A Treatif of the Alfa-lions. 107 of affe lions are a legion of devils. Do ye not fee how ye are toll up and down all the day long, tanguam pila diaboli, as the devils tennis-bals, as Odo fpeaks : from worldly de- lights unto wordy delires, from delires unto fears, from fears unto melancholies, from melancholies to angers and vexations, from them again unto carnal comforts ? thefe are all like a legion of devils that hurry thee up and down till thou art hurried to hell, &c. If thine aft-canons be car- nal, they are a legion of devils to drive thee. It is a merry devil that makes thee fo greedy of pleafure and of mirth; a furly devil, that makes thee fo cholerick and touchy ; a giddy devil, that makes thee fo fearful and timorous ; an unclean devil, that makes thee fo defirous of drinking and company - keeping. Anger and wrath is a devil ; Let not the foul go down upon thy Wrath, neither give place to the devil, Eph 4.26,27. That is, do not give way to thy wrath, when thou givell way to thy earthly delires, thou give[l way to the devil. When thou giveft way to thine earthly delights, and thy forrow, and thy melancholy, thou give(' way to the devil. Look how many earthly affeetions thou haft that thou giveft the way to, fo many devils are in thee. Dolt thou think thou art a childe of God, when thy confcience tels thee, that Inch and fuch earthly affections have way in thy heart ? alas ! thou haft a devil. Be lober, for your adverfary the devil, r Pet. 5.8. mark, every giddy affection is a devil, our adverfary the devil comes with it. Yea, fo many earthly affe lions, fo many - devils, and wilt thou let thine afletions upon things that are earthly ? if thou doll, thou hall a legion of devils within, This is the fiat head, the multitude and the multiplicity of the affe lions, the af- fections are many. The fecond head is taken from the rm axñ or the checker- 2. wife order of the of ellion.c. As the affe Lions are many, fo Affeaions look where they are fet, there they are platted, and woven, h "Per and intn and hampered together. God that firft created man up- gle the right and good, he gave him affections fo to twill and ham- Cou(4 P 2 per
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