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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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• For the Dignity hereof it appears in this, That whereas in other less Considerable Perfections, other Creatures have an Exquisiteness above man, yet in this man excelleth all other Inferior Creatures, in that he is able to communicate the Notions of Reason clothed in sensible Characters unto others of his own kind. For though some melancholy men have believed that1 Elephants and Birds, and other Creatures have a Language whereby they discourse with one another; yet we know that those narrow and poor ⟨p. 506⟩Voices which Nature hath bestowed on them proceed only from the Impression of Fancy, and sensitive Appetite to serve themselves, but not to improve one another. And therefore Speech is called [Greek or Hebrew], by the Name of Reason, because it attendeth only upon Reason. And as by this the Soul of man differeth in Excellency from all other Creatures: so in two things amongst many others (both subservient unto Reason) doth his2 Body excel them too. First, in the Uprightness of his Stature, whereby he is made to look up to Heaven, and from his Countenance to let shine forth, the Impression of that Light which dwelleth within him. For the Face is the Window of the Soul▪
• For the Dignity hereof it appeares in this, That whereas in other lesse Considerable Perfections, other Creatures have an Exquisitenesse above man, yet in this man excelleth all other Inferior Creatures, in that he is able to communicate the Notions of Reason cloathed in sensible Characters unto others of his owne kinde. For though some melancholy men have beleeved that1 Elephants and Birds, and other Creatures have a Language whereby they discourse with one another; yet wee know that those narrow and poore ⟨p. 506⟩Voices which Nature hath bestowed on them proceed onely from the Impression of Fancy, and sensitive Appetite to serve themselves, but not to improve one another. And therefore Speech is called , by the Name of Reason, because it attendeth onely upon Reason. And as by this the Soule of man differeth in Excellency from all other Creatures: so in two things amongst many others (both subservient unto Reason) doth his