4 6 A TREATISE 



way its unruly force : fometimes Qie terrifyeth it, by the pro- 

 pof all of oftenfive things joyncd unto thofe it is fo earneft to 

 enjoy; Agairie, fometimes (hee preventeth it, by cutting off 

 all the caufes and helpes that promote on its impotent defires, 

 and by engaging before hand the power of it in other things, and 

 the like. 



All which doe evidently convince, that as Rttfo* hath a great 

 ftrength and power in opposition of fenfe, fo it muft be a quite 

 different thing, and of a contrary nature unto it : we may adde, 

 that the worke ofRetfon can never be well performed, but in a 

 great quiet and tranquillity ; whereas the motions of P*JJt9* t 

 are alwayes accompanyed with diforder and perturbation : foas 

 it appcareth manifeitiy that the force ofReafcn, is not purely the 

 force of its inftruments, but the force of its inftruments as they 

 are guided, and as the quantities of them are proportioned by it: 

 and this force o(Rf^fen t is different from the force of its inftra- 

 ments in themfelves,in fuch fort as the force of a fong,is different 

 from the force of the fame founds, whereof it is compofed, taken 

 without that order which the Mufitian putteth in them:fbr other- 

 wife the more fpirits that arc raifed by any thought ( which fpi- 

 rits are the inftruments whereby /^/0 performeth all her ope- 

 rations in us) the more ftrongly &*/c Lhould worke j thecon- 

 traryofwhichisevidentjforwefeethat too great abundance of 

 fpirits confoundeth R eafon. 



6. This is as much as at prefent I intend to infift upon, for proofe 



How we recall that our underftanding hath its proper and diftind operatins,and 

 our thoughts worketh in a peculiar manner,and in a quite different ftrain from 

 from diftrafti- a ^ that j g ( j one ty our f e nfes. Perad venture fome may conceive, 

 that the watchfalnes and recalling of our thoughts back to their 

 en/ eyned work, when they break loofe and ran aftray, & our not 

 letting them range abroad at randome, doth alfo convince this af- 

 fertion: but I confefle ingenioufly, theteftimonyofitfeemeth 

 not cleare to me ; and therefore I ranke it not with thofe, that I 

 wouldhavefintrnay bej folidly weighty, and undenyable to 

 who (hall confider maturely the bottome and full efficacieufnes 

 ofthem. Of fuch,afew,or any one,isenough to fettle ones mind- 

 in the beliefe of a truth : and I hope, that this which we have la- 

 boured for in this Chapter ,isfofafficiently proved, as we need 

 not make up our evidence with number of testimonies. 



But 



