5 54 The souks ejeauafdcallbsg toehrift. turne the frameof the foule downward, and the frameoftheheart inward, & fhut down the flats, whereas by beleeving wee open tke flood-gates of the promife, that the ftrearnes of mercy may flow amain in upon our foules, when we returne inward, anddoe fettle our hearts upon cur owns difternpers, we Phut downe thefIuce of the pro- wife; and fecondly fet open the flood and ftrearn ofcorruptions,that they may run violently upon us to theoverwhelming ofus in conclufion ; and our diftempers will take advantages againft us, by reafon of our dayly confideratíon and atter/. dance thereupon. Meditation in thiscafe I corn. pare todiftillation 5 when a woman diftils akind ofherbe or flower, andwhen theAlchywift di. ftils fornekinde of metal), there is an admirable water drawneout by diftillation, and an excel- lent oyle byAlchymie, and this water and oyle were in the creatures before, but they werenot feene tobe there before, but they are ofwonder- full force and ftrength when they are diftilled: fo it is with the dayly poring, fetling and atten- ding upon a mans diftempers ; a man thereby diftils a diftemper and a difccuragement, andan infxrmitie, and drawes out the very lifeand lap, and fpirit ofit, and drawesout the very quintef- fence of a corruption, and makes it dangerot s, nayhe makes it deadlymany times ; fo that after a mans dayly poring upon, and attendingwholly to his finnes,he multiplies inconveniencies more than elfewould be : fo that the foulewhich be- fore was troubled comes now to beeoverwhel- med
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