Ofthekinds ofvniuflanger. 43 whichofnatural! men is thought co ii cndable,fet vs con.. Fif Y ag^r hdrr; iir:t, that it is coneferimcdard fodgdden in theword furnidden. ofGod.Ecclel.7.I r .Z e th,,,unot ofan 1)44yfpirit to be angry, Eccid, 7,t for anger refleth in thebofmeoffooles.Ycaour Sautour cc n C;iod fight: Mat.5.22. toat..5.st demncth ít as mutt er in x,,jünefJe to Secondly,we are to coufidcr,that thi., hat}!rC (re to anger i ¡ -I li :e a foolsíh vice; for as it a1wa'rei leginncth with rafh,:rtic,fc: a. t1 áa>gereg it moil commonly ended-: with repentance; foraficr t iicha vice. ftie man bath injured his neighbour by vriaiuifed a o:ds or injurious deeds,then he fhewcth himlclre fury for it; and fo like afoolhfhSurgeon , fuftlace hrcakethhis head,andafter gines him a platter, which though it hcale the wound,yet of- tentimes it leaves a (-carte. And yeti fpeakeoftheleaf' culls which accompany rafh anger; for how many haue there beetle who in their fury haue reuealed their triends fecrete, moredecre vnto them then their owne lines? Yea,how many through this ra(h an- ger haue violated the perlons, nay murthered them with whom they were lincked in the ttraitcft bondoffriendfhip? and fo haue done that in a moment , which they hauewith bitternet %repented thewhole tootle oftheir liuc ; then the which nogreater folly can be committed . And therefore it is 0,,e1 laidofth_ wife man , Prou.I4.27. I-lee that rs h1aflie to Prou.ro 27 anger committeth folly : and veri.2.9.11e that isflow to anger vet. 19. is o fgreatwiJdome ; but he that is ofan hafty minde , exalteth folly. An 1 kit we al old thinke that hr fcldoine thus offen- deth,hhe teilrrh vs,Pruu.29.22.that afuriousman aboundeth Prou.z9." in trapfgrefon.Prou. t 2.16.Pcclel7. i o But her: the cholcricke man will aileage for himfelfe, Obiea.6. that he is hafty bynature , and therefore to bec borne witli. I anfwere, that we bane not this nature by creation, for a cc Anfwere, were created according to Gods owns image, who is flow to anger : but this corruption bath taken hold ofvs by rea- Ion ofour originali finne,and therefore we arc not to excule one finne byanother, but rather earnefily to labour that this pollution maybe wafhed cmaywith thewater of Gods fpi- rit,who by his grace dotal reform nature. For thole who are regenerateby the holyGhoft , though naturally they be as G raucnoifig
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