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           OF
           Religious
           Melancholy
           .
           A
           SERMON
           Preach'd
           before
           the
           QUEEN
           AT
           WHITE-HALL
           ,
           
             March
          
           the
           6th
           ,
           1691
           /
           2.
           
           
             By
             the
             Right
             Reverend
             Father
             in
             God
             ,
          
           John
           ,
           
             Lord
             Bishop
             of
          
           Norwich
           .
        
         
           
             Published
             by
             Her
             Maiesty's
             special
             Command
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Second
             Edition
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             :
          
           Printed
           for
           
             William
             Rogers
          
           at
           the
           
             Sun
          
           over
           against
           St.
           
           Dunstan's
           Church
           in
           
             Fleetstreet
             .
          
           1692.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             PSALM
             XLII
             6.
             
          
           
             Why
             art
             thou
             cast
             down
             ,
             O
             my
             Soul
             ?
             and
             why
             art
             thou
             disquieted
             in
             me
             ?
          
        
         
           A
           Man
           ,
           in
           no
           part
           of
           his
           life
           ,
           wherein
           he
           is
           sensible
           he
           has
           offended
           God
           ,
           can
           be
           exempted
           from
           the
           duty
           of
           repenting
           presently
           ;
           it
           being
           an
           obligation
           ,
           which
           constantly
           lieth
           upon
           him
           ,
           whenever
           he
           perceives
           his
           sin
           ,
           to
           ask
           pardon
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           forsake
           it
           .
        
         
           However
           ,
           considering
           the
           multitude
           of
           business
           ,
           and
           many
           diversions
           men
           meet
           with
           in
           the
           ordinary
           course
           of
           things
           ,
           that
           hinder
           them
           from
           repenting
           ,
           as
           they
           ought
           to
           do
           ,
           of
           their
           Sins
           ;
           it
           is
           of
           absolute
           necessity
           that
           they
           should
           single
           out
           ,
           and
           set
           apart
           several
           portions
           of
           their
           time
           ,
           wherein
           they
           may
           exactly
           consider
           their
           Spiritual
           Condition
           ,
           severely
           judge
           their
           Actions
           ,
           and
           narrowly
           search
           into
           the
           occasions
           and
           causes
           of
           their
           Errors
           and
           Failings
           ,
           and
           endeavour
           to
           find
           the
           best
           means
           to
           prevent
           the
           same
           crimes
           for
           the
           future
           .
        
         
           A
           good
           part
           of
           that
           Season
           is
           now
           spent
           ,
           which
           our
           Church
           hath
           appointed
           for
           a
           review
           of
           our
           lives
           ,
           and
           to
           discover
           our
           Trespasses
           against
           the
           Divine
           Laws
           ,
           that
           we
           might
           humble
           our
           Souls
           for
           
           them
           ,
           and
           amend
           whatever
           we
           find
           amiss
           .
           And
           during
           this
           Season
           ,
           you
           have
           heard
           the
           nature
           of
           Repentance
           often
           and
           fully
           explain'd
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           prevailing
           Reasons
           urged
           to
           excite
           your
           care
           ,
           and
           engage
           your
           diligence
           ,
           in
           a
           matter
           of
           such
           infinite
           consequence
           to
           your
           Salvation
           ;
           and
           I
           hope
           with
           good
           effect
           on
           the
           minds
           of
           many
           ,
           who
           in
           secret
           have
           blessed
           God
           most
           heartily
           ,
           for
           these
           publick
           occasions
           of
           reforming
           themselves
           ,
           and
           making
           their
           peace
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           But
           notwithstanding
           these
           solemn
           Seasons
           are
           designed
           for
           the
           benefit
           of
           all
           men
           ;
           that
           the
           bad
           may
           be
           converted
           ,
           that
           the
           weak
           may
           be
           confirmed
           ;
           and
           that
           those
           ,
           who
           have
           made
           a
           large
           progress
           in
           the
           ways
           of
           virtue
           ,
           may
           still
           proceed
           to
           further
           degrees
           of
           perfection
           ;
           yet
           it
           is
           manifest
           ,
           that
           as
           hardned
           sinners
           ,
           who
           have
           little
           fear
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           no
           regard
           of
           their
           duty
           ,
           do
           certainly
           grow
           worse
           by
           their
           contempt
           and
           neglect
           of
           these
           Opportunities
           ;
           so
           also
           ,
           that
           divers
           good
           Christians
           ,
           but
           of
           timerous
           and
           melancholy
           Constitutions
           ,
           do
           fear
           they
           do
           not
           become
           better
           ,
           or
           receive
           any
           improvement
           from
           them
           .
        
         
           For
           they
           ,
           feeling
           no
           present
           comfort
           from
           their
           long
           and
           strict
           Fasts
           ,
           nor
           from
           their
           earnest
           and
           often-repeated
           Prayers
           ,
           do
           conclude
           ,
           That
           whatever
           they
           have
           been
           doing
           in
           the
           Service
           of
           God
           ,
           is
           so
           mean
           and
           full
           of
           imperfections
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           neither
           please
           him
           ,
           nor
           profit
           their
           own
           Souls
           .
        
         
         
           Wherefore
           at
           this
           time
           I
           shall
           not
           insist
           upon
           the
           Arguments
           ,
           which
           are
           proper
           to
           affect
           and
           awaken
           obdurate
           offenders
           ;
           but
           rather
           apply
           my self
           to
           the
           case
           of
           those
           melancholy
           Persons
           ,
           who
           ,
           notwithstanding
           they
           are
           in
           a
           safe
           condition
           ,
           yet
           are
           in
           great
           need
           to
           have
           their
           minds
           quieted
           and
           composed
           .
           So
           that
           even
           they
           ,
           who
           really
           deserve
           it
           ,
           may
           have
           their
           share
           of
           advantage
           ,
           from
           such
           holy
           Seasons
           as
           these
           .
        
         
           The
           scruples
           and
           fears
           which
           disturb
           them
           are
           manifold
           :
           But
           I
           now
           only
           can
           have
           time
           to
           consider
           two
           or
           three
           of
           those
           Cases
           ;
           which
           as
           more
           commonly
           ,
           so
           more
           violently
           use
           to
           disorder
           and
           affright
           them
           ;
           and
           shall
           give
           the
           most
           satisfactory
           answer
           to
           them
           that
           I
           can
           .
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           The
           first
           case
           is
           of
           those
           who
           are
           apt
           to
           think
           ,
           that
           the
           reformation
           of
           their
           lives
           hath
           not
           proceeded
           from
           a
           sincere
           love
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           an
           unwillingness
           to
           displease
           him
           ;
           but
           from
           a
           meer
           dread
           of
           those
           punishments
           which
           he
           hath
           threatned
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           The
           Second
           Case
           relates
           to
           them
           who
           find
           a
           flatness
           on
           their
           Minds
           ,
           and
           want
           of
           Zeal
           ,
           when
           they
           apply
           themselves
           to
           any
           Religious
           Duty
           ;
           which
           makes
           them
           fear
           ,
           that
           what
           they
           do
           ,
           is
           so
           defective
           and
           unfit
           to
           be
           presented
           unto
           God
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           not
           accept
           it
           ;
           insomuch
           as
           this
           coldness
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           imploy'd
           in
           their
           Devotions
           ,
           doth
           lamentably
           deject
           them
           ,
           and
           even
           tempt
           them
           to
           lay
           the
           practice
           of
           them
           aside
           .
        
         
         
           (
           3.
           )
           The
           Third
           Case
           doth
           concern
           those
           unhappy
           persons
           ,
           who
           have
           naughty
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           Blasphemous
           thoughts
           start
           up
           in
           their
           minds
           ,
           while
           they
           are
           exercised
           in
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           ;
           which
           makes
           them
           ready
           to
           charge
           themselves
           with
           the
           Sin
           against
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ;
           to
           pronounce
           their
           Condition
           to
           be
           without
           hope
           of
           Remedy
           ,
           and
           that
           God
           hath
           utterly
           cast
           them
           off
           .
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           I
           begin
           with
           those
           persons
           ,
           who
           are
           apt
           to
           think
           ,
           that
           the
           reformation
           of
           their
           lives
           hath
           not
           proceeded
           from
           a
           sincere
           love
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           an
           unwillingness
           to
           offend
           him
           ;
           but
           from
           a
           meer
           dread
           of
           those
           Punishments
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           threatned
           to
           inflict
           on
           unrelenting
           sinners
           .
           Their
           doubt
           is
           ,
           that
           fear
           which
           hath
           had
           the
           greatest
           influence
           in
           reclaiming
           them
           from
           an
           ill
           life
           ,
           is
           but
           a
           slavish
           and
           sordid
           passion
           ,
           which
           God
           does
           despise
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           will
           refuse
           all
           those
           Services
           ,
           which
           do
           not
           spring
           from
           a
           nobler
           Principle
           :
           For
           seeing
           God
           is
           love
           ,
           he
           will
           not
           be
           pleased
           with
           any
           Sacrifice
           ,
           but
           what
           is
           offered
           by
           love
           .
        
         
           I
           answer
           ,
           That
           there
           can
           be
           no
           question
           ,
           but
           Love
           is
           a
           more
           noble
           principle
           of
           Action
           than
           Fear
           :
           And
           therefore
           ,
           that
           the
           Religious
           Service
           which
           hath
           its
           rise
           from
           love
           ,
           is
           more
           perfect
           ,
           more
           Angelical
           ,
           and
           more
           grateful
           to
           God
           :
           But
           for
           all
           that
           he
           will
           not
           turn
           aside
           his
           face
           from
           those
           weaker
           and
           less
           improved
           Servants
           of
           his
           ,
           whose
           
           Service
           and
           Obedience
           owe
           themselves
           chiefly
           to
           their
           Fears
           .
        
         
           They
           who
           have
           forsaken
           their
           evil
           ways
           ,
           out
           of
           a
           horrible
           dread
           that
           they
           would
           lead
           them
           to
           the
           pit
           of
           Hell
           ,
           will
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           hoped
           ,
           find
           a
           place
           in
           the
           glorious
           Kingdom
           of
           Heaven
           .
           For
           Hell
           was
           made
           on
           purpose
           to
           terrifie
           daring
           sinners
           ,
           and
           to
           reduce
           and
           confine
           them
           within
           the
           bounds
           of
           their
           duty
           .
        
         
           The
           thing
           then
           I
           affirm
           is
           this
           ;
           That
           they
           who
           have
           departed
           from
           their
           Iniquities
           ,
           out
           of
           fear
           ,
           that
           had
           they
           continued
           in
           them
           ,
           they
           should
           have
           been
           condemned
           with
           everlasting
           Burnings
           ,
           will
           at
           the
           Judgment
           of
           the
           Great
           Day
           be
           allowed
           to
           have
           been
           true
           Penitents
           ,
           whom
           God
           will
           set
           on
           his
           Right
           Hand
           ,
           and
           receive
           into
           the
           Bright
           Mansions
           of
           inifinite
           Happiness
           ;
           which
           may
           be
           proved
           by
           the
           following
           Reasons
           .
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           Fear
           is
           one
           of
           the
           Passions
           God
           has
           planted
           in
           our
           Souls
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Love
           ,
           they
           are
           both
           the
           Creatures
           of
           his
           Wisdom
           and
           Power
           ;
           and
           whatever
           he
           did
           put
           in
           us
           ,
           was
           for
           some
           end
           ,
           and
           may
           have
           a
           good
           use
           .
           Wherefore
           ,
           when
           the
           Passion
           of
           Fear
           doth
           serve
           the
           End
           for
           which
           God
           grafted
           it
           in
           our
           Minds
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           no
           doubt
           but
           he
           will
           approve
           the
           good
           Effects
           which
           it
           doth
           produce
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           end
           for
           which
           God
           placed
           F●●●
           in
           our
           Nature
           ,
           was
           chiefly
           to
           be
           get
           in
           us
           an
           aw●●●
           regard
           
           of
           his
           most
           Glorious
           Majesty
           ;
           to
           make
           us
           dread
           violating
           of
           his
           Laws
           ,
           and
           doing
           any
           thing
           contrary
           to
           his
           Righteous
           Will
           ;
           and
           also
           when
           we
           trip
           or
           go
           astray
           from
           his
           Ways
           ,
           to
           quicken
           our
           Returns
           to
           our
           Duty
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           when
           Fear
           doth
           prevail
           upon
           a
           man
           to
           amend
           his
           bad
           life
           ,
           he
           puts
           his
           Passion
           to
           the
           very
           use
           for
           which
           he
           received
           it
           from
           God
           :
           And
           having
           thus
           applied
           it
           to
           the
           end
           for
           which
           it
           was
           made
           an
           Essential
           Ingredient
           of
           his
           Nature
           ,
           we
           have
           no
           cause
           to
           question
           but
           God
           will
           own
           him
           ,
           and
           graciously
           allow
           his
           Obedience
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           We
           may
           observe
           ,
           That
           God
           hath
           enforced
           all
           the
           Laws
           he
           hath
           given
           to
           the
           Children
           of
           Men
           ,
           by
           Threatnings
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           by
           Promises
           ;
           But
           as
           promises
           are
           to
           work
           upon
           our
           Love
           ,
           so
           Threats
           are
           to
           excite
           our
           Fears
           ;
           God
           having
           made
           the
           Motives
           to
           our
           Obedience
           to
           answer
           the
           different
           Passions
           ,
           with
           which
           he
           hath
           endued
           our
           Souls
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           there
           cannot
           be
           the
           least
           reason
           to
           conceive
           ,
           that
           God
           should
           threaten
           Punishments
           against
           the
           disobedient
           ,
           which
           naturally
           act
           upon
           the
           fears
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           be
           pleased
           with
           the
           Service
           which
           these
           Fears
           ,
           raised
           by
           the
           Penalties
           annext
           to
           his
           own
           Laws
           ,
           do
           bring
           forth
           .
           No
           ,
           God
           therefore
           doth
           set
           Life
           and
           Death
           before
           Men
           ,
           that
           the
           fear
           ,
           of
           Death
           may
           make
           them
           chuse
           Life
           ;
           and
           he
           threatneth
           them
           with
           Everlasting
           Punishments
           ,
           
           that
           the
           Amazement
           and
           Horrour
           ,
           which
           the
           serious
           and
           due
           Consideration
           of
           them
           will
           cause
           in
           their
           Souls
           ;
           may
           powerfully
           engage
           them
           with
           all
           Speed
           and
           Care
           to
           labour
           to
           fit
           themselves
           to
           partake
           of
           the
           Divine
           Mercies
           .
        
         
           (
           3.
           )
           Our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           first
           ,
           and
           his
           Disciples
           after
           him
           in
           their
           Sermons
           ,
           do
           address
           themselves
           not
           only
           to
           the
           Passion
           of
           Love
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           that
           of
           Fear
           :
           which
           they
           never
           would
           have
           done
           ,
           had
           they
           been
           conscious
           that
           the
           Sacrifices
           of
           Fear
           would
           not
           have
           ascended
           up
           to
           Heaven
           with
           a
           grateful
           Savour
           .
        
         
           
             He
             that
             believeth
             ,
             and
             is
             baptized
             ,
             shall
             be
             saved
             ;
          
           
           
             but
             he
             that
             believeth
             not
             ,
             shall
             be
             damned
             ;
          
           Doth
           not
           Christ
           here
           intend
           to
           bring
           Men
           to
           a
           belief
           of
           his
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           to
           yield
           Obedience
           to
           the
           Laws
           thereof
           ,
           as
           well
           by
           the
           fears
           of
           Damnation
           ,
           as
           the
           hopes
           of
           Salvation
           ?
           And
           when
           he
           had
           cured
           the
           man
           who
           had
           been
           afflicted
           with
           an
           Infirmity
           Thirty
           eight
           Years
           ,
           he
           bids
           him
           
             sin
             no
             more
             lest
             a
             worse
             thing
             come
             unto
             him
             .
          
           The
           Argument
           our
           Lord
           used
           to
           engage
           the
           poor
           impotent
           man
           to
           live
           innocently
           ,
           was
           directed
           to
           the
           Passion
           of
           his
           Fear
           ,
           taken
           from
           the
           Danger
           of
           a
           Calamity
           ,
           greater
           than
           the
           very
           long
           Infirmity
           of
           which
           he
           now
           was
           cured
           ,
           that
           would
           befal
           him
           ,
           if
           he
           did
           still
           continue
           in
           his
           sins
           .
        
         
           
             Knowing
             the
             terror
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           saith
           St.
           
             Paul
             ,
             we
             
             perswade
             men
             .
          
           The
           Apostle
           well
           knew
           ,
           that
           the
           greatness
           of
           these
           Terrors
           exprest
           in
           the
           foregoing
           Verse
           ;
           
             That
             we
             must
             all
             appear
             before
             the
             Judgment
          
           
           
             seat
             of
             Christ
             ,
             that
             every
             one
             may
             receive
             the
             things
             done
             in
             his
             body
             ,
             according
             to
             that
             he
             hath
             done
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             good
             or
             bad
             ,
          
           if
           fully
           and
           maturely
           weighed
           ,
           would
           be
           of
           irresistible
           force
           to
           recover
           Men
           from
           a
           lewd
           and
           prophane
           Conversation
           .
           They
           must
           be
           brought
           to
           a
           state
           of
           extream
           Obstinacy
           or
           Desparation
           ,
           upon
           whom
           an
           Argument
           of
           such
           wonderful
           power
           and
           efficacy
           can
           make
           no
           Impression
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           I
           come
           to
           a
           second
           Case
           often
           complained
           of
           by
           some
           serious
           Christians
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           want
           of
           Inclination
           to
           holy
           things
           ,
           and
           a
           coldness
           in
           their
           Devotions
           :
           They
           do
           not
           come
           to
           God's
           House
           ,
           nor
           address
           themselves
           to
           their
           Prayers
           ,
           with
           such
           an
           appetite
           as
           they
           do
           to
           the
           Business
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           but
           want
           earnest
           and
           fervent
           Desires
           for
           the
           success
           of
           the
           Petitions
           they
           put
           up
           to
           their
           Father
           in
           Heaven
           ;
           they
           cannot
           warmly
           engage
           their
           hearts
           in
           the
           Cause
           of
           their
           Salvation
           ,
           but
           find
           a
           listlesness
           to
           Spiritual
           Exercises
           ;
           which
           they
           apprehend
           to
           be
           a
           full
           proof
           of
           their
           Hypocrisie
           ,
           and
           that
           God
           will
           refuse
           their
           Prayers
           and
           Thanksgivings
           ,
           as
           vain
           and
           insincere
           Oblations
           .
        
         
           Now
           before
           I
           proceed
           in
           the
           best
           and
           clearest
           Method
           I
           can
           ,
           to
           relieve
           Persons
           in
           this
           unhappy
           
           Condition
           ;
           I
           desire
           it
           may
           be
           first
           observed
           ,
           that
           why
           many
           have
           no
           more
           Zeal
           and
           Life
           in
           God's
           Service
           ,
           is
           their
           own
           fault
           ,
           for
           which
           they
           are
           greatly
           to
           be
           blamed
           .
        
         
           Because
           this
           Dulness
           of
           Spirit
           that
           attends
           their
           Religious
           Exercises
           ,
           does
           come
           from
           their
           own
           Negligence
           ,
           and
           want
           of
           Consideration
           .
           They
           take
           Care
           to
           make
           an
           Appearance
           in
           the
           Congregation
           ,
           but
           no
           care
           about
           what
           their
           Souls
           are
           there
           imployed
           .
           They
           have
           not
           considered
           of
           what
           Infinite
           Importance
           it
           will
           be
           to
           them
           to
           serve
           God
           in
           the
           most
           acceptable
           manner
           ,
           nor
           how
           they
           should
           render
           their
           Service
           acceptable
           ;
           neither
           by
           what
           cause
           their
           Devotions
           have
           decay'd
           ,
           nor
           by
           what
           means
           they
           may
           revive
           and
           increase
           them
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           they
           neither
           consider
           where
           they
           are
           ,
           nor
           for
           what
           end
           they
           came
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           that
           their
           minds
           should
           be
           flat
           and
           unactive
           all
           the
           time
           they
           stand
           before
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           very
           little
           concern'd
           for
           the
           prosperous
           Issue
           of
           the
           Prayers
           that
           are
           offered
           up
           by
           the
           Congregation
           .
        
         
           As
           therefore
           it
           is
           high
           Presumption
           for
           such
           careless
           Persons
           to
           hope
           for
           any
           benefit
           by
           that
           part
           they
           bear
           in
           the
           Publick-Worship
           ;
           so
           they
           may
           cure
           their
           Malady
           ,
           by
           retiring
           from
           their
           Business
           and
           their
           Pleasures
           ,
           and
           by
           reflecting
           in
           good
           earnest
           upon
           the
           terrible
           Dangers
           whereunto
           they
           do
           every
           
           hour
           expose
           their
           immortal
           Souls
           .
        
         
           But
           these
           are
           not
           the
           Men
           to
           whose
           Case
           I
           would
           speak
           at
           this
           time
           :
           but
           I
           direct
           my
           Discourse
           to
           those
           who
           have
           frequently
           striven
           to
           remove
           this
           coldness
           from
           their
           Souls
           ,
           when
           they
           did
           approach
           the
           Heavenly
           Throne
           ,
           and
           yet
           have
           failed
           in
           their
           Attempt
           .
           Now
           ,
           in
           abatement
           of
           their
           Trouble
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           lay
           the
           following
           Observations
           before
           them
           .
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           That
           the
           difference
           of
           Degrees
           of
           Affections
           ,
           with
           which
           Men
           serve
           God
           ,
           does
           often
           depend
           upon
           the
           difference
           of
           their
           Tempers
           and
           Constitutions
           .
           Some
           have
           such
           heavy
           Constitutions
           that
           it
           must
           be
           a
           great
           matter
           that
           will
           work
           upon
           their
           Hopes
           or
           Fears
           ;
           and
           it
           will
           require
           some
           time
           to
           make
           them
           very
           sensible
           either
           of
           their
           gain
           or
           loss
           .
        
         
           But
           others
           have
           such
           a
           tenderness
           in
           their
           Natures
           ,
           and
           such
           quickness
           of
           Sense
           ,
           that
           the
           least
           things
           do
           much
           affect
           them
           :
           A
           little
           Prosperity
           makes
           all
           their
           Spirits
           to
           mount
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           overflow'd
           with
           Joy
           ;
           and
           as
           small
           a
           Cross
           sinks
           them
           down
           ,
           and
           causes
           them
           to
           have
           sad
           and
           melancholy
           Perswasions
           of
           their
           Condition
           .
        
         
           Now
           People
           of
           such
           various
           Dispositions
           ,
           notwithstanding
           they
           have
           equally
           endeavour'd
           to
           prepare
           themselves
           ,
           cannot
           serve
           God
           with
           equal
           affections
           :
           but
           yet
           he
           may
           be
           alike
           pleased
           with
           what
           
           they
           both
           do
           .
           Because
           he
           will
           measure
           their
           Obedience
           by
           the
           sincerity
           of
           their
           minds
           ,
           that
           lies
           in
           their
           own
           power
           ;
           and
           not
           by
           the
           difference
           of
           their
           Constitutions
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           made
           by
           themselves
           .
        
         
           The
           Constitutions
           of
           some
           men
           being
           much
           warmer
           than
           those
           of
           others
           ,
           they
           easier
           take
           fire
           whether
           they
           are
           paying
           homage
           to
           God
           ,
           or
           doing
           business
           among
           Men.
           Where
           therefore
           Men
           have
           more
           heat
           in
           their
           natural
           Temper
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           they
           should
           have
           more
           zeal
           in
           their
           Devotions
           .
           But
           God
           will
           not
           reject
           any
           man
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           of
           a
           cold
           Complexion
           ;
           or
           disdain
           his
           reasonable
           Sacrifice
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           offered
           with
           less
           vehemence
           of
           Passion
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           We
           may
           say
           further
           ,
           That
           they
           who
           are
           not
           carried
           by
           their
           Passions
           into
           the
           Service
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           render
           worship
           to
           him
           upon
           rational
           motives
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           the
           giver
           of
           all
           good
           things
           ,
           seem
           to
           act
           upon
           a
           higher
           and
           more
           sublime
           Principle
           :
           For
           notwithstanding
           they
           are
           destitute
           of
           that
           pleasing
           warmth
           in
           their
           Passions
           ,
           which
           provokes
           others
           to
           pray
           unto
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           thankful
           unto
           him
           ,
           yet
           they
           do
           not
           cease
           to
           celebrate
           his
           praise
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           their
           duty
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           and
           because
           Reason
           suggests
           that
           they
           ought
           to
           make
           grateful
           acknowledgments
           of
           his
           Infinite
           Mercies
           .
        
         
           (
           3.
           )
           We
           may
           observe
           ,
           That
           the
           most
           zealous
           are
           not
           always
           the
           best
           men
           .
           For
           their
           zeal
           may
           be
           without
           knowledge
           ,
           or
           on
           the
           wrong
           side
           ;
           as
           it
           
           was
           in
           St.
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           when
           he
           persecuted
           the
           Church
           .
           And
           it
           is
           his
           own
           Observation
           ,
           That
           notwithstanding
           a
           man
           had
           such
           a
           zeal
           for
           the
           Cause
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           would
           prompt
           him
           to
           suffer
           Martyrdom
           ,
           and
           yet
           wanted
           Charity
           ,
           his
           sharpest
           Sufferings
           would
           profit
           him
           nothing
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           confess
           ,
           where
           a
           man
           is
           zealously
           affected
           in
           a
           good
           matter
           ,
           and
           his
           active
           Spirits
           are
           discreetly
           directed
           to
           the
           Service
           of
           God
           ,
           such
           an
           one
           may
           prove
           a
           glorious
           Instrument
           for
           the
           propagating
           and
           promoting
           the
           Fear
           and
           Honour
           of
           God
           among
           men
           ;
           and
           also
           may
           have
           a
           more
           sensible
           pleasure
           in
           every
           Religious
           Performance
           .
           But
           all
           cannot
           raise
           their
           Affections
           to
           this
           pitch
           ;
           however
           ,
           
             God
             will
             not
             quench
             the
             smoaking
             flax
             ,
             nor
             break
             the
             bruised
             reed
             ;
          
           but
           pardon
           the
           wandrings
           ,
           pity
           the
           weaknesses
           ,
           quicken
           the
           affections
           ,
           and
           make
           gracious
           allowances
           for
           all
           the
           defects
           of
           infirm
           ,
           but
           honest
           Christians
           .
        
         
           (
           4.
           )
           That
           the
           most
           holy
           Servants
           of
           God
           cannot
           maintain
           an
           equal
           warmth
           in
           their
           Devotions
           at
           all
           times
           .
           Experience
           doth
           teach
           them
           ,
           that
           ,
           in
           some
           Seasons
           ,
           an
           unaccountable
           heaviness
           will
           seize
           upon
           their
           hearts
           while
           they
           are
           on
           their
           bended
           knees
           ,
           supplicating
           the
           forgiveness
           of
           their
           sins
           ,
           who
           at
           other
           times
           can
           put
           their
           Souls
           all
           in
           a
           bright
           and
           pure
           frame
           by
           intense
           meditations
           on
           the
           unspeakable
           love
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           If
           therefore
           now
           and
           then
           you
           perceive
           your
           
           minds
           dull
           and
           heavy
           at
           your
           Prayers
           ,
           it
           is
           but
           what
           sometimes
           doth
           happen
           to
           the
           most
           sincere
           Christians
           ,
           how
           great
           care
           and
           Diligence
           soever
           they
           use
           to
           uphold
           life
           and
           vigour
           in
           their
           Souls
           ;
           so
           that
           this
           is
           no
           just
           cause
           of
           disquiet
           and
           dejection
           of
           spirit
           .
           Moreover
           ,
           Sickness
           ,
           Losses
           ,
           and
           all
           Afflictions
           ,
           do
           sometimes
           so
           disorder
           the
           Passions
           ,
           and
           oppress
           the
           Spirits
           even
           of
           the
           best
           men
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           hardly
           possible
           they
           should
           serve
           God
           with
           as
           much
           chearfulness
           under
           Calamities
           and
           Troubles
           as
           at
           other
           times
           ;
           tho'
           they
           may
           have
           as
           much
           integrity
           ,
           and
           as
           sincere
           desires
           to
           please
           him
           ;
           and
           he
           will
           take
           what
           they
           then
           do
           ,
           as
           kindly
           at
           their
           hands
           ,
           and
           bountifully
           reward
           such
           Services
           .
        
         
           Hence
           I
           gather
           ,
           that
           since
           men
           are
           not
           able
           at
           all
           times
           to
           keep
           their
           Affections
           at
           an
           equal
           height
           when
           they
           address
           themselves
           to
           their
           heavenly
           Father
           ,
           either
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           or
           in
           their
           Closets
           ,
           that
           he
           doth
           not
           expect
           it
           from
           them
           ;
           and
           they
           ought
           not
           to
           give
           place
           to
           melancholy
           Fears
           ,
           when
           they
           shall
           find
           it
           otherwise
           with
           themselves
           :
           God
           has
           made
           nothing
           the
           subject
           of
           our
           obedience
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           within
           the
           bounds
           of
           our
           abilities
           ;
           and
           he
           will
           at
           the
           Day
           of
           Judgment
           condemn
           men
           for
           the
           Actions
           only
           ,
           which
           proceeded
           from
           their
           Wills
           ;
           and
           not
           for
           that
           want
           of
           heat
           in
           their
           Passions
           ,
           which
           was
           owing
           to
           the
           natural
           make
           of
           their
           Constitutions
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           not
           help
           ;
           or
           to
           outward
           
           unhappy
           Circumstances
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           not
           at
           their
           command
           .
        
         
           (
           5.
           )
           What
           hitherto
           hath
           been
           said
           about
           coldness
           and
           damps
           in
           the
           minds
           of
           men
           while
           they
           are
           engaged
           in
           religious
           duty
           ,
           has
           been
           to
           comfort
           those
           who
           are
           exceedingly
           grieved
           at
           it
           ;
           and
           who
           yet
           have
           not
           been
           able
           to
           conquer
           it
           ,
           tho'
           they
           have
           used
           true
           pains
           for
           that
           purpose
           .
           Now
           notwithstanding
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           expected
           ,
           nor
           necessary
           ,
           that
           these
           innocent
           Persons
           should
           meet
           with
           a
           compleat
           cure
           of
           their
           grief
           ;
           yet
           I
           must
           tell
           them
           ,
           that
           nothing
           will
           more
           enliven
           their
           Spirits
           in
           the
           Service
           of
           God
           ,
           than
           deliberate
           Meditations
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           of
           themselves
           ,
           before
           they
           enter
           upon
           any
           part
           of
           Divine
           Worship
           .
        
         
           If
           they
           would
           often
           engage
           their
           minds
           in
           Contemplations
           about
           the
           Divine
           Attributes
           ,
           and
           the
           Infinite
           Perfections
           of
           the
           Nature
           of
           God
           ,
           it
           would
           strangely
           help
           to
           deliver
           them
           from
           that
           drowsy
           Stupidity
           ,
           of
           which
           they
           so
           sadly
           complain
           ,
           and
           which
           hath
           so
           strong
           an
           influence
           on
           their
           Actions
           .
           For
           frequent
           thoughts
           of
           Almighty
           Power
           ,
           will
           make
           the
           most
           sturdy
           Temper
           to
           tremble
           ,
           and
           the
           proudest
           heart
           to
           submit
           .
           There
           is
           no
           thinking
           seriously
           of
           unsearchable
           Wisdom
           ,
           without
           being
           wrapt
           up
           in
           admiration
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           becoming
           very
           willing
           to
           be
           ruled
           by
           it
           :
           And
           will
           not
           the
           meditations
           of
           Infinite
           Love
           ,
           diffussing
           it self
           over
           the
           
           World
           ,
           oblige
           us
           to
           adore
           ,
           to
           honour
           ,
           to
           love
           and
           to
           praise
           that
           most
           glorious
           Spring
           from
           whence
           it
           floweth
           ?
        
         
           Do
           but
           consider
           ,
           as
           the
           Providence
           of
           God
           watches
           over
           all
           the
           Works
           of
           the
           Creation
           ,
           so
           with
           what
           a
           particular
           care
           it
           hath
           preserved
           you
           ,
           and
           delivr'd
           you
           from
           the
           many
           and
           great
           Dangers
           ,
           which
           you
           did
           not
           foresee
           ,
           and
           against
           which
           you
           could
           make
           no
           provision
           ;
           and
           certainly
           it
           will
           give
           a
           sensible
           touch
           to
           your
           Soul
           ,
           and
           cause
           you
           to
           breake
           forth
           into
           Songs
           and
           Hymns
           of
           Thanksgiving
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           you
           proceed
           still
           further
           ,
           to
           contemplate
           the
           deep
           Mysteries
           ,
           and
           inconceiveable
           love
           shewn
           by
           Christ
           in
           the
           mighty
           work
           of
           your
           Redemption
           ,
           to
           consider
           the
           great
           condescension
           of
           your
           Saviour
           ,
           when
           he
           left
           the
           Heavens
           to
           dwell
           amongst
           us
           ;
           the
           wonderful
           humiliation
           of
           himself
           ,
           when
           he
           took
           our
           Frail
           ,
           Mortal
           Nature
           upon
           him
           ;
           the
           Pains
           ,
           the
           Agonies
           ,
           the
           Horrors
           of
           the
           most
           dreadful
           Death
           he
           suffered
           ,
           to
           save
           us
           ungrateful
           Sinners
           ;
           and
           this
           can
           hardly
           fail
           to
           dissolve
           the
           most
           obdurate
           and
           stony
           heart
           ,
           and
           make
           you
           firmly
           conclude
           ,
           that
           you
           never
           can
           sufficiently
           admire
           ,
           love
           ,
           serve
           or
           suffer
           too
           much
           for
           this
           most
           Blessed
           Saviour
           .
        
         
           Can
           your
           Passions
           continue
           all
           quiet
           ,
           when
           you
           look
           to
           this
           your
           most
           merciful
           Redeemer
           ,
           who
           left
           the
           Bosom
           of
           his
           Father
           to
           seek
           you
           ,
           when
           you
           had
           lost
           your selves
           in
           the
           ways
           of
           sin
           ,
           and
           the
           
           paths
           that
           lead
           to
           death
           !
           Who
           came
           to
           procure
           Reconciliation
           for
           you
           with
           God
           ,
           whom
           as
           you
           had
           heinously
           provoked
           ,
           so
           you
           were
           in
           no
           respectable
           to
           make
           him
           satisfaction
           .
        
         
           Do
           but
           with
           some
           seriousness
           recollect
           how
           often
           the
           Lord
           hath
           spared
           you
           ,
           when
           your
           own
           hearts
           have
           told
           you
           that
           you
           did
           deserve
           punishment
           ;
           How
           very
           often
           you
           have
           highly
           offended
           him
           ,
           and
           fearfully
           looked
           when
           he
           should
           destroy
           you
           ;
           and
           yet
           you
           are
           still
           suffer'd
           to
           be
           in
           the
           Land
           of
           the
           Living
           ,
           as
           so
           many
           Monuments
           of
           his
           Compassion
           ;
           and
           he
           is
           not
           yet
           wearied
           with
           waiting
           for
           your
           return
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           be
           gracious
           unto
           you
           :
           Do
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           but
           meditate
           upon
           these
           mercies
           of
           your
           God
           ,
           and
           try
           whether
           your
           hearts
           will
           not
           all
           melt
           into
           love
           and
           affection
           .
        
         
           Can
           we
           say
           too
           much
           ,
           or
           think
           too
           long
           of
           this
           Saviour
           ,
           who
           did
           joyn
           himself
           to
           our
           Flesh
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           loose
           the
           Bands
           of
           our
           Iniquity
           ;
           who
           being
           in
           the
           Form
           of
           God
           ,
           took
           the
           Form
           of
           a
           Servant
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           destroy
           the
           power
           of
           those
           sins
           ,
           which
           would
           have
           enslaved
           both
           our
           Souls
           and
           Bodies
           ,
           and
           made
           us
           for
           ever
           miserable
           ?
        
         
           Surely
           we
           cannot
           but
           fall
           down
           before
           the
           Lord
           ,
           with
           the
           deepest
           reverence
           ,
           and
           esteem
           him
           above
           every
           thing
           in
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ,
           who
           hath
           created
           us
           according
           to
           his
           own
           Image
           ;
           who
           hath
           redeemed
           us
           with
           the
           Blood
           of
           his
           own
           Son
           ,
           and
           who
           
           daily
           doth
           aslist
           us
           with
           the
           Graces
           of
           his
           most
           Holy
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           who
           hath
           provided
           for
           us
           a
           House
           not
           made
           with
           Hands
           ,
           in
           the
           Heavens
           .
        
         
           Let
           such
           Subjects
           as
           these
           be
           the
           Arguments
           with
           which
           you
           entertain
           your
           Thoughts
           ,
           before
           you
           begin
           any
           Religious
           Duty
           ,
           and
           it
           will
           strangely
           conduce
           to
           the
           filling
           your
           Souls
           with
           Light
           and
           Life
           ,
           and
           make
           you
           diligently
           study
           to
           obtain
           God's
           Favour
           ,
           and
           breed
           in
           you
           most
           passionate
           Desires
           to
           dwell
           in
           his
           presence
           to
           all
           Eternity
           .
        
         
           (
           3.
           )
           I
           come
           to
           the
           last
           case
           I
           proposed
           to
           speak
           to
           ,
           which
           doth
           relate
           to
           these
           unhappy
           persons
           ,
           who
           have
           naughty
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           Blasphemous
           Thoughts
           start
           in
           their
           Minds
           ,
           while
           they
           are
           exercised
           in
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           makes
           them
           ready
           to
           charge
           themselves
           with
           the
           Sin
           against
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           to
           pronounce
           their
           Condition
           to
           be
           without
           hopes
           of
           remedy
           ,
           and
           to
           fear
           that
           God
           hath
           utterly
           cast
           them
           off
           .
           Now
           to
           give
           them
           the
           best
           ease
           and
           relief
           I
           am
           able
           ,
           I
           will
           endeavour
           these
           two
           things
           .
        
         
           
             (
             1.
             )
             To
             shew
             that
             their
             Case
             is
             not
             so
             dangerous
             as
             they
             take
             it
             to
             be
             .
          
           
             (
             2.
             )
             To
             give
             proper
             advice
             for
             their
             behaviour
             under
             the
             tumultuous
             Disorders
             of
             Mind
             ,
             and
             for
             their
             recovery
             from
             them
             .
          
        
         
           That
           their
           Case
           is
           not
           so
           dangerous
           as
           they
           apprehend
           it
           ,
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           to
           shew
           by
           the
           following
           Considerations
           .
        
         
         
           (
           1.
           )
           Because
           these
           frightful
           Thoughts
           do
           for
           the
           most
           part
           proceed
           from
           the
           disorder
           and
           indisposition
           of
           the
           Body
           .
           And
           this
           I
           take
           to
           be
           evident
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           more
           rise
           and
           troublesome
           ,
           and
           insult
           most
           over
           a
           Man
           after
           a
           fit
           of
           sickness
           ,
           or
           a
           great
           dsappointment
           ,
           or
           a
           heavy
           loss
           ;
           which
           hath
           deeprest
           his
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           made
           them
           gross
           and
           heavy
           :
           but
           when
           it
           pleases
           God
           that
           he
           shall
           recover
           his
           health
           again
           ,
           and
           his
           spirits
           grow
           finer
           ,
           and
           move
           more
           briskly
           ,
           and
           his
           strength
           doth
           become
           more
           confirmed
           ,
           then
           these
           perplexing
           thoughts
           use
           much
           to
           abate
           ,
           and
           by
           degrees
           quite
           to
           vanish
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           Because
           they
           are
           mostly
           good
           People
           ,
           who
           are
           exercised
           with
           them
           .
           For
           bad
           men
           ,
           whose
           Heads
           are
           busied
           in
           laying
           one
           Scene
           of
           Wickedness
           or
           other
           ,
           how
           they
           may
           gratifie
           their
           Malice
           ,
           or
           execute
           their
           Revenge
           ,
           or
           over-reach
           their
           Neighbours
           ,
           or
           violate
           their
           Trusts
           ,
           or
           satisfie
           their
           beastly
           Lust
           ,
           rarely
           know
           any
           thing
           of
           these
           kind
           of
           Thoughts
           ,
           or
           use
           to
           complain
           of
           them
           .
           But
           they
           are
           honest
           and
           well-meaning
           Christians
           of
           unhealthy
           Constitutions
           ,
           and
           melancholy
           Tempers
           ,
           who
           are
           so
           miserably
           harrass'd
           by
           them
           ;
           who
           above
           all
           things
           earnestly
           desire
           an
           interest
           in
           their
           God
           and
           Saviour
           ,
           and
           for
           that
           reason
           the
           least
           dishonourable
           thought
           of
           him
           ,
           which
           infinuates
           its
           self
           into
           their
           Minds
           ,
           is
           so
           dreadful
           unto
           them
           .
        
         
           (
           3.
           )
           Because
           it
           is
           not
           in
           the
           power
           of
           those
           disconsolate
           
           Christians
           ,
           whom
           these
           bad
           Thoughts
           so
           vex
           and
           torment
           ,
           with
           all
           their
           endeavours
           to
           stifle
           and
           suppress
           them
           .
           Nay
           often
           the
           more
           they
           struggle
           with
           them
           ,
           the
           more
           they
           encrease
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           are
           vehemently
           opposed
           ,
           they
           do
           more
           domineer
           and
           terrifie
           men
           .
           And
           the
           true
           reason
           is
           ,
           because
           by
           successful
           strivings
           they
           do
           but
           feed
           this
           melancholy
           Humor
           ,
           and
           grow
           more
           dejected
           .
           So
           that
           there
           is
           good
           cause
           ,
           as
           I
           observed
           ,
           to
           judge
           them
           to
           be
           Distempers
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           rather
           than
           Faults
           of
           the
           Mind
           .
        
         
           (
           4.
           )
           We
           may
           observe
           that
           they
           who
           labour
           under
           the
           burden
           of
           such
           dismal
           Thoughts
           are
           seldom
           betray'd
           into
           any
           great
           or
           deliberate
           sin
           .
           For
           they
           having
           a
           very
           low
           opinion
           of
           the
           Condition
           of
           their
           Souls
           ,
           are
           jealous
           of
           the
           least
           Temptations
           ,
           and
           tremble
           at
           the
           appearance
           of
           any
           notorious
           Evil.
           Which
           is
           the
           cause
           they
           commonly
           set
           a
           strict
           guard
           over
           their
           Words
           and
           Actions
           .
        
         
           Hence
           it
           is
           apparent
           that
           the
           sins
           which
           most
           easily
           captivate
           others
           ,
           can
           scarce
           make
           an
           entrance
           into
           them
           .
           They
           have
           little
           temptation
           to
           Covetousness
           ,
           who
           can
           find
           no
           satisfaction
           in
           Riches
           .
           They
           cannot
           be
           hard
           hearted
           to
           their
           Neighbours
           in
           distress
           ,
           who
           are
           so
           ready
           to
           beg
           the
           prayers
           and
           help
           of
           all
           about
           them
           .
           They
           are
           in
           no
           danger
           of
           of
           being
           swell'd
           with
           Pride
           ,
           who
           think
           a
           great
           deal
           worse
           of
           their
           own
           state
           than
           it
           deserves
           .
           They
           
           being
           then
           thus
           humbled
           into
           a
           mean
           apprehension
           of
           themselves
           by
           the
           calamitous
           disorders
           of
           their
           Mind
           ,
           to
           contend
           the
           more
           abundantly
           to
           keep
           themselves
           blameless
           and
           unspotted
           from
           the
           World
           ,
           wherein
           they
           discovering
           no
           ease
           ,
           no
           relief
           for
           their
           doleful
           Complaints
           ,
           are
           not
           allured
           by
           any
           of
           its
           glittering
           or
           sensual
           Baits
           to
           transgress
           the
           Divine
           Laws
           .
        
         
           From
           what
           has
           been
           said
           it
           plainly
           follows
           ,
           That
           there
           is
           more
           trouble
           than
           danger
           in
           the
           case
           of
           the
           dejected
           Christians
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           been
           considering
           .
           Altho
           I
           own
           that
           none
           do
           more
           deserve
           our
           pity
           ,
           so
           black
           and
           dismal
           is
           the
           Sentence
           they
           pronounce
           against
           themselves
           ;
           and
           yet
           I
           make
           no
           question
           but
           God
           in
           his
           own
           season
           ,
           and
           when
           he
           sees
           it
           most
           proper
           for
           them
           ,
           will
           in
           some
           measure
           settle
           and
           quiet
           their
           Minds
           ,
           and
           also
           bestow
           a
           large
           Recompence
           on
           them
           for
           all
           the
           Troubles
           and
           Sorrows
           they
           have
           sustained
           out
           of
           fear
           that
           he
           was
           highly
           displeased
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           now
           arrived
           at
           the
           last
           part
           of
           my
           Subject
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           give
           the
           best
           Advice
           I
           can
           ,
           for
           their
           behaviour
           under
           these
           perplexing
           Disorders
           of
           Mind
           ,
           and
           for
           their
           recovery
           from
           them
           .
           Which
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           in
           the
           following
           particulars
           .
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           *
           Frequently
           observe
           how
           your
           Thoughts
           are
           imployed
           .
           If
           they
           are
           engaged
           in
           a
           good
           Matter
           ,
           encourage
           them
           to
           persevere
           ,
           and
           secure
           them
           ,
           all
           you
           can
           ,
           from
           outward
           disturbance
           and
           diversions
           .
           
           If
           they
           are
           taken
           up
           in
           trifling
           and
           vain
           Subjects
           ,
           of
           no
           real
           benefit
           to
           you
           ,
           translate
           them
           to
           some
           more
           noble
           and
           useful
           Argument
           .
           For
           as
           your
           Thoughts
           are
           ,
           so
           your
           Actions
           will
           be
           :
           Men
           cannot
           think
           foolishly
           and
           act
           wisely
           .
           Besides
           idle
           Thoghts
           are
           Neighbours
           to
           bad
           ones
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           a
           straight
           and
           short
           passage
           from
           one
           to
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           they
           are
           exercised
           in
           any
           evil
           design
           ,
           it
           highly
           behoves
           you
           to
           extinguish
           and
           suppress
           them
           ;
           for
           if
           the
           Fountain
           be
           muddy
           ,
           all
           the
           Streams
           must
           partake
           of
           its
           impurity
           .
           *
           And
           this
           Work
           you
           ought
           to
           take
           the
           first
           opportunity
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           all
           your
           might
           ,
           not
           only
           because
           it
           is
           of
           absolute
           necessity
           to
           the
           Health
           and
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Innocence
           of
           your
           Soul
           ;
           †
           but
           because
           the
           Victory
           over
           them
           will
           be
           much
           easier
           at
           their
           first
           appearance
           ,
           than
           after
           ,
           by
           suffering
           them
           to
           dwell
           with
           you
           ,
           you
           have
           given
           them
           some
           countenance
           of
           encouragement
           :
           and
           so
           that
           Conquest
           which
           would
           have
           cost
           you
           but
           small
           pains
           ,
           may
           become
           doubtful
           ,
           where
           you
           are
           to
           contend
           with
           thoughts
           ,
           whose
           long
           standing
           hath
           confirm'd
           ,
           and
           almost
           rooted
           them
           in
           your
           Nature
           .
        
         
           Thus
           frequent
           Reviews
           taken
           of
           your
           Thoughts
           ,
           will
           produce
           both
           power
           and
           skill
           to
           manage
           them
           
           wisely
           ,
           and
           may
           in
           good
           measure
           prevent
           or
           cure
           the
           Troubles
           complained
           of
           by
           these
           Melancholy
           Persons
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           *
           Endeavour
           to
           keep
           all
           your
           Passions
           within
           due
           bounds
           ,
           since
           Storms
           of
           Passion
           confound
           the
           Soul
           ,
           and
           make
           way
           for
           evil
           thoughts
           .
           And
           whatever
           was
           the
           first
           Cause
           of
           the
           Passion
           ,
           it
           is
           apt
           before
           it
           goes
           off
           ,
           to
           run
           them
           into
           those
           frightful
           Reflections
           ,
           which
           they
           so
           much
           dread
           ,
           and
           after
           the
           weakness
           and
           indisposition
           which
           a
           strong
           Passion
           leaves
           behind
           it
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           less
           able
           to
           repel
           them
           .
           So
           that
           it
           is
           very
           bad
           for
           splenetick
           Persons
           to
           give
           way
           to
           their
           Passions
           ,
           which
           both
           bring
           their
           Distemper
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           unfit
           them
           to
           grapple
           with
           it
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           they
           cannot
           safely
           give
           any
           scope
           to
           the
           most
           pleasing
           Passions
           ;
           for
           they
           sometimes
           shall
           find
           as
           bad
           effects
           in
           the
           excesses
           of
           Joy
           ,
           as
           of
           any
           of
           the
           sowr
           and
           churlish
           Passions
           ,
           and
           be
           as
           greatly
           dejected
           after
           them
           .
        
         
           It
           would
           be
           much
           for
           their
           advantage
           to
           bring
           themselves
           to
           an
           equal
           and
           steddy
           temper
           ,
           so
           as
           none
           of
           the
           Affairs
           of
           the
           World
           may
           make
           a
           deep
           impression
           upon
           them
           ;
           to
           be
           mild
           and
           gentle
           in
           their
           behaviour
           ;
           to
           avoid
           all
           needless
           contentions
           and
           heats
           ;
           to
           be
           ready
           to
           do
           good
           to
           every
           body
           ;
           
           but
           never
           to
           do
           things
           seemingly
           hard
           ,
           except
           where
           great
           necessity
           requires
           it
           .
           Neither
           to
           set
           their
           hopes
           ,
           nor
           their
           fears
           too
           high
           ;
           not
           groundlesly
           to
           despair
           ,
           where
           God
           has
           pronounced
           no
           threats
           :
           nor
           fondly
           to
           presume
           ,
           where
           he
           hath
           made
           no
           promises
           .
        
         
           (
           3
           )
           Do
           not
           leave
           your
           Callings
           ,
           nor
           forsake
           the
           Post
           wherein
           Providence
           hath
           placed
           you
           .
           As
           before
           it
           was
           my
           Advice
           not
           to
           set
           your
           hearts
           too
           much
           on
           the
           World
           ,
           nor
           to
           suffer
           your
           Passions
           to
           run
           out
           vehemently
           after
           it
           ;
           so
           now
           I
           exhort
           you
           not
           to
           quit
           your
           Imployment
           ,
           and
           utterly
           to
           forsake
           it
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           trouble
           of
           your
           Mind
           .
           For
           no
           business
           at
           all
           is
           as
           bad
           for
           you
           as
           too
           much
           :
           and
           there
           is
           always
           more
           Melancholy
           to
           be
           found
           in
           a
           Cloyster
           ,
           than
           in
           the
           Market-place
           .
           As
           when
           a
           man
           is
           too
           full
           of
           business
           he
           is
           ready
           to
           forget
           God
           ,
           so
           when
           he
           is
           idle
           and
           destitute
           of
           all
           Employment
           ,
           his
           Head
           is
           apt
           to
           become
           a
           Cage
           ,
           not
           only
           of
           unruly
           ,
           but
           unclean
           Thoughts
           .
        
         
           It
           will
           be
           therefore
           much
           to
           your
           detriment
           to
           hide
           your selves
           from
           your
           Friends
           ,
           and
           to
           quit
           the
           Calling
           wherein
           you
           were
           exercised
           ;
           in
           that
           People
           of
           dejected
           tempers
           never
           fare
           worse
           than
           by
           themselves
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           have
           nothing
           to
           do
           .
           For
           when
           they
           have
           neither
           Company
           nor
           secular
           Affairs
           to
           take
           up
           their
           time
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           musing
           perpetually
           upon
           the
           Objections
           they
           make
           against
           themselves
           ,
           and
           their
           Thoughts
           will
           all
           fix
           and
           centre
           
           upon
           the
           desperate
           Condition
           ,
           wherein
           their
           disturbed
           Phancy
           hath
           placed
           their
           Souls
           .
           Whereas
           vertuous
           and
           cheerful
           Conversation
           ,
           innocent
           Recreations
           ,
           and
           moderate
           Business
           will
           give
           a
           great
           diversion
           to
           the
           Distemper
           ,
           and
           much
           conduce
           to
           chace
           away
           these
           gloomy
           Apprehensions
           .
        
         
           (
           4.
           )
           When
           you
           find
           these
           Thoughts
           creeping
           upon
           you
           ,
           be
           not
           mightily
           dejected
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           certain
           Tokens
           of
           your
           Reprobation
           .
           For
           so
           far
           as
           they
           depend
           upon
           the
           indisposition
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           which
           for
           the
           most
           part
           they
           chiefly
           do
           ,
           I
           take
           them
           no
           more
           to
           be
           marks
           of
           the
           Divine
           Displeasure
           ,
           than
           Sickness
           or
           Losses
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Calamity
           you
           may
           meet
           with
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           *
           Neither
           violently
           struggle
           with
           them
           ;
           since
           experience
           doth
           teach
           that
           they
           increase
           and
           swell
           by
           vehement
           opposition
           ;
           but
           discipate
           and
           wasteaway
           ,
           &
           come
           to
           nothing
           when
           they
           are
           neglected
           ,
           and
           we
           do
           not
           much
           concern
           our selves
           about
           them
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           the
           custom
           of
           the
           Mind
           of
           Man
           much
           oftner
           to
           think
           and
           reflect
           upon
           those
           things
           ,
           which
           either
           delight
           orgrieve
           him
           ,
           than
           upon
           those
           which
           he
           judges
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           despised
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           this
           would
           be
           no
           good
           advice
           ,
           did
           these
           Thoughts
           lye
           within
           our
           power
           ,
           and
           were
           the
           products
           of
           our
           choice
           ,
           as
           all
           sins
           are
           :
           for
           then
           the
           
           sooner
           and
           the
           more
           vigorously
           we
           resist
           them
           ,
           so
           much
           the
           better
           it
           will
           be
           for
           us
           ,
           for
           at
           first
           sin
           is
           weak
           ,
           and
           has
           little
           interest
           in
           us
           ,
           and
           Conscience
           is
           tender
           ,
           and
           is
           made
           extream
           uneasie
           by
           any
           compliance
           with
           it
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           we
           did
           bravely
           oppose
           it
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Siege
           ,
           the
           Victory
           would
           be
           most
           certain
           :
           But
           when
           in
           length
           of
           time
           sin
           hath
           got
           both
           strength
           and
           confidence
           ,
           our
           very
           Nature
           must
           undergo
           a
           great
           change
           before
           it
           can
           be
           subdued
           .
           But
           now
           having
           proved
           that
           these
           bad
           Thoughts
           do
           result
           more
           from
           the
           weakness
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           than
           from
           the
           vitiousness
           of
           the
           Mind
           ,
           it
           is
           evidently
           apparent
           ,
           that
           by
           another
           sort
           of
           treatment
           they
           must
           have
           a
           cure
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           not
           therefore
           a
           furious
           Combat
           with
           Melancholy
           Thoughts
           ,
           which
           will
           but
           weaken
           and
           sink
           the
           Body
           ,
           and
           so
           make
           the
           Case
           worse
           ,
           but
           a
           gentle
           Application
           of
           such
           comfortable
           things
           as
           restore
           the
           strength
           ,
           and
           recruit
           the
           languishing
           Spirits
           that
           must
           quash
           and
           disperse
           these
           disorderly
           Tumults
           in
           the
           Head.
           
        
         
           Whenever
           therefore
           these
           troublesome
           Thoughts
           begin
           to
           stir
           ,
           do
           not
           fall
           into
           any
           violent
           Passion
           ,
           which
           will
           abate
           the
           Gourage
           ,
           and
           shatter
           the
           Resolutions
           of
           your
           Soul
           ;
           but
           having
           first
           commended
           your
           miserable
           Case
           to
           the
           tender
           care
           and
           compassions
           of
           your
           Heavenly
           Father
           ,
           who
           will
           not
           let
           you
           be
           afflicted
           above
           measure
           ,
           endeavour
           with
           
           a
           meek
           and
           sedate
           temper
           quietly
           to
           bear
           them
           .
        
         
           (
           5.
           )
           Do
           not
           think
           the
           worse
           of
           God
           for
           them
           ,
           or
           accuse
           his
           Providence
           of
           want
           of
           care
           of
           you
           .
           For
           he
           might
           have
           permitted
           such
           Thoughts
           to
           have
           continued
           perpetually
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           to
           have
           visited
           you
           much
           oftner
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           more
           frightful
           manner
           ,
           and
           all
           this
           without
           the
           least
           diminution
           of
           his
           Justice
           .
           But
           as
           his
           Mercy
           appears
           in
           the
           degrees
           and
           intervals
           of
           your
           Sufferings
           ,
           so
           it
           doth
           also
           in
           the
           ends
           of
           them
           .
           He
           sending
           these
           Afflictions
           for
           wise
           and
           kind
           Reasons
           ;
           that
           they
           might
           be
           powerful
           Preservatives
           of
           your
           Souls
           against
           the
           hainous
           sins
           of
           a
           crooked
           Generation
           in
           which
           you
           live
           ,
           that
           cry
           loudly
           to
           Heaven
           for
           vengeance
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           lessen
           your
           Inclinations
           to
           the
           Enjoyments
           of
           this
           Life
           ;
           that
           they
           might
           deaden
           your
           Appetites
           to
           sensual
           Pleasure
           ,
           and
           take
           your
           hearts
           off
           of
           the
           perishing
           Goods
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           which
           can
           afford
           you
           small
           Satisfaction
           so
           long
           as
           your
           Minds
           are
           haunted
           with
           these
           black
           Thoughts
           .
        
         
           Nothing
           will
           dispose
           you
           more
           to
           have
           Compassion
           on
           your
           suffering
           Brethren
           than
           your
           own
           Sorrows
           ;
           and
           nothing
           make
           you
           less
           envy
           the
           towring
           height
           and
           prosperity
           of
           others
           ,
           which
           to
           Persons
           in
           your
           mournful
           state
           must
           be
           so
           insipid
           and
           uncomfortable
           ,
           that
           you
           will
           indeed
           be
           concern'd
           for
           the
           many
           dangers
           of
           their
           station
           ;
           but
           never
           wish
           you
           could
           supplant
           them
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           nothing
           will
           cause
           
           you
           more
           to
           feel
           your
           own
           Infirmities
           ,
           and
           a
           want
           of
           the
           Divine
           Assistance
           ,
           nothing
           will
           oftner
           carry
           your
           Thoughts
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           than
           your
           present
           Disconsolation
           and
           Trouble
           ,
           whose
           length
           and
           acuteness
           will
           also
           make
           Heaven
           it self
           taste
           the
           sweeter
           ,
           when
           soever
           God
           of
           his
           infinite
           Mercy
           ,
           shall
           bring
           you
           thither
           .
        
         
           (
           6.
           )
           Let
           not
           these
           afflicting
           Thoughts
           discourage
           you
           from
           the
           Exercise
           of
           your
           Devotions
           ,
           nor
           tempt
           you
           to
           omit
           ,
           or
           negligently
           discharge
           any
           one
           Christian
           Office
           or
           Duty
           .
           Go
           still
           on
           in
           the
           ways
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           do
           the
           work
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           notwithstanding
           these
           performances
           to
           your selves
           may
           seem
           flat
           and
           heavy
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           will
           neither
           be
           grateful
           to
           him
           ,
           nor
           procure
           good
           to
           your
           Souls
           .
           *
           Let
           your
           Prayers
           ascend
           up
           to
           Heaven
           continually
           ,
           altho
           at
           present
           you
           find
           no
           Answer
           or
           Return
           to
           your
           Petitions
           .
           
             Is
             any
             among
             you
             afflicted
             ,
          
           says
           St.
           
             James
             ,
             let
             him
             pray
             ,
          
           Prayer
           is
           the
           natural
           and
           the
           only
           safe
           refuge
           for
           the
           afflicted
           .
           It
           is
           a
           sure
           stay
           to
           the
           heart
           when
           nothing
           else
           in
           the
           World
           can
           support
           it
           .
           Nay
           ,
           the
           listnesness
           to
           Prayer
           ,
           so
           grievous
           to
           weak
           Christians
           ,
           will
           be
           removed
           by
           nothing
           so
           soon
           ,
           and
           so
           effectually
           ,
           as
           by
           Prayer
           it self
           :
           For
           Prayer
           refines
           the
           Thoughts
           ,
           purifies
           the
           Heart
           ,
           and
           exalts
           the
           Soul
           above
           its
           natural
           pitch
           ;
           so
           that
           he
           who
           did
           enter
           upon
           his
           Prayers
           with
           some
           coldness
           ,
           shall
           often
           receive
           wonderful
           joy
           in
           his
           mind
           ,
           before
           he
           comes
           to
           
           the
           end
           of
           them
           .
           Nothing
           will
           make
           the
           Soul
           partake
           so
           much
           of
           the
           Divine
           Nature
           ,
           and
           so
           closely
           unite
           it
           to
           God
           as
           devont
           Prayer
           .
        
         
           But
           further
           ,
           at
           these
           disconsolate
           Seasons
           especially
           ,
           let
           the
           matter
           of
           your
           Prayers
           be
           such
           as
           doth
           imply
           your
           reposing
           an
           extraordinary
           confidence
           and
           trust
           in
           God
           ,
           altho
           he
           seems
           now
           to
           hide
           his
           face
           from
           you
           ;
           for
           it
           will
           be
           a
           thing
           most
           acceptable
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           a
           strong
           proof
           of
           your
           Integrity
           ,
           that
           you
           cease
           not
           to
           do
           your
           duty
           ,
           even
           when
           you
           find
           little
           pleasure
           in
           it
           ;
           and
           still
           continue
           to
           cast
           your self
           and
           cause
           wholly
           upon
           him
           ,
           when
           he
           does
           appear
           to
           be
           afar
           off
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           no
           regard
           to
           your
           cries
           and
           your
           tears
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           it
           may
           be
           fit
           to
           give
           you
           a
           Caution
           against
           long
           Prayers
           ;
           for
           your
           heads
           ,
           under
           this
           disturbance
           ,
           will
           bear
           nothing
           which
           requires
           length
           of
           attention
           :
           let
           your
           Prayers
           therefore
           be
           frequent
           rather
           than
           long
           ;
           such
           as
           may
           cause
           delight
           ,
           and
           not
           prove
           tedious
           .
           There
           is
           no
           time
           ,
           or
           place
           ,
           or
           imployment
           do
           so
           engage
           you
           ,
           but
           you
           may
           have
           leisure
           now
           and
           then
           to
           send
           up
           your
           desires
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           be
           sincere
           and
           fervent
           ,
           they
           will
           prevail
           with
           God
           ,
           how
           short
           soever
           they
           are
           :
           for
           it
           is
           not
           the
           multitude
           of
           yourwords
           ,
           but
           the
           honestdisposition
           of
           your
           heart
           ,
           which
           will
           incline
           him
           to
           hear
           you
           .
           And
           this
           Advice
           is
           therefore
           to
           be
           insisted
           upon
           ,
           because
           melanch
           oly
           Christians
           have
           been
           observed
           to
           suffer
           by
           
           the
           length
           of
           their
           Prayers
           and
           their
           Fasts
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           do
           not
           forsake
           the
           Table
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           notwithstanding
           there
           also
           you
           meet
           no
           comfort
           ,
           and
           should
           be
           altogether
           unable
           to
           move
           and
           effect
           your
           hearts
           with
           holy
           reflections
           upon
           the
           most
           cruel
           and
           shameful
           death
           of
           your
           Blessed
           Saviour
           :
           for
           that
           heavenly
           Bread
           will
           refresh
           your
           Souls
           ,
           and
           encrease
           your
           Graces
           ,
           and
           replenish
           your
           hearts
           with
           joy
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           ever
           God
           shall
           find
           you
           qualify'd
           for
           so
           great
           mercies
           .
        
         
           What
           evil
           thoughts
           then
           soever
           are
           injected
           into
           your
           Minds
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           you
           persist
           in
           a
           godly
           course
           of
           life
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           no
           colour
           of
           doubt
           but
           God
           will
           love
           you
           ,
           and
           approve
           your
           Services
           .
           For
           he
           nowhere
           hath
           said
           ,
           that
           Men
           shall
           be
           condemned
           for
           their
           ungovernable
           Thoughts
           ,
           over
           which
           they
           have
           no
           dominion
           :
           but
           he
           hath
           promised
           that
           all
           those
           who
           are
           not
           weary
           in
           well-doing
           ,
           shall
           in
           due
           season
           reap
           everlasting
           Life
           .
        
         
           Now
           should
           these
           perplexing
           Thoughts
           last
           as
           long
           as
           you
           live
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           hardest
           thing
           you
           can
           suppose
           in
           this
           case
           ;
           yet
           that
           (
           as
           I
           said
           before
           )
           would
           be
           no
           more
           an
           Argument
           of
           God's
           Anger
           than
           a
           Fevor
           ,
           or
           a
           Fire
           ,
           or
           the
           loss
           of
           a
           Friend
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Affliction
           ;
           nor
           of
           the
           unsoundness
           and
           hypoorisie
           of
           your
           Mind
           ,
           who
           in
           this
           matter
           are
           only
           the
           Sufferer
           ;
           for
           as
           you
           did
           not
           invite
           them
           ,
           so
           they
           continue
           with
           you
           much
           against
           your
           consent
           .
        
         
         
           Let
           not
           therefore
           your
           present
           Trials
           and
           Humiliations
           make
           you
           despair
           of
           finding
           favour
           with
           a
           God
           of
           boundless
           Mercy
           and
           most
           tender
           Compassions
           :
           Persevere
           in
           your
           Duty
           and
           confide
           in
           his
           infinite
           goodness
           ,
           and
           at
           length
           the
           clouds
           ,
           which
           now
           darken
           your
           Minds
           ,
           shall
           all
           vanish
           ,
           and
           be
           succeeded
           by
           steddy
           and
           pure
           light
           ,
           your
           fears
           shall
           be
           turned
           into
           full
           Assurances
           of
           unconceivable
           Happiness
           ;
           and
           all
           the
           Disorders
           ,
           Tumults
           ,
           and
           Confusions
           in
           your
           Souls
           ,
           shall
           be
           changed
           iuto
           Eternal
           Peace
           ,
           and
           undisturbed
           and
           endless
           Joys
           .
        
         
           Give
           me
           leave
           to
           conclude
           all
           in
           the
           words
           of
           the
           
             Psalmist
             ,
          
           who
           had
           been
           a
           Man
           of
           Sorrows
           from
           his
           youth
           ,
           and
           yet
           ever
           received
           Supplies
           from
           the
           Lord
           answerable
           to
           his
           Distress
           ,
           
             Ye
             that
             fear
             the
             Lord
             ,
             praise
             him
             .
             —
             for
             he
             hath
             not
             despised
             ,
             nor
             abhorred
             the
             affliction
             of
             the
             afflicted
             :
             neither
             hath
             he
             hid
             his
             face
             from
             him
             ,
             but
             when
             he
             cried
             unto
             him
             he
             heard
             .
             Wait
             on
             the
             Lord
             ,
             be
             of
             good
             courage
             ,
             and
             he
             shall
             strengthen
             thy
             heart
             .
             I
             will
             be
             glad
             and
             rejoyce
             in
             thy
             mercy
             ,
             for
             thou
             hast
             consider'd
             my
             trouble
             ;
             thou
             hast
             known
             my
             soul
             in
             adversities
             .
             I
             will
             sing
             unto
             the
             Lord
             ,
             because
             he
             hath
             dealt
             bountifully
             with
             me
             ;
             yea
             ,
             I
             will
             hope
             continually
             ,
             and
             yet
             praise
             him
             more
             and
             more
             .
             O
             how
             great
             is
             thy
             goodness
             ,
             which
             thou
             hast
             laid
             up
             for
             them
             that
             fear
             thee
             :
             O
             love
             the
             Lord
             all
             ye
             his
             Saints
             ;
             for
             the
             Lord
             preserveth
             the
             faithful
             .
             They
             that
             know
             thy
             name
             will
             put
             their
             trust
             in
             thee
             ;
             for
             thou
             hast
             not
             forsaken
             them
             who
             seek
             thee
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A51223-e170
           
             Mark
             16.
             16.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             10.
             
          
           
             *
             Vide
             St.
             
               Basil
            
             de
             moderandis
             animi
             cogitationibus
             
               Tom.
               2.
               p.
            
             674.
             
          
           
             *
             Dum
             enim
             cogitatio
             mala
             in
             initiis
             est
             ,
             facile
             potest
             abjiti
             à
             corde
             .
             Nam
             si
             frequenter
             iteretur
             ,
             &
             diu
             permantat
             ,
             adducit
             animum
             ad
             consensum
             &
             post
             consensum
             intra
             cer
             suum
             confirmatum
             ,
             certum
             est
             qui
             ad
             peccati
             tendat
             effectum
             .
             
               Hieronym
               .
               in
               Cantic
               .
               Cantic
               .
               Hom.
               4.
               p.
            
             117.
             
          
           
             †
             Reprime
             porro
             Cogitationem
             superbiae
             ,
             priusquam
             te
             superbia
             deprimat
             .
             Destrue
             Cogitationem
             arrogantiae
             .
             antiquam
             ipsa
             te
             subvertat
             .
             Effringe
             atque
             exclude
             concupiscentiam
             pri
             usquam
             te
             concupiscentia
             ●●idat
             ac
             conterat
             .
             
               Ephraem
               .
               Syri
               Op.
               p.
            
             404.
             
          
           
             *
             E●o
             mitis
             &
             placidus
             ,
             &
             benevolentiae
             plenus
             ,
             &
             gratiae
             ,
             sine
             ullâ
             sermo
             ducatur
             contumeliâ
             .
             Absit
             pertinax
             in
             familiari
             sermone
             contentio
             :
             quaestiones
             enim
             magis
             excitare
             inanes
             ,
             quam
             utilitates
             aliquid
             efferre
             solet
             .
             Disciptatio
             sine
             irâ
             ,
             suavitas
             sine
             amaritudine
             sit
             ,
             monitio
             sine
             asperitate
             ,
             hortatio
             sine
             offensione
             .
             
               S.
               Ambr.
               Tom.
               4.
               
               Col.
            
             16.
             
          
           
             *
             Nolite
             litigare
             cum
             perversis
             ●ogitationibus
             ,
             vel
             perversa
             voluntate
             ;
             sed
             cum
             vobis
             insistae
             sunt
             ,
             aliqua
             utiii
             cogitatione
             &
             voluntate
             mentem
             vestram
             ,
             donec
             evanescant
             fortiter
             o●cupate
             .
             —
             neque
             do●●atis
             ,
             neque
             contristemini
             de
             illarum
             insestatione
             quamdiu
             illas
             ,
             sicut
             dixi
             contemnendo
             ,
             superatis
             &
             nullum
             eis
             ass●nsum
             Praebet●s
             ;
             ne
             occasione
             t●istitiae
             iterum
             r●deant
             ad
             memoriam
             ,
             &
             suam
             importunitat●m
             resuscitent
             .
             
               S.
               Anselm
               .
               Ep.
               133.
               p.
            
             414.
             
          
           
             *
             Cum
             autem
             vultis
             orare
             ,
             aut
             aliquam
             bonam
             meditationem
             intendere
             ;
             si
             vobis
             tunc
             importunae
             sunt
             cogitationes
             ,
             quas
             non
             debetis
             suscipere
             ,
             nunquam
             propter
             illarum
             importunitatem
             ●onu●
             ,
             quod
             incepistis
             velitis
             demittere
             .
             
               S.
               Anselm
               .
               ib.