Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	blood_n	body_n	vital_a	2,040	5	10.4566	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69163	Paradise within us: or, The happie mind. By Robert Crofts	R. C. (Robert Crofts)	1640 (1640)	STC 6043; ESTC S116646	41,645	221

of evils and miseries proceeds from such vitious Chollericke passions First to the body for as Choller heated stirres vp anger and fury so these Cholerick passions againe by reason of the neere relation betweene passions and humours doe stirre up and so increase the Cholerick humors in the body inflaming the same as also the Blood Liver Heart and vitall Spirits hinders also rest and sleepe spoyles the stomacke and distempers the whole body Swolne veines imperfect loud and distractive speeches fiery eyes deformed and furious lookes are the outward Symptomes of these Chollericke passions To looke in a glasse when a man is throughly angry and Chollericke is enough to make him ashamed of himselfe hee should see himselfe like a Mad-man And also to the Mind These Chollericke passions hinder the divine vertues of Patience Meekenesse Affability Courtesie Contentednesse and all pleasing quiet amiable conditions all vertue true pleasure and happinesse The same are most pernitious both to our selves and others A chollericke man is like one that burneth himselfe in his neighbours house He fireth his owne Mind with trouble and vexation while he endeavoureth to trouble and vexe another And in this mad fury he will admit of no reason no admonition He then careth not to loose friends or procure Enemies These Inconsiderate Rash Chollericke passions doe blind the mind and prepare the same ready to runne and throw it selfe into all vices evill actions and consequently Miseries As into Riot Prodigality excessive Gaming ill rash Bargaines Swift revenge Into Cursing swearing quarrelling fighting stabbing and the like Wee often see and heere Histories are replenished with Examples of the evill and miserable effects of these passions As of quarrels Contentions Hatred Strife Murder And Ruine of whole Townes Cities Common-wealths and Kingdomes by reason thereof These Chollericke passionate men are commonly all in extreames which are commonly very hurtfull When the kind fit takes them they are often so overkind as they wrong themselves And in a fit or anger or quarrelling they are usually so extreame as they are sometimes beaten often anger and loose their friends and also many times doe or suffer some rash and suddaine Mischiefes These kind of passions also deprive men of justice and patience Yea of reason it selfe which usually comes in the Rere and is joyned with Repentance Their repentance also is somtimes a Rage against themselves even to desperation rather then mixt with good Resolutions and thereupon joyfull hopes as the same ought to bee Yea these passions prepare the Mind to a wild madnesse and fury destroying Wit Reason Art and all goodnesse There is little or no difference betweene a Mad man and a Chollericke man in his fits And if these chollericke angry passions by often use and reiteration grow from a disposition to a habit the same becomes Madnesse Further let us avoyd the occasions and causes of these Rash angry violent Chollericke passions Such as are too much selfe-love Pride and Presumption bereaving us of humility and of reason which ought to bridle and moderate the fury of these bedlam passions Let us also by a manly and stay'd mind eschew nicenesse Curiosity and Impotency which most commonly possesse Women Children some old men and hasty fooles Those who will fret bee angry and take pepper in the nose at every trifle Also let us avoid all Immoderate doting on Earthly things The losses whereof or crosses wherein extreamely frets and vexes such as love them too much and sets their passions on fire And on the contrary let us endeavour by reasons light to resist and withstand the beginnings of these passions and to quench them as we would a fire kindling within us Let us watch over our Dispositions Give Reason leave to interpose resolve Divert our thoughts to some other businesse or occasion And let us by all meanes endeavour to bee of a sweete pleasant amiable meeke courteous mild unpassionate Temper They are much deceived who thinke that Meeke Courteous and mild dispositions are contrary to Fortitude Meeknesse as one faith is a vertue that belongeth to the couragious Part of the Soule whereby wee become contrary to the weakenesse in fearefull women and old men hardly moved to Anger and Choller for these passions most commonly reside in frailest weakest most fearefull and worst Spirits In fraile Women weake Old men in Covetous Ambitious vaine-glorious Cowardly dissolute vitious men There is no heart more worthy and couragious then such a one as can represse these furies No worthier Trophies then those which may bee procured from within our selves No triumphs more glorious then when our Reason can leade our conquered affections as slavish servants and servile Captives which otherwise will insult over us like bloody Tyrants and violently take away the peacefull Tranquility and pleasures of our Soules That Paradice within us which we seeke for Let us further consider that all accidents whereby these passions are provoked proceed from divine Prudence which may move us to be patient and contented Let us also endeavour as neere as wee may to resemble the divine Nature in all meeknesse goodnesse Learne of mee sayth our Saviour for I am Meeke Also the heavenly glory and rewards which hee hath prepared for us should make us scorne to bee of so weake so fraile so unworthy a temper as to bee furious passionate and too much perplex our selves for mundane Trifles Let us then in opposition to these Cholericke passions by all meanes endeavour to bee of quiet peaceable courteous mild affable meeke and of all sweet and pleasing conditions which like the Adamant attract the love of all good men by their amiable and pleasing Graces This mild affable unpassionate pleasing peacefull temper as one sayth resembles the highest Region of the Ayre wherein are no Clouds no Tempest but all fairenesse Serenety and Peace The same is the Character of a pleasant and happie Mind Who doth this Peacefull pleasing Mind possesse Is fit to enjoy the sweetest Happinesse His life resembles a faire lightsome day In which hee rides to Heaven all the way As in a Paradice His mind enjoyes Most pleasing sweetnesse in these happie wayes THE VII DIVISION Of Melancholy Complexions of Covetous Fearefull Sad Sorrowfull minds Exciting to Moderate desires and contentment to Fortitude Cheerefulnesse Ioy and pleasantnesse THe humor of Melancholly though it bee cold and dry of it selfe yet commonly retaineth in it some heat and moisture of the other humours Men of this Complexion if they adict themselves to seeke and follow Vertue and Piety especially if their Melancholly bee with bloud and other good humours moderately humected and allay'd commonly become of excellent wisedome Sharp Iudgements and seeme to doe many things so notably as if they were furthered by some divine Jnstinct or motion Insomuch as oft-times even their Solitarinesse and melancholly dispositions become most profitable sweet and pleasant to them But otherwise if vice possesse them they commonly become very Covetous nigardly fearefull sad lumpish