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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.
The third internal cause of unjust anger is covetousness,1 for this vice maketh men desire much riches, and if their hopes fail them and be not correspondent to their desires, their unquiet and turbulent thoughts are fit harbingers to prepare a lodging in their harts to entertain anger. It maketh them undertake great matters, which when they are not able to compass, their harts are filled with vexation, and they become more wayward then children; or else if their covetous desires carried with the wings of ambition mount not so high a pitch, they basely stoop even to the most sordidous pray; and finding themselves unable to compass great matters abroad, they intermeddle with every domesticall trifle at home; and if they see any thing miscarry through the default of wife, child or servant, though it be of no value, their anger can contain it self in no bounds of reason. So that these men are angry abroad, but mad at home, choleric with every man which hinders or doth not further their commodity, but outrageous to their wives, children and servants, if they sustain the least loss.
The third internall cause of vniust anger is couetousnes,1 for this vice maketh men desire much riches, and if their hopes faile them and be not correspondent to their desires, their vnquiet and turbulent thoughts are fit harbingers to prepare a lodging in their harts to entertaine anger. It maketh them vndertake great matters, which when they are not able to compasse, their harts are filled with vexation, and they become more wayward then children; or else if their couelous desires carried with the wings of ambition mount not so high a pitch, they basely stoope euen to the most sordidous pray; and finding themselues vnable to compasse great matters abroad, they entermeddle with euery domesticall trifle at home; and if they see any thing miscarry through the default of wife, childe or seruant, though it bee of no value, their anger can containe it selfe in no bounds of reason. So that these men are angry abroad, but madde at home, chollericke with euery man which hinders or doth not further their commoditie, but outragious to their wiues, children and seruants, if they sustaine the least losse.
- 1Sect. 6. The third cause of unjust anger Covetousness.