l./.1 h tug eu:c.1 t stt accompany vniuft anger. words theywill glueblowes , for blowes wounds, and for wounds death . And therefore the Wifeman faith; That Prou. anger is cruell,andwrath is raging: Prou.27.4.Yea it prouo- kethmen not onely to reuenge !mall injuries; but altono injuries ; for anger ragethcuen againfl the innocents, and that oftentimes becaufe they areinnocent,andbut toovertu- ous,as thefurious man imagineth. And this is euident in the example of Catins anger againfl Abel; Sauls againfl Iona- than and 7)auid; Nebuchadnezzar! again(} the threechil- dren ; Herods againfl the innocents ; the Scribesand Phari. fes again(} Chrifi,as before I prooucd. .finger oFi But as anger caufethmen to be hurtful] to all others,lo e1 hurrfull toa pecially to thole whom they fhouldmolt loue , cherifh,and mans corne defend , that is, they who are ofa mans owne familie : who family. becaufe they arenecetfarily ccnuerfantwith them, arecon- tinuallyfubicel,and euen expofed to their furyand outrage: the wife to their bitter fpceches(if theydoe not worle,that is, like madde men beate their owne flefh) thechildren to fu- rious and vnreafonable correetion,theferuantsnot onely to reuiling fpeeches, but ant() crueli ftripes and blowes : fo that (as one faith well) we may know an angryman,if wee Plutarchde but looke in the facesofhis feruants,namely,by theirfcarres cobibirac. and bruites. , i I . The And fo much for theprivate euils which accompany vn- culls iui anger . Nowwee are to fP cakeof the publike. Vniull which anger bringeth to anger is the caufeof all tumults and vprores, fcditions and common. confpiracies,maflácres and bloudtewars,vea the ouerthrow wealths. and confufon of all cities and comtnon-wealths. It is the caufe which inciteth the Magifirateagainfl thefubic51,and the fubiec`t again(} the Magiflrate, the Prince againfl the people,and the people againfl thePrince,kingdome again!} kingdome,and nation againfl nation :'and that not onely vpon waightycaufes, but alfo vpon trifling occalions. For as to make a furious and vrquenchable flame, it is not mare- riall how frnall the fire is that kindleth it, Co the matter bee apt to receiue it wherein it is kindled , for one coalc is e- nough toburne a wholecitie, ifit fall amongfi flaxe, and one ¡Parke ifit light in tinder or gunpowder :lo it mattereth not
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