Oftheends that. accompany vniu anger. 5 their meats :Co ifwe would haue the phyficke ofthe minds, correction and chaff dement , toworke defirecieffeet, they mat be vfed fparingly, and not for every flipar.d infirmity, which oftentimes in wifdomc fliould bee diTembled as though it were not perceiued , andoftenpardoned in hope ofamendment Otherwife,if euery toy and (mall ouetfght Thevanityof prouoke anger , and anger incite to fcolding and fghting,ordinarq not onely the parties corm ed arenot b:ttered , but rather P`ol`ling and bramting, made more obflinate and obdurate in thcir vices( for their hearts likeanuiis become harder withoften beating) butal- fo he that corrctieth, doth disfurnifh himfelfeofall fit re- medics to cure more defperate difrafes. For ifhevke bitter chiding and feuerc fighting for the cure of euery trifling fault,what remedy doth he referue for correctingand refor- ming haynonsoffences ? furely none. Whereby it commeth topafe,that inferiours will not be refirained from commit- ting all faults, but rather will be as eafily induced tocommit the greatefl as the Ieafi , becaufe there is nogreat difference in the punifhment. Dijererio-n re: But hewho is wife and difcreet will paffe ouer many final( r,; rde in tor faults as thoughhe perceiued them not,both becaufe(as one rfg«n. faith)Gratifrrumef genussvenienefc ire quidquifquepecca-senec.de irez uit It is the moil acceptable kinds of-pardon to feeme igno- lib,l,tap23. rant ofthe fault; as alto left taking notice ofeuery little flip, he make the offender íhamcleile and impudent in defen- ding that as well done,whíchhecannot excufe as not done. Whereas fo long as he thinketh his fault vnknowne he will be fo fearefull of committing the like, that hewill be care full inhiding that which hehath already committed . But if he perceive that the offender takethoccafion by his igno- rance-to offend often in the like kind, then is he to takeno- ticeof thefault by vfìng milde admonition; ifthat will not preuaile,then more fliarpe reprehenfion ; but yet in private, for many witnetfes ofthe fault maketh him lelfcafhamed to Commit the like;whereas fears of open difgrace wil reflrainc him from it,fo long as he is not already difgraced, Butifthe offender impudently and obWiinately perfifiin his vice, or that thefault at the firil be morenctntious,then is he to pro- H coed
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