A20765:75
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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And so much for the first part of my text, wherein just anger is commanded: now I am to speak of unjust anger forbidden in the words following But sin not, that is by falling into corrupt and unjust anger. Which 1vicious affection is not only here condemned but also in other places of the scripture, as in the 31. verse of this Chapter, Let all bitterness, and anger, and wrath, and evil speaking, be put away from you with all maliciousness. So Col. 3. 8. Put ye away all these things, wrath, anger, maliciousness, 2&c. and in the 5. Chapter of the Gala. verse 20. 21. it is reckoned among the 3works of the flesh which who so follow shall no inherit the kingdom of God. It is forbidden also in the sixth commandment under the name of murder; both because it is the chief means and cause which moveth men thereunto, as also because it is the murder of the hart, and therefore murder in truth in Gods sight, who more respecteth the hart then the hands, for a ⟨p. 22⟩man may be innocent before him, though his hands have slain his neighbour if his hart have not consented thereunto, as appeareth in the old law, where Cities of refuge were appointed for such by the Lords own commandment: but if the hart have consented and desired any way to violate the person of our neighbour (which unjust anger always affecteth) though our hands are free from the act, we are guilty of murder in the sight of God. And this our saviour Christ teacheth us in the exposition of the sixth commandment