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Spiritual physic to cure the diseases of the soul, arising from superfluity of choler,…Spiritual physicke to cure the diseases of the soule, arising from superfluitie of choller,…
Spiritual physic to cure the diseases of the soul, arising from superfluity of choler, prescribed out of Gods word Wherein the choleric man may see the dangerousness of this disease of the soul unjust anger, the preservatives to keep him from the infection thereof, and also fit medicines to restore him to health being already subject to this raging passion. Profitable for all to use, seeing all are patients in this disease of impatience.Spiritual physicke to cure the diseases of the soule, arising from superfluitie of choller, prescribed out of Gods word Wherein the chollericke man may see the dangerousnesse of this disease of the soule vniust anger, the preseruatiues to keepe him from the infection thereof, and also fit medicines to restore him to health beeing alreadie subiect to this raging passion. Profitable for all to vse, seeing all are patients in this desease of impatiencie.
London: printed by Gabriel Simson for William Jones, 1600London: printed by Gabriel Simson for William Iones, 1600
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To the Christian reader.
Considering the universal infection of this contagious disease of the soul unjust anger, and the manifold pernicious evils which it worketh, both private and public, I thought good to prescribe out of Gods word, some remedies for those patients which are committed to my cure, whereby they might either be preserved from these fever-like fits, which cause men outwardly to shake, and tremble when as inwardly they are most inflamed; or else have their heat somewhat allayed and abated when they are already fallen into them. The which my prescript I thought at the first should have been communicated to no more then mine own patients, till I was persuaded by more skilful Physicians then my self, ⟨image 4⟩that the publishing thereof might redound to others profit. And therefore desiring nothing more then to exercise my poor talent to the glory of my master who bestowed it, and the benefit of my fellow servants, for whose good also I have received it, I willingly condescended to their motion. And for as much, as I had only shadowed a rude draught without colour or countenance, I was fain to take a review of my work, altering some things, and adding others as it were new lineaments, which I thought more fit for the Press then for the Pulpit. If any think me too quick in practise, they will (I hope) excuse me, if they consider that I make experience of my slender skill, not in the vital parts, but in the feet of the soul, namely the affections, and yet the curing of them, or but this one of them, may greatly redound to the benefit of the whole, for as the diseases of the feet do grieve the hart and offend the head, and the curing ⟨image 5⟩