A20765:139
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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Sect. 4.
Secondly anger is distinguished into three kinds in respect of the subject 1thereof: The first is of those who are soon angry and soon pleased. The second of them who are slow to anger and also slow in being reconciled. The third of those who are soon provoked ⟨p. 40⟩to anger, and also long continue in it.
Secondly anger is distinguished into three kindes in respect of the subiect 1thereof: The first is of those who are soone angrie and soone pleased. The second of them who are slowe to anger and also slowe in beeing reconciled. The third of those who are soone prouoked ⟨p. 40⟩to anger, and also long continue in it.
- 1A second distinction of anger in respect of the subject.A second distinctiō of anger in respect of the subiect.
For the first they may not unfitly be 1compared to flax which is soon kindled & set on fire, but soon also extinguished unless the flame be continually nourished with new matter: so their anger is easily inflamed by the least spark of occasion, but soon mitigated unless it be nourished with new provocations or their anger may be likened unto r in thorns which maketh a great blaze for the time, and yieldeth a crackling noise but soon goeth out unless a new supply of matter be continually added: so they are soon inflamed, but when their anger hath a little spent it self in words like the crackling of thorns, it is soon quenched and pacified.