412 The Evil of Evils, Or the have any fuch low thoughts about trouble of Confcience for Sin. Object. But wefee byexperience men aszd women troubledfor Sin, be very melancholly, andheavy. Anfiv. To fpeak to this : True, fòmetimes God maybe pleafed to fanerifie, even that hu- mor cifmelanchollinefs, fo as to further fuch a work as this; yea, God may caufe a workon Confcience tobe furthered bymelancholly, and yet agreat deal of difference between melan- cholly and this. s As firff, God may makeufe ofinelanchol- ly tobring in trouble of confcience : as thus;' Ifit be not tooprevailing,tobefog men and wo- men, as fomtimes it Both; but ifit be no more prevailing but thus, to make men ferioufly con- fider, andponder, and weigh things, then God makes ufe ofa degreeof melancholly, to make men and women to know rhemfelves, and fin, and the things oftheir Eternal . Efate, and Inch a melancholIy is a bleffed melancholly, andyou have caufe to biefs God for it. Melancholly in force inferior things is very ufeful; and the. Phylofophers fay, That the mofEminent men in theworld for great matters, were melanchol ly, becaufe theywere feripu4inthé:ir thoughts; whereas othermen be offlight, vain, frothy Spi- rits. Many that neverhad melancholly, they conceive of things, and it paffeth, and theyne- ver lay any thing to heart, they never knew what it was for one half hour tobe ferious in their thoughts all their lives : Many that be 'Sanguine, be of a light, vain fpirit, and it is a heavy
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