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he shall lean upon his House, but it shall not stand; he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure. Job 8. 14, 15. Now a grain of Christian Discretion will free a Man from these Follies, and ground his Fears and Hopes upon a solid Bottom; and so moderate them, that they shall neither prejudice the quiet of his Mind, nor disorder him in the management of his Calling. But his most common Passion is Rash Anger; sometimes at his nearest Relations, but especially at his Servants, and others that he deals with. Now the more Prudence a Man hath, the less Anger. For Anger resteth in the bosom of Fools; therefore be not hasty in thy Spirit to be angry. Eccles. 7. 9. A Wise-Man ere he give way to Anger will consider; whether the Matter be a Fault, and then of what sort it is, involuntary, or wilful; of what degree it is; and will also put himself into the Delinquents place, and will consider, that a Youth, a Child, a Woman cannot have the same Judgment, Capacity, or Consideration that himself hath. And that his Passion, which doubtless is a Fault it self, can never be a likely Cure for another Error; for one Sin never cures another: The Wrath of Man worketh not the Righteousness of God; and by these Considerations he mitigates his Anger, and becomes slow to speak, slow to Wrath: He at least defers the Expressions of his Anger, till the Storms and Clouds being over and cleared, he may with a calm Mind animadvert on their Errors both ⟨p. 66⟩with Justice and Mercy, that he may be angry and yet not sin.

he shall lean upon his House, but it shall not stand; he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure. Job 8. 14, 15. Now a grain of Christian Discretion will free a Man from these Follies, and ground his Fears and Hopes upon a solid Bottom; and so moderate them, that they shall neither prejudice the quiet of his Mind, nor disorder him in the management of his Calling. But his most common Palsion is Rash Anger; sometimes at his nearest Relations, but especially at his Servants, and others that he deals with. Now the more Prudence a Man hath, the less Anger. For Anger resteth in the bosom of Fools; therefore be not hasty in thy Spirit to be angry.