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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.
Secondly,1 as anger hurteth the soul by blinding reason, so also it doth macerate and vex it by inflaming it with fury; for what greater torment can be imagined, then to have the mind distracted upon the rack of rage? As therefore we would account him a mad man, who with his own hands should set his house on fire and consume it: so alike mad is he to be thought, who will set his soul on fire with the raging flames of anger, wherein it is not only tormented in this life, but also (without repentance) ⟨p. 57⟩in the life to come it shall be tormented everlastingly; because unjust anger is murder in Gods sight, as appeareth,2 Matth. 5.22: and murderers shall not inherit the kingdom of God, but have their portion in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death: Revel. 21.8.3
Secondly,1 as anger hurteth the soule by blinding reason, so also it doth macerate and vex it by inflaming it with furie; for what greater torment can bee imagined, then to haue the minde distracted vpon the racke of rage? As therefore wee would account him a madde man, who with his owne hands should set his house on fire and consume it: so alike mad is hee to bee thought, who will set his soule on fire with the raging flames of anger, wherein it is not onely tormented in this life, but also (without repentance) ⟨p. 57⟩in the life to come it shall bee tormented euerlastingly; because vniust anger is murther in Gods sight, as appeareth,2 Matth. 5.22: and murtherers shall not inherite the kingdome of God, but haue their portion in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death: