A20765:212
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. 5.
The fourth cause is luxuriousness and curious niceness; if therefore we 1would subdue anger, we must subdue this vice also, and labour to attain unto decent homeliness, the Nurse of good hospitality, and the preserver of peace and quietness: for if with our first parents Adam and Eve we were clothed with skins, that is with mean attire, we would not be so easily provoked to anger if a spot or wrinkle be found upon our garments; if with them we did feed upon roots and herbs, we would not eat with surfeited and cloyed appetites, and consequently (our meats being sauced with hunger) our tastes would not be so wantonly curious, that no ordinary cookery can please them. If with Abraham we dwelled in tents like Pilgrims, we would not be so nice in decking our houses, nor so angry ⟨image 68⟩for a Cobweb; If with Jacob we had the earth for our bed, a stone for our pillo we, and the sky for our Canopy, we would not be so much displeased for the hardness of a featherbed, or uneasiness of a down lodging: take away therefore luxurious niceness, and you shall take away also the most common cause of unjust anger.
The fourth cause is luxuriousnesse and curious nicenesse; if therefore we 1would subdue anger, we must subdue this vice also, and labour to attaine vnto decent homelinesse, the Nurse of good hospitallity, and the preseruer of peace and quietnesse: for if with our first parents Adam and Eue wee were clothed vvith skinnes, that is with meane attyre, we would not be so easilye prouoked to anger if a spotte or wrinckle bee found vppon our garments; if with them we did feede vppon rootes and hearbes, vve vvould not eate with surfeyted and cloyed appetites, and consequently (our meates being sauced with hunger) our tastes would not be so wantonly curious, that no ordinary cookery can please them. If with Abraham we dwelled in tents like Pilgrimes, we vvould not be so nice in decking our houses, nor so angry