A20765:167
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. 2.
Secondly as it defaceth in us the image of God, so it doth make us like 1unto Satan, for he is the spirit of dissension, wrath and revenge, as God is a spirit of love and peace. It is the nature of Satan to delight in rage and fury, for he is a murderer from the beginning, Joh. 8. 44. not only murdering 2himself, but provoking others to murder, by filling their harts with wrath and revenge. And this the Heathens were not ignorant of; for they called these wicked spirits which are the authors of anger, dissension, and revenge, furies, because they filled mens minds with fury and madness.
Secondlie as it defaceth in vs the image of God, so it doth make vs like 1vnto Sathan, for hee is the spirit of discension, wrath and reuenge, as God is a spirit of loue and peace. It is the nature of Sathan to delight in rage and furie, for he is a murtherer from the beginning, Joh. 8. 44. not onely murthering 2himselfe, but prouoking others to murther, by filling their harts with wrathe and reuenge. And this the Heathens were not ignorant of; for they called these wicked spirits which are the authors of anger, discension, and reuenge, furies, because they filled mens mindes with furie and madnesse.