A20765:146
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. 6.
But here the choleric man will allege for himself, that he is hasty by nature Object. and therefore to be borne with. I answer, Answer. that we have not this nature by creation, for we were created according to Gods own image, who is slow to anger; but this corruption hath taken hold of us by reason of our original sin; and therefore we are not to excuse one sin by another, but rather earnestly to labour that this pollution may be washed away with the water of Gods spirit, who by his grace doth reform nature. For those who are regenerate by the holy Ghost, though naturally they be as ravenous and cruel as the Woolf and Leopard, they shall be made as mild and innocent as the Lamb and Kid: and though they be as fierce and furious as the Lion or Bear, they shall become as tame and gentle as the Cow or Calf, according to the Prophecy, Esa. 11. 6. 7. 1The Woolf shall lye with the Lamb, and the Leopard shall lye with the Kid; and the Calf and the Lyon & the fat beast together, ⟨p. 42⟩and a little child shall lead them, and the Bear shall feed with the Cow and their young ones shall lye together: not that regeneration doth take away nature and the affections, but because it doth partly subdue their violence and fury, and partly sanctifieth and reformeth them; so that whereas they were hurtful and and pernicious, now they are good and profitable to themselves and others, the quality and the object of them being altered. Their love which was immoderately set on the world and the pleasures of the flesh, is now fixed upon God, their neighbour, and spiritual things. Their ambitious hope which expected nothing but honours and riches now longeth after the presence of God and fullness of joy in the heavenly Jerusalem. Their timorous fear whereby they were restrained from doing good, and constrained to do that which was evil, because they would not displease men; is now a notable bridle to curb in their unlawful desires, and a sharp spur to prick them forward in the course of Godliness, because they would