A20760:534
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.
Now that this desire of revenge is unjust and unreasonable,1 it appeareth by that which followeth in the definition. ⟨p. 26⟩And first because the causes thereof are unjust.
Now that this desire of reuenge is vniust and vnreasonable,1 it appeareth by that which followeth in the definition. ⟨p. 26⟩And first because the causes thereof are vniust.
- 1Sect. 4.
The causes of unjust anger are either internal or external.1 The internal causes are divers, as first, self love, whereby we so immoderately love our selves, that we never think of the injuries & indignities which we offer others, or else suppose them to be none; or else lightly esteem of them, as not worthy the recital; but on the other side, it maketh men heinously aggravate injuries offered unto themselves: and so to make huge mountains of small molehills; it causeth the heart easily to apprehend the wrong, busy in meditating of it being apprehended, eager in seeking revenge after meditation, and the hand no less forward in acting those tragedies which the heart hath invented. For by self love men are induced to think themselves worthy of all love and honour, and therefore if a small injury be offered unto them, they suppose that death is too small a revenge for so great an indignity offered to such worthy personages. Yea, if they be not so much respected as their haughty ambition desireth, or if others be preferred before them, and that deservedly, this is matter enough to provoke them to furious rage, not only against them of whom they are not regarded, but them also who are preferred in others judgement. And this is evident in the example of Cain, who because God respected the offering of Abel more then his,