A20765:195
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. 10.
Secondly it provoketh to offer all 1indignities and wrongs to a mans neighbour, as also to revenge the smallest injuries without all proportion. For men incensed with anger will wittingly and willingly revenge those injuries, which have unwittingly and unwillingly been offered; for angry words they will give blows, for blows wounds, and for wounds death. And therefore the wise man saith; That anger is cruel, and wrath is raging. Pro. 27. 4. Yea it provoketh 2men not only to revenge small injuries, but also no injuries; for anger rageth even against the innocents, & that oftentimes because they are innocent, and but too virtuous, as the furious man imagineth. And this is evident in the example of Cains anger against Abel, Sauls against Jonathan and David; Nebuchadnezzars against the three children, Herod's against the innocents, the Scribes ⟨p. 57⟩and Pharisees against Christ as before I proved.
Secondly it prouoketh to offer all 1indignities and wrongs to a mans neighbour, as also to reuenge the smallest iniuries without all proportion. For men incensed with anger will wittingly and willingly reuenge those iniuries, which haue vnwittingly and vnwillingly bene offered; for angry wordes they will giue blowes, for blowes vvounds, and for vvounds death. And therefore the vviseman sayth; That anger is cruell, and wrath is raging.