iCbap6., 2 I' CHAP. IV. Quefli®ns, and Cafes ofConfcience about AffeElion.r, or PafJzons. ue, _ CA . Ow many forts or kinksof eif ifeElions `e there ? Avfw. Two. t. Senfual. 2. Intelle;tua1, or Rational. Quell. What arefenfual ofljci1 ons ? Anfw. They are fuch asbelong to the fenfual ap- petite are feated in the body for the inarumençs ofthem ; and are fuited to thebody for the obieéts and ends ofthem, and areguided by the phancie, and are common with us to beafls : TheobjeEts of them are fenfible things, as meats, drinks, marriage, recreations, &c. A natural or bodily good tobe ob- tained, orevil to be avoided. Quefl. Rowmay it appear that therefenfitive Affeïfions are not tobe abandon- ed, but onlymoderated according to theRules of Reafon andFaith ? Anfw. s. Becaufe vertue never ruines that which is wholly conformable to Reafon : As its Reafonable to fee aman moved with pity and compaffion to- wards his friend in mifery: and a mother to be grievedwhen fhe feesher chil- dren in pain or torment. Its reafonable that a vertuous man fhouldbe touched with indignation, when he fees the wicked, and wickednefle advanced. To apprehend evil, to fear punifhments, to attend recompcnces with joy, to long after Promifes, are they not encouragements to Piety, Temperance, andother vertuous Ae2ions ? fo that they which wouldhave nopaffions, quench the fruits of vertue, and deny it the content which is due to it. The Paflions of our fouls are the obje&s ofmany excellent verrues, which do moderate them, and reduce them to Reafon when they feek to flic out : As Fortitude is a vertue, by means whereof we moderateexceffive fear, and immo- derateboldneffe, &c. 4. The fenfitive appetite is a gift freely bellowedupon us by God, but vertue neverdeflroys nature ; but addes to it the perfeéiions which it wants. It mull then fuller the fenfitive Appetite to ai t áccordtng to its inclination ; yet mo. ode- rating litmotions, and rellraining them under the ',awes of Reafon. As to make exact mufckwe mull not takeaway thediverfity of tunes,but reduce them to a good accord, andperfe& harmony : fo the firivings of vertue ought not wholly to root out all natural pallions from the foul, but to moderateand go- vern them by the rule ofReafon. Palfions I.
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