Parr.I.Sect.z. Caufes ofMelancholy. 166 ofwhofe feareand fufpicion,Sueton,Herodian, and the refrof thofe writers h Iu~eni• (oli~ tell frrange froriesin this behalfe. hMontanus conjil. 3 r. hath oneexampl~ ;:;,;;,~:1£~::;" ofayoung man, exceeding melancholy upon this occaiion. Suchfears have :el•:<holic'": !1ill tormented m?rtall men in all age_s, by reafon of thofe lying oracles, and A~~/J,~~~ ;~ Juglmg Pnefrs; * fherewasafoumamem Greece, neereCeres Temple in <.APhi omnium chaza, where the event offuch d1feafes was to be knowne; A glalfi let downe ~;~;:•:;: ~;o _ by a thred, &c. Among(lthofe Cyaneanrocksat the fprings of Lycia, was '""""· sffec~ the Orac!eofThrtxem Apollo, where all fortunes were fore-told, ficknelfi, lum renui {Uf- health, or what they would bejides: fo .common people havebeene alwayes f''f~"/,""~:u- deluded with future events. At this day, Metm fott<rorum maxim'e tor- ;., '.l c;:.;., quet Sina~, this foolifh feare, mightily crucifies them in china: as i Mat. P"'"'' adLy- thew Riccitu the Jefuite informeth us, ih his Commentaries of thofe coun. f';~;~::{;;:: tries, ofall Nations they are moll: fupe~fr!tious, and much tormented in this ""'?l ib.<.cap.l kmde, atrnbutmg fo much to thmD1V1nators, ut tp(e metus fidem fociat, k r~;•;do P'1' that feare it felfe and conceipt, caufe it to k fall out: Ifhe fore-tell iickneffe ~i~at~;,;;,. fuch aday, that very time they will befick, vi metzls affli8i in .egritudinem ~ocat$ quod • cadunt;andmanytimcs dieasitis foretold. Atrue faying,Timor mortil,morte J::,t;,;.r;~:~ pej or, the feare ofdeath, is worfe then death it felfe; and the memory ofthat bm mifirfuir. fad houre, to fomeforruaateand richmen,is a~ bitter "'gaule, Eccl. 41 .r.InPemfiur Au- quietamnobrsvitamfocitmortis metus,a worfe plague cannot happen to a "•'· man, then to be fo troubled in his minde; 'tis trifte divortium,an heavy feparation to leave their goods with fo much labour got, pleafures ofthe world, which they have fo delitioufly enjoyed,friendsand companions whom they _fo dearljl loved,all at once.Axiochus thC~Philofopher ~as bold and c<?uragious all his hfe, and gave good precepts tfe.contemnenda morte,and agamfr the vanity ofthe world to others; but being now ready to die·himfelfe, hee was mightily dejeCled, hacl11ce privabor,hu orbabor bonis~ hee lamented like a child,&c. And though Socrates himfelfwas there to comfort him, ttbi priftina virtMum jatfatio o Axioche?yet he was very timorous and impatient of death,much troubled in his minde, Imbellispavor & impatientia, &c. 0 Clotho, Megapetus the tyrant in L11cian exclaimes, now ready to depart, let mee ~Tom.,_dia/.8 live awhzlelonger. ~I willgive thee a thou(and talentsofgoid, and two boles ;.•;,a~~~i,1::• bejides, which ltookfrom Clcocrirus, worth an hztndrcd talents 4piece: Woe's Lenra,me h,J;,mee, *[auhanother,whatgocdly manners jhall I leave! what ftrttle Fzelds! tibid~turum · what afine Hou(e! what pretty children! how many fervants ! Who jhall gaP.:;:~::,;. f{,f' thermygrapes, mycorne~ Mu:ft I no•v die (o well fttled? Leave all, (o richly mlbiqu•re!in- andwellprovided? Woe's me, what fballi doe ?*v1nimtdavagula blandula, ~~~~t;~t::· qu& ntJ.nc abibis in locA? . agri, &c. To thefe tortures ofF earc and Sorrow,may well be annexed Currofity, that ~ Adrian, irkfome, that tyrannizing care, nimia folicitudo, *fuperftt~ous indujfry about ;,~fi~!;~~;:- unprojit~ble things,a~d their qualities, a~ Th~m.u defines it: an itching humor m <•uti/er. or a kmde of longmg to fee th'at wh1ch 1s not to bee fcene, to doe. that ;:;:.~:,~:'~;which ought not to bee done: to ~now that* fecret, which fhould not be """•' Aglau- known,to eat of the forb1dden fru tt. We commonly mol ell: &me our felves ror.O~-•fet. •· about rhinos unfit and unneceffary as Martha troubled her felfe to httle purpofe.Be it lnReligion, humanity, Magicke, Philofophy, policie,~ny aClion or ftudy ,'tisaneedleffe trouble,a meere torment. For what elfe IS fchoole divinity,howmany doth it puffie~ what fruitles queitions ~bout the Tnmty, RefurreClton
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