A second Effect of Hope, is to work some kind of Distaste and Weariness in our present condition, which according as it is good or evil, doth qualify the Hope from whence it ariseth: for there is a distaste that ariseth out of Weakness; like1 that of Job, My Soul is weary of my life; I am a burden unto my self. Another that ariseth out of Want, That which ariseth upon Weakness is a fickle and unconstant mutability of the Mind, whereby it desireth a continual change of condition: which affection is wrought either out of Impatience of opposition; whence the Mind upon the first difficulty which it meets with, is affrighted and discouraged; or out of a Sharpness of Apprehension, discovering Insufficiency in that wherein it desired content; or out of an Error, and too high2 Estimation fore conceived, which in the trial disappointing our Hopes, and not answering that Opinion, begins to be neglected as weak and deceitful: or lastly, out of Curiosity and Search, when we suppose that those things which cannot in their nature, may at least in their varieties, number, yield some content: and as Sands, which are the smallest things asunder; yet being united, grow great & heavy: so these pleasures, which are alone light and worthless, may by their multitude ⟨p. 256⟩bring weight & satisfaction with them. Although herein the Mind is likely most of all to find Solomons Vanity; the Union of things subordinate, and which have no Cognation each to other (which is the property of worldly delights) working rather Distraction than Tranquillity in the Mind; this Weariness then which springeth from the Unstaidness and Impotency of our affections, is not that which I make the Effect of a proper Hope (as being an opposite rather to true contentment of Mind, a virtue established, and not overthrown by Hope) the Weariness then, which is wrought by the forecast and providence of a Mind possessed with Hope, is that which is grounded upon the knowledge and feeling of our emptiness and wants, which therefore we long to3 have removed: like that of David, W• is me that I am constrained to dwell in Meseth; whereupon followeth,4
A second Effect of Hope, is to worke some kind of Distaste and Wearinesse in our present condition, which according as it is good or evill, doth qualifie the Hope from whence it ariseth: for there is a distaste that ariseth out of Weaknes; like1 that of Iob, My Soule is weary of my life; I am a burthen unto my selfe. Another that ariseth out of Want, That which ariseth upon Weaknes is a fickle and unconstant mutability of the Mind, whereby it desireth a continuall change of condition: which affection is wrought either out of Impatiency of opposition; whence the Mind upon the first difficulty which it meets with, is affrighted and discouraged; or out of a Sharpnesse of Apprehension, discovering Insufficiency in that wherein it desired content; or out of an Errour, and too high2 Estimation fore conceived, which in the tryall disappointing our Hopes, and not answering that Opinion, begins to be neglected as weake and deceitfull: or lastly, out of Curiosity and Search, when wee suppose that those things which cannot in their nature, may at least in their varieties, number, yeeld some content: and as Sands, which are the smallest things asunder; yet being united, grow great & heavy: so these pleasures, which are alone light and worthlesse, may by their multitude ⟨p. 256⟩bring weight & satisfaction with them. Although herein the Minde is likely most of all to find Solomons Vanity; the Vnion of things subordinate, and which have no Cognation each to other (which is the property of worldly delights) working rather Distraction than Tranquillity in the Mind; this Wearinesse then which springeth from the Vnstaydnesse and Impotency of our affections, is not that which I make the Effect of a proper Hope (as being an opposite rather to true contentment of Mind, a vertue established, and not overthrowne by Hope) the Wearinesse then, which is wrought by the forecast and providence of a Minde possessed with Hope, is that which is grounded upon the knowledge and feeling of our emptinesse and wants, which therefore we long to3 have removed: like that of David, W• is me that I am constrained to dwell in Mese•h; wherupon followeth,4
- 1Job 10. •. c. 7. 20Iob 10. •. c. 7. 20
- 2Spe• inane• quae in medio spa•io •rangū tur & cor•unt & an•e in ipso curs• obr• tur quam po• tum conspi•e possu•. […] ▪ d• Orat. l. 3.Spe• inane• quae in medio spa•io •rangū tur & cor•ūt & an•e in ipso curs• obr• tur quam po• tum conspi•e possu•. 〈…〉 ▪ d• Orat. l. 3.
- 3Psal. 120. 5.
- 4[Greek or Hebrew] […] [Greek or Hebrew]. Max. Tyr. disser•. 33.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 . Max. Tyr. disser. 33.
