I.Booke. Cafes of Conjcience. . . . +7( haued himfclic.aod fed as a bea!l. Now fomo A fuppofed and famed caufcs. Th1rdly,thc man , arc: ofoprlllon ~hat l11s humaneHupc was taafHtCled in Confcicnce, i1ath courage irrma~ ken from him', and that he wa-J transformed r~y othermaners:bllc the mela nchohkc man mto a be.I!·at lea(I that he had rile foule of a teates cucry man, euery crearu: e,ycu himfclf, ~aliin tle;d ofan hurnane foule ~or arime. and h~th no courage at :1!1, bu.r fcar~s, .W~lCH lt th.:y are decerued. For there1s nofuch there tsnocau(e off.:are. Founhly,rmagma· 111 (oortationoffoulcsintobodies,citherof uons in the brame c.ufeJ by Melancholy, en~r be.fls. O 'hers thinke, that Nebumaybe cured, iake~ a~Vay, and cut off by adnezzu was f,,\irren in the l:rraine with mcanes ofPhylick<: burrhe d1Llrelfe of Con· this d1feafe ofbeall-l1ke melancholy, wherefcicnce, cannot be cured by any thing in the by he wasfo bereft ofhis right mind, that he world but one,and dJatisthebloodof Chri£!, carriedhimfelfeas a bea(I.And thiSmterpreand thealfurance ofGod• fauour. tation is not agzin!l the text; for in the Jl. 4. Fourthly, the way 10 cure Melancholy verfeof thatchapter itisfaid, that hu minde is this. Firfl, thepetfon troubled mull bee c<tm~to him a14irJe: and therefore in the d1f· brought to this;rhat hewill conrent himfeJfe, l eafe,his vndtr£l•ndmg, and the ri~htvfe of to be adUifed anJ ruled by the iudgement of hisreafon was lo(l. And the like is true in hi· B others, ar>d ceafe to reil vpon himfcifetoultori<,by diucrseumples,though it were not chi~g his owne ellate; and by rhis !hall he· true in Ncbuchadncz.zar. reape much quiet and conrcotation. Againe,takeanorherexampre,that is cornSec(mdlj· . tearch and triallmu~ bemade,, monandordinary. LetaMdanchohkeper· whether he barb in him any begmoings of fo:1 vpou thcfuddaine,heareor feefomefeargracc,asoffaith and repentance, vr no. Ifhe tUIJ thing, the llrengch ofhis imagination is bcacarnall man, and wantcth kncwledge of fuch, that hee Will prefently fallen the thing IllS c!lare,then mcanes mull be vfed, to bring vpon himfelfe. A5 if he fee or heare that a him tofome fight and forrow for his fumes, man bath banged himfelfe,oris polfelfed with that.hismdancholy forrow, may be turned aDIUei,it ptcfently comesto his minde, that 1010 a godly forrow. Ifhe want faith and true hcmuO d·oefovnt<V1imfelfc,or that he is, or repentOIJCC, fome good beginnings tJJcreof arle.il O>all be po!felfed. In like manner,vpmull be wrought in his heart. onrelationoffearefull things, prefently his TbirdiJ, when he is brought to faith in phantafle workes, and he imagineth, thatthe God• mercic, and an honell purpofe notto dl!ngis alreadic,or Olill bcf~ll hial. And this C Gnneany more; then,certamemercifull proim:agination, when ir enters: once and takes m1fes ofGod,a.rc to be !aid before: him: and place,it brinbs foorth horrible and feorefull he mull be exhorted, to re£! vpon the(e ptoetf\?Cl:s. mifes, ahd at no rime to admit any imagina~ , Thefecond effector worke of Melanchotion or thought, that may cro!Te the (aide I ly,ISvpontheheart. For there is aconcord promifes. Now the prom1fes arerhef•, and , and confcnt betweenethe hem& the braine, fuch like. Pfal. 34· 9· No gaod thing fh•ll be the th,,ughrsaod tile affections: the heart af. n>anting to them tlw[:are God.Pfal 91.10.No fethns n'ot~ing but thar which· the minde euiO fhal come nmcrfegodip1un.t.Chr. t5.The concc!Ueth. N~vwhen the minde hathconLordiJwirPJyd~t,whil(you arewirb him,4nd iflou ceiueJ,imagincd , and framed within it fclfe ("k!IJim,hmilibefounaoflou-. Iam.4.8. 'Dra,. fearefu!l thoughts; then comes affeCbon and neere to God, and herri/1drawnureto yo:t. And "anf•erableto unagmalion And hence pro the be£! meanesto cauleany man thus d!feacecdeexceedlllg horrors,feares and defpmes, fed,to be at peacewuh hirnfelfe, 1s ro bold,hecuen offaluauonl! felfe, and yet the Con(c•· leeue,and know the truth of tbefe promifes, encc for all thiS vntouched,and nottcoubled D and not to fufferany by-thought to enter inor difquiercd. ~ohis heart,thar maycrotfe them. 3· Thirdly,it may be demanded, whether Moreouer, though the former proOlifes there be any difference bcrwecnethetrouble may llaythe minde ,yet will they norrake a· ofConfc•enccaodMelancholy/ An[. They waythehumour, cxccptfurtherhelpcbe V· are nor all onc,buOdllfor·much. Affiit!ion of ' fed.Th<refore the (ounh and Iall hclpe,is the Conference" oo·e thing,' trouble by Me!anartofPhy(ipkc,whichferues to correct and ach?IY is •nother:and they are plainely diflmbate the humour, becaufe 11 is a meanes by gmfi!Cd thus. . . . the bldling ofGod,ro reilorethe he~lth,and F~rll,when theconfclcnceiS troubled, the to cure the diUemper o(t~ebody. And1hus affi•tl•oo 11 fdfe IS Ill the confc1ence,and fo in much touching the trouble ofminde, eaufed the whole man. But in Mclaocholy,tbeima- • by melancholy. g1natJon 1s d1llurbed, and notthcconfcience. Sccondly,rhc confciencc affiicted,hath a true and ccrtencauft,whcrby it ist'roubled, name– ly, the fight offlnne, and rhcfcnfc of Gods wrath:buom Melancholy·, the imagination conceiueth athing to befo, .vhich is notfo: for it makes a man feare and defpaire •·pon s,a 3 ; Thefecond meanes whereby the oody annoyesrh~mind, is,when it ocCa.fions_~roubl~ ~;~~~~;s::~lrorhe mmde, byHrangc aJtet:mons InCident I hcflfles totl1e Dodie.When arn·ah beginsto enter in· 1melau.ch~ tC,)a Phrenfie}ifthellraineadmlt neuer fo lir.. 1ly. de alteration, prefcntly themindis troubled, \ the
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