z io Generadirectiions for a fortable occurrents , by fuch needleffe, fenfeleffe, fruitleffe diffraótions, vagaries ofvanitie,and Vtopianperegrinations? As either i. To look them in the endlefle maze ofimagenarie afflié}ions ;: 2. Or towafle them by untimely wraffling with certaine evils to come : 3. Or wound them with a painefull remembrance of forrowes already'paff. For f®me thereare foover-greedy ofgrieving themfelvesi, and tranf- ported with tyrannical) vanitie of their owne mindes, that befides their troublewith prefent,fained, and future miferies, collect alto matter of mournefulne% from timepaff. For in- fiance : Thouhaft loft thy deareft child, which is one of the extremelt earthly croffes,and goes neereft the heart, but long fince, fo that ifreafons fromReafon and Religion aflwaged not the immoderation, and excefie of thy forrow; yet time hath worne out, andwiped away thy teares, and made thee weary of weeping : but notwithflanding , thy vaine mind will not fuffer that griefe, which even length of timehath buried longagoe, to lye quietly in thegrave, but drawes into confederation, and remembers for the nonce, its fpee- ches, favour, prettybehaviour, *and other lovely circumffan- ces, to make thy heart bleed afrefh, and wring from thine eies new torrentsof teares, &c. Soveraignetherefore againft thefeHarpies and devourers of the heart, is that counfèll of Chr, which I have commended unto you from his owne aM°d %v poliper mouth ; feconded a1íòby the Apoftle, Philippians 4.9. Bee rived de_ aCilre fullfor nothing: That is, with tearing and torturing. the u , aupá zi 0146074 viïv. le heart, with carking, thoughtfulneffe, anxiety, fretting, im- e4f°fait °'`aver- patiency. Doe not wafle and weaken thy mind immode- ingfenfe,that Vir- gil u rnineto ez- rately, unfeafonably, imaginarily, untimely, and diffruff- preffe Homers full anguifh, penfiveneffe, and bale proffitutionofthe flower ivieppapim, a word of the /ame andfinewof thine immortal). fpirit, to fruitleffe and endleífe atio;tan in tNO dÌe4i- impertinencies and niif imployments. For by the way , wee 'ficars°n Verfes. muff take notice and acknowledge, notwithffanding what Atq; animú nuns hathbeetle laid againft carking , and other needlefle diffra- huc celerem,nunc dividir illuc : lions and exorbitaneies of vaine minds; that a moderate; rA parterque -ra- Chriffian , provident care and fore-calf is both conveni- pitvarias, perque omniavcrfat. eat, and commanded ;both f©r provifion of things necel= fary,
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