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make no refinance to what they impofc : but if it happen that 

 thefe tumultuary ories,be not the only fpirits which beat there,but 

 that Rfafon hath likewife fome under her jurisdiftion,which keep 

 pofleflionfor her, though they be too weak toturne the others out 

 ofdoores;thenitistrue,fhec-in ftill direct fairely , how in that 

 cafe a man fhould govern him(Ufe;but when he cometh to exe- 

 cute,he findeth his finews already poffeflcd^and fwelled with the 

 contrary fpirits ; and they keeping out the frailer and weaker 

 number, which reafon hath ranked in order, and wculd furnifh 

 thofe par: s withall,he is drawne even againft his judgement and 

 R M*/0,toobey their appetites,and to move hirnfclr'm profecution 

 of w hat they propofc; i n fuch fort as the Poet exprcflfcth that Mc- 

 dca found in he rfelfc-, when (he ccraphined and bemoaned her 

 fclfe in thefe words; Video mtliora froboque , Deteriora fcqttor : 

 and in this cafe, a man forefeeth his mifery all the way he roalcth 

 towards it, and kapcthinto the precipice with his eyes open: 

 which fheweth that the Army ofr thoughts on Reafons fide,fhould 

 be encreafed in number, to have her ftrong enough to wage battle 

 withtherebellictisadverfary : orelfe, that her adverfjry foould 

 befo much wcakned, that (he, though not grown ftronger in her 

 felfe, yet might,through the others enfeebling, be able to make her 

 party good; (and hence is the ufe of corporeal! mortifications , to 

 iubjvcl our Pajfions to the beheaft of Reafon) even as when wee 

 fee, that when we are in health, our armes, and legs, and all our . 

 limbts, obey our will, reaching what we command them , and 

 carrying us whither we dcfire , becaufe the fpirits which are fent 

 into them from our brainc, are ftrong enough to raife and move 

 them as they are directed; but if our line wes be fo fteeped in fome 

 cold and watry humour, that the fpirits coming do wne , find net 

 means to fwell and ha; den them ; well we may with and itrire, 

 but all in vaimtor we (hall not be able to make them perform their 

 due functions.In like manncr,if>^yi doe fend her emiflaries into 

 the fame arm or leg or other member, and no other fpirits doe 

 there ftrive againft them,then that liinb is moved and governed ab- 

 folutely according to her directions :but if at the fame time, a grea- 

 ter multitude of others , do hinder ReAfens fervants from coming 

 thither,or flocking into other fincws,doe carry that limb a contra- 

 ry way ; in vain &othJR.e*fon ftrivcto move them to her by as ; for 

 thofc obeying parts muft obferve the rules which the violent con- 

 queror prcicribeth, D d d THE 



