O Thecamps of vnïufi Anger. themfelues in euery corner ; whereof it commeth topain, that defiring to know all things, they knowmany things whichdifplcafe them, & prouoke them to anger, for which they may thanke their vaine curiofity : for if with the Wife man they would thinke it their glory topaffe by infirmities, Pro.i9.rr. Pro. i 9.1 t.or followhis counfaile,Ecc1.7.23. Giuenot thine Ecc!. 7.33, heart is all thewords that men f cage, leafs thoudoe heart thy feruant curling thee; they might haue lefre caufe ofanger,& more contentationof mind. Whereas by inquifitiue inqui- ry after euery rumour,and curious prying into (mall dome- flicall faults,they inflame their heartswith great anger.For as the looking vpon a finali Print doth more offend the fight then a greater, bccaufc we hold it nearer our eies, and more intentiuely behold it, the letters Banding thicke and neare together: fo oft times it commeth to paffe, that thefe finali domeflicall faults being curioufly pried into,domore offend and anger vs,becaufe they are neere vntovs, and fall out thicke,and as it were,one in thenecke of another,then greater injuries offered abroad,which fall out more feldom, and arenot fomuch fubie& to our view. Self.9. The fixth internal! caufe,is to haue an opencare to euery The fixt caufe tale-bearer, and a credulous heart to beleeue them, pro.26, credulity and .W h quenched, arj wit pout a tale-bea- liJEnirg to 2O st out mood thefire t d talebearers. terfirrfeceafeth. So that as wood is the fires fit nourifhmét, Pro 16.so. fo is a tale- bearer fit tonourifh anger. An example hereof we haue in Sassl,who giuing a credulous careto thofe lying fuggeíiós ofthat pickthankDoeg, was incenfed to fuch ra- ginganger, that theblond of the innocent Priefls was not fufficient to quench the heat thcreof,vnlcffe he fpilt alfo the szm.zz., 9. blond ofall the inhabitants ofNo6; yea,ofthe Oxen,Affes, and Sheepe,with more then bru tifh fury.And therefore Da- Pf.,l.tlo á. aid (peakingofDoegrtongue,Pfalm. t zo.4.compareth it to coales of Iuniper (that is to hot burnin coales) becaufeit Sam tE. fo furioufly inflamed Sauls anger. Yea, Dassidhimfelfe gl- uing eare to the falfe report of Ziba, was mooed tovniufl anger again(} innocent Mephibofheth, and therefore hailing experience
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