Ofthe meaner to cureAnger in others, 79 is mofl fliffe and obdurate. An example hereof we haue in 4Gigaile : who byher milde and difcreet fpeechesquickly Lure. 24,4, appealed D..amids furious anger. As therefore Iron which is redhot, beingdipped in cold water, prefently lofeth all his heat, and returneth to his na- tural, coldneffe : fo is the heat of the hottefl anger footle, mittigated witha cold and mild anfwere. Whereas on the other fide, croffe and vntoward fpeeches, maketh theleafi (parke ofanger flame out into fury : as we may fee iu the ex- ampleof titfofes, who thoughhe were the meekefl man li- ning on the earth, as it is Nom. t 2.3. yet by the contentious t' om.a z.3 wranglingof the people,he was foprouokcd to wrath,that he grieuoufly offended God, by fpeaking vnaduifedly with his lips, as may appeare by comparing the twcntith chapter of Notnb. the I o. and i i . verfes, with the t o6. Pfalm. the Nuna.io.ri /.and 3 3 verfs. As therefore if a manblow vpon a fparke l he maketh it increafe to a flame, but if he fpit vpon it he Pfa.loó. 3 a. 3 queilcheth it, and both proceed out of the mouth : fo he that vttereth crone anfweres, doth make the leaf( fpark of anger become furious rage,whereas mild and foft anfweres eioeafily appeafe it. Thehameanes,is after his anger is ouerpafl to glue him se 3 vvholefome counfaile and good admonitions, whereby he The third maybe taught the great euils which follow anger. For as it andi foie; is not fittominifler phificke to a fiche patient, while he is in a fit of an ague , and therefore difcreet Phifitions rather make choife oftheir patients good day : fo it is invaine for a man to feeke the curing of anger bygood counfaile, vn- le% he flay till the fit be palledouer,and the heat of anger fomewhat aflwagcd.For aman cannot,norwill not hearken to another mans reafons, while he is fubie& to hisowne paf1ionr. And as a manhearethnothing almofl'which is Paid when his houfe is on fire, for the noife of the multitude, thecrackling oftheflame, and theperturbation of his own mind : fo theviolence of hem ina fit of rase, deafto fon, dothmake a man vv all 3
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