Of the kinds ofvnìuuft Anger. 39 lying inan ambufhment,will more eafilyouercome a grea.. ter for-ce,then ifthey fhouldmarch againft themwith ban - ners difplaied : fo a weake enemiehidinghis anger , and watching his bell opportunitie ofreuenge, is more like to circumuent and furprife one more nightie then himfelfe, then ifhe fhouldprofeffe his malice. ies. exam Examples hereof wee haue in the Scriptures : as in the P old ferpent, who cloaked extreme malice vnder goodlie words and faire promifes, profeffing himfelfe a kind friend to our firll parents,when he wholie intended their eternal' dellrué ion :Gen.3. i.&c.As alfo in Cain, who talkedfami- Gen. 3. r. liarly withhisbrother as in times paft,when as hee alreadie had refolued his murther in his heart, which alfo prcfently after he acted with his hands : Gen.4. S. So Abfolon like a Gen.4 8, cunning courtier côccaleddeadly malicetwo yeeres toge- ther againfl his brother Ammon , to the end that beingnot fufpeflcd, hemight obtaine the more fit opportunitie of reu:ge:2.Sam. i 3.22.2 3. The like example we haue in [cab, z.Sam.r3. who kindly fainting Amafa,cruelly flabbed himwhile hee 2Zz3 louinglie embraced him: z.Sam. 20.9. As alfo in the traitor Sam.zo.9 luda',whobetraied his matter whilehee killed him:Luk.22 Luk.22.47. 47.Neither is our age fruitfull in all iîn,barraine of f'uch ex- amples:for howmany italionatemachiauellians liue am6g vs, who will not flick to giue molt kind côgeis with hand, cap andknee to the fromwhom they arcmoll enflranged in their hearts;and looke moll fincothlyupon them againft whom they haue conceiued deepefl malice ? So that their anger is like vnto riuers which arc moil dargerouF.y deep, where the fireame runneth Rilleft and fmoothefl. If you aske thefe men the reafonhereof, theywill tell you, that (according to the rules oftheir mailer Machiauel) Profeffa Senec, i s perdantodiavindiELe locum : Profefied anger taketh away medea, opportunitieofreur:ge. But let vs know, that as in malice, and diffembling thereof; they are like vnto the diuell him- felfe, fo without repentance they fhall be like tohim in puniflnment. And fomuch for hiddenanger. Profelfed anger is to be feene whc either men of fet pur- § SeE 2. pofe do neglect the liignes and duties of loue, or elfe in Prof'ell'ed an. F 3 (hewing ger two fold.
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