A20765:93
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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Sest. 6.
The third internal cause of unjust 1anger is covetousness, for this vice maketh men desire much riches, and if their hopes fail them and be not correspondent to their desires, their unquiet ⟨image 32⟩and turbulent thoughts are fit harbingers to prepare a lodging in their harts to entertain anger. It maketh them undertake great matters, which when they are not able to compass, their harts are filled with vexation, and they become more way ward then children; or else if their covetous desires carried with the wings of ambition mount not so high a pitch, they basely stoop even to the most sordidous pray; and finding themselves unable to compass great matters abroad, they intermeddle with every domesticall trifle at home; and if they see any thing miscarry through the default of wife, child or servant, though it be of no value, their anger can contain it self in no bounds of reason. So that these men are angry abroad but mad at home, choleric with every man which hinders or doth not further their commodity, but outrageous to their wives, children and servants, if they sustain the least loss.
The third internall cause of vniust 1anger is couetousnesse, for this vice maketh men desire much riches, and if their hopes faile them and be not correspondent to their desyres, their vnquiet ⟨image 32⟩