Pan.x.Sect.x. Anatomy ofthe Sou/e. · Memb.1.Subf.x x. 30 ofour affections, captivates and enforceth our will. So that involuntary ~ Ptt propter thingsweareavc&from God and goodneffe, bad by nature, by ' i!?norance 'l."''anuam, worfe, by Art, Dxfcxplme,Cullome,weget many bad habtts,fulfermg them ~~~"'fill"- to domineere and fyrarnize over us; and the Devil is llill ready at hand with p':,~= ::;; his evil fuggefiions, to r.empt our depraved will ro fome ill difpofed action, ~t <ltbuit, aut to precipitate us to dellruction, except our Will be fwayed andcounterpoi. ,;~·:;,~;-;::· fed agaige with fome divine precepts,and.good motions of the Spirit,which many times rellraine, hinder, and checke us., when we are in the full carecre ofour diffolute courfes•. So Da'Vid corrected himfelfe, when he had Saui at avantage. Jtevenge and Malice were as two violent oppugners on the one fide; but Honelly,Religion,Feare ofGod,with-hdd him on the other. . The actions of the Will are re/le and Nolle, to will and nil!: which two words comprehend all, and they are good or bad, accordingly as they are directed: and fomeofthem freely performed by himfelfe; although the Stsicksab[o!utely deny it,and will have a~ I things inevitably done by Deftiny, impofing afatall neceffity upon us, whxch we may not refiit; yet we fay that ·our will is free in refpect ofus, and things contingent, howfoever in refpect ofGods determinate counfell, theyare inevitable and neceffary.Some other actions ofthe Will are performed by the inferiour powers,which obey him, as the Senjiti'Veand M4'Ving Appetite; as to open our eyes, to goe hither and thither, not to touch abooke, to fpeake faireor foule:but this Appetite is many times rebellious inus,and will not be contained within the !ills of fobriety and temperance. It was(as I faid)oncewel agreeing with reafon,and there was an excellent confent and harmony betwixt them, but that is now dilfolvcd, they often jarre,Reafo# is over borrie by Paflio» : · ·· . ' Ferturequis auriga,necauditcurrus habenP, asfomany wilde horfes runne away with a chariot,and will not be curbed. Weknowmany times what is good,but will not doe it,as fl1e faid, uM•dt• o~i,J. "Trahit in'Vitum no'Va 'Vis, aliHd#t cupido, Mensaliudfuadet.~ ' Luftcoqnfels one thing,reafon another, thrreis anew reluctancy inmen;· •o~i4. " odi,necpolfom, cupiens non efTe,quod odt. xS<nm.HiRR· We cannot refill, but asPh.ufra confelied to her 1:-{urfe, •qu.eloqueris, 'tier~ . font, fedforor {uggerit fequi pejor11 : fhe faid well and true, fhe did acknow· ledgeit,but headllrong paffion and fury made her to doethat which was op- "'-; · polite. So Davidknew the filthineffe ofhis fact, what alothfome, foule, crying finne adultery was, yet notwithftanding he would commit munher, and take away another mans wife, enforced againft Reafon,Religion,to followhis Appetite. . - Tho[enaturall and 'Vegetal/ powers are not commandedby Will at all; for FfhicanAddeonecuhittohJJftature l Thefeother may,but arenot:and thence tome all thofe headllrong paffions, violent perrurbations of the Minde; and many tunes vit!ous habits,cuftomes,ferall difeafes;becaufe we give fo much way to our Appetite, and follow our inclination, likefo manybealls. The principal! Habits are two in number, Vertue and rice, w.hofe peculiar defini· tions, defcriptions,dilferences,and kinds,are handled at large in the Iilhirks, and areindeed the fubject of Moral/PhilofophJ.
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