Spiritual Peace and Comfort. 7 Ions make ufe of fome able godly Phyfitian , and he will help them to dilcern how much of their Trouble comes fromMelancholy. Where this is the Caufe, ufually the party is Fearful ofalrnoic every thing : a word, or a hidden thought will dif.,uiet them : Sometimes they are fad and fcarce know why all Comforts are ofnó continuancewith them : but as föon as you have donecomforting them, and they be never fo well fatisfied, yet, the oalleandt returns in few days or hours, as loon fpirits return to their former force : They aremill ad- di&ed tomusing and folitarinefs, and thoughts will run in their minds; that they cannot lay them by ; If it go any thing far ; they arealmoft always affaced with Temptations to Blafphemy, to doubt whether therebe a God , or a Clirift, or the Scriptures be true ; or whether there be a Ileaven or a Hell : :,and oft tempted to fpeak fomeblafphemous words againft God ; and this with filch importunity, that they can hardly forbear : and oft-times they are tempted to make away themfelves. When it goes fo far, they are .next the lotsof the ufe,ofreafon, ifit be not pre- vented. Now to thofe that finde that Melancholy is the Caufe of their "Troubles, I wouldgive this advice. z. Expe& not that Rational , Spiritual emedies should fuffice for thisCure : For you may as l :rëll ex- pe& that a good Sermon or comfortable viords should cure the fallingSicknefs, or Palfie, or a broken head, as tobe a fuffi.ciert Cure to your Melancholy fears. For this is as real a bòdilydifeafe as theother:; Only becaufe it works on thefpirits andphantafie, which words ofadvice do allo work, therefore iudi D 4 Words,
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