Stun, i 6. and ir< ro bat not ? 375 lent paffions inreference co our (elves being 1 luíting power after the good things of this lif:, any .ónfcquentl;' U e grief which arifes. from the want or lofs of theta it is therefore in reference co the former, Temperance (in it's large acceptiori,) and the latter , Fati(nee; and in relation to others, the r -agirg power of anger and rever,ge,with what flows from them, in which regard it is in the Magifirate, Clemency ; ard humanity naeeknefr, gentlinefs, lenity; in all. In this variety is the word ufed by Authors Sacred and Prophane, which I will not clog you with. And for this caufe it confifls in that mediocrity which ap- a¡ms-+xás 75 proaches nearer to the extreme of defect, and confequently is oppofed one:nit Hermog. to violenee, impetkoufnejr, or inordinacy of a)reîlivn (not as placed upon undue obje ts,for that's materially evii,and w be wholly declined, not Abvrvs, a,,nz moderated,but upon lawful immoderately) and in general to all excefs- 1e;ws,C.,: in humane actions. Hence it is, (by the way) as I cor..ceive, that it's &c. Ifoc, commanded fo frequently in Scripture by negative Precepts;aslove not the World nor the things of the world, John 2. 15. rake no thohxht for your life, for the morrow, Match. 6. 24, 3 T, 34, verfes. Fear not them which kill the body, Match. e o. i 2,3 e. Luke 12.4,7. Let not pur hearts be troubled, John 14. 1. and many the like , which I cannot Rand to entian : and forne times by the action contrary to it's oppofite vice; as ?Vi'atth.5.3 9,40,41. Turn the other cheek, let him have thy cloakalfo, go with him tn'ain, i. e. rather than violently refift, and revenge thy fell. Moderation then being no particular Grace or Virtue (as you have heard)cannot have any peculiar objec4,but only in common with the principles, and actions wherein it is imployed; whereby it be- comes uncapable of any future accurate divifion into feveral kinds.For' a1thpugh it be of a general confiderarion,yet not as a Principle which aCt3upon it's obje:, but that which peculiarly refpeds the anions themfelves when the obje& is pitched upon it being Moderations office to regulate and govern Principles in their ac`tings upon their due olofeets chofen, that they exceed not therein. So that as all thofe Gra- ces and Virtues which refped the manner of anions, as zeal, finceri- ty, &c. that refpeet the moral quality, as this Both the moral quantity degree, or meafure of them, are of fo many feveral kinds, as the adi- ,ons are wherein they are converfant ; fo alfo is Moderation. And in regard our particular ac}ions are fo very many,fo diverfe,and (loathed with fuch infinite variety of circumftances; it is imponible to lay down any certain Rule, that may determine wherein Moderation in them all Mould confift : the cPiov14 or the things that are juft neceffary and convenient , and to ocher, being always in particular actions very difficult
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