3$ Of the Rinds of vniuß anger. iufl caufe:and fo they chufe rather to feeme iuft,then to bee iuft. But trJreofthis afterwards when I come to fpeake of the reflraint ofvniuft anger. CHAP. XV. Of the kinds of vniuf anger. Nd fo much concerning the caufesand ro- " E I perties of vniuft anger. Now we are to fpcake ofthe kinds thereof. It admittethof a twofolddiflin&ion; firfl,it is either hidden and couert , or elfe profeffcd and manifefl. 1Hidelex anger Hidden anger is oftwo forts; the firfl is cotn- nrhicb u commendable, whenas men labour by all meanes pof`fible to mendable. fubdue the affection , and to fmother the flame after it is kindled that it burft not foorth into vnfeemely words or adtions fauouring ofreuége. And this is a fruit ofthe fpirit, Whichwhen it canor repel! anger and keepe it íróentrance; in the next place it endeuoureth to expel! and repreffe it. Bidden an,tr Theother fort ofhidden anger is to be códemned, when which to be as men nourifhing it in theheart doe notwithítanding con- coldernited. cealeit, that they may haue the better opportunitie ofre- uenge, which they are purpofed to feekewith fuch a full re- folutiö,that they refute all parly,left they might be brought to a truce, or conclude a peace. This anger is farre worfe thé that which is profeffed,both in rcfpeót ofthepartywho is angrie,aud the other withwhom bee is angrie. In refpeCt ofthe partie himfelfe,becaufecontaining in him this turbu- Ient affe6tion , it doth vexe and torment him like a raging fire which bath no paffage or a violent ftrcame whole current is flopped. And hereofit is rhat.anger is faid to be of the vipers brood , becaufe it pineth and confutneth him inwhom it is bred. In refpe6t of hint alto withwhom hee is angrie, becaufe it maketh him leffe warie in preuenting his malice , and therefore the moreea1lie furprifed. In re., gardwhereof a fecret enernie is more dangerous then one whoprofeffethhis enmitie : for as a fmall companieofmen, lying
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