'2 24 How tomortifie nordinateafflaton. reaions, that is, to them-in, whether it carne out ofanger and malice5 if a man path a good turne done him, he lookes to the affedions , if hee fees greater goal in thern, than in theaaion for in a good adion, the will is more than the deed, the willingnefreofdoing it, is ofa rarer ranke than the doing the thing it feife : fo an evill affection is more than-an evill fpeechor an evill action. In this regard, therefore,labour to mortifie them, becaufe they are inftigators ofevill. Vf Ifaffedion beoffogreat amoment as you have heard, thendo that which is the mainefcopeofall, take paineswithyour hearts tomortify them,when theyare unruly, to bring them under; ifItrong affeaions foliciteus, give them aperemptory deni- al! ; hearken to the Phyfician rather then to the difeafe; thedifeafe calls for onething, thePhyfi- cian for another; ifmen yeeld to the difeafe, they kill themfelves. Here is the true trial!of grace; todoe fome thinggood, when there is no ill toop- pofe it, that's a fmall matter; but when firong lullshaile them to the contrary,then torefill them, this obedienceis better thenfircrtfee : In theoldLaw, they facrificed their ibeepeand their oxen, but in this obedience aman flaies hirnfelfe ; this will is the bell part & ftrengthcfa man; for,when he flub- dues his lulls, and brings them in obedience to Chrift, he facrificeth thevigorofthe will: Man is as his affedionsare; affedions are to the fouleas members are to the body; crookedneffe in the members, hinders amans going, fo crookedneire in theaffejionshinders the foule thofe that keepe Clocks,
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