io6 f 4 Tireatife of theAffe1tions. tude. Plato (ayes they are innumerable, without quef}ion they are many. Now, what a uiofullaggravation is this of this fin, to let thine affe5lions on the earth l Thou fe tell all thine affections thereon, if thou ferret} one thou fetteft all ; for they all go together. Like the Angels that finned, they all fell together, So when the affections fell off from God, they all fell together. Likethe two eyes of the body, they both look one way; like the two ears, one doth not hear one found, and another another. If thou lovefl thofe things that are carnal, it is certain thy delires are all carnal, thy joys, and delights, and thy hopes are all carnal, thy fears, and thy griefs, and thy forrows are all carnali ; if one of them be fet on the thir7gs here on earth, all are : were there but one affeftion that way, it were the leffe; but if thine affections be let upon thefe things, not one, nor two, nor ten, but numberleffe multitudes, whole fwarms of affe- elions are all earthly. Thou art altogether brutifh and foo- lifh, Ier.io,8. That is, thine affeffions are altogether bru- tifh and beaftly, altogether filthy or (linking, for fo the word liignifies, Pfal 14.3. That is, thine affeftions are alto - gether ¡linking and noyfome affections. I proved before,. Ga1,3. I. that when the affections are carnal, they all like fo many devils do bewitch thee. O fcalifb Galatians, Who bath bezvit ch- ed-you ? It is grievous enough to be plagued with one devil, He mull needs run whom the devil drives : one devil will . drive thee fall enough to hell. One aftedion if it were fin - gle, will hurry thee fall enough to hell, what then are the whole legions of affections ? they are like the legion of de- vils that entred into the Swine, the herd ran violently down a f}eep place into the fea, L; * 8.3 3. They ran with all vio- lence to be drowned, when a legion of devil's did drive them. So thou muftneeds run with all violence down into the lake, when a legion of affections, like a legion of de- vils cloth. hurry thee, SPA cuinueDesu fit d,ra etapido, fayes the Poet. The very heathen man faw this, that every mans evil affeâ'ionwas his devil, and therefore the whole legion.. of,
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