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Febrifugium. An essay for the cure of ungoverned anger: in a sermon preached, at…
Febrifugium. An essay for the cure of ungoverned anger: in a sermon preached, at the proposal and on the occasion, of a man under a sentence of death, for a murder committed by him in his anger. At Boston, 23. d. III. m. 1717. : [Two lines of quotation in Latin]
Boston: printed by J. Allen for Benjamin Gray, 1717
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Thirdly. Meekness must Govern our Anger, as to the Measures of it. If we must be Angry, yet, why Raving? Why Frantic? Why like a slated House on Flame, so violent that there shall be no coming anear you! If Angry, yet what need of being Transported into a Fury? and Flinging Things to and fro, ⟨p. 21⟩as if you were mad? Fie, for shame! Why must you fall to Railing, why to Revenge, on the Person whom your Anger is pointed at? I'll show you a picture of this Anger! 'Tis in I Sam. XX. 30. Then Sauls Anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou Son of the Perverse, Rebellious Woman! What a madman is here? He calls his own Son, A Whores-bird?— The Anger is unbounded, when it breaks forth into Reproaching, into Reviling, into Taunts and unmannerly Expressions. But what, when into Blows, from a Fist of Wickedness? Blows; and it may be a poor Beast must feel them too. Brutish, Anger, and such as degrades the Man down into the very Class that he quarrels with! So Balaam; his Anger was Kindled, and he Smote the Ass with a Staff! An Anger that will spend it self in outrages upon an Horse, upon a Dog, upon a Tool that fails us; how worse than C•••dish is it! I may say, Cursed ⟨p. 22⟩is their Anger, for it is fierce; and their wrath, for it is cruel! One thing more is to be spoken. Beware of making any Vows, in your Anger; Vows dictated by Anger; The worst Counsellor in the World! Vows, wherein the Third Commandment is horribly Violated ! And, Oh! Beware of all Angry Imprecations; All Wishes that carry Curses in them: All Wishes of any Damage to your selves or others. An Elijah himself had need keep a Watch over himself, when Anger shall indispose him. Especially, let provoked Parents […] such Ebullitions. Parents, […] undutiful Children give you any Provocations? Take heed that your Anger do not throw out any imprecations upon them. 'Tis a Thousand to One, that a Righteous GOD will say, Amen, unto them; and you may see Things done, that when you are cool, you would have greatly deprecated.
Thirdly. Meekness must Govern our Anger, as to the Measures of it. If we must be Angry, yet, why Raving? Why Frantick? Why like a slated House on Flame, so violent that there shall be no coming anear you! If Angry, yet what need of being Transported into a Fury? and Flinging Things to and fro,