Next hither may be referred all Ungrateful persons, who sleight those favours which they have1 received from other mens bounties, and out of a swelling and height of stomach, cannot endure to acknowledge any obligations; but desire to receive benefits, as Corrupt men take Bribes in the dark, and behind their backs, that so neither others, nor (if it were possible) their own eyes might be witnesses unto it: For as Tacitus speaks, Gratia oneri habetur,: such is the pride of some men, that they disdain not to be overcome in any thing▪ though it be in kindness. And therefore Ubi multum beneficiâ antevenêre, pro gratia odium redditur, saith the same Author: When they find themselves overladen with Love, the best requital which their high minds can afford, is hatred: which cannot but work a double Anger; an Anger against our selves and our own weakness in the choice of so unfit a subject for the placing of our benefits; and an Anger at that contemptuous Pride, which so basely entertained them.
Next hither may be referred all Vngratefull persons, who sleight those favours which they have