A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soul of man With the…A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soule of man With the…

Thirdly, an Evil of Contradiction in the not being of any creature, opposed to its being. For Being and Immortality is that which Aristotle makes one of the principle objects of Love; Annihilation then, or Not being is the chiefest Evil of things, and that which Nature most abhorreth.

Thirdly, an Evill of Contradiction in the not being of any creature, oppos'd to its being. For Being and Immortality is that which Aristotle makes one of the principle objects of Love; Annihilation then, or Not being is the chiefest Evill of things, and that which Nature most abhorreth.

Lastly, an Evil of Relation; for as things in their own simple natures Evil, may have in them a Relative Goodness, and so to be desired; as the killing of beasts for the service, and the death of malefactors for the security of men: so things in their absolute being Good may have in them a Relative, or Comparative Evil, and in that sense be by consequence hated; as our Saviour intimates He that hateth not father and mother, and his own life for me, is not worthy of me: when they prove snares and temptations to draw us from the Love of Christ, they are then to be undervalued in comparison of him. And therefore we find in the Law if a mans dearest brother or child, or wife, or friend should entice him from God unto Idolatry, he was not to conceal, pity, or spare him, but his own hand was to be first upon him. And thus the Poet hath elegantly expressed the behaviour ⟨p. 113⟩of Aeneas toward Dido, who being inflamed with Love of him, would have kept him from the expedition, unto which by divine guidance he supposed himself to be directed.

Lastly, an Evill of Relation; for as things in their owne simple natures Evill, may have in them a Relative Goodnesse, and so to be desired; as the killing of beasts for the service, and the death of malefactors for the security of men: so things in their absolute being Good may have in them a Relative, or Comparative Evill, and in that sence bee by consequence hated; as our Saviour intimates He that hateth not father and mother, and his owne life for me, is not worthy of me: when they prove snares and temptations to draw us from the Love of Christ, they are then to bee undervalued in comparison of him. And therefore we find in the Law if a mans dearest brother or child, or wife, or friend should entice him from God unto Idolatry, he was not to conceale, pitty, or spare him, but his owne hand was to bee first upon him. And thus the Poet hath elegantly expressed the behaviour