PART I. the IJè 5 ons. 5 to aEt vigoroufy and fenfibly, and the A&ings of the Soul are with that Strength that ( thro' the Laws of the Union which the Creator has fix'd between Soul and Body ) the Motion of the Blood and ani- mal Spirits begins to be fenfibly alter'd ; whence oftentimes arifes fome bodily Senfation, efpecially about the Heart and Vitals, that are the Fountain of the Fluids of the Body : From whence it comes to pats, that the Mind, with regard to the Exercifes of this Faculty, perhaps in all Nations and Ages, is called the Heart. And it is to be noted, that they are thefe more rigorous and fenfible Exercifes of this Faculty, that are called the gallons. The,Frill, and the 1lfeEtions of the Soul, are not two Faculties ; the Affections are not effentially diftin& from the Will, nor do they differ from the meer A tings of the Will and Inclination of the Soul, but only in the Livelinefs and Senfiblenefs of Exercife. It mutt be confeffed, that Language is here fomewhat imperfea, and the Meaning of Words in a confiderable Meafure loofe and un- fixed, and not precifely limited by Cuftom, which governs the Ufe of Language. In fome Senfe, the Affection of the Soul differs no- thing at all from theWill and Inclination, and theWill never is in any Exercife any further than it is afeEled ; it is not moved out of a State of perfect Indifference, any otherwife than as it is afetled one Way or other, and aas nothing voluntarily any further. But yet there are many Actings of the Will and Inclination, that are not fo com- monly called Afeotions : In every Thing we do, wherein we as voluntarily, there is an Exercife of the Will and Inclination, 'tis our Inclination that governs us in our A&ions : But all the aaings of the Inclination and Will, in all our common Actions of Life, are not ordinarily called Affections. Yet, what are commonly called Affec- tions are not effentially different from them, but only in the Degree and Manner of Exercife. In every At of the Will whatfoever, the Soul eitherlikes or diflikes, is either inclined or difinclined to what is in view : Thefe are not effentially different from thofe Affections of Love and Hatred : That Liking or Inclination of the Soul to a Thing, if it be in a high Degree, and be vigorous and lively, is the very fame Thing with the Affeaion of Love : And thatDifliking and Difinclining, if in a great Degree, is the very fame with Hatred. In every Act of the Willfor, or towards fomethin, not prefent, the Soul is in fome Degree inclined to that Thing ; and that Inclination, if in a confiderable Degree, is the very fame with the Affection of. Def/re. And in every Degree of the A& of the Will, wherein the Soul ap- proves of fomething Prefent, there is a Degree of Pleafednefs ; and that Pleafednefs, jilt be in a confiderable Degree, is the very fame with the Affectionof Toy or Delight. And if the Will difapproves of what is prefent, the Soul is in fame Degree difpleafed, and if that Difpleafednefs be great, 'tis the very fame with the Alfa-lion of Grief or Sorrow. B 3 Such
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