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…

And so much for the evils which anger bringeth to the whole man. Now we are to speak of the evils which it bringeth to his several parts, and first of his body. Whereas the body of man is excellent by nature, and far surpassing all other earthly creatures, anger doth so deform it, that it becometh more ugly and horrible then any of them. For it maketh the hair to stand an end, showing the obdurate inflexibleness of the mind: The eyes to stare and candle, as though with the Cockatrice they would kill with their looks: The teeth to gnash like a furious Bore: The face now red, and soon after pale, as if either it blushed for shame of the minds folly, or envied others good: The tongue to stammer, as being not able to express the rage of the heart: The blood ready to burst out of the veins, as though it were afraid to stay in so furious a body: The breast to swell, as being not large enough to contain their anger, and therefore seeketh to ease it self, by sending out hot-breathing sighs: The hands to beat the tables & walls, which never offended them: The joints to tremble and shake, as if they were afraid of the minds fury: The feet to stamp the guiltless earth, as though there were not room enough for it in the whole element of the air; and therefore sought entrance into the earth also. So that anger deformeth the body, from the hair of the head to the sole of the foot. How ugly therefore is anger it self, when the effects thereof ⟨p. 54⟩are thus monstrous in so beautiful a subject? How monstrously doth it deform the mind, when the signs thereof be thus horrible in the body?

And so much for the euils which anger bringeth to the whole man. Now wee are to speake of the euils which it bringeth to his seuerall parts, and first of his bodie. Whereas the bodie of man is excellent by nature, and farre surpassing all other earthly creatures, anger doth so deforme it, that it becommeth more vglie and horrible then any of them. For it maketh the haire to stand an end, shewing the obdurate inflexiblenesse of the mind: The eyes to stare and candle, as though with the Cockatrice they would kill with their lookes: The teeth to gnash like a furious Bore: The face now red, and soone after pale, as if either it blushed for shame of the minds follie, or enuied others good: The tongue to stammer, as being not able to expresse the rage of the heart: The blood ready to burst out of the veines, as though it were affraid to stay in so furious a body: The brest to swell, as being not large enough to containe their anger, and therfore seeketh to ease it selfe, by sending out hot-breathing sighes: The hands to beat the tables & walles, which neuer offended them: The ioyntes to tremble and shake, as if they were affraide of the mindes furie: The feete to stampe the guiltlesse earth, as though there were not room enough for it in the whole element of the aire; and therfore sought entrance into the earth also. So that anger deformeth the body, from the haire of the head to the sole of the foote. How vglie therfore is anger it selfe, when the effects therof