The harmony of the divine attributes in the contrivance and accomplishment of man's redemption…

1. By variety of objects to preserve uniformity in Delight. The most pleasing if confined to them grow nauseous and insipid, after the expiring of a few moments there remains nothing but satiety and sickly resentments: and then changes are the remedies, to take off the weariness of one pleasure by ⟨p. 62⟩another. The Humane Soul is under a perpetual instability of restless desires, it despises what it enjoys, and values what is new, as if Novelty and Goodness were the same in all temporal things. And as the Birds remain in the Air by constant motion, without which they would quickly fall to the Earth as other heavy bodies, there being nothing solid to support them; so the Spirit of Man, by many unquiet agitations and continual changes subsists for a time, till at last it falls into Discontent and Despair, the centre of corrupt Nature.

1. By variety of objects to preserve uniformity in Delight. The most pleasing if confin'd to them grow nauseous and insipid, after the expiring of a few moments there remains nothing but satiety and sickly resentments: and then changes are the remedies, to take off the weariness of one pleasure by ⟨p. 62⟩another. The Humane Soul is under a perpetual instability of restless desires, it despises what it enjoyes, and values what is new, as if Novelty and Goodness were the same in all temporal things. And as the Birds remain in the Air by constant motion, without which they would quickly fall to the Earth as other heavy bodies, there being nothing solid to support them; so the Spirit of Man, by many unquiet agitations and continual changes subsists for a time, till at last it falls into Discontent and Despair, the center of corrupt Nature.

2. When present things are unsatisfactory, he entertains himself with Hope: for that being terminated on a future Object which is of a doubtful nature, the Mind attends to those Arguments which produce a pleasant belief, to find that in several objects which it cannot in any single one, and to make up in number, what is wanting in measure, whereas the present is manifest and takes away all liberty of thinking. Upon this ground Sensual Pleasure is more in expectation than fruition: For Hope by a marvellous enchantment not only makes that which is future present, but representing in one view that which cannot be enjoyed but in the intervals of time, it unites all the successive parts in one point, so that what is divided and lessened in the fruition, which is always gradual, is offered at once and entire. Thus Man carnal deceived by the imperfect light of Fancy, and the false glass of Hope,