} The c ufes c fvniift nnes,Prou. to.' z. they therefore who ratherfinde caufes \\ here they are not, then couer them where they are, doe plainly Chew their want of loue, and their toogreat prone - neffe to anger, It is the nature of loue to make great faultes feetne little, and little faultes none at all : but anger ma- ketá euery finali flip a,capitall offence ; andeueryword of difgraceworthy a flab. And as when we behold the Sunne riling through thicke and foggie vapours, we imagine it to be of a farre greater quantity then when the ayre is pure & cleare : fo when the foggiemiffs ofanger doe oucrfhadow reafon, we fuppofe euery fault to be greater ,1:hen it would appeare, if this turbulentaffe6tion wctr difpellcd with the liuely heat of ardent loue. Some are angry at the imperfe&ions ofnature, which being not in theparties power to amëd,fhould rather moue compaffion thenprouoke anger.Others areangry at faultes committed at vnawares,vnwillingly & vnwittingly,where as they might with as great reafon be angry with a trauet- ter for going out of his way, or with one who flumbleth in thedarke for not keeping footing, or with ablindman for iuflling or rufhing againil them ; for as the want ofbodily fight caufeth the one , fo ignorance which is nothingelfe but the blindneffeof the mind, caufeth the other; or with onewho is ficke becaufe he is ficke, forwhat is ignorance but theminds malady ? but he whofeheart is feafonedwith true wifdome, is not eafilyprouoked with faultes of igno. rance, vnleffe it bewilful' orextremely retchleffe, confide- ring that while wee continue in this vale of mifery, our mindes are fhadowed with more then Citnerirn darkneffe. And therefore thefe (mall trifling errours whereintowe fall for want of knowledge, will in them rather moue laughter, or at lcafl pitty, then prouoke anger. For as the vnhappy fpeeches and fhrewd turnes of little children, are excufed becaufc they proceed from want ofwit ;fo fbould the fame excufe ferue for themwho commit faultes through igno- aance andfitnplicity, Lay
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