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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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
But more than so; O UNGOVERNED ANGER, From thee we suffer great Disquietments, and very Hurtful Things are done unto us, by thy Precipitancies!
But more than so; O UNGOVERNED ANGER, From thee we suffer great Disquietments, and very Hurtful Things are done unto us, by thy Praecipitancies!
This Anger; Alas, it unfits a Man for every Thing in the World. It mingles a strange Fire with our Sacrifices. Our Devotions are all Spoilt, if they be not without Wrath. If we cannot Bear much, we shall never be Pillars in the House of GOD, nor be very useful in any Society 'Tis a Blemish unto a Man; it lays him low, in the esteem of the Neighbourhood. An Angry Man may keep the Neighbours in some Awe; But little doth the think, their Secret Aversion for him; and how much ⟨p. 40⟩they bear in mind, his Abusive usage of them. Such Anger, it makes a Man unfit for any Relation. Art thou a Froward and a Furious Man? The Bible forbids us to enter into a Close Friendship with such a Man. If thou art not so much as fit for a Friend, what else canst thou be good for? Such a Man is a mere Nabal, to all that are about him.
This Anger; Alas, it unfits a Man for every Thing in the World. It mingles a strange Fire with our Sacrifices. Our Devotions are all Spoilt, if they be not without VVrath. If we cannot Bear much, we shall never be Pillars in the House of GOD, nor be very useful in any Society 'Tis a Blemish unto a Man; it lays him low, in the esteem of the Neighbourhood. An Angry Man may keep the Neighbours in some Awe; But little doth the think, their Secret Aversion for him; and how much ⟨p. 40⟩they bear in mind, his Abusive usage of them. Such Anger, it makes a Man unfit for any Relation. Art thou a Froward and a Furious Man? The Bible forbids us to enter into a Close Friendship with such a Man. If thou art not so much as fit for a Friend, what else canst thou be good for? Such a Man is a meer Nabal, to all that are about him.