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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 greatness and dangerousness of this disease appeareth by those great evils which it worketh,1 and that both private and public. The private evils concern either our selves or our neighbours. The evils which concern our selves are incident to the whole man, or to his several parts, the body and the soul.
The greatnesse and dangerousnesse of this disease appeareth by those great euils which it worketh,1 and that both priuate and publike. The priuate euils concerne either our selues or our neighbours. The euils which concerne our selues are incident to the whole man, or to his seuerall parts, the bodie and the soule.
- 1The dangerousness of anger showed by the evils which it worketh.The dangerousnes of anger shewed by the euils which it vvorketh.
The evils which anger bringeth to the whole man are divers. ⟨p. 48⟩First,1 it defaceth in us the image of God; for whereas the image of God doth specially consist in the virtues and graces of the mind, anger overthroweth them all, and first of all piety which is the chief of all, and the sum of the first table.
The euils which anger bringeth to the whole man are diuers. ⟨p. 48⟩First,1 it defaceth in vs the image of God; for whereas the image of God doth specially consist in the vertues and graces of the mind, anger ouerthroweth them all, and first of all pietie which is the chiefe of all, and the summe of the first table.