• I On the Nati7Jity. ~67 · efpecially when it grows prevalent and ex– treme; and therefore n1en are obliged to be chearfuf for the fame reafons they"take phyfick, and to- guard againfl: melancholy " as we wo'uld do againfi a difeafe. ,Be.fidesit , it is very trouplefo1ne to our fpirits" and will make us fmart even when we knov.r not wl1y. . Although melancholy n1ufings. n1ay be a very delightful ehtettainment to the mjnd;, yet, in a·little time they gr.ow t<> be very troublefotneo-. · Contrary to the ~ature of other births, they_ rleafe us while we bring them. fqrth, but prove a tnifer– ablc· torment when. they are born.. But, ~hich is n1uch worfe, it doth exceedingly indifpofe for the duties ,of religiory. The eyes are not more darkened. with fumes and. vapours, than the underfianding is . f>l.wlten thofe fullen exhalations gather abcut ..us._Clogs are not a-greater impedin1ent to the feet, ·than, this humour to- the moti– ons of th~ foul. It inclines us not only to think worfe of ourfelves and our cot1dition t}lan we ' need~ hut to do wor:fe thanother- . ~i.fe w~ ~oi1ld~ '',It reprefents .thofe things . ·~as exceedinglydifficult wh!c_h may be done with eafe, and thofe in1poffible which have any con!iderabledifficulty. It quite difpirits · us,. and. ·will not fuffer us.·to attempt any · Z 2 thin,g
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