3 5 6 Spiritual Hearts-Eafe. explication. Simile. Secondly, the meanswhereby it maybe performed. Thirdly, thelets thatwere to be removed, that hindred them in the performance of the ditty in the life of thefe means. The duty that is to be performed, it in the beginning ofthe firft verse, Let not your heartsbe troubled:' Themeans whereby to perform it, in the wofdsfollowing, Tots believe in God, believealfo in me. The lets and impediments of the performanceof it in the ufe of thefe means, are fomany objealions.and doubts, as arewifely prevented by the wifdomè ofGod, in thetwo verfes fotIowing, I lhall take them as 1 come to them inorder, and but givea brieftouch uponeve- ryone of them.: . Firft, the duty that is to be performed, it is this, tb ftablifh anorhfor their hearts, Let notyour hearts be troubled,: Thewordthat is heretranflated, trouble, itfgnifieth fucha trou s isinieater when the mud is furred up,orwhen the waves and furges are railed by fome tempest oritorm; It fignifieth fuch a troubleas isin an Army, when the Souldiers are dif- ranked, and routed, when theyare difordered, and i'e~f news thusmuch, that thole diffenipers that are inthehearts ofmen, in the affehides ofmen, do ekceedingly hinder their judgements, that they can fee no more, nor difcern things no better, thata a man cando in a muddywater. :All the affeftions are asfo many Souldiers Army difordered,that keepnot their duefubordination to their leader andguide; by reafon that thrl ,yyntaderftanding that flaould guide the' will and.àtions, is novv made afervatïthg t hem And this diftemperoffpirit arifethfrom the inordinacy ofthe affe&ions,the inor- dinate motion, and agitation ofthem This is calledtrouble, Let pot your hearts be troubled ; Be not difturbed thus,and difquieted , anddiforderèd ; So-that no facultybf lTetfoul can perform its oven vvork;_So as thatit isslifabled to judge of things according to truth,,_ but that your are mil -led, and deluded bymilts and appearances. It is vvith the mind in forrovv,as it is vvith the-eye in tears,thatcannot fee a thing clearly, fo the mind cannot judge of things diftin&ly, vvhen the foul is difturbed; Law your heartsbe troubled. But that vvhich our Saviour aims at herc,hath a particular refpe& to theaffe dons Of fear, and grief, vvhen there are iia'the excels, the mind istroubled, vvhen a man over -fears any thing, or over -grieves any thing, heistroubledanddifquieted; Let not your hearts be.troubted ; that is, grievenot forthings more than they're tbbe, grieved for, and fearnot things more than they are tohe feared. Forall thefe vvill difjoynt the foul (as it vvere) it vvill put the fpirit to much pain and difduiet, as of bone out of joynt ; Therefore by all means keep your hearts to a right ftate,in that order that God hath fetthem; Let not`jourhearts be troubled. That, that I will briefly notehere, lhall be butthusmuch ; that, e...34en are wondrousprone, even the very bell men, to be diflurbedin their pagan, andaffellton:. OurSaviour Chrift fpeaks it here to his Difciples, to fhofethat hehad taught, be- fore whom he had'gone, as an excellent example all his dayes, yet thefeholymen,, thefe followers of Chrift,thathad followed him through fo many dangers,and after fo many teachings; acid inftru&ings of them ; he hadneed to callupon them,to flit themupto confider of their owneftatei.:tlaat their hearts might not be troubled. Youmay fee the Malady intheMedicine. Every prohibition in theword fuppo, feth a corruptionit andan aptnefs in thenatural heartand fpirit ofman, to,fin, and tranfgrefs in that particular ; Therefore-when Chrift:fpeaks to his Difciples, and tells them they fleottldnot be troubled. It -fhews that eventhe belt meit,ai-efubje& to excefs ofpaffson,and affe&ion,to be difturbed,atid troubled,through immoderate fear, or grief, for that was the cafe oFtheiDtfcipkszd' ' Now
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