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mercy_n	full_a	lord_n	psal_n	2,435	5	7.5110	4	false

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A20765	Spiritual physicke to cure the diseases of the soule, arising from superfluitie of choller, prescribed out of Gods word Wherein the chollericke man may see the dangerousnesse of this disease of the soule vniust anger, the preseruatiues to keepe him from the infection thereof, and also fit medicines to restore him to health beeing alreadie subiect to this raging passion. Profitable for all to vse, seeing all are patients in this desease of impatiencie.	Downame, John, d. 1652.	1616 (1616)	STC 7147; ESTC S109810	66,826	176

loue 1. Cor. 13 4. 7. both suffereth long suffreth al things and therefore they want this loue who will suffer nothing and be prouoked euery minute nay he sayth expresly in the fift verse that loue is not prouoked to Anger that is to rash and vniust anger and therefore they are destitute of loue vvho are so easily prouoked Secondly it is most necessarie to subdue anger because while we remayne therein vve can haue no assurance that our praiers are acceptably hard of God not onely because we pray so to be forgiuen as vve forgiue and therefore if vve retayne our anger towards our bretheren vve pray that God vvill retayne his towardes vs but also because our sauiour expresly telleth vs That if we do not remit men their trespasses our heauenly father will not forgiue vs our sinnes Ma. Math. 6. 15. 6. 15. And that with what measure we mete vnto others it shal be measured vnto vs agayne Math. 7. 2. Let vs remember the Math. 7. 2 parable of the seruant vvho beeing forgiuen ten thousand talents and after exacting vvith all crueltie of his fellow seruant an hundreth pence vvas cast into the prison of vtter darkenesse Math. 18. 23. Whereby thus much is vnderstood Mat 11. 23 that if vve vvill not fogiue small iniuries to our bretheren seeing the Lord hath forgiuen our infinite haynous sinnes vve shall be vsed like that mercilesse and cruell seruant And therfore let vs follow the counsell of the Apostle Eph. 4. 32. Be courtcous one to another and tender harted freely forgiuing one Eph. 4. 32 another euen as God for Christs sake freelye forgaue you And so much for the necessitie of this dutie Sect. 5. The fift meanes to arme vs with patience against the assaults of anger is 5. The examples of patience in others that we propound vnto our selues the examples of others for the looking vppon greene collour is not more soueraigne for those who are troubled with inflamatiō of the eyes then the behoulding of the clemencie and patience of others is for those whose harts are inflamed with anger First therefore let vs set before vs the example of God himselfe who is mercifull gratious and slowe to anger as himselfe describeth himselfe Exod. 34. 6. And hereof the Prophet Exo. 34. 6. Dauid tasted by often experience and therefore hee saith likewise Psal 103. 8. The Lorde is full of compassion Psa 163. 8 9 and mercie slowe to anger and of great kindnesse And as hee is not easely prouoked to anger so beeing prouoked his anger lasteth not long for Hee will not alway chide nor keepe his anger for euer as it is verse 9. Nay no sooner can we knock at the gate of his mercy but he is ready to open as he hath promised Math. 7. 7. If therefore wee would resemble our heauenly Father and so approoue Math. 7. 7 our selues to be his children we must learne to imitate his patience and long suffering Secondly wee are to propound vnto vs the example of our Sauiour Christ the liuelie character expresse Image of his father as he exhorteth vs. Math. 11. 29. Math. 11. 29. Learne of me for I am meeke and lowlie of hart and you shall finde rest to your soules What this meekenesse was Peter telleth vs. 1. Peter 2. 22. Though he were free from sinne and had no guile found in his mouthe 1 Pet. 2. 22 yet when hee was reuiled he reuiled not againe and when hee suffered hee threatned not Though in respect of his infinite power he vvas able not onely to haue threatned but also to haue vtterly destroyed his enemies If therefore Christ was so milde and patient vvho vvas free from sinne surely much more should wee be if it vvere possible who by our sinnes haue deserued the greatest iniuries yea eternall death But if these examples be too high for our imitation let vs cast the eyes of our mindes vppon the patience and long suffering of our fellow bretheren As of Abraham vvho vvhen iust cause of offence was offered by Lot and his Shepheards vvas rather content to part from his right then hee would haue any discorde and dissention Gen. 13. 8. Of Moyses who then Gen. 13. 8 was ready to pray for the people vvhen they were ready to stone him Exod. 17. Exo. 17. 4 11. 4. 11. Of Dauid who hauing reuendge in his owne hand vvhen hee vvas prouoked by the out-ragious iniuries of Shemei did notwithstanding containe himselfe 2. Samu. 16. 10. and of 2. Sam. 16 10. Steuen vvho vvhen the stones slewe about his eares prayed for his enemies that threw them at him Acts Act. 7. 60 The example of others being in their fur● 7. 60. Or if these examples will not moue vs to the loue of myldenesse and patience let vs set before our eyes those men which are subiect to the furie of anger and so shall we easely discerne in others what an vglie and brutish vice it is in our selues One saith that if an angrye man would looke himselfe in a Glasse Senec. lib. 2. de ira cap. 36. in the middest of his furie he would appeare so horrible in his own sight that it would be a notable meanes to worke an hatred in his hart of so deformed a vice but for as much as angry men will hardly be brought to this while they continue in their rage or if they could they haue somewhat relented already and so the coppy of their countenance is chaunged or though it were not the furie of their affection so cloudeth the iudgement of reason that they thinke all things become them vvhich they do in theyr passion Let vs therefore followe the example of the Spartanes vvho vvould cause their children to looke vppon their Hellottes and slaues vvhen they were drunken that they might be brought into detestation of so vglie a vice vvhen they beheld the beastlinesse thereof in others So let vs set before our eyes other men while they be in their furie and consider how it deformeth the body and disableth the minde the lamentable tragedies which it acteth and follies vvhich it committeth and the vglie deformitie ioyned with brutish follye must needes mooue vs to hate so foule a vice Sect. 6. The sixt meanes is to abstayne from multitude of businesse because not 6. To abstaine frō multitude of busines onelie the minde is distracted and disturbed therewith and so made a fitte Inne for anger to lodge in but also because in such aboundance of businesse some things of necessitye will miscarrie and among such a multitude of Irons some will burne and so inflame the minde to anger Sect. 7. The seauenth meanes is to auoide 7. To abstaine frō cōtentious controuersies Senec. lib. 3. de ira Cap. 8. contentious controuersies for facilius est a certamine abstinere quam abducere howsoeuer it be very easie to abstaine from them before they are begunne yet after a