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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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Secondly. Let us then Repair to Religious Considerations, which also are of all, the most Reasonable; and by them let the Unholy Fire of ⟨p. 28⟩Anger be Extinguished. RELIGION is the Engine, that must be brought and wrought, for the putting out of the Fire, which threatens unknown Confusion unto us.
Secondly. Let us then Repair to Religious Considerations, which also are of all, the most Reasonable; and by them let the Ʋnholy Fire of ⟨p. 28⟩Anger be Extinguished. RELIGION is the Engine, that must be brought and wrought, for the putting out of the Fire, which threatens unknown Confusion unto us.
Accordingly; First; It may check our Anger, if we will Consider this; Whose Eye is upon me when I am Angry, and upon all the motions of my Anger! Sirs, Are you not always in a Presence which you owe a Respect unto? I'll propound this. The Angels of our GOD; These have their Eye upon us; They Rejoice, when they see us behave our selves, as becomes the Heirs of Salvation; They do not so, when we misbehave our selves. It was urged against Rashness; Eccl. V. 6. Neither say thou before the Angel, it was an Error. It may be urged against Anger, which very seldom is without some Rashness in it; Why should an Angel see thee in an Error? When an Angel stood in the way of the Angry Prophet, he would rush no ⟨p. 29⟩further in his Anger. My Friend, In thy Anger thou art rushing out of the way. But, what if there should be an Angel standing by thee, with a Flaming Sword in his hand? Oh! put up the Sword of the Flaming Wrath, and be n't so Angry lest he take notice of it. But there is a more considerable thing than this; and a thing so certain, that there is no room for a What if? upon it. Ah, Vexed Parent, Wilt thou not Endure, seeing Him that is Invisible? Sirs, Remember, The Eye of the great GOD Himself is upon you; A Presence, which Certainly you owe Respect unto! 'Tis very Ill manners to Chide, and Scold, and Brawl, and much more to Smite with Anger, in the Company of Strangers, and much more of our Betters; 'Tis an Affront unto the Company. When you are Angry, then call to mind, I am in the Presence of the glorious GOD; The glorious GOD looks upon me! Surely, This will bring you to some Decorum.