Chap. 7. An Expofition upon the Book of J Q B. Verf. 14. 637 Into dreams at night ; fuch as thedefires or ditto mpers ofthe mind are, fuch often are our dreams. Or take it thus. Dreatnes may have a five fold caufe. Firft,The natural temper of the body,and fo from the varietyof eonflitutions, variety ofdreames are fhaped ; Cholerick, or Mclan cholly, or Flegmatique, orSanguin, produce their fpccial. dreams. Secondly, Dreamer are caufcd by the diflempers of the body, either from intemperate drinking, or eating any kind of meat, or from the very eating ( though moderately ) of force meats, or from the difeafes and íickneffcs of the body; from this latter Jobs dreams were much increafed, and Satan took the advantage to raite fumes, and flit the puled humours of his body, up into his brame, out ofwhich his fancie formed terrible reprefentations to his mind. As Melancholy is faid to be the Devils bath, fo are other difeafcd fickly humours; in them he (ports himfelf,andvexes man. Thirdly, There is a morral caufe of dreams; fuch as the ftudies and bufineffes, labours and imployments, cares and difquietments ,,a,+ of a man are in the day, fuch often are his drcamings. As he works CM agirarinfo 4n the day, his fancic works in the night. flux vigor Fourthly, Dreamer have a divine caufe, and are imediately perqurstem fa- eer arcansrr from God. The fcriptures are full ofinllances,1 need not flay upon eefere s?o¢çu them : scot had fuch a dream ,Gen. z8.1á. and ofrphhad ma- fenfus, Sen. rtt ny dreames from God t Hence his brethren called him in fcorn, otta. The dreamer, or aCaptain Dreamer, Gen. 37. 19. And trot on- ly have godly men dreames from God, but heathens alfo, Pha- raoh and Nebucadnezzar,men ofthe earth received dreames from Heaven, of high concerment, revealing the councels of God,con- cerning their own kingdoms, and the latter about the (late of all Kingdoms and Monarchies. till all the Kingdoms of the earth (hall become the Kingdomsof that One, role, Supreame Monarch, the Lod .7efus Cbriff. Fifthly, There are diabolical dreames, dreamer which are from the Devil : Not that the Devil of himfelf is able to caufe a dream, he cannot flit the fancie in the night; or tempt in the day, but as he hath a power givenhim; but permitted, he caufes fomtimes finful and filthy dreamer ; as Angst/fine ,taewailes in the tenth book of his Confef ions : fometimes terrible and trou- Aug eonfej -blefome dreames, fometimes treacherous and deluding dreames, dr. te. ca30; It is by forceconceived,that thedreatneofPilauwife. ttIjt,27.1g. Mm rn was
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