* 1.1SECT. III.
2. NExt let us see what force Consideration hath for the mo∣ving of the affections, and for the powerful imprinting of things in the heart.
Why, First, Consideration doth, as it were, open the door, be∣tween the Head and the Heart: The Understanding having re∣ceived Truths, layes them up in the Memory, now Consideration is the conveyer of them from thence to the Affections: There's few men of so weak Understanding or Memory, but they know and can remember that which would strangely work upon them, and make great alterations in their spirits, if they were not locked up in their brain, and if they could but convey them down to their hearts: Now this is the great work of Consideration. O what rare men would they be, who have strong heads, and much learning, and knowledge, if the obstructions between the Head and the Heart were but opened! and their Affections did but correspond to their Understandings! why, if they would but bestow as much time and pains in studying the goodness and the evil of things, as they be∣stow in studying the Truth and Falshood of Enunciations, it were the readiest way to obtain this; he is usually the best Scholar, who hath the quick, the clear, and the tenacious apprehension; but he is usually the best Christian, who hath the deepest, piercing, and affecting Apprehension: He is the best Scholar who hath the readiest passage from the Ear to the Brain, but he is the best Chri∣stian, who hath the readiest passage from the Brain to the Heart; now Consideration is that on our parts that must open the passage,