CajeJ of Confcience. 3.Booke. Secondly, we arc commanded to loue one A anorhcr,cuen as Chrill bath loucd vs, Eph.). :.It isthepropcrtieofloue, tolulfcr ,and ~a lbeare, andnottobc prouokedroanger, l. Cor.13. Anditisamarke, whereby Gods children arc difcerned from the children of 4Ich.3•t0 theDiueJI,thllt thq louetheir 6rethrm. Thirdly, wcareigoorantofmensmindes in fpeakingand doing~ we know not the man– ner and clrcumClanccs oftheir athons, And cxpcnence tcachc:rh,that much anger comes vpon milhkmg and ml(conllruing them. Whereascontrariw1fe,ifthey werethroughly • knownc, wee would not be fo much incenfed againft men,ascornmonlywcare. Founhly,in rafl1 anger,wecan doe no part B ofGods worlhip that isplealing to hin,,VVe cannot pray: for hee that praics,muft ilfrvp pur: hands without wrath, r.T1m.>.8. VVe cannor be good hearers ofthe word:for Saint lames wil1H~th vs to bee (wife to hcare, and r~un.!.!Ool.J (Ww IO~rath; becaufc thewrath of :1)30 doth not accomphfh the nghteoufnes ofGod. Fdrly,we mu!t conliJer what are the fruits :md confcquclltsof vniufi anger. For firlt,it 1 greatly annoies the health. It annoies the brainc,& pulfes, itcaufcs the gall ro Aow into • Ambro. de obit. Thcod. the ltonlJcke& thcbowcls;it killethand poi· (oncrh tbcfpirirs ; and is the next way to pro– cure ddlempcr ofthe wholcborly,and confc· quenrly JoiTeof health, Sccondly,irmak<sa man captlue to the diucl,Eph.4 ,7,wh1Ch we C fee to be true in Sauls example, who beeioga •nan full of wratb,and giuingplace to his own rageandfuric, an cuiJl fpiritentred mto him by the iu!l mdgcmcnt of God. S1~tly,we mull confider the Caufes of vn' iuCI anger, Iriscommonlyrbought, that anger 1snorhing but the flo~ing of choler in the gall,and in the llomacke. But the truth is, angerismorethcn choler. For it rifethfirlt of a debilitieof rcafon and iudgcment in tJ.Je minde.Secondly,from euilalfeClions:asfrom cnuic,and fcJf-louc. Thirdly,from theconfli– tution ofrhe body, that is hotte and drie. A– gaine, weereade in hillories,rhat men haulng nogall,haue nctwithltandmg beene ful ofan– ger: and choler indcede is alurthcrance,but D nocaufeofanger. sea.t. The remedies of vniu(! anger that fiand in praClife,are fpecially fiue. Thefidl is,in rherimeofangcrroconceale thefamc,both in word and deedc. The indig– nali•••f•foolc (faith Salomon,Prou.rt.16.) will 6u~owne the jAmt d.ty, lmr r/;e wifemAnco– mntb bi4 {hame: that is,hee relfraineshis an~ gcr, which if it fl10uld prefenrly breakcforth, wouldbe a reproch voto him. Anfwerable to rhi~norable fpeech of Salomonl was the wife counfdl ot • AmGra(<roTbeodofiu. ; that oft<r (enrencegmcn,hc lhould rake 3o.daics refpirc before execution. And nor vnl•kc bath beene thepraClifc ofthe veryHeathen in thm time. JSocrates [aid,/ ht<d bellrtntbu,lmr thAt /wa~ Angrie, .dth.r ..dorl/4 gaue AHgujltu this rule,that when bee was angne, hee fhould tir(l fay oucr the whole Alphabcr,bcfurc beeput in execu– tion his:mgcr. Secondly,we murl depart from themwith whom we are angrie. For thiulfeC!ion ius a fire; take rhe matter away from fire,and it will ceafe to burae: foler a man depart,& employ himfelfc (for the rime) fame other way, & he fha!ifooncceafcto be angrie. Thus did Io· naihan depart our of his fathers prcfence, '· Sam.•o·3:4· Abrahamin his anger withdrew h1mfelfe twm Lot,Gen. 13. Iacob in wrath departed from Efau,Gcn.>7.43>44· Thirdly, wee mull au01do ihe occaGons thereof: as contentions,and contentious pcr– foos.Doe n~rhmg thr~ugh :onttntion. Philip.z.3. lldalzenof~~endfhlp wsth An llngr]m4n,nrirhn-gor w1th a funous mtttt, left thouLe;~rne hiswlf.irs, 1 md. receiuedrflru[/iontotb] [o11le,Pro.zz.:4. VVc mull for this purpofe, be carefull ro auoid all means, that mayferue ro further the heate of the reroperarureof fuch a body,asisapt and difpofcd ro thuvnruly pal1ion, Fourrhly,we arc to conlider that wee finne agamllGod,nor once or twife,bur often,yea cuery day:and therefore the courfo ofour an· gcr mu!I bcruroed,.gainll our own felucs,ror' our finnes.For rh1s is one property oftrue re– pentan~e, toworkcinvs~ reucngevponour felues, 10 regard of our hones committed a– gainCl God,anduur brethren,:.Cor.7.11. Fifrly,we mull accullome our fcluesro the daily exerc1fcs of muocauon of the name of God,fortbiS endc, that hee in mercie would mortifieall our earthly affeClions, efpecially this corrupt anil VJOJenr affedionof vniufi wrarh.Andthis mull we doe,as at all times,fo rhendpecJaJir, wh~anger iscreepingvpO va. Ir w:Jl bee(aid of fame: Our anger is via· lent, and c;,mes vpon thefudden, and rhere– fore thcfe remed1es will doe vs no good. .dnj. Such P."fuos, when their mindes bee quiet, mull otren.rcadeann mcditateofthe forefaid remedies, and by tbismeaoesthey (ball bea· ble to preuent hall1nc!Te, But wbar 1f ~cc becouertakenwirh ~ngcr, whar mull" ethen dol Anj.If th<>u fallmru it through mfirmity,yct remember rhyfclfc,let not the Sun go down vpon thy wrath, Eph.4. :6.Confidenl'lth thineown heart, thatanger is as apoifon: if a man drinks poifon,bemull nor fulfer it to cell, and &winto rh< body& veines, but •·irh all fpccdemufi purge I! aut : and (omullanger be dealt •·irhall, whenfoe– uer we arc ouertaken with ir. CHAP. IV. 0f f2.!tefliom conceroing T(mper11.nce. TEmperance 1sa vertue that moderateth app<tircor Ju~. And ti11Smaderarron of appcrite,Hant.lsln foure thmgs. I. In
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