An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…

Anger in man is a mixed affection made up chiefly of these two ingredients, sorrow and revenge. Some call anger the boiling of the ⟨p. 181⟩blood about the heart, or the boiling of the heart in blood; The fumes whereof rise so fast into the brain,¹ that anger sometimes dislodges reason, and is therefore called by others a short madness.

Anger in man is a mixt affection made up chiefly of these two ingredients, sorrow and revenge. Some call anger the boiling of the ⟨p. 181⟩bloud about the heart, or the boiling of the heart in bloud; The fumes whereof rise so fast into the brain,¹ that anger sometimes dislodges reason, and is therefore called by others a short madnesse.

1. 1Ira suror brevis.

The word in the text signifies the Nostrils; and the Scripture frequently applies that to anger,¹ because anger is seen and made visible in the nostrils. Quick breathing is a sign of anger. God is without parts and passions, he is not angry as man: but is said to be angry when he doth like man in his anger. The Lord is not moved or stirred by anger, but he is angry, when he makes motions and stirrings in the creature; he lets out the effects of anger, but himself hath not the affection, much less the perturbation of anger. Hence observe,

The word in the text signifies the Nostrils; and the Scripture frequently applies that to anger,