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A81837 Of peace and contentment of minde. By Peter Du Moulin the sonne. D.D. Du Moulin, Peter, 1601-1684. 1657 (1657) Wing D2560; Thomason E1571_1; ESTC R209203 240,545 501

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small_a virtue_n unless_o it_o please_v god_n himself_o to_o fetch_v he_o out_o of_o it_o by_o strong_a hand_n and_o a_o stretch_v out_o arm_n and_o of_o he_o before_z and_o after_o all_o remedy_n we_o must_v beg_v the_o remedy_n against_o sadness_n melancholy_n be_v the_o seat_n and_o fastness_n of_o the_o devil_n whence_o none_o but_o god_n alone_o can_v thrust_v he_o out_o every_o time_n that_o sadness_n offer_v to_o deject_v our_o spirit_n let_v we_o raise_v they_o again_o present_o chide_v ourselves_o as_o david_n do_v who_o three_o time_n in_o the_o xlii_o and_o xliii_o psalm_n take_v up_o his_o droop_a mind_n with_o this_o encouragement_n why_o be_v thou_o cast_v down_o o_o my_o soul_n and_o why_o be_v thou_o disquiet_v within_o i_o hope_v thou_o in_o god_n for_o i_o shall_v yet_o praise_v he_o who_o be_v the_o health_n of_o my_o countenance_n and_o my_o god_n chap._n viii_o of_o joy_n joy_n be_v the_o acquiescence_n of_o the_o appetite_n in_o the_o acquisition_n of_o a_o desire_a good_a or_o in_o the_o expectation_n of_o it_o joy_n be_v more_o natural_a than_o sadness_n for_o sadness_n though_o natural_a yet_o be_v a_o enemy_n to_o nature_n but_o joy_n be_v nature_n friend_n then_o sadness_n be_v never_o without_o some_o degree_n of_o precedent_a constraint_n and_o even_o they_o that_o be_v obstinate_o sad_a be_v sorry_a to_o be_v so_o but_o the_o heart_n appli_v itself_o free_o to_o joy_n sadness_n be_v ill_a in_o itself_o and_o be_v good_a but_o by_o accident_n but_o joy_n be_v good_a in_o itself_o and_o be_v ill_o but_o by_o accident_n therefore_o consider_v both_o natural_o joy_n upon_o a_o false_a ground_n be_v preferable_a to_o sadness_n upon_o a_o true_a ground_n for_o joy_n be_v a_o true_a good_a at_o least_o for_o a_o time_n though_o the_o ground_n be_v false_a but_o sadness_n be_v a_o true_a present_a evil_n be_v the_o ground_n true_a or_o false_a but_o consider_v these_o passion_n moral_o by_o the_o effect_n which_o they_o produce_v by_o accident_n joy_n do_v more_o harm_n in_o the_o world_n than_o sadness_n for_o joy_n natural_o dilate_v the_o spirit_n bring_v the_o mind_n to_o a_o loose_a carriage_n and_o take_v the_o fence_n of_o wariness_n from_o about_o it_o common_o joy_n be_v the_o mother_n of_o rashness_n but_o sadness_n contract_v the_o spirit_n keep_v the_o mind_n within_o the_o limit_n of_o soberness_n and_o bring_v it_o to_o serious_a thought_n eccles_n 7.2_o hence_o it_o come_v that_o it_o be_v better_a to_o go_v to_o the_o hoùse_n of_o mourn_v then_o to_o the_o house_n of_o feast_v for_o that_o be_v the_o end_n of_o all_o man_n and_o the_o live_a will_v lay_v it_o to_o his_o heart_n eccles_n 3.4_o sorrow_n be_v better_a than_o laughter_n for_o by_o the_o sadness_n of_o the_o countenance_n the_o heart_n be_v make_v better_a the_o heart_n of_o the_o wise_a be_v in_o the_o house_n of_o mourning_n but_o the_o heart_n of_o fool_n be_v in_o the_o house_n of_o mirth_n for_o of_o passion_n we_o may_v say_v as_o of_o man_n our_o friend_n flatter_v we_o but_o our_o enemy_n tell_v we_o our_o fault_n joy_n which_o be_v a_o friend_n of_o nature_n do_v flatter_v it_o into_o error_n and_o seduction_n but_o sadness_n which_o be_v a_o enemy_n to_o nature_n undeceive_v it_o and_o lay_v open_a before_o a_o man_n his_o fault_n and_o his_o danger_n the_o sanguine_a temper_n which_o be_v most_o give_v to_o joy_n be_v most_o subject_a to_o folly_n but_o the_o temper_n where_o melancholy_a bear_v a_o moderate_a sway_n be_v the_o fit_a for_o prudence_n but_o there_o be_v melancholy_a as_o well_o as_o sanguine_a fool_n and_o sadness_n give_v evil_a counsel_n as_o well_o as_o joy_n the_o ill_a counsel_n of_o joy_n be_v more_o frequent_a and_o hot_a and_o make_v more_o noise_n the_o ill_a counsel_n of_o sadness_n be_v less_o frequent_a but_o they_o be_v dark_a &_o mischievous_a and_o recompense_v their_o rarity_n with_o their_o malignity_n the_o italian_n call_v mischievous_a and_o dangerous_a man_n huomini_fw-la tristi_fw-la it_o be_v a_o fine_a consideration_n how_o these_o two_o passion_n though_o contrary_a yet_o be_v next_o neighbour_n and_o how_o in_o joy_n there_o be_v a_o air_n of_o complaint_n and_o in_o sadness_n a_o tickle_a of_o pleasure_n that_o contemplation_n be_v more_o natural_a then_o moral_a it_o be_v more_o useful_a to_o learn_v how_o joy_n bring_v to_o sadness_n than_o how_o it_o be_v mix_v with_o it_o it_o be_v a_o old_a expostulation_n that_o the_o case_n of_o man_n be_v miserable_a to_o have_v their_o joy_n attend_v with_o crime_n and_o their_o pleasure_n end_v in_o a_o bitter_a farewell_n of_o remorse_n and_o sometime_o of_o despair_n but_o that_o be_v a_o unjust_a re-jecting_a of_o the_o fault_n of_o the_o person_n upon_o the_o thing_n the_o reason_n why_o our_o joy_n be_v attend_v with_o crime_n and_o misery_n be_v because_o it_o mistake_v both_o the_o matter_n and_o the_o manner_n we_o neither_o rejoice_v for_o what_o we_o shall_v nor_o how_o we_o 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