Ofthemeow tepreuent vn/fi.fi Anger. 63 geedlcffe curio u For é many things r hurt vs, if wen ci nor eetñ n. Whereas he that bu lily inquireth what is laid again[( him in cuery company,hc that li(ncth at euery doore , and under cuerywall , he that rippethvp ill words fpoken again(}him infecret, dothboth dlquiet himfclfe with anger, and makehis owne faults more publikc . tln tigonu when he heard twoofhis fubie6is (pea- king euill of him in the night neare his Tent , calledvnto them , willing them to goc further off leali the king fhould heart them. Whole example ifwe would follow , our anger would not fomuch vexeour felues,nor trouble others.. The fixth caufe is to haue open cares tocuery tale-bearer, 5. Seff.7.. and credulous hearts tobeleeuc them. For it is the nature of 6.0eclulíty. men , tobe moll defirous of hearing that whichmoll dif. Senec. de inc. plcafcth them, Et libéter credere qua moiré audittnt,will ing- Sene de it ly to belecue thofe things which they arc moli lorry to heare . But ifwe would auoid vniutiaflger, we mull auoide Senec.de ira. thisvice all() :Nolte: abfoluemua'f caperimu ente iudicare lib.3.cap,:a gtaara irefct,are (hall acquit many, ifwe will not beangrybe- forewe iudge . Let vs not therefore fuffer execution togot before judgement, but rather deferre our more feuere ccn- lure , till time haue reuealed the truth , conudering that it is mots vfuall with men to report vntcuthes , Come that they may decelue thee; fotne becaufe they are deceiued them fclucs; tome becaufe they would let friends at varance;fotne in their accufation will faint an injury offered vs,that they may takeoccalion to Phew their forrow, becaufe it was of- fered ; butfearce any ofthem will (land to than which they haue fpokcn . And therefore let vs nor he angrybeforewee iudge,nor iudgc beforewe beam bothparties : for what in- iu(lice is it tohaue both eares open to an accufation , and both (hut to anexcufc ? to proceed to fc ntence of condem- nation before weaske theparty accufed, w hat he can fay for himfelfe? what greaterwrong then to belccue in fecret, and to be angry openly ? §.Sad. The laa caufe of vniui anger, is wantdi-meditation rtin 5
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