92 LWom the Strength of the Mind. S E R M. 2dly, If we alter the fituation of ditfi- IV. cult uneafy circumftances and events in life, ---v--- and, inftead of the perturbation which at- tendeth the profpeft of them as future, con- fider them as atually incumbent, they pro- duce the paßion called grief; which in our prefent condition we are too well acquainted with to need any explication of it. It is not, indeed, equal in all men, no more than fear, even when the outward occafion is the fame or equal. There are fome fpirits which can much better than others fuftain their infirmity ; and yet I think we muff all be fenfible, that in the waft variety of trou- bles to which man is born, one or other Both fo prefs the weak fide of every human conftitution, that it requireth a force above that of mere, unimproved, and uncultivated nature to fupport it ; that is, it requireth re- ligious wifdom ; without the aid of which, it will fink us into a painful indifpofition and weaknefs of mind. Another paflïon belonging to the fame clafs, is anger ; when the difagreeable event is confidered as an injury, and as befalling us by the injuftice or ill -will of a voluntary agent. The true defign of this in our con - ftitution, is the fame with that of the other a pafiions,
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