Preston - BX9318 P725 1633

tot oorqe ir;ord mitt afflìonó nelfeanddelight upon that obje&;Thus a corrupt habit isbredwith us,when the mindor wil turnes it felfe often to thisor that evill objeCt ; and fo gets agilityandnimblene indoing,as oftendoing bringsdexteritie to thehands ; fo ifthe will orap- petitehavegotten a haunt either tovertues orvi- ces, it contraOs a habit toit fenfe. Now to (hew youwhat an affection is,wedefine it thus; gnof fet7ion is an inclinationormotion oftheAppetite upon the apprchenlionofgoodor eviti. I call it aninclinati on or ',lotion, for it is the bent ofthewill to this or that thing ; as for example, when we outwardly love,feareor defire, that is a motion;and for theIn- clination wee are to know that inman there is a double Appetite ; the firíl isfenfuall,which appre- hends things conveied to the fenfes, as to theeye andcare, and fo is affeeted to loue,feare or grieve; What an aft this I call the fenfuall appetite,becaufe it is ofob- fc Lion i je&sapprehended by fantafie.Secondly, there is a rationalappetite,theobjeaofthat is thatwhichthe underflanding apprehends ; and fromhence pro- ceed affeetions to riches, honor, preferment, &c. the will beeingconverfant about it. Remember thisdiílin&ion,becaufeofthe matter that follow- A double Aft erb, namely; That theappetite is double fenfuall Petite, and rationall, and affeetions are placed both in the fenfuall,as we love, feareordefireobjeds expofed to fenfe and in the rationall, as we love, feare or dare the objectswhích reafon apprehendeth. Now to draw this geterall divifion into two maine heads : Naturebathplanted anappetite in the creature to draw to its feifc that which is good, Dd and

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