A25467:1323
A Continuation of morning-exercise questions and cases of conscience practically resolvedA Continuation of morning-exercise questions and cases of conscience practicaly resolved
A Continuation of morning-exercise questions and cases of conscience practically resolved by sundry ministers in October, 1682.A Continuation of morning-exercise questions and cases of conscience practicaly resolved by sundry ministers in October, 1682.
London: printed by J.A. for John Dunton, 1683
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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Three Diseases cause overmuch sorrow.
1. Those that consist in such violent pain, as natural strength is unable to bear: But this being usually not very long, is not now to be chiefly spoken of.
2. A natural passionateness and weakness of that reason that should quiet passion. It is too frequent a case with aged persons that are much debilitated to be very apt to offence and passion: And children cannot choose but cry when they are hurt, but it is most troublesome and hurtful in too many Women (and some men) who are so easily troubled and hardly quieted, that they have very little power on themselves, even many that fear God, and that have very found understandings and quick wits, have almost no more power against troubling passions, anger and grief, but especially fear, than they have of any other persons.
2. A natural passionateness and weakness of that reason that should quiet passion. It is too frequent a case with aged persons that are much debilitated to be very apt to offence and passion: And children cannot chuse but cry when they are hurt, but it is most troublesome and hurtful in too many Women (and some men) who are so easily troubled and hardly quieted, that they have very little power on themselves, even many that fear God, and that have very found understandings and quick wits, have almost no more power against troubling passions, anger and grief, but especially fear, than they have of any other persons.