Of the euils that accompany vniut an$er. 5 I And in this refpe6 It may fitly be compared vnto a crued ryt ant , who having inuaded the gouernment of thecom- mon-wealth , dcth ouerthrow counfell,law, and order, and ouerrulcth.all by forceand fury : fo anger hauing obtained foue raignty ouer the mimic, taketh away all judgement, counfell,and reafon,and ouerfwaieth all by foolifh affe&ion , r rc and raging fíion. And therefore Salomonfaithwell;that ' p anger *j1èth. in. the fome offooles; for either fooles it fin- deth theinii or fooles it maketh them . The reafon is appa- rant,bccaúfe anger maketh men raffi and vnaduifed in their deliberations , and fo their counfels and defìgnes prooue imperfe1 and without life, likeabortiue birthes which are borne before their time. Exampleshereofweehaue inSimeon and Leui, who like ,examples: maddemen imbrued their hands inthe bloud ofmany inno- Gem344,5 cents toreuenge the injuryof one offender , InSaulwho for an imaginary fault ofone man , put to death, man, wo- man andchild , in the Citieof Nob; and not fatisfiedhere- with, he raged alío againf1 the bears with more thenbeaft- I.Sam.:2.z9 cruelty. the 1notronelye of churl fhNabal; but alfa rie,vowed z.sarn.zs% ofall his innocentfamil for his fault. You fee then that anger perueittet ehr oudgCm`on',ouertb r3.ZZ wethcounfell, andputteth out , making it the haueof paflion, fit to execute thole workes ofdarke- nefíé,inwhich rage imploieth it. Like vnto thePhiltlines, ludg.t6.2.1 who hailingput out the eyes ofSampfon,made him togrinde in their mill , and to doe their drudgery : So this raging paf. fion,hauing put out the eyes ofreafon , makes it a fit inftru- ment for hisowne bufinelle , that is, in plottingand deuifing that reuenge which is pleating and acceptable vnto it. Whereby it euidently appeareth, that furious anger is a no- table meanes whichSaran vfeth to worke our defirut$ion. Forwhen onceby ragehe bath blinded the eyeofreafon,he can eafìlleleade vs into a gulfeofall wickedneffe. In refpea whereof, Satan is compared to a cation Crowe , which intending to make the carcaCe of tome tithe Lambe his grccdie pray a dote firflpick out the eyes , that it may not
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