WILL AND AFFECTION

*I. Those kind of Moral habits which serve for the regulating of our Wills and Affections more General, are commonly styled by the name of VER∣TUE, Honesty, Probity, Righteousness, brave; denoting such Habits whereby we are inclined and inabled to observe a due Mediocrity in our Actions. To this is properly opposed the notion of VICE, Sin, Crime, Dishonesty, Trespass, Transgression, Fault, Failing, Infirmity, Oversight, wicked, Improbity, Turpitude, unrighteous, unjust, bad, naught, vile, base, loose, evil, ill, corrupt, venial, heinous, debauched, lewd, lawless, licencious, foul, flagitious, enormous, profligate, Miscreant, Ruffian, Caitiff, Villain, Rakehell, Libertine, defile, pollute. These may be distinguished into such as relate to the Inclination of our Minds, either

• JUSTICE, Righteous-ness, right, square dealing, upright dealing.
• INIVSTICE, Vnrighteousness, Wrong.
  • RIGOVR, rigid, extreme, severity, overstrict.
  • REMISSION, Over-sparing.

More general; respecting our Actions towards others, in such cases as the Law-giver (could he have foreseen) would have provided for; whereby a man is willing to recede from his own strict right, & the utmost extremities of things, and to take the most amicable way in the accommodating of Differences, supplying that by right Rea∣son which is not provided for in the words of the written Law.

• EQUITY, Moderation, reasonable, conscionable, Chancery, fair dealing, in reason.
• SVMMVM IVS, Rigidness, sourness, unreasonableness, iniquity, unequal.

More particular; in our Thoughts concerning other mens words or a∣ctions, being ready to interpret every thing in the best sense, when there is no evident reason to the contrary.

• CANDOR, fair, ingenuous, candid, fair dealing.
• CENSORIOVSNESS, Sinister suspicion, captiousness, controling, carping▪ find fault.

More general; denoting ‖ a propension of mind to do good to other•, together with external actions sutable thereto.

• GOODNESS, Benignity, benevolence, benificence, kindness, good turn, beholding gratifie.
• MISCHIEVOVSNESS, Maleficence, ill turn.

More particular; respecting such as are in a state of misery.

• MERCY, tender-hearted, pitiful, propitious, soft.
• CRVELTY, Immanity, inhumane, hard-hearted, pittiless, savage, dire, tr•culent, barbarous.

Beneficiary; namely, a propension of mind to put a just esteem upon the Favours we receive, and to take all occasions of acknowledging and requiting them.

• GRATITUDE, Thank-fulness, give or render thanks.
• INGRATITVDE, Vnthankfulness, ingrateful.

Hard to be done; whereby we are made duly resolute against all such difficulties either of Fear or Discouragement as may hinder us in our duty.

• FORTITUDE, Valour, Courage, Manhood, Prowess, Puissance, stout, redoubted, undaunted, bold, daring, valiant, resolute, in heart, of spirit, manly, manful, sturdy.
  • RASHNESS, Temerity, fool-hardiness, audacity, desperate, heady, hair-brain'd, boisterous, precipitate.
  • COWARDISE, timorous; faint-hearted, fearful, soft, Craven, Da∣stard, Poltron, Recreant, out of heart, to flinch, to cow.

• Pain.
  • PATIENCE, Long-suffering, forbearance, abide, bear, brook, en∣dure, sustein, tolerate, weather it out.
    • OBSTINACY, stubborn, sturdy, peremptory.
    • SOFTNESS, Tenderness; Impatience, relent, mollifie.

• Provocation to Anger and Revenge, in which we are to observe a due Mediocrity.
  • MEEKNESS, Mildness, long-suffering, gentleness, clemency, lenity, calm, put up.
    • LENTITVDE, Stupor, Insensibility.
    • RASH ANGER, curst, hasty, pettish, peevish, snappish, testy.

The more special Vertues for the regulating of our Wills and Af∣fections in things relating to our BODIES, whose Object is Iucundum or Vtile, are either.

Of a more large extent; denoting an Ability to withstand all such tem∣ptations of allurement whereby we may be hindred in our Duty.

• TEMPERANCE.
• SENSVALITY, Voluptuousness, Intemperance, debauched, dissolute, effeminate, Epicure.

More necessary; as in

• Meats.
  • ABSTINENCE, abstemious, fasting.
    • MACERATION.
    • GLVTTONY, Surfeit, voracity, gormandizing, pampering, raven∣ous, sated, Gully-gut.

• Drinks.
  • SOBRIETY, Abstemiousness.
  • DRVNKENNESS, Sot, besot, inebriate, heady, intoxicate, fox, ca•rouse, overtaken, whittled, fuddled, tipsie, Tipler, Soaker, Pot-com∣panion, Toss-pot.

• Sleep.
  • VIGILANCE, Watchfulness.
  • SLVGGARDLINESS, Sloth, Drowziness, Sleepiness.

Less necessary; which concern

• Refreshments from Labour.
  • MODERATENESS IN RECREATION.
  • IMMODERATENESS IN RECREATION.
• External Decorum and Ornament.
  • CLEANLINESS, Neatness, smugg, terse.
    • NICENESS, Finicalness, Delicateness, Daintiness, Curiosity, dapper.
    • SLOVENLINESS, Vncleanness, Nastiness, sordid, filthy, squa∣lid, foul, Sloven, Slut, slubber.

Species; as Venery.

• CHASTITY, Continence, Honesty.
• VNCHASTITY, Incontinence, Wantonness, lascivious, unclean, obscene, ribaldry, bawdy, lewd, light, dishonest, corrupt, defile, deflowr, incest, rape, ravish, viciate.

• More general; denoting a Mediocrity about getting, or keeping, or spending.
  • LIBERALITY, Bounty, Munificence, open-handed, free, generous, frank, large.
    • PRODIGALITY, Prof•seness, wastful, lavish, riotous, embezil, lash out Ha∣vock, run out.
    • COVETOVSNESS, Avarice, Worldliness.

• Getting.
  • PROVIDENCE.
    • SCRAPING, Rapacity, greedy, craving, griping, ravenous.
    • SLATERING, Improvidence.

• Keeping.
  • FRUGALITY, Parcimony, thriftiness, good-husbandry, saving, spa∣ring, near.
    • PENVRIOVSNESS, crib, hard, close-fisted, hide-bound▪ over-thrifty, tenacity, pinching, pinch•peny, Churle, Niggard, Miser, close, near.
    • SQVANDRING, flying-out, ill-husbandry▪ unthriftiness, spend-thrift, wast, embezzil, mis•spend.

• Spending; distinguished by its Objects; either
  • The Public.
    • GENEROSITY, Magnificence, Bounty, Grandeur, stately, pompous, sumptuous, brave, noble, heroic.
      • RIOTOVSNESS, Profuseness, Luxuriousness, blade-it, debauch, Roi∣ster.
      • SORDIDNESS, Baseness, unworthy, penurious.
  • The Poor; relieving the wants of others.
    • ALMSGIVING, Charity, Dole, Alms, relieve, Pensioner, Bedes-man, Eleemosynary, Hospital.
    • CHVRLISHNESS, uncharitable, rough, Niggard.
  • Strangers.
    • HOSPITALITY, harbour, entertain, treat, open-house.
    • INHOSPITABLENESS.

• MODESTY, Bashfulness.
  • SHEEPISHNESS, Shamefacedness, over-bashful, sneaking, softness.
  • IMPVDENCE, Shamelesness, Audacity, saucy, immodest.\

Seeking or bearing of Honour; as putting a just value upon things, (having but a little esteem for little things,) as likewise upon himself, and his own merits; and not either

Less then he ought.

• MAGNANIMITY, brave, noble, heroic, generous, greatness of mind.
  • INSOLENCE, arrogance, haughtines, presumption, vaunting, vaporing.
  • PVSILLANIMITY, Baseness, sordid, pedantical.

More then he ought.

• MODESTY.
  • ABIECTNESS, Sneaking, narrowness and littleness of mind, base,
  • AMBITION, Presumption, High-mindedness, Vain-glory, Arrogance, aspire, overweening, Rodomontade, affectation of Empire.