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21.2

Rulea

helps to

'Griflida

meekneffe,

palïon;

yea I may

doe

it

better,

and

therefore

I

will

do:

it

then:

-

If

patron

do but

!fay a

while,then it

will

be

clariied,

It's

true,

anger

is

the whetf

one

of

venue if it

be done

in

a

right

nmner,but

it

is

as

it

is

in

Phyfick,if

the

Groff:

be given

ii

will do

no

good, but if it be

clam

ed,

then

it

may be of

a

great deale

ofufe,

and fo

it

is

with

plffion:

In

the ninrh

place, tvhenthcu feeleli

thy

pairrou

begin to

a-

rife,

labour

to :time

rhy

pi

iìon

another

way, upon fome

other

.,

o

bjeoi,

as

thus; I feele anger

begin

toarife

againff my

brother,

or wife,

or husband,

or

lervant,

now

let

me labour in`fead

of

anger to exercife

mourning,

fuch

a

one hath

difpleafed me,

my,.

wife

or

child

or

f

ervant,before thou

iveli

way

to thine anger,

get

alone and

bemoanxheir

fn;

thou fayeff'they

have

done-ex-

ceeding

ill

;

have

they, then they

have

finned

againlf

God

as

well

as

againfl

thee,

and

if

fo,

then

take this rule before thou.

£hewefl

any

paiiion,

get

alone, and mourn:, for

their

fin againff

God,then

corne

out

and

fee

how

thy paflion will work after thy

mourning

for

their

fin, you

would find this rule of very

great

tale,

(if

husbands and

wives

that

have

not

liv'd quietly,

or

mailers

in

their

familyes

)

if

you would

but

observe

it

, that

when

any

thing

is

done

amifs,

if it be not

fin

a.gainfi

God,

then'

there's

no

great

matter

to flirre

your anger,

but

ifit

h.ith

fin

in

it,

then be lure to

mourn:, for ir.

Firff before

God

you

let out'

your

paffion,

and

fo

turn

anger

into

love

:

Phyfitiatas

when

they

would

ffench

blood that

runs

too

much in one

veine,

they leek to turne

it

into-

another,

and

fo

Gould

we doe.

with

our

affections,

and

that

Chrillian

hash

a

great

deale of

skil, wifdome,

and

ftrength that

is

able

to

turne

his affe

lions:

Now Ile

exercife anger,

and now

Ile

exerche love,

and

now

Ile

exerci-fe forroav,

and now Ile exercife

joy, and

now

Ile

ex-

ercife hope,

fo

that he

is

able

to turne

his

atfeclions this

way,

and that

way,

if

a

man

be not able

to

turne

his_

affections this

way and

that

way

furely

there

isforne diffemper,but

thi's

is

the

excellency

of

a

Chrilfian,

he

hath command

over

his

ar:feáti-

ons,

he can

turne them this

way

or

that

way

:

It's

.a

good

thing

ha

dealing withtchildren,

when

they

are dogged or fullen, not

t

.sall:upon

thein

in

a

rage,

but if

you can

turne their

thoughts

.to