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Four treatises tending to dissuade all Christians from four no less heinous then common…Foure treatises tending to disswade all Christians from foure no lesse hainous then common…
Four treatises tending to dissuade all Christians from four no less heinous then common sins; namely, the abuses of swearing, drunkenness, whoredom, and bribery. Wherein the greatness and odiousness of these vices is discovered; and the means and remedies, which may either preserve, or wean men from them, are propounded. Whereunto is annexed a treatise of anger. By John Downame Bachelor in Divinity, and preacher of Gods word.Foure treatises tending to disswade all Christians from foure no lesse hainous then common sinnes; namely, the abuses of swearing, drunkennesse, whoredome, and briberie. Wherein the greatnes and odiousnesse of these vices is discouered; and the meanes and remedies, which may either preserue, or weane men from them, are propounded. Whereunto is annexed a treatise of anger. By Iohn Dovvname Batcheler in Diuinitie, and preacher of Gods word.
London: printed by Felix Kyngston for William Welby, 1609
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Our English word anger is derived from the latin word ⟨p. 4⟩Angor, which either signifieth throttling and choking, or vexation and grief, because anger worketh both these effects if it be immoderate: for it stops the throat leaving no passage for words, and it vexeth and tormenteth both the body and the mind.
Our English word anger is deriued from the latine word ⟨p. 4⟩Angor, which either signifieth throtling and choking, or vexation and griefe, because anger worketh both these effects if it be immoderate: for it stops the throate leauing no passage for words, and it vexeth and tormenteth both the body and the minde.
And so much for the name:1 now we will speak of the definition. First I say it is an affection, for the whole essence of a man consisteth of these three things, body, soul, and affections, which do participate of both the other: now anger cannot be said to be a quality or property of the soul alone, for the material cause thereof is the boiling of the blood about the hart, nor of the body alone, for the formal cause, namely the appetite and desire of revenge stirred up by the apprehension of the injury offered, doth more properly belong to the soul, and therefore I call it a mixed affection proceeding from them both.
And so much for the name:1 now wee will speake of the definition. First I say it is an affection, for the whole essence of a man consisteth of these three things, body, soule, and affections, which doe participate of both the other: now anger cannot bee said to bee a qualitie or propertie of the soule alone, for the materiall cause thereof is the boyling of the bloud about the hart, nor of the body alone, for the formall cause, namely the appetite and desire of reuenge stirred vp by the apprehension of the iniurie offered, doth more properly belong to the soule, and therefore I call it a mixt affection proceeding from them both.