40 A PERSUASIVE to 



i. Anger* Which if not fupprell at firlt 

 but fuffered to kindle in the Bread, breaks 

 out fuddainly into a violent flame, bearing 

 down all before it, dethrones Reafon, and 

 turns the man into a Phrenetick : Ira furor 

 brevis eft : Anger is a fhort Madnefs, and 

 if it be indulged and becomes unbri- 

 dled, it may by the violent commotion of 

 the Spirits, fo alter and pervert the very 

 crafts and temper of the Brain, as to in- 

 troduce a lading and perpetual one. The 

 like happens fometimes alfo in other pafli- 

 ons ; as grief, fear and love. 



x. 'Fear: What palenefs and trembling 

 doth it often caufe ? fubverting the whole 

 Oeconomy of the Body: Fear of poverty 

 or difgrace hath driven many men to that 

 extremity, as to lay violent hands upon 

 themfelves. Fear of death hath fome- 

 times brought upon men that they feared. 

 But above all, fear hath a very bad influence 

 upon the Body in infeftious difeafes, efpe- 

 cially in the Plague ; in which a Reverend 

 and Learned Perfon faith upon experience, 

 It is a mortal Companion : And a late 

 famous Phyfician in his Treatife upon that 

 Difeafe : T eft is non eft Teftis nifi adfit ter~ 

 ror: The Peililence is no Peftilence unlefa 

 it be attended with terror. 



3. Sor- 



