The cagfesof veiuft anger. 7 our neighbors as our felues,wewould not fuffer our iudge- ment to be fo ouer balancedwith the weight ofaffe5ian in judging of the iniury, nor giue the reines to our anger in purfuing it with reuenge. The fecond internall caufe ofvniuf}anger is pride andár Sea. 5. rogatacy offpirit,which is a fruit of felfeloue ; for felfeloue rhefecölca it is which maketh vs haue an high opinion of our felues, of vnirarf an- this high opinion caufeth arrogance andpride, and pride Ser, Pride. caufeth men to be more ílaarp fighted in difcrying wrong, and more furoufly infolent in taking reuenge. The reafon hereof is apparant: proudmenbeing jealous of their honor and reputation,are allovery fufpicious of contempt,fo that the leaf} iniuryprouoketh them tocholler and difdaine,be- caufe they are ready to imagine that thereby theyare expo- fed to contempt. And this is the reafon whyproud men do more impatiently fuffer an iniuryoffered in company where they would be refpe&ed, becaufe they thinkeit a great dif- paragement to their credit &reputation. An example here- of wehaue in Nebuchadnez,zer, who waxedpale for anger, Dan becaufe he thought himfelfe difgraced in the fight ofall his Princes and people,by the repulfe which he receiuedof the three children,who refufed to obeyhis wickedcommande- ment.And inHaman whowas fo inraged with fury,becaufe Heft.3.5.60 ti3(ordecay would not in the fight of the people doe him that reuerEcewhich his proud hart defired, that he thought his death too fmall a reuenge for fuch an indignity, vnleífe alto for his fake he vtterly rootedout his whole kindred& nation. So that the leaf} fparke of anger kindled with the fmalleft occafioia, burfteth out into a raging flame of fury, if it be bloomedwith thewindofvaine- glory. Whereas on the other fide, he that is humble is not prouoked to anger, thoughhe benegleaed,becaufe his lowly conceite maketh him thinke that he is not worthy tobe much efteemed: nor yet though he haue receiuedan injury,' becaufe he is ready to thinks that he hath deferued it,either by like faultscorn. wittedagainfi inen,or more hainous fins againfi God. E The
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