Sean.j. checkSin in thefir:erilingof it ? IO' dered and unruly ? Let thy reafon come out to them, and ask whether they know their Master ? And let thy foulblufh, with infinite fcorn, that ever thefe bafe flans fhould ufurpe the throne of their rightfrcl Lord, and unman thee, by depofing Reafota,which is all thou hail to Phew that thouart not a beat,; What anextreme filly thing is a man in paflion ? Nothingcan be more ridiculous and contemptible. Out of loveand pity to thy felf, O rnan, donot affront and difgrace thine immortal foul any more, by fuffering any malapert and fawcy paflion to outrageand affafinate thyReafon. That was a generous Rule of Py- rhagerar-- 74a7wr diPALM ¿1%IVao auu7ae, let a manuft great reve- pych, in Carm. renceand manners to himfelf. Be a fhamed ( friend) to do anyvileor difhonea action before thy felf, though no body be confcious, yet thy foul is, and thou cana not run away from that, what good will it do thee to contradi& the dictates of thine own mind ?Is it pofï'iblefor thee to be at peace, when thou fallefl out with thy falfe ? Thou juUifiefl all the injuries in the world that others do thee, for thou doff thy felf daily injuries ten millions of times greater, then the greaten others can do to thee. Whoever thou arc that defpifea thy own Reafon, and permitted every filly lull to abtafe thee, by (corning that, thou art a falfe Traytor, to thy own foul. There are but a very fewmen that are in their wits, the far greatel part of mankind, in the greateff mat- ters,in thehighefi concernments of a man, arebefides themfelves ; for a mans own_felf mull Le a reafonable creature, and therefore not to govern ones own mind and affections by Reafon, is to be mad and diffracted ; if he that looks not ro his Family is worfe than an Infidel,< what then is he that looks not to his mind? what confufed Chao are moll mens minds, ---- midis indigeftaque moles ? A man makes a Ovid. fool of himfelfas oft as he prefers his paflion before his reafon; the Phi- lofopher gives us the fum of this Rule excellently, p++d" a>,o;1 c o/turav Carm.Pythag; 9tss. Accuflom thyPelf to act every where like a reafona- b1e creature. If thy diflempered affections, and lulls, flight the authorityof thy Rule z. Reafon, as thou art a man ; bid thy confcience do itsoffice, as thou art a Chriflian. Tty to awe them withGods writtenword,thus our Saviour thrice repulfl the Tempter, Mat.4,4,6,1o. by producing Scripture to confront him, It is written,&c. Ask thy heart if it knows that- hand, whether it dares rebel againU the exprefs Commands, Statutes, and Ordinances of the living God. Bring out of the Regifier of confci-, ence, the Laws of him that spade thee, oppofe forne clear text of ho- lyWrit, that comes into thy mind, again%} that very luf{ that is now P z riling
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