No Of the emitsthat accompany vn%ss(t anger. thering hinnfelfe,but prouoking others to murtlrer, y filling their heartswith wrathand rcuenge . And this the Heathens wcre not ignorant of ; (or they called thcfa wicked ípirtts which are theauthors of anger, ditlénfion and reu.ngc,ht- TICS , becaufe they filled mens mindes with furyand load - nciTc. g.Serf.3. Thirdly , it maketh vs fubiea to Gods anger : for as we 3 I: mikèth forgiucothers, fo dothGod forgiuc vs, Matti). 6. i 4.t 5, if men (beóí to thereforewe rctaine our anger towards our brethren, God Gadsaxger will retaine his anger towardsvs. We know by common fiat. 6.14.1 5. experience,that he who is appointed an arbitratour or daicf man to reconcile neighbours, is oftentimes by the froward behauiour andob(iinate Qifacfíe of the one partyCo offen- ded&difpleafed, that whereas he was indifferent he is made an aduerfary : fo the Lord plaieth the part ofan umpire or arbitrator, toworke reconciliation betweencbrethren. But if cither of them be fo iliffeand contentious that he will not be reconciled , what dothheeelfe but by refuting the Lords arbitrement and determination make God hisenemy f Fourthly , it expofeth men to contempt : for howfoeuer theyarc therefore angry, becaufe they wouldnot bedefpi_ fed and difregarded, yet nothing in truth doth foonerwo, k contempt in the mindes , not onclyofOrangets, but altoof a mans owne children and feruants , then vniuf& anger. For when their anger and the fruiter thereof, clamorous brauling and fighting , are vfuall and common afwcll for trifles as waighty matters , men defperatelic contemne both , when they haue no hope to prcucnt either . They therefore who delire that theft bitter drueges ofcorredi. on fhouldhate any effcrtuall operation in themindes ofin. fcriours, for the purging away of their faults and vices, muavfe them like Piyticke , which if it be ordinary will workeno extraordinaryeffce4, becaufe it groweth familiar with our natures, and therefore not fit to workevpon them: nommedentwr contraria . And hence it is that Phylcke be- commeth vnprofitable to tholemen in the time ofgrieuous ficknetfe,whichvpon cuery trifling occalion haue vied it in the time ofhealth , and made it as it were faucc to difget} their s.SeEt.4. 4.Vniuf an- ger expofeth men to con. tempt. Correltion to be vfed like ?byfieke.
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