Spiritual Peace and Comfort. 9 the fruits offin ; as a Lethargickdulnefs is the de- ferved fruit offin ; but he that fhould charge it im- mediatlyon his foul, íhould wrong himfelf, and he that would attempt the Cure , mult do it on the Body. 3. Ifyou wouldhave thefe fears and troubles re- moved, applyyour felfto the proper.Cure ofMelan- choly. 1. Avoid all paffions offorrow, fear and an- ger as much as youcan ; and all occafions of difcon- tent and grief. 2. Avoid much folitarineis, and be moft commonly in fome cheerful company : Not that I would have youdo as the fooliíhfnnersof tit, word do , to drink away Melancholy , and keep company with fti °nfual, vainand unprofitable perfons that will draw you clever into fin and fo make your wound greater infleadofhealingit, and multï- ply your Troubleswhenyouare forced to look back on your finful lofs of time ; But keep company with the more cheerful fort of the Godly ; There is no mirth like the mirth of Believers , which faith doth fetch from the blood of Chrifl, and from the Promifes of the word, and from experiences of Mercy, and from the ferions fore-apprehenfions of our everlajling Blef ednefs. Converfe with men of ftrongelt faith that have this heavenly mirth, and can fpeak experimentally of the Joy ofthe ho- ly Ghofi ; and thefe will be a great help to the re- vivingofyour fpirit, and changingyour Melancholy habit,fo far as without aPhyfitian it may beexpected. Yet fometimes it may not be amifs to confer with fotne that are in your own Cafe, that you may fee that yourCondition is not fingular. For Melancho- ly people in fuch di reifes are ready to think, that never
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