The Mystery of the Holy Government of our Affections, Chapter 1 – Chapter 2
CHAP. I.
Of the Notion of this terme Affection, and the diuers senses thereof.
THis Name Affection, Affection, what it signifies.in our common Occasions, vsually importeth these three things.
First, either those Desires and Motions to such seuerall Obiects as are offered in the world, whether they be good, or bad, and so it is a terme conuertible with Appetite. Genes. 3. 16.
Secondly, or else it is vsed in a more restrayned sense, to expresse our desires to good things.
Or, thirdly it extends it selfe, to expresse those manifold passions of the mind which are the fuell to our desires, & bellowes there unto, which by the Stoikes were called perturbations, as conceiuing them not to stand with the tranquilitie of the minde, to interrupt and disgrace the same. By others, are called the Passions thereof: as discouering a more violent working of the same, or some great violence offered thereunto. And are vsually called Affections, as expressing the seuerall affects and desires of the mind, in the outward man. In which sense the holy Ghost calls them Members (Mortifie therefore your earthly members: Col. 3. 4.) as by a figura…iue speech signifying, that these affections exercise Meta…mia subiecti.…hemselues in our earthly …embers, as vsing them … the expressing thereof; … Ioy and Sorrow by the Countenance; Feare and Hope, by the Hands and …eet; Anger by the whole Body, &c. And in this …ense we take them in this Treatise, and so doe prosecute them, first generally in this first Booke, & the… particularly, according to their seuerall Distinctions hereafter.
CHAP. II.
Of the generall Distributio… of the Affections into their seuerall Classes.
AFfections are distinguished, The diuision of Affections, 1. in respect of the Obiect.in regard o… the Obiect, or Extent.
Touching the Obiect all Affections and Perturbations may be reduced to two Heads: eyther Simple, such as hauehave no mixture of any other perturbations; or Compound, such as are deriued of other.
The simple Affections are of two sorts.
First, Primitiue, which are the ground of all the rest.
Secondly, Deriuatiue, such as are deriued from those Primitiues.
The Primitiue Affections are two: namely,
LoueLove, whereby wee vehemently 1. LoueLove.affect a thing; and
Hate, being a vehement 2. Hate.affection of disliking.
The simple deriuatiue Affections arise from the Primitiue: as,
From LoueLove, and liking of Good,
If it be present, proceedeth Ioy.3. Ioy.
If it be to come, Hope.4. Hope.
From Dislike, and hate of Euill,
If it be present, ariseth Griefe, and heauinesse of 5. Griefe.heart.
If it be a future Euill, then Feare riseth from 6. Feare.the mislike of Hate. And these I take to be all the simple Perturbations.
The Compound are such as hauehave part of the simple, by mixture, and that either of the Primitiue simple, or the Deriuatiue, and of the Primitiues, with simples onelyonly, or mixed with Deriuatiues.
Such as are mixed of Primitiues onelyonly, are eyther vnequally mixed, of LoueLove, and Liking, or of Mislike, and Hate: or mixed equally of them.
Of the first sort, taking more part of liking, is the 7. Laughter.Affection of Laughter: Wherewith, wee with some discontentmēt, take pleasure at that, which is done or said ridiculously: of which sort, are Deeds and Words vnseemely, or vnmeet, and yet moue no compassion: as when one scaldeth his mouth with an hot Pie, &c. Wee are discontented with the hurt, yet ioy at the Euent vnexpected by the party, and that we hauehave escaped it: from whence commeth Laughter. Which, because it exceedeth the mislike of the Thing that hurteth, bursteth out into vehemencie on that side, and procureth that merry Gesture.
If on the other side, the thing be such, as the mislike exceedeth the Ioy we hauehave of our freedome from that euill, then ariseth Pitie, and Compassion. And these Perturbations take their beginnings 8. Pitie.of the Primitiues, vnequally mixed: whereby one of them doth after a sort obscure the other.
The other, are such as hauehave equall Mixture, and those are Enuie and Iealousie.
If the thing we louelove, be such, as we hauehave not part of, then springeth an Hate or mislike of the party, who inioyeth that we want, and like of, and so breedeth Enuy, a griefe 8. Enuie whar.for the prosperitie of another, or good successe whatsoeuer, wherein we hauehave no part.
If it be such a benefit as we enioy, and are grieued it should be communicated to others, and whereun we refuse a partner, this is called Iealousie, incident 9. Ielousie.to Amorettoes, and aspiring Natures: and these are compounded of the Primitiues alone, like, or mislike, louelove, or hate.
Those which are mixed of Primitiues and Deriuatiues, are of two sorts, according as the Primitiues, that is to say, mixed of louelove, or hate.
Now louelove mixed with 10. Trust. 11. DistrustHope, breedeth Trust: With LoueLove and Feare, Distrust.
Hate, or Mislike, compounded with Hope, breedeth Anger: whereby we 12. Anger.are displeased with that which misliketh vsus, and in hope of being satisfied of that which offered the mislike: are driuen to Anger, the Affection of Reuenge.
If it bee any thing, wherein wee hauehave displeased our selues, it is called Shame.13. Shame.
If it bee compounded with Feare, it is called 14. Bashfulnesse.Bashfulnesse.
If the dislike bee taken from another, the composition is of Hate and Anger, and thereof springeth Malice.15. Malice.
These are Perturbations, compounded of Primitiue passions, with their deriuatiues.
Of Deriuatiues betwixt themselues, arise Despaire, 16. Despaireand confident Assurance.
Despaire is compounded of Heauinesse, Griefe, and Feare.
Confidence, of Ioy and 17. Confidence.Hope.
Out of Hope, and Faith, Patience.18. Patience.
Thus in generall of the distribution of Affections, in regard of their seuerall grounds, nature, and comparison betweene themselues.
Secondly, Affections may be deuided, in regard of 2: In respect of the Extent.their Extent: as some concerne only this life.
As first, all such as concerne Euill, as Hate, Feare, Griefe, Iealousie, Pitie, Laughter, Enuie, Anger, Shame, Bashfulnesse, Malice, Despaire, &c.
Secondly, some such as concerne Good: which because it cannot be perfectly attayned in this life, therefore some Affections there are, which tend to the obtaining thereof, and perfitting of the same: as Faith, Hope, Patience, and Compassion.
Others concerne both his life and the life to come, as Ioy and LoueLove.