• HABIT, Endowment, enure, qualifie, Gift, Talent.
• DISPOSITION, Propensity, Proclivity, Promptitude, Proneness, Inclination, readiness, given to, addiction, fitness, aptitude

To the more general consideration of Habit may appertain

Those States or Conditions of life which either reward or enable men for vertuous Actions; comprehending the

• ENDS OR REWARD OF VERTUE. I.
• INSTRUMENTS OF VERTUE. II.

Those Qualifications, which, though they are not properly Vertues, yet do prepare for, and dispose unto, and, in other respects, circumstan∣tiate Vertue it self, both in the Habit and Operations of it, and are therefore styled AFFECTIONS OF VERTUE, either

• INTELLECTUAL. III.
• MORAL. IV.

The Kinds of vertuous Habits, whether

• INFUSED▪ ••th Intellectual and Moral. V.
• ACQUIR•• INTELLECTUAL. VI.

General; viz. that state wherein a thing injoys as much perfection as it is capable of.

• HAPPINESS, Felicity, Bliss, Blessedness, Beatitude, good, weal, welfare.
• MISERY, Vnhappiness, Infelicity, Extremity, Calamity, Woe, Distress, Disaster, Affliction, Tribulation, Trouble, Plague, Iudgment, Caitiff, Wretch, poor, pitiful, deplorable.

Particular; relating to the reward of

Moral Vertue; in the enjoyment of those things that conduce to our bene esse.

• External;
  • PROSPERITY, flourishing, thriving, auspicious, fortunate, hap∣py, good luck, success, speed.
  • ADVERSITY, Affliction, distress, tribulation, cross, disaster, infe∣licity, suffering, persecution, duress, fall, pressure, mischance, mishap, misadventure, misfortune, unfortunate, unluckie, un∣prosperous, inauspicious, sinister, dismal, ill luck or success.

• Internal; quiet, or disquiet of the Affections.
  • CONTENTATION, Tranquillity, Contentment, Serenity, Hearts-ease, Equanimity, Sedateness, Rest, be satisfied, acquiesce.
  • ANXIETY, Discontent, 〈◊〉 taking, dump, trouble, anguish, dis∣quiet, vexation, perplexity, streight, pinch.

Christian Vertues and Graces; consisting in an everlasting Vision and Fruition of God.

• SALVATION, Beatifical Vision, Heaven, Glory.
• DAMNATION, Condemnation Hell, perdition.

1. Our Persons, and the being at our own disposal.

• LIBERTY, Freedom, at large, deliver, release, inlar•e, set free, rid, dis∣patch, ransom, redeem, manumise, emancipate, give one his head, scope, arbitrary, undetermin'd, unconfined, may, may chuse.
• RESTRAINT, confine, streighten, repress.

2. Our Possessions; being either ‖ sufficient, or insufficient, for our occasi∣ons and conveniencies, according to that rank and station wherein we are placed.

• RICHES, Wealth, Opulence, Pelf, Means, Fortunes, Estate, thrive, Treasure, make, enrich, worth, well to pass.
• POVERTY, Necessity, Penury, Indigence, Need, Want, poor, empoverish, ruine.

3. The sutableness of the things which we have or do, and that satisfacti∣on which we receive by them.

• PLEASURE, Delight, Delectation, Enjoyment.
• VNPLEASANTNESS, Grief, Trouble, displeasing.

4. Our Names, and the esteem we have amongst good men.

• REPUTATION, Credit, Countenance, Applause, Name, Honour▪ Vogue, report, Fame, redoubted, of Note, Glory, Renown, well-sounding.
• INFAMY, Disgrace, discredit, dishonour, disparage, defame, discounte∣nance, shame, ignominy, Stein, Blot, Blemish, Slur, inglorious, illiberal, ignoble, notorious, ill reflexion, or sound, or name.

5. Our Degrees, and the quality of our Conditions in relation to others; being either considerably above them, or below them.

• DIGNITY, Promotion, Preferment, Advancement, Honour, Worship, Greatness, State, Port, Title, preeminence, upper-hand, High place, raise, exalt, illustrious.
• MEANNESS, Lowness, Obscurity, Baseness, Vileness, ignoble, plain, abase, debase, degrade, Abjectness.

6. Our Ability to protect our selves and others from injury, which is the usu∣al result or consequent of the rest.

• POWER-full, Potent-ate, Greatness, Interest, Strength, Might, Puis∣sance, Mastery, Prevalence, Predominance, over-sway, rule-the rost, bear a stroke.
• IMPOTENCE, weak, inconsiderable.

1. Invention; which is ‖ rightly, or •••ongly disposed by

• SAGACITY, Perspicacity, Sha•pness, Subtilty, Dexterity Wit, clear, quick, acute, searching, piercing, docil, towardly, apt, prompt.
• DVLNESS, Stupidity, Heaviness, gross-witted, indocil, dreaming, Dolt, Dunce, Blockhead.

2. Iudgment; which is ‖ well disposed, by such a temper of mind as doth incline a man to assent unto things upon such evidence as is in it self sufficient, or ill disposed, by such a temper as inclines a man either to assent unto things upon such evidence as is insufficient, or not to assent upon such •s is sufficient.

• FAITH, Docility, Teachableness, Towardliness, Aptness.
  • CREDVLITY, Easiness, light or rash of belief, facil.
  • INCREDVLITY, Vnteachableness, Vntowardliness, Sceptical∣ness, Scrupulousness, Vnbelief.

Phancy; which is ‖ well, or ill disposed by

• SOBRIETY, discreet, grave, serious, staid, steddy, settled, sage.
• CONCEITEDNESS, Affectation, Singularity, fantastical, vagary, wild, light, aiery, giddy, freakish, whimsical, hair-brain'd, brain-sick, Humorist, Opiniaster.

App•tite; which is fitly regulated by our being concerned for any Truth according to a due measure; and not either more or less then the evidence and importance of it, doth require.

• MODERATION, Temper, Measure, Gentle-ness, qualifie, reduce to reason.
  • SLIGHTNESS, Slackness, negligence, remissness, Neutrality, frigid, cold, indifferent, unconcerned, slatering, superficial, cur∣sory, overly, perfunctory, faint.
  • FIERCENESS, Fanaticalness, vehemence, violence, eagerness, earnest, furious, heady, immoderate, dogmatical, Opiniaster, boisterous, rough, sour, keen.

The Temper and Frame of our Minds, as to their due

• Attention;
  • For any kind of Advantage, or Expedient.
    • CONSIDERATION, Advisedness, deliberate, ruminate, fore∣cast, of or on purpose.
      • CVNCTATION, Loitering, Delay, slack, trifling, linger, lag, while off, drive off, put off.
      • RASHNESS, Hastiness, Temerity, heady, hair-brain'd, fool-hardy, cursory, headlong, precipitate, unadvised, incogitancy, inconsi∣derateness, presumption.

Against any kind of Evil, Danger or Impediment.

• HEEDFULNESS, Wariness, Care, Cantelousness, Watchfulness, At∣tention, Intention, Caution, minding, circumspection, chary, vigi∣lant, cautious▪ shie, advised, aware, beware, intend, look to or about, see to, take heed, be thoughtful, take thought, take warning, narrow∣ly.
  • CARKING, Solicitude, Anxiety, over-thoughtful.
  • CARELESNESS, Heedlesness, incogitancie, negligence▪ slatering, slightness, lightness, supineness, inconsiderate, oscitation, overly, perfunctory, superficial, secure, unwary, retchless, cursory, idle, slothful, sluggardly, slubbering, dissolute, uncircumspect, hand over head, not regard, overslip.

Freedom and Readiness of our Faculties about any thing.

• ALACRITY, Chearfulness, readiness, forwardness, with all ones heart, with a good will, free, glad, promptness, propensity, rather.
• GRVDGING, maunder, murmure, mutter, repine, regret, querulous, go against, with an ill will.

Reality of our Intentions, sutable to our outward Pretences.

• SINCERITY, Vprightness, reality, cordialness, heartiness, downright, honest, plain, simple, unfeigned, sound, clear, uncorrupt.
• HYPOCRISIE, Dissimulation, double tongue or heart, hollow-hearted, feigning, false, counterfeit, sophistical, pretend.

The Vigorousness of our Endeavours in the prosecution of fitting means.

• DILIGENCE, Assiduity, Sedulity, Industry, Attention, Care, Labour, Study, instant, elaborate, ply, bestir, stickle, lay about him, earnest, in∣defatigable, take pains.
  • DOVBLE-DILIGENCE, overdoing, busie▪ pragmatical, fain, medling.
  • SLOTH, Idleness, laziness, carelessness, lither, loose, retchless, dreaming, Drone, Sluggard, Truant, loiter.

The Vniversality required to vertuous Actions, in respect of the Object.

• INTEGRITY, Honesty, intire, equal, impartial, incorrupt, upright.
• PARTIALITY, unequal, making a difference, accepting of persons.

Time of continuance▪

• CONSTANCY, •erseverance, Stability, Steadiness, stedfast, firm, fixed, sure, certain, resolute, inflexible, unchangeable, abide, persist, hold out, stand out, stay by, stick to, unwearied, indefatigable.
  • PERTINACY, Obstinacy, Contumacy, pervicacious, peremptory, stiff, wilful, inexorable, inflexible.
  • LIGHTNESS, Inconstancy, fickleness, levity, instability, mutabi∣lity, uncertain, unsteddy, unstable, unstedfast, unsettled, unstaid, wavering, divers, dodging, shittle, shuttle, slippery, variable, mu∣table, changeable, trifling, giddy, freakish, paltring, fast and loose.

• infused intellectual habits

General; consisting in A change of mind from evil to good.

• REPENTANCE, Penitence, compunction, relent, remorse, contri∣tion, rue, return, reclaim, renew, regeneration, penance.
• IMPENITENCE, Obdurateness, Hard-heartedness.

An habitual frame of mind, whereby we are fitted for vertuous acti∣ons, and more especially for the Duties of Religion.

• HOLINESS, Sanctity, Godliness, Piety, Devotion, Righteousness, Sanctification, sacred, Pureness.
• VNHOLINESS, Wickedness, Iniquity, Impiety, Vngodliness, Pro∣phaneness, Corruption, Sin, Miscreant, graceless, Caitiffe.

An inlargement of Soul, to desire and endeavour public general good, and taking it off from being immersed in narrow selfish designs.

• SELF-DENIAL, Christian Magnanimity, Generosity, Public-spi∣ritedness, Greatness of mind, Resignation.
• SELFISHNESS, Narrowness, Pedanticalness, Littleness of mind, Worldling.

Particular; styled Theological Vertues; respecting

• Truth and Falshood; a readiness to yield an effectual assent unto re∣vealed Truths upon such grounds as their natures are capable of, and such as are sufficient to prevail with any such prudent teacha∣ble man as is free from any affected Captiousness.
  • FAITH, Belief, Believer, Creed.
  • INFIDELITY, Vnbelief, Miscreant.
• Good and Evil.
  • Future; being an acquiescence of the mind in the expectation of such Promises as are revealed.
    • HOPE, Trust, Affiance, Reliance, Re••mbency.
    • DESPAIR, Despondency, out of heart, forlorn, hopeless, past hope, deadness of heart.
  • General; wishing well, and endeavouring to be helpful and ser∣viceable unto all, according to the due proportion we are obli∣ged to by natural or revealed Light.
    • CHARITY, Love.
    • VNCHARITABLENESS, Maliciousness.

Intellectual accquired habit

Speculative; furnishing the mind with due Notions and conceptions concerning the Nature of things, their Causes, Differences, Rela∣tions and Dependencies.

• SCIENCE, Knowledge, Skill, Theory, Learning, Insight.
  • CVRIOSITY.
  • IGNORANCE, rude, untaught.

Active; denoting Skill in men and business, whereby we are inabled to judge what is fit and convenient, according to various cases and circumstances.

• WISDOM, Prudence, Discretion, Sapience, wise, sage, politic.
  • CRAFT, Cunning, Subtilty, Shiness, Policy, Device, Quirk, Sleight, Fetch, Wile, Trick, sly, shrewd, Knave, Shark, Shift, come over one, over reach.
  • FOLLY, Fool-ishness, Simplicity, Silly-ness, Imprudence, Indiscretion, witless, unwise, absurd, shallow, Noddy, Ninny, Sot, infatuate, Foppery.

Effective; implying Skill in those several Operations and Works which concern Humane life.

• ART, Skill, Dexterity, Craft, Cunning, Insight, Knack, expert, well-seen in, good at, artificial, Workman, Artist.
• VNSKILFVLNESS, bungling, blundering, botching, fumbling, cob∣ling, slubber, smatter, ignorant, silly, rude, gross, jejune, inexpert, inartificial, awkward, Freshman, Novice.

Our own Observation, and repeated Trials.

• EXPERIENCE, Practice, Exercise, Knowledge, conversant, versed, expert, Experiment, Empyric.
• INEXPERIENCE, inexpert, raw, to seek, Puny, Novice, Freshman, unverst.

The Teaching of others, either vivâ voce, or ex scriptis.

• LEARNING, Literature, Scholarship, scholastic, Liberal Science, Skill, indoctinate▪
• VNLEARNEDNESS, illiterate, unlettered, rude, simple.