A20765:87
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. 4.
Now that this desire of revenge is unjust and unreasonable it appeareth by that which followeth in the definition. And first because the causes thereof are unjust.
Now that this desire of reuenge is vniust and vnreasonable it appeareth by that which followeth in the definition. And first because the causes therof are vniust.
The causes of unjust anger are either 1internal or external. The internal causes are divers, as first self love, whereby we so immoderately love our selves that we never think of the injuries and indignities which we offer others, or else suppose them to be none; or else lightly esteem of them, as not worthy the recital; but on the other side it maketh men heinously aggravate ⟨image 30⟩injuries offered unto themselves: and so to make huge mountains of small molehills; it causeth the hart easily to apprehend the wrong, busy in meditating of it being apprehended, eager in seeking revenge after meditation; and the hand no less forward in acting those tragedies which the hart hath invented. For by self love men are induced to think themselves worthy of all love and honour; and therefore if a small injury be offered unto them, they suppose that death is too small a revenge for so great an indignity offered to such worthy personages. Yea if they be not so much respected as their haughty ambition desireth, or if others be preferred before them, and that deservedly, this is matter enough to provoke them to furious rage, not only against them of whom they are not regarded, but them also who are preferred in others judgement. And this is evident in the example of Cain, who because God respected the offering of Abel more then his, was incensed to wrath, and had his anger so inflamed that nothing could quench it