. Foure godly and learned treatises ... 182 Ho w to mortific inordinate ajfttiion, ty; for as there is nothing cafier than to wifh and de-fire, fo there is nothing harder than to order thefc de-fires aright. For the better handling of the point3ob -ferve thefe three things:Firft, what Ajfefiiom , when they are , why they are to be the firft place I mud tell you what affe&ionsare: byafFe&ions, you muft underftandallaffe&i-ons and paffions whatfoever5 for the better under-ftanding whereof, you muft know5 that there arethree things in the Souler firft v
. Foure godly and learned treatises ... 182 Ho w to mortific inordinate ajfttiion, ty; for as there is nothing cafier than to wifh and de-fire, fo there is nothing harder than to order thefc de-fires aright. For the better handling of the point3ob -ferve thefe three things:Firft, what Ajfefiiom , when they are , why they are to be the firft place I mud tell you what affe&ionsare: byafFe&ions, you muft underftandallaffe&i-ons and paffions whatfoever5 for the better under-ftanding whereof, you muft know5 that there arethree things in the Souler firft v the faculties whichare to the Soulc, as the members to the body. Se-condly^ the inclinations, of thofc faculties. Third-ly, the habites acquired from, thofe inclinations:For example, the appetite or will is a faculty of thewhat affcaL Soiile, and this taken in it fclfe3 is neither good noronsarc evillmorally. Againe, there are the inclinations ofthat will, and thefe are good or evill, according asthe objects that they appre
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