A20765:94
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 fourth internal cause of unjust 1anger is nice luxuriousness, or luxurious niceness; which commonly being the fault of women, or at least a womanish fault, is especially to be seen in domesticall matters. For if you come into the house of one who is nice and curious, you shall easily perceive how soon they are incited to great anger upon little cause. If the decking and adorning of their house be not fully answerable to their minds, if their costly eats be not so daintily cooked, that they may delight their curious-learned taste and cloyed appetite, if a spot or wrinkle be upon their garments, or but a glass broken, if their nice ears be offended with the least displeasing noise, though it be but by some chance, they are so enraged with anger, that the house will scarce hold them, or at least not contain their clamorous voices. These curious folks are not only offended with injuries, but also with shadows and appearances, Nam ubi animum simul et corpus voluptates corrupère nihil ⟨image 33⟩tolerabile videtur non quia dura sed quia molles patiuntur, for when voluptuous pleasures 2have corrupted both mind and body, nothing seemeth tolerable, not that the things which they suffer are grievous, but because they that suffer them are nicely effeminate. And like as they who are tormented with the gout, are angry if a man come but towards them, and cry out if they be but touched: So but a show of injury moveth these voluptuous wantons to choler and anger, and the least injury offered in truth inciteth them to rage and fury. Whereas others who have not their minds effeminated with this luxurious curiosity, they can easily pass over such trifling imperfections, and repel anger in far more violent assaults. If any think these