W:°rnrtfi/irf fèeke to pre- :tent anger. Sen.eQi. I r 90 §,Sefi'.2. The meaner to preiiene yniteft. ytrtger. VN V1 r »tearsea topreatent vntur anger. bath taken of the body ; fo the bell courfe in mi. nif ring 1pirituall Phifick,is to preferne the foule fromvice, rather then topurge it away after it hath infeEed it ; for Ili.. tiafacáláru repelluntur,quam expeiluntur, Vices are more ea. lily kept from cntrance,then thrum out after theyare entred: for as the commonprouerbe is , thereare but tweluepoints in the law , and poileflion is as good as cleauen of them, if therefore anger haue gottenpoilefìon we (hall hardly dif potieife it : It is our foules mortali enemy; as therefore we fit(} feeke to keepe theenemy from awing the frontircs of our country, but ubebe cntrcd,sfoone as wecan to expel! hini:Co we muff firth endeauour to repel' anger by flopping the palíages ofour hcarts,that it may haue noentrance , but ifït haue takenplace, quickly to expell and remooue it. For ifwePuffer it to fortifie it felfe,it will grow fo thongand vio lent,thatwe -(hail bevnable todiflodgc t. And as in a liege ofa City. the Citizens prouide all things necellary for , their defence before the allàult , that the enemy when he ap- procheth the walks , may not.take them vnprouided; fo if we will repel! anger when it comtneth,we are to fortifieand arme our (clues again( it before it comes : for if it take.vs vnprouided,';it will eafilymake entrance, andrnoreea:îlyoa uercome vs. Lctvs therefore firfl ofall endeuourtovfeall good means bywhich we may preuent anger : for ifithaue once gotten holdofvs , it will eafily plungevs headlong into violence& fury, whereas we may withgreater facillitypreuent the dan- ger before we fall into it .For as expetience teacheth vs,a snanmayeafilyconraine hinafelfe from running downethe hill,whilche is on the ropppe,but after he is entred into a full race,hecannot flay himfeltc before hecommeth to thehot- tome : fo it is more cafe for any to abtiaine from running into anger,then to containehimfelfe when he is in the race, fromfalling head-long into the botrome offury. Let vs then fee the meanes how to preuent anger: the faro remedy is by taking away the caufes.thereof.forfublatr"c caufa.
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