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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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9 Be not Idle, Sluggish, Luxurious, we are never more apt to be Angry, then when we are sleepy or greedy. Weak resolutions and strong Desires are sensible of the least exasperation, as an empty ship of the smallest Tempest.
9 Be not Idle, Sluggish, Luxurious, wee are never more apt to bee Angry, then when we are sleepy or greedy. Weake resolutions and strong Desires are sensible of the least exa•peration, as an empty ship of the smallest Tempest.
Again be not •ver-busy neither▪ That man can hardly be master of his Passion that is not master of his employments. A mind ever burdened, like a Bow always bent must needs grow impotent, and weary, the fittest preparations to this distemper. When a mans business doth not poise, but press him, there will ever be something either undone or ill-done, and so still matter of Vexation. And therefore our Minds as our Vessels1 must be unloaded, if they would not have a Tempest hurt them.
Againe be not •ver-busie neither▪ That man can hardly bee master of his Passion that is not master of his imployments. A minde ever burdened, like a Bow alwayes bent must needes grow impotent, and weary, the fittest preparations to this distemper. When a mans businesse doth not poise, but presse him, there will ever bee something either undone or ill-done, and so still matter of Vexation. And therefore our Mindes as our Vessels1 must bee unloaded, if they would not have a Tempest hurt them.
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