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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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Sect. 7.
The seventh means, is to avoid 1contentious controversies; for facilius est a certamine abstinere quam abducere, howsoever it be very easy to abstain from them before they are begun, yet after a man is entered into them, he cannot easily give them over. Because he thinketh that it will derogate from his wit and judgement, if he be forced to yield though it be to a truth: and besides men naturally desire to bring others to be of their opinion, and therefore they will use great earnestness to persuade, and often times burst out into anger and fury, if they cannot obtain their desire.
The seauenth meanes, is to auoide 1contentious controuersies; for facilius est a certamine abstinere quam abducere, howsoeuer it be very easie to abstaine from them before they are begunne, yet after a man is entred into them, he cannot easilie giue them ouer. Because he thinketh that it will derogate from his witte and iudgement, if he be forced to yeelde though it be to a truth: and besides men naturally desire to bring others to be of their opinion, and therefore they will vse great earnestnesse to perswade, and often times burst out into anger and furie, if they cannot obtayne their desire.
- 17. To abstain from contentious controversies. Senec. lib. 3. de ira Cap. 8.7. To abstaine frō cōtentious controuersies. Senec. lib. 3. de ira Cap. 8.