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kinds, and have reference to the nature, time, sensible qualities, and place of the objects which affect the mind. The first refers to their essence, the second to the time of their continuance, the third to their flavour, smell, &c., and the fourth to the places in which they are found. Restraints and attachments are of the following kinds : covering, [as the restraint of sight by a bandage over the eyes]; foreign agency, [as that of a porter stoping one at a door]; terror, [as the restraint from eating honey on the edge of a sharp sword]; the fascination of affection; confinement in the stocks; the attraction of beautiful objects, and paintings*; considerations of rank, [like a potter examining the different grades of the vessels he has made]; and delays (as those experienced at the treasury when money is wanted]. So much for the subject of worldly attractions.
IX. Relative to the state of final emancipation there are six things stated : that there is really such a state, the size of the emancipated lives, and of the place where they live, their tangible qualities, the duration of their existence, the distance at which they are from one another, their parts,
* The original here is fan simply, and the explanation is "after the manner of a painter;" but I am not sure I have hit the exact idea.
