leZt HOW to.MORAinordinatea iron. ons, as'we fee ina fenfible appetite, ifa thingbee beautifull, we are apt to love it,ana likeofit . but ifit bee deformed, wee areapt tohate it ; for as thingsdoe reprefent themfelves to the will, fo we are apt to conceiveofthem ; thewill turnesa mans aftions thisway or that way, notwithflanding the underaanding is thepilot that turnes the will ; fo that our apprehenfion is the firfF caufe ofinordinnat affeaions bythis :weovervalue things that aree- vill, and undervalue things that aregood. Reaific therefore theapprehen.fion, andheale the difeafe, labour tohave theJudgement inforied, and you #hall feethings as theyare. Aflèóions (as I laid before) are oftwo forts, onefenfuall, arifing from . fancy, the other rational!, arifing from judge- ment: all that we can fay for the formerafleftons, is this, menmightdoemuch toweaken thofeaffe- Lions in them(iftheywould takepaines)by remo- ving the objefts, that is, bywith-drawing thefew= ell , and turning theattentions another ; ìf~` we cannot fubdue any fenfuall a`feaionsinus, -1eß us be fubdued untoit, andbeas any deadman; In` cafe that weare furprifed by filch vanities, yetlet usnot haften toa Lion or execution. All that it this cafe a man can doe, is as a pilot,whofe fhippe is in great danger tobee cafe away by reafonofa great tenuppeft, all thathecandoe, is to looke to the fafetyofthe fhip, that waters come not into it at any place, thatit benot overthrowne :. fo thefe e- vil' afieéiotas=thatare inour rational!appetite, are there cvill inclinationsofthe will, thatare lent ei- ther to riches, pleafiire, vaine-glory,or the like ob, jetsofreafon.. Now
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