inQCänttíbíng 11;i1113 ebeniptfott; 57 fentments : and thenchanges are the remedies, to take Chap.1V. off the wearinefs of one pleafure by another. The lrV-.) Humane Soul is under a perpetual infiabilityof refilefs defires, it defpifes what it enjoyes, and valueswhat is new, as ifNovelty and Goodnefs were the fame in all temporal things. And as the Birds remain in the Air by confiant motion, without which they wouldquick- ly fall to the Earth as other heavy bodies, there be- ing nothing folid to fupport them; fo the Spirit of Man,by manyunquiet agitations andcontinual changes, fubfifls for a time, till at lafi it falls into Difcontent and Defpair, the Center ofcorrupt Nature. 2. When prefent things are unfatisfa&ory, heenter- tains himfelf with Hope: for that being terminated on a future Obje& which is of a doubtful nature, the Mind attends to thole Arguments which produce a pleafant belief, to find that in feveral objeEis, which it cannot in any tingle one, and to make up in number, what is wanting in meafure, whereas the prefent is ma- nifeft and takes away all liberty of thinking. Upon this ground senfual Pleafure ismore in expec`ation than fruition : For Hope by a marvellous enchantment not only makes that which is future prefent, but re- prefenting.in one view that which cannot be enjoyed but in the intervals of time, it unites all the fucceffive parts in one point, fo that what is divided and leffen'd in the fruition, which is always gradual, is offer'dat once and entire. Thus Man carnal deceived by the imperfe& light of Fancy, and the falfe glafs of Hope, choofes afütitiotus felicity. Man walks in a vainPew. Pfa1. 3. 6: His originalErrour hath produced this in its own image. And although thecomplacency he takes in fenfual ob- jet!: is like the joy of a difira&ed Perfon, the ifï'ùe of folly' and illufon, and Experience difcovers the de- ceit that is in them ; as finelling to an artificial Rafe I undeceives
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