4 Tarecitons forgetting' andkeeping find tears. 4. Becaufe Paffions and Affeetions deg pend fo much on the temperature oftheBody : TO one they are eafie, famï r and at command : to another ( as honeD) they are.difficult and fcarce ¡Er- red at all. With moil women,and perfons of weaker tempers, they are prier then with men. Some cannot weep at the death ofa friend, though sever fo dear, no nor perhaps feel very fenfible inward grief : and yet perhaps would have redeemed his life at a far dearer rate (had it been pofsible) then thofe that can grieve and weep more abundantly. 5. Becaufe Worldly things have fo great `an advantage on our Pafsions and Affections. r. They are fenfible and veer us andour knowledge of them is clear But God is not to be feen, heard or felt by our fenfes : he is far from us, though locally prefe.nt with us : we arecapable ofknowing but little, very little ofhim. 2. Earthly things are aldray before our eyes,their ad- vantage is continual. 3. Earthly things being Dill the objects ofour fences, do force our Pafsions,whether We will or nor I though they cannot force our Wils. 6. Pecaufe AffectiOns andPAfsions rife and fall, and neither arenor can be in any even & contant frame : and therefore are unfit tobe thecontant or certain evidence ofour Date ; But the wills Refolurion and Choice may be more conífaut. So that I advife you rather to try your fell by your Will then by your Pafsionate f;irrings ofLove Or longing,ofjoy or for- row: Objeff. But doth riot Scripture lay as much on Love, as on any Grace ? and loth not Chriff fay, that except we love hire above all, we cannot be his Difciples r 4r
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