The Nature of PART I. Such feems to he our Nature, and fuch the Laws of the Union of Soul and Body, that there never is in any Cafe whatfoever, any lively and vigorous Exercife of the Will or Inclination of the Soul, without 'lone Effea upon the Body, in fome Alteration of the Motion of it's Fluids, and efpecially of the animal Spirits. And on the other Hand, from the fame Laws of the Union of Soul and Body, the.Conftitution of the Body, and the Motion of it's Fluids, may promote the Exercife of the Affections. But yet, it is not the Body, but the Mind only, that is the proper Seat of the Affections. The Body of Man is no more capable of being really the Subject of Love or Hatred, Joy or Sorrow, Fear or Hope, than the Body of a' Tree, or than the fame Body of Man is capable of thinking and underfl:anding. As 'tis. the Soul only that has Ideas, fo 'tis the Soul only that is pleafed or dif- pleafed with it's Ideas.' ' As 'tis the Soul only that thinks, fo 'tis the Soul only that loves or hates, rejoices or is grieved at what it thinks of. Nor are thefe Motions of the animal Spirits, and Fluids of the Body, any thing properly belonging to the Nature of the Affecti- ons ; tho' they always accompany them, in theprefent State but are only Effects or Concomitants of the Affeaions, that are entirely diftinet from the Affections themfelves, and no Way effential to them ; fo that an unbodied Spirit may be as capable of Love and Hatred, Joy or Sorrow, Hope or Fear, or other Affections, as one that is united to a Body. The Jlfecctions and Paffions are frequently fpoken of as the fame ; and yet, in the more common Ufe of Speech, there is in fome Refpeci a Difference ; and flfedion is a Word, that in it's ordinary Signifi- cation, feems to be fomething more extenfive than Paffion ; being ufed for all vigorous lively 'Aaings of the Will or Inclination bút Pafiîon for thofe that are more fudden, and whole Effects on the ani- mal Spirits are more violent, and the Mind more overpower'd, and lets in its own Command. As all the Exercifes of the Inclination and Will, are either in ap- proving and liking, or difapproving and rejecting fo the Affections are of two Sorts ; they are thofe.by which the Soul is carried out to what is in view, cleaving to it, Or feeking it; or thofe by, which it is averfe from it, and oppofes it. Of the former Sort are Love, D`fre, Hope, Joy, Gratitude, Com- placence. Of the latter Kind, are Hatred, Fear, Anger, Grief, and fuch like which it is needlefs now to {land particularly to define. And there are fome Affeaions wherein there is a Compofition of each of the, aforementioned Kinds of Ac}ings of the Will; as in the Af'rectión of Pity, there is fomething Of theformer Kind, towards the Perfon fufFering, and fomething of the Zatter, towards what he fufllers. And fo in Zeal, there is in it high Approbation of force Perfon or Thing, together with vigorous Oppofitian to what is conceived to be contrary to it. There
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