The eítufesofvniuf1 anger. 29 non g14ia dairyfed quia mollespatiuntur, for when voluptuous pleafures haue corrupted both.- rrrinde and body, nothing fcemeth tolerable ; not that the things which they fuller are grieuous, but becaufe they that fufer them arc nicely effe- minate. And like as they .who are tormented with the gout, are .angry if á man c.ditie but towards them, and cry out if theybe but touched fo but a Phew ofiniury moueth thefe voluptuouswantons to choler & anger, and the leati, injury offered in truth inciteth them to rage & fury. Where- as others who.haue not theirmirìdes effeminatedwith this luxurious curiofity, they can eafily paffe ouerfuchtrifling itnperfe6tions, and repell anger in far moreviolent affauits: A py.o1Cf,rs, If any thinks thefe toyes too (mall to vndergoe apublike cenfure, Iwould haue tuck know that the leffer theoccafi- òt is which prouoketh;to:anger, thegreater is their fin who are fo eafilyprouoked, and the rather they deferue a fharpe reprehenfion, for that anger which is incited by euery light and trifling caufe, then if it were waighty andof force im- portance : for howfoeucr the occafions arebut ftnall, yet their finne is not finali, nay,their fin istherefore great, fee- ing the occafion which rnoueth them thereunto is brut little, efpecially confidering that the fame parties who.are fire-hot itr thefe trifles which concerne the.mfelues, are key -cold in thofe things which much concerne. Gods glory, and their owne fpirituall good, For I appeale:vnto theirç owneconf- ciences whether they are not prouoked vetomore violent anger for there trifling toies,then when they.difhonor God by rtoff grieuous finne,or fee himdifhonoured byothers,& if their confcie:ices plead guilty, let them rather be offen- ded with their owne corruptions, then with the Phifition which defireth to cure them, The fifth rnternall cau fe ofvniuil anger is curiofity,where- SeE .B. bymen arc tickled with a vaine dcfire and itching appetite The fiJìh c_rfe to fee and heare all thin tgs : how their friends behaue them- of vniuttançer felues in their privatc meetings what their aducfaries do ciriofitie. and fay behind their backes ; how the áert arts bef ow E z the ft; .1es
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