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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
Chapter 31: Of other Causes of Anger: first in regard of him that suffers wrong: Excellency, Weakne…
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Secondly, to a Plenary, Spontaneous Action, (such as I take most of Impudence to be) there are required Antecedenter, Deliberation, Approbation, and Assent▪ and Consequenter▪ Resolution, Perseverance, and Constancy. All which, as they take away the two principal conditions required unto Lenity; Confession and Repentance: so likewise do they add much to the weight of an injury, because an action which is thus exercised, is a work of the whole Man, and employs a perfect consent thereunto: so a perfect and complete enmity toward the person offendeth thereby. Whereas others are but the wrongs of some part, such as are of those of the will, led by an ignorant; or those of Passion, led by a traduced Understanding; and they too not of a part regular, but of an Unjointed and Paralytic part, which follows not the motion of a stayed reason; and therefore as they proceed from more disorder in our selves, so do they work less in the party offended.
Secondly, to a Plenary, Spontaneous Action, (such as I take most of Impudence to be) there are required Antecedenter, Deliberation, Approbation, and Assent▪ and Consequenter▪ Resolution, Perseverance, and Constancy. All which, as they take away the two principall conditions required unto Lenity; Consession and Repentance: so likewise doe they adde much to the weight of an injury, because an actition which is thus exercised, is a worke of the whole Man, and imployes a perfect consent thereunto: so a perfect and compleat en mity toward the person offendeth thereby. Wheras others are but the wrongs of some part, such as are of those of the wil, led by an ignorant; or those of Passion, led by a traduced Vnderstanding; and they too not of a part regular, but of an Vnjointed and Paralyticke part, which followes not the motion of a stayed reason; and therefore as they proceed from more disorder in our selves, so doe they worke lesse in the party offended.
Another thing which may raise and nourish this Passion, is any degree of near Relation between the parties; whether it be Natural by Consanguinity; or Moral, by Society, Liberality, or any