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Spiritual Physic to Cure the Diseases of the Soul from Superfluity of Choler - Puritan John Downame (1571 - 1652)

Spiritual physic to cure the diseases of the soul arising from superfluity of choler prescribed out of God's word.

Wherein the choleric man may see the dangerousness of this disease of the soul unjust anger, the preservatives to keep him from the infection thereof, and also fit medicines to restore him to health, being already subject to this raging passion.

Profitable for all to use, seeing all are patients in this disease of impatiency.

Proverbs 16:32
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty man and he that ruleth his own mind is better than he that winneth a city.

John Downame (Downham) (1571–1652) was an English clergyman and theologian in London, who came to prominence in the 1640s, when he worked closely with the Westminster Assembly. He is now remembered for his writings.

In 1640 he combined with ministers of the city (Cornelius Burgess, Edmund Calamy, John Goodwin and Arthur Jackson) in presenting a petition to the privy council against William Laud's innovative book of canons. In 1643 he was appointed one of the licensers of the press, granting imprimatur to theological works, a role in which he took a permissive line, one of the works he approved being Judgement of Martin Bucer Concerning Divorce by John Milton; his licensing of Eikon Basilike in 1649 attracted the attention of the Council of State. In 1644 he was chosen one of the London ministers to examine and ordain public preachers.

He died at his house at Bunhill, in the parish of St. Giles without Cripplegate, and was buried in the chancel of Allhallows the Great.