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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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It overthroweth the principal part of Gods worship invocation: for if we ⟨image 53⟩would compass the A•lter and there offer up the sacrifice of prayer and thanksgiving; We must first wash our hands in innocency Psal. 26. 6. And this the Apostle Paul requireth 1. Tim. 2. 8. That we lift 1up pure hands without anger. And our saviour Christ commandeth that before we offer any gift unto the Lord we first seek to be reconciled. Math. 5. 23. 2so long therefore as we continue in our anger we are unfit to pray, as it most manifestly appeareth in the fifth petition, where we desire so to be forgiven as we forgive: and because the Lord would have us deeply consider thereof, he thinketh it not sufficient to set it down in the Lords prayer. Math. 6. 12. but he again doth single this out of all other the petitions, & inculcates it the second time, verses 14. 15. If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly father will also forgive you, but if you will not forgive men 3their trespasses no more w•ll your father forgive your trespasses. If therefore we 4offer up this prayer unto God continuing in our Anger, what do we else but entreat the Lord that he will continue his anger towards us? A ⟨p. 47⟩notable place to this purpose we have. Eccl. 28. 1. He that seeketh vengeance shall find vengeance of the Lord, and he will 5