Cliai. 4 akiiiifinitigajTiiiedconfrience. Id....- i. ask .theeeil4 .-f4ifb Iwouldwot, thatdoe I? Doef/ thou defire,and en- deavour to doe good , and_to efchew evil' ? then thou art regenerate. .. Thirdly; Remember that this is thy priviledge, that the corruption of thy na- III; 'pre is not partOf [hoe, if regenerate , neithercloth it belong to thyperfon, in re- ' ipott of Divine irtly#Mti9aa .R.40,4747- its " more -1 (faith Pawl) ingtfin that i dwells inme. izzisil. Howdoh thebodicaufe trembleofminde ? .Aufw. .Twomaygs, either bymelanclopy, orby fornearange alteration in the partsOfthe body. tlIlLaeit. What is noolouteholli t ,einfw Its a kindOfeartky andblackblood ,efpeciallyin the fpleen corrupted, and diftempered, which,the fpeen being obaru6ted, conveiesir Leif to the heart, and brain, and there partly by its corrupt fulpflance, and contagious quality, and partly bycorrupt fpirirs, annotes both heart and brain, being the feats, and in- flruments ofreafon, and affe&ionE Quetl. what are the efeCts ofmelancholly? Aura,. They are f}range and often fearful : Its called the Divels bait , becaufe the Divelbeing well acquainted with ourcomplexions, by Gods juf'c permifflon, conveies himfed into this humour, and worketh frange conceits : and the effects bfit are I . In the brain : For this humour being corrupted fends up noifome fumes which corrupt the imagination, and make the inflrument of reafon unfit for un- derftanding, and tence. Hencefellow ilrange imaginations, and conceits in the mind. a. Upon theheart ; For there is a concord between the heart and the brain, the thoughts, and affee-tioris ; Now therefore when the minde bath conceived fearful thoughts, the arreelion is anfwerably moved, whence come exceeding borrors,fear,and defpaire,andyet the confcience is not troubled at all. . tzteff. shat difference ts there ktweenMelancholly, and troubleof Confcience f .Anfw. They are thus dittin,,uifhed. 1. In troubleof Confcience, theaffliélion is in the Confcience, and fo in the whole man : But in Melancholly, the imagination is that that is diffurbed. z. AfflietionofConfcience bath a true, and certain caufewhich occafioneth it, viz.. the fight offin, and "fence of Gods wrath : But in Melancholly, the imagi- i naticn conceiveth a thingto befo which is nor, making a man fear, and difpaire i upon fuppoled, andfeigned caufes. - Amanaffii6led in confcience hatircouracrein other things: but a meIan- s. z cholly man fearsevery thing, even whereno caufe offear is. 4 . Melanchollymay be cured by Phylick : but affliaion of confcience cannot be cured by any thing butthebloodof Chrill, and afiurance ofGods favour. Qua 1-loin is a man that is troubled by, Melancholly,tobe cured of his di J1-refs? Anfio. Firfl, He mull be perfwadedtobe advifed, and ruled by the judgement 1 ofothers, touchinghis ownefface. . Secondly, YoumuflfearchWhether he hathany beginnings of grace: Ifnot, II. you mull labour to bringhim to a fight and fenceof his fins, that his melanchol- ty forrow may be turned into a godly forrow. Thirdly,When forne meafure ofFaith, and Repentance are wrought in him, then promifesofmercy arc tobe applyed tohim, which he mullbe perfivaded to III, reft upon : Suchare, Pfal.;.4-.'9.and 91.10. Fourthly, Ufe Phyfick which may correel, and abate the humour , it being a IV: means by codsblellingto cure the dillemperof the body. Queft. How de strange alterations on the parts of the body caufe dijarefe of mink ? -"Kw. Divers wages; fometimes by Phrenfie in the brain: others fometimes by
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