Spiritual Peace and Comfort. 195 venge of them that have croffedor difparaged us, or cruelly exaEfing all our Rights and Debts of the poor ; and fqueezing the purfes of Subjects or Te- nants, or thofe that we bargain with, like a fpunge, as long as any thingwill come out : Yea we may fo far fubdue our love of the world, as that it fiall not hinder us from being merciful to the poor, com- pafionate to our feryants and labourers, and boun- tiful to our power in doing good works : nor yet Phut out Gods fervice from our families Or clofets, nor rob himofour frequent, attelionate thoughts, efpecially on the Lords day. So for fenfuality, or the pleating of our Nth more immediatly ; we fha!l never on earth be wholly freed from inordinate motions, and temptations, and flefhly delires, and urgent inclinations and folicitations to forbidden things. But yet we may refirain our Appetite by reafon, fo far that it bring us not to gluttony and drunkennefs, and a ftudying for our bellies, and pamperingofour flab, or a taking care for it, and making provifion to fatísfie its Lufts, Rom, z 3.14. We may forbear the obeying it,in excefs of Apparel, in undecent,fcandalons or time-wafting Recreations; in uncleannefs or unchaft fpeeches or behaviour, or the reading of amorous Books and Sonnets, or feed- ing our eyes or thoughts on filthy or enticing ob- jeas,or otherwaies wilfully blowing the fire ofluff : So aifo for the performance ofDuty,We (hall never in this life be able to Hear or Read fo diligently, and underftandingly, or affectionately as we would do :, nor to remember or profit by what we hear, as we delire. But yet we can bring Our felvesto the Con- gregation, and not preferr our eafe, or bufinefs, or o2, Any
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