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A care-cloth
A care-cloth: or a treatise of the cumbers and troubles of marriage intended to advise them that may, to shun them; that may not, well and patiently to bear them. By William Whately, preacher of the word of God in Banbury, in Oxfordshire.A care-cloth: or a treatise of the cumbers and troubles of marriage intended to aduise them that may, to shun them; that may not, well and patiently to beare them. By William Whately, preacher of the word of God in Banbury, in Oxfordshire.
London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Thomas Man, 1624
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Fifthly, beware of suffering prejudice, example, humour, to sway you, in judging the lawfulness or unlawfulness of things. Be ready in ⟨p. 13⟩matters controverted, to change opinions, to think otherwise then thou hast thought, otherwise then thou hast been long known to think, otherwise then men of great esteem with thy self have thought; and beware that choler and melancholy do not dazzle thine eyes; and to that end, if thou beest inclined to either of these humours, be afraid of them, and yield less to thine authority because of them: for stiffness in opinions (a fruit commonly of the three forenamed things) is nothing praise-worthy. Constancy in express truths is a notable virtue; peremptoriness in matters not plainly revealed, is a vice, and not a virtue.
Fifthly, beware of suffering preiudice, example, humour, to sway you, in iudging the lawfulnesse or vnlawfulnesse of things. Bee ready in ⟨p. 13⟩matters controuerted, to change opinions, to thinke otherwise then thou hast thought, otherwise then thou hast been long knowne to think, otherwise then men of great esteeme with thy selfe haue thought; and beware that choller and melancholy doe not dazle thine eyes; and to that end, if thou beest inclined to either of these humours, bee afraid of them, and yeeld lesse to thine authoritie because of them: for stiffenesse in opinions (a fruit commonly of the three forenamed things) is nothing praise-worthy. Constancy in expresse truths is a notable vertue; peremptorinesse in matters not plainely reuealed, is a vice, and not a vertue.
And these be five general Rules, which will conduce much to the true freedom of the judgement. I will add as many more special Rules, which are these.
And these be fiue generall Rules, which will conduce much to the true freedome of the iudgement. I will adde as many more speciall Rules, which are these.