z,Pet, 5.¡!. Obícìîtion. e/fnfwtre, 72 Of themeines to expell orbridleAnger, oncly entcrtaine anger in the day, but alto lodge it in the night,doe thereby lay rhemfelues open to the fiery darts of Sathan. For be continuallygoeth about likea roaring Lyon, feeking whomhe may deuoure. And when he Findeth fuchas haue retained anger euen in their beds , thinking them a fit pray approcheth and with his bellowes offuryhemore inflamed] the fireofanger, till it blazethout into furious re- uer.ge : he aggrauateth the iníury recciued,teiling them that ifthey put vpCuch an indignity, theywill expofe rhemfelues to the like, or for fùffering this, loofeall their credit and re. putadon, by íncurrrng thenoteofcowardize.And fo hauing wrought in their hearts afull refolution to take revenge, in the next place he putteth into their heads themoll fit means and oportunity of performing it with all rage and cruelty. And (ó often times it commeth to pa(% that when they a- rife,thcy put that in prac4ifc , which theyhaue dcuiCcd lying vpon theirpillow. To preuent therefore fogreat an euill; if we caunotaltG- gether repell anger, yet let vs Toone expell it. For though at the fir(} it bebuta fmall fparke, yet ¡fit benourifhed it will quickly incrcafeto a furious flame. As therefore when a houle is newly let on fire, men labourcarneill y,and with all fpced to quench it,before it haue taken hold of the amine po(tes and great beames; otherwife it will be too late after- ward, when it is increafed to his full (Lrength : fo when our hearts arc fire let onfire with anger, we are prefendy to quench it with the water of the fpirit for after we are throughly enflamed , it will be too late toapplyany remedy till theflaw hauc fpenrir (elfe. But fomcwill fay, I fall into anger many times when I neuermeane it,and it hathovercome me before I am a ware; how therefore (hould I preuent that which I doenot fore- fee,or freemy Idle from it , Teeing it violently over-rulcth nice? To the firli I anfwerc , that if we carefully watch ouer our felues , we (hall eafïly perceiuc whenwe are inclining to
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