The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs

For the proof of this Point. It must be acknowledged that sometimes God indeed restrains it, but usually it is so. There is in every one a great deal of distempered wrath that doth break forth and vent it self when occasion serves and when temptation comes, in most vile and fearful effects and fruits. A furious man (saith the Holy Ghost in Prov. 29.22) aboundeth in transgression: Those that have hearts distempered with Passion, Anger, and Wrath: they are such as abound in transgression there breaks most horrible things from them, when they are in the heat of their passion and anger, not caring almost what they say or do, all the Commands of God are broken then.

FOr the proof of this Point. It must be acknowledged that somtimes God indeed restrains it, but usually it is so. There is in every one a great deal of distempered wrath that doth break forth and vent it self when occasion serves and when temptation comes, in most vile and fearful effects and fruits. A furious man (saith the Holy Ghost in Prov. 29.22) aboundeth in transgression: Those that have hearts distempered with Passion, Anger, and Wrath: they are such as abound in transgressithere breaks most horrible things from them, when they are in the heat of their passion and anger, not caring almost what they say or do, all the Commands of God are broken then.

We read of Moses, when he came down from the Mount, Exod. 32.19. and saw the people in their sin, his anger was stirred, and he broke both the Tables: but there his anger was good, for though both the Tables were broke, yet not one Commandment was broke: But usually our wrath and anger is not good, and in our passion all the Commandments in both Tables are broke.