A20765:49
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. 6.
The third cause of just anger is when injury is offered to our brethren, for 1as by the law of charity we are bound to love them as our selves, so the same law bindeth us to be angry for those injuries which are offered unto them, as if ⟨p. 13⟩they were offered unto our selves. And thus was Moses angry with the Egyptian who wronged the Israelite. Act. 7. 24. 2Thus was David angry with Ammon for deflowering his sister. 2. Sam. 13. 21. and with Absalom for his cruel murdering of Ammon. And thus was good Nehemie provoked to anger when he saw the people oppressed. Neh. 5. 6. And this anger 3is not only lawful but also necessary, and the neglect thereof a grievous sin in Gods sight, as we may see in the example of Ely: for when his sons abused the Lords people and he would not for their sin show his anger in correcting them otherwise than by mild and loving admonitions, his indulgency moved the Lord to inflict upon him a most heavie punishment, Et quia ira Eli 4tepuit in filios ira Dei exarsit in ipsum. Because Elie his anger was luke warm towards his sons the anger of God waxed fire hot against him, and that justly, for as one sayth, Non irasci cum oportet est nolle peccatum emendare. Not to