Part.tSc:Cl:.2. Caufes'tlf Melancboljv. • 104 rate and torment one anofher. How happy might we bee, and end our.time with bleffed dayes,and fweet content, ifwe could contain our felves,andas we ought to doe,put up injuries,learne humility, meekneffe,patience,forget k P>ul. 1• Col. and forgive,as ink Gods word we are injoyned,compofe fuch final! contra. vedles among!l our [elves, moderate our paflions in this kinde, and thinke I Rom.,. bmer ofothers, as I Paul would have us, then ofour fel'llts : Be oflike ajfel1ion one towards another, and not avenge onr jelvu, lmt have peace with aU men, But being that we are fo peevilh and perverft,infolem and proud,fo factious and feditious,fo malicious and envious;we doeinvicemangariare,mauleand vexeone another, torture, difquiet,and precipitate our felves intothatgulfe of woes and cares,aggrav~te our mifery,and melancholy,heap upon us hell and eternal! damnation. mGrad.I.C. 5f R]raet mterD? u ingnu aRimi conjtmwW,me~ SuBSECT. 9· vfnger a cauft. ""'""· rrainJ· Nger, a pertur at10n, w IC carnes t e pmts outwar s, prepa- ~di~agigni' • a1, ring the body to melancholy, and madneffe it fdfe: Ir,a Juror W.Choli<O, fadl._ b • h' h • h {i · • d "f;::j~:U,.paru • h~eviJ eft ;and,as m Picc~lominem accounts ir,one of the three moll •. cap. s. in a- . VIOlent paflions. • Arettm fets itdowne for im efpeciall caufe (fo r:;;a;:,~j:;';: doth Sencca ep. I 8 .l. I :lof this ~alady. • M agnis~s giv~s the re~- '"': ron, I!x fnlf'utnt11~i {upra m~d~~~ r:aleftu~t; lt ov_er-heats, thetr b6dres,,a?d ~~ p Gilb.,ro cog- 1t be too ftequent,tt ~reaks out mto mamfeft madneffe,falth S. .lmbrofo. Ttl -;:;;:,e;r:· ~ knowne Caying,Puror ftt f.tjA {~pius patientia, the mo~ pa~ientfpirit rh~t is, timf,ib!:, '1:;; 1fhe be often provoked,w1ll be mcenfed to madneffe; 1t will make ad~vlllof , i"'P'""'in(ani- a Saint: And therefore 'Bafi/(belike)in his Homily de Jr4,cals it tembrtU ,._ ~;r:;:~;;:;_ ti~niJ, morbum anim~;& J.. ,~~tmpejfim~m; the darkning of ou~ underfiantJiA,&.<ciniiW dmg, acd abad Angell. • L1man '" Abdtcato,Tom. r .W1ll have this paflion to !"'•;·bat ';:" worke this effed, efpecially in old men and women,anger andcalumny(faith ;;;;~~';,[;:;__ he) trouble them At jirjl,andafter awhile breake out into open madneffi : many am.Pon·omuli<- things caufefury in wo~nen, eJPeciaUy ifthey /1ve or hate ~vermuch, or envy, '";;f/"l(.p;w be much grieved~r angry;the{t things hy little and littleleadthem on tothi. ma- ~ : b':;,; ""': lady. From a difpofition they proceed to an habit, for there is no diffebum,_ add><•"!., rence betwixt a mad-man,and an angry man, in the time ofhis fit : Anger,as f,;,%':f,;;~. Laflantitls defcribes it,lif,, de JraDei,ad D"Wumc•!·5· is •f«vaanimi temclt.mt,&c: ,h.lc pejltU, &c. a cruell cempe!l ofthe minde,making hiJ eyes {}ark le jire,andjlare, ;:::::::;::{":: . ht. teethgP4}b in hi& head, {,iJ t1ngue flutter, his face pale, ~r red, andwhat more 'lNUINm. filthy tmttattDs can be of A mad man, . . f!7,s-1:::,:os ror'a~Ntiltnt irA,fe_rveE_unt (angui~evtn£, ' ...!..,flullm . . Lumtna G_orgonto («VIII~ ttngue mtcant; "'flatim_ ~drf- They arev01d ofreafon,mexorable,blmde, hke bea!ls and mon!lers for rhe """"'{j'" titpe, fay and doe they know notwhat, curfe, fweare, taile, fight, and what ';!;::::,:,;:; not~ How can a madmanqoemore~ as hefaid in the Comedy, r lra&undit """'f""' ace. non fom apudme, I am not mine owne man. Ifthefe fits be immoderate,con- ~~,;:,. tinue loug, or be frequent,without doubt they provoke madn~ffe. Moi'Jtannr confli.
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