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1\1

e s.

177

ed tO wilhd raw before ,he organ be

quile

put out of order,

That this is the

end

pain,

appears (rom t.his eonfider•.

tion;.that though great Jighr is infuffcrable

lhe eyes,

yet

the hlghell degre< of

da rkJ"p

does not at . 11 difeafe Ihe.lT1;

becaufe

I bal

caufes no

diforderly motion

in lhat

curioui

organ the eye. But excefs

cl'J/d.

as well

élS

h~3t,

pains

bcc2ufc:

it is equally deílrutlive

the

lt:mper v..hk h

ncceffary to the .prefervation o( IIfe.

\Vhieh ehanges ,he fitu.tion ·of i,s parts upon an

e.fy

and

unpltinful tuuch.

T his di

ffi

eulty of chang.ing fi," ation among the pa' ts,

gives no more fulidity lO the hardell body, than tO the

fofteft

nar is an

;:!.d~m3nt

.2oe

jOl

more {aJid than water.

H e that fh all fill a yielding ·/oft body ",ell with air or

water, will quiekly find its «finance. By this we may

dillingulfh lhe ideAof the extenfion of body, from the ,dea

of the extenfion of fpaee: That of nody, i. the eohefion

or continuay of folid,

reparable, and

ntoveahJe pans

that

of (pace , the continuity of uorulid.

inCeprtrable,

and ¡m·

moveable pans . UpOD the . folidlty of bDdie. dependo

their mutual impulfe, Je[¡/tance. and protrufion.

Oj jimpl.

id.ol

oj diff<r.n/ finj".

SOME

ideas we get ioto the mind

more ,han one

j <"P; as¡poa, .x/,'jion. ftgur• • rdl.

and

,no/ion.

Thefe

are pereeivable by tbe eyes aDd toueh .

Ojji",pl.

id.ol

oj r.jldlion.

S OM' ideas are had from reAeélion only : Sueh are ,he ·

ideas

Wc:

have of the ope

r.Hions

OUT

minds

of which the

two principal arc,

ptruption,

tl:l11kitlg;

a!id

vo/ilion,

'lul/lil¡g

The powers of producing [hefe operatioos

are callc:d

jacu"in

which are. the

undt

rjlafJding

and

w;((.

The feveral

m.dn

of thinking.

&e.

belong to

Ihis head.

Oj jimpl.

id.QI

finjalion ond r.jldlion.

TH ' RE are fome fimple ideas eonveyed into the mind

by all the way' of

finJa/ion

and

rtjldlion;

fuch are

pl.a·

flJr~,

pain, power, Ixiflrnu, "niIJ.fucceJlhn.

Pleafure

delight, paío

or uneafinefs,

accompany aJmo!\

every

¡m–

promon on OUr fenfe. , aod eve ry aélion or thou¡:ht of ,he

mind .

The Author of our beings having given a power 'o our

minds, io

[everal

inClances, to

chufe amongfi:

ideas

which

¡t

will

think on ; tO

excite us

10 Ihefe aétions of

Ihinl.ing

and

PIlo/ion,

he has joined 10

[evera]

Ihoughts

and (t.-nfations a

perception of deliglH; without

this we

Olould have no reafon to prefer one lhougb ' or aaion 'o

anothe!'.

Poin

has the fame e/lieaey 'o fet us on work tha' plea.

{ure has; (ince we

are

as rcady to aveid Ihat. as to puro

fue this. T bis

wonh

our conCidt"rCltion,

that

pain

fIji.n produc<¡{ h)

/h.

j0111< ohjdlJ and .

id.ol

/ha/

pro

tluc~

pleofure

USo

This Ihel r

near

conjuntlion

gives

us ncw oecarion of admínng ,he wifdom and goodnefs of

OUr

Mal.er

who. ddigning Ihe prefuvatlon

our

be–

¡og,

has

aonexed pain

the

applieation of

many things

ou r bodies. to \Varn us of the harm they wiIJ do us,

and

adviees

wilhdraw

us (rom them . But

not

defigning our prefer.ation barely. bu' the prefervation

of every pan and

or~an

its perfeélion, hath

many

cares

annexed

pain

thofe: very ideas which

delight

uso

T hus

heat. that

very ílgreeallJc to us

ooe de–

·gree

Jiule

great('T ¡ncreafe of

proves no ordinary

torment : Which is wlfc:ly ordered by

not1lre,

Ihat when

any objea do.. by Ihe vehemenee of its operation dif.

or~c!r

lhe

m n rnml OtS

of fcnration, whofe

nruélures

CAn–

DO' bu, be very delieat<, we might by ,he pain be waro·

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llI. N° 76.

E xijl.."U

and

uni/)

are two other ideas fuggelled by

every objeét without, aDd every idea within . \Vhen

aeas

are

io our

mir.ds

conudrr

them as being aétually

there, as weHas we conlider things

altua lJy with.

out us ; whieb ¡s, that they

exijl,

or bave exific!nce :

And

wh atever we confider as

ón~

Ihing,

whether

rUIJ

h.ing ,

id.a,

fuggetls the idea of

uni/) .

P r..wer

is another idea

derivt:d

from thefe [ourees: For

finding io ourft;lves Ihat we

can

IhinA,

and

~move

feveral

pan s of our bodies at ple.fure. and obferving tbe

·'ff"dlr

,hat na,ural bodies produce in one aoother ; by both thefe

ways

\\fe

get the idea of

pO'lJJtr.

SucuJlio",

is aDother idea fuggelled by our fenfe.., and

rd:h:étion

on what pafft!s io our minds:

For

Jook.

ioto

ourfclves, we

filall

find

our

ideal

always,

whilCl

are a\llake, or have any thought, paffing in train, one go–

.iog and another eoming, without intermiflion.

S O,!le

jarlh~r eonjid~ralionl conce"'ningji11lp/~

idetu.

AT SOE VE R

~ble,

afFeéting our feofes. to cauCe

any pereep,ion in the mind. doth thereby produce iD ,he

underllanding a

jimpl<id.o

;

which. whOlfover

the eaufe

cfit, is Jooked upon as a

r~al

po./itiv&idea

in the undc·r–

Ilanding. T hus the ideas of

h.a/

and

eold, ligh/

and

dQ,r~nefi,

moliol1

and

.rejJ,

&c.

are

equally

pofitive

the mind, tbough fome of their eaufe. m..y be

merepri–

tJolionl .

That a

priv41ive

caufe may proouce a

pojilive

idea,

appears from fhadows ; whieh

(tho~gh

nothiog but ,h.

abfenee of ¡ight) are difeernible, and eaufe clear and po.

fit ive ideas. We have indeed fome

negative namcs

which

Iland not direélly forpofitive ideas. but for thcir abfence;

fueh as

injipid, jilme<,

whieb denote poGtive idea.,

viz.

luJl.

and

¡ Dund,

\Vilh a fi gni.fieation of thei r abfence.

I t will be" ufdul lO dillinguiO,

id<Ol

as tbey are

p,rup–

l ilml

in our minds, from what

Ihr)'

"r~

in Ihe ho:lieJ

that

caufe

ruch

perceptions in us;

for

\ve are not

think the

rormer exaét images aod refembJanees

Comelh iog in·

herent in the fubjeél, moll of thofe of

[<n[u/ion

being, in

the mind,

more the likenels .of tomething rxilting

without us,

th ...n the

names

that ltand

for them are

the

Jikenefs of ouride2s ,

whieh

yet, upon hearing, lhey excite

ús.

Whatfover

the

mind

perccivu in

i'fo(1:

the

im·

mediare

objdl

perceplion.

lhought, or underHanding,

is an idea: And the power

produce any Ide;¡ in our

mind. i. lhe

quali/) o[

/f .

p,hjefi

wherein thOl power

eXI!\s.

T hus a

jilO UJ

h,'¡¡

having lhe power to produce

us the ideas of

'llJhi/~1 c~/d,

and

rrmnd;

thofe

po'W:,rI,

th~y

are in die

fnow-bitll,

are called

qUQ/ili~J

;

and

as thcy are

!(ll{a tionI

percl'plifJlJl

in our unJerHand·

ings. they are called

id~QJ.

Thefe

quaíilj("j

are

ol I1JJO

j orll:

Fi rll,

o,.igi1/ol,

or primary; fueb are

joliJi/) . •x–

I'nji..,