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The reasonableness of personal reformation, and the necessity of conversion
The reasonableness of personal reformation, and the necessity of conversion; the true methods of making all men happy in this world, and in the world to come Seasonably discoursed, and earnestly pressed upon this licentious age. By J.F. a sincere lover of his native country, and the souls of men.The reasonableness of personal reformation, and the necessity of conversion; the true methods of making all men happy in this world, and in the world to come Seasonably discoursed, and earnestly pressed upon this licentious age. By J.F. a sincere lover of his native countrey, and the souls of men.
London: printed for Thomas Cockerill, 1691
THE REASONABLENESS OF Personal Reformation, › Chapter 3 › Section 8
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This is the man whom the Latins call Generosus, and we a Gentleman. Because we suppose a man of such an Extraction and Education more Gentle, affable, and condescending to Inferiors, and to keep a stricter government over his Tongue and Passions, than rude Plebeians are wont to do. Upon this account the Poet rightly observes, Quo major est quisquis, magis est placabilis ira, Et Faciles motus mens generosa capit. Men of Genteel Extraction and Education, are Persons whose Passions are supposed to move more gently than other mens: And if at any time they be moved disorderly, yet are they more placable, and sooner reduced, than those of sordid and baser Spirits are.
This is the man whom the Latins call Generosus, and we a Gentleman. Because we suppose a man of such an Extraction and Education more Gentle, affable, and condescending to Inferiors, and to keep a stricter government over his Tongue and Passions, than rude Plebeans are wont to do. Upon this account the Poet rightly observes, Quo major est quisquis, magis est placabilis ira, Et Faciles motus mens generosa capit. Men of Genteel Extraction and Education, are Persons whose Passions are supposed to move more gently than other mens: And if at any time they be moved disorderly, yet are they more placable, and sooner reduced, than those of sordid and baser Spirits are.
'Tis Virtue which raises and ennobles Families at first: for omnis sanguis concolor, all Humane Blood is derived from, and equally tainted by Adam. Nobler and Baser Blood is an after Difference, made by Virtue and Vice among men. And as Virtue first ennobled and raised some Families ⟨p. 46⟩above others, so it will still continue the […] of Honour in their Posterity: And as their V•• tues shall increase, so will their Honour proportionably do.
'Tis Vertue which raises and ennobles Families at first: for omnis sanguis concolor, all Humane Blood is derived from, and equally tainted by Adam. Nobler and Baser Blood is an after Difference, made by Virtue and Vice among men. And as Virtue first ennobled and raised some Families