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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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The remedies of unjust anger. Cap. 7.
The remedies of vniust anger. Cap. 7.
Sect. 1.
The remedies against Anger are of two sorts: first those which cure anger in our ⟨image 65⟩selves, secondly those which cure it in others; and they both are of two kinds: first such as prevent anger and preserve us from falling into it, secondly such as free us from it after it hath taken place. For anger is a disease of the mind: as therefore wise Physicians think it the 1better & safer course to preserve health and prevent sickness, then to remove the disease after it hath taken possession of the body; so the best course in ministering spiritual Physic is to preserve the soul from vice, rather then to purge it away after it hath infected it; for Vitia facilius repelluntur quam expelluntur, vices 2are more easily kept from entrance then thrust out after they are entered: for as the common proverb is; there are but twelve points in the law, and possession is as good as eleven of them. If therefore anger have gotten possession, we shall hardly dispossess it: It is our souls mortal enemy; as therefore we first seek to keep the enemy from entering the frontiers of our country, but if he be entered, as soon as we can to expel him, so we must first endeavour to repel anger by stopping the