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ordinary_o peevish_a and_o his_o mind_n bleed_v by_o a_o inward_a wound_n so_o that_o he_o spend_v his_o day_n in_o sigh_v and_o his_o year_n in_o mourning_n and_o other_o there_o be_v who_o be_v before_o acquaint_v with_o bodily_a pain_n grow_v very_o impatient_a in_o sickness_n and_o be_v able_a to_o bear_v nothing_o and_o beside_o the_o present_a sense_n of_o pain_n the_o expectation_n of_o death_n put_v some_o into_o great_a commotion_n the_o fear_n of_o it_o for_o it_o be_v natural_o dreadful_a fill_v they_o with_o disquiet_a thought_n and_o those_o that_o approach_n to_o the_o grave_a by_o slow_a step_n under_o consumption_n or_o languish_a sickness_n they_o be_v habituate_v to_o sadness_n and_o can_v think_v of_o nothing_o cheerful_o except_o they_o have_v great_a assurance_n of_o salvation_n and_o have_v well_o learned_a to_o die_v because_o the_o coffin_n grave_a and_o winding-sheet_n be_v still_o present_v to_o they_o these_o though_o they_o be_v very_o suitable_a object_n for_o meditation_n and_o well_o improve_v of_o great_a advantage_n for_o preparation_n to_o death_n yet_o do_v satan_n thereby_o when_o it_o be_v for_o his_o purpose_n endeavour_v to_o keep_v man_n under_o grief_n and_o to_o bereave_v they_o of_o their_o peace_n 6._o satan_n take_v a_o advantage_n of_o trouble_n from_o the_o misery_n of_o other_o sympathy_n be_v a_o christian_a grace_n and_o to_o bear_v one_o another_o burden_n to_o mourn_v with_o those_o that_o mourn_v show_v we_o to_o be_v fellow-feeling_n member_n of_o the_o same_o body_n for_o if_o one_o member_n suffer_v all_o the_o member_n suffer_v with_o it_o yet_o be_v some_o man_n natural_o of_o so_o tender_a a_o constitution_n that_o satan_n overdrive_v they_o herein_o every_o common_a occasion_n will_v wound_v they_o the_o usual_a effect_n of_o god_n ordinary_a
this_o gulf_n and_o become_v nothing_o to_o he_o you_o see_v amnon_n vex_v and_o sick_a for_o his_o sister_n tame_a wax_v lean_a from_o day_n to_o day_n you_o see_v ahab_n though_o a_o king_n who_o have_v enough_o to_o satisfy_v his_o mind_n in_o the_o same_o condition_n for_o naboth_n vineyard_n if_o you_o say_v these_o be_v wicked_a man_n who_o ride_v their_o lust_n without_o a_o bridle_n and_o use_v the_o spur_n look_v then_o upon_o better_a man_n and_o you_o will_v see_v too_o much_o rachel_n so_o grieve_v and_o mourn_v for_o want_v of_o child_n that_o she_o profess_v her_o life_n inconsistent_a with_o her_o disappointment_n give_v i_o child_n else_o i_o die_v hanna_n upon_o the_o same_o occasion_n weep_v and_o eat_v not_o and_o pray_v in_o the_o bitterness_n of_o her_o soul_n and_o the_o abundance_n of_o her_o complaint_n and_o grief_n jeremiah_n be_v press_v with_o discouragement_n from_o the_o contradiction_n of_o evil_a man_n call_v himself_o a_o man_n of_o strife_n and_o contention_n to_o the_o whole_a earth_n jer._n 15._o 10._o his_o sorrow_n thence_o arise_v have_v so_o embitter_v his_o life_n that_o he_o put_v a_o woe_n upon_o his_o birth_n woe_n be_v i_o my_o mother_n that_o thou_o have_v bear_v i_o a_o man_n of_o strife_n paul_n have_v a_o noble_a courage_n under_o manifold_a affliction_n he_o can_v glory_v in_o the_o cross_n and_o rejoice_v in_o persecution_n nevertheless_o the_o greatness_n of_o his_o work_n the_o froward_a perverseness_n and_o unsteadiness_n of_o professor_n 2._o which_o put_v he_o under_o fear_n 19_o jealousy_n and_o new_a travel_n the_o misery_n of_o christian_n and_o the_o care_n he_o have_v for_o the_o concern_v of_o the_o gospel_n which_o be_v a_o constant_a load_n upon_o his_o mind_n his_o heart_n like_o old_a eli_n tremble_v still_o for_o the_o ark_n of_o god_n make_v he_o complain_v as_o one_o wear_v out_o by_o the_o trouble_n of_o his_o heart_n 2_o cor._n 11._o 27._o in_o weariness_n and_o painfulness_n in_o watch_n often_o in_o hunger_n and_o thirst_n in_o fasting_n often_o in_o cold_a and_o nakedness_n beside_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v without_o that_o which_o come_v upon_o i_o daily_o the_o care_n of_o all_o the_o church_n who_o be_v weak_a and_o i_o be_o not_o weak_a etc._n etc._n for_o the_o jew_n he_o have_v great_a heaviness_n and_o continual_a sorrow_n in_o his_o heart_n 2._o and_o for_o the_o gentile_n he_o have_v perpetual_a fear_n now_o though_o he_o have_v a_o great_a share_n of_o divine_a comfort_n intermix_v and_o a_o more_o than_o ordinary_a assistance_n of_o the_o spirit_n to_o keep_v he_o from_o sinful_a discomposure_n of_o spirit_n at_o least_o to_o such_o a_o height_n as_o it_o ordinary_o prevail_v upon_o other_o yet_o be_v he_o very_o sensible_a of_o his_o burden_n and_o doubtless_o the_o devil_n labour_v to_o improve_v these_o occasion_n to_o weary_a out_o his_o strength_n for_o by_o these_o and_o such_o like_a thing_n he_o frequent_o vex_v the_o righteous_a soul_n of_o the_o faithful_a minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n from_o day_n to_o day_n so_o that_o their_o heart_n have_v no_o rest_n and_o their_o hand_n grow_v often_o feeble_a and_o they_o cry_v out_o o_o the_o burden_n o_o the_o care_n be_v ready_a to_o say_v as_o jeremiah_n chap._n 20._o 7._o o_o lord_n thou_o have_v deceive_v i_o and_o i_o be_v decieve_v i_o be_o a_o derision_n daily_o every_o one_o mock_v i_o thus_o say_v they_o do_v we_o ever_o think_v to_o meet_v with_o such_o disappointment_n such_o grief_n from_o the_o wilfulness_n pride_n weakness_n ignorance_n pettishness_n inconstancy_n negligence_n and_o scandal_n of_o friend_n and_o such_o hatred_n contradiction_n scorn_n and_o injury_n from_o enemy_n be_v we_o free_a what_o call_v will_v we_o not_o rather_o choose_v what_o place_n will_v we_o not_o rather_o go_v to_o where_o we_o may_v spend_v the_o remainder_n of_o our_o day_n in_o some_o rest_n and_o ease_v be_v it_o not_o better_a to_o work_v with_o our_o hand_n for_o a_o morsel_n of_o bread_n for_o so_o may_v our_o sleep_n be_v sweet_a to_o we_o at_o night_n and_o we_o shall_v not_o see_v these_o sorrow_n at_o this_o rate_n be_v good_a man_n sometime_o disturb_v and_o the_o anguish_n of_o their_o spirit_n make_v their_o life_n a_o burden_n 2._o yet_o be_v not_o this_o all_o the_o disturbance_n that_o the_o devil_n work_v upon_o our_o heart_n by_o these_o thing_n though_o these_o be_v bad_a enough_o but_o they_o have_v a_o tendency_n to_o further_a trouble_n discomposure_n of_o spirit_n if_o they_o continue_v long_o turn_v at_o last_o into_o trouble_n of_o conscience_n though_o there_o be_v no_o affinity_n betwixt_o simple_a discomposure_n of_o soul_n and_o trouble_n of_o conscience_n in_o their_o own_o nature_n the_o object_n of_o the_o former_a be_v thing_n external_a no_o way_n relate_v to_o the_o soul_n interest_n in_o god_n and_o salvation_n which_o be_v the_o object_n of_o the_o latter_a yet_o the_o effect_n produce_v by_o the_o prevalency_n of_o these_o disturbance_n be_v a_o fit_a stock_n for_o the_o engraft_v of_o doubt_n and_o questioning_n about_o our_o spiritual_a condition_n as_o saul_n father_n first_o trouble_v himself_o for_o the_o loss_n of_o his_o ass_n and_o send_v his_o son_n to_o seek_v they_o but_o when_o he_o stay_v long_o he_o forget_v his_o trouble_n and_o take_v up_o a_o new_a grief_n for_o his_o son_n who_o he_o fear_v he_o have_v lose_v in_o pursuit_n of_o the_o ass_n so_o be_v it_o sometime_o with_o man_n who_o after_o they_o have_v long_o vex_v themselves_o for_o injury_n or_o affliction_n etc._n etc._n upon_o a_o serious_a consideration_n of_o the_o work_n and_o power_n of_o these_o passion_n leave_v their_o former_a pursuit_n and_o begin_v to_o bethink_v themselves_o in_o what_o a_o condition_n their_o soul_n be_v that_o abound_v with_o so_o much_o murmur_a rage_n pride_n or_o impatience_n and_o then_o the_o scene_n be_v alter_v and_o they_o begin_v to_o fear_v they_o have_v lose_v their_o soul_n and_o be_v now_o perplex_v about_o their_o spiritual_a estate_n to_o make_v this_o plain_a i_o will_v give_v some_o instance_n and_o then_o add_v some_o reason_n which_o will_v evidence_n that_o it_o be_v so_o and_o also_o how_o it_o come_v to_o be_v so_o for_o instance_n though_o i_o may_v produce_v a_o sufficient_a number_n to_o this_o purpose_n from_o those_o that_o have_v write_v of_o melancholy_a yet_o i_o shall_v only_o insist_v upon_o two_o or_o three_o from_o scripture_n hezekiah_n when_o god_n smite_v he_o with_o sickness_n at_o first_o be_v discompose_v upon_o the_o apprehension_n of_o death_n that_o he_o shall_v so_o soon_o be_v deprive_v of_o the_o residue_n of_o his_o year_n and_o behold_v man_n no_o more_o with_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o world_n as_o he_o himself_o express_v it_o isaiah_n 38._o 10._o afterward_o his_o trouble_n grow_v great_a he_o chatter_v as_o a_o crane_n or_o swallow_n and_o mourn_v as_o a_o dove_n he_o be_v in_o great_a bitterness_n ver_fw-la 17._o and_o sad_o oppress_v therewith_o ver_fw-la 14._o that_o which_o thus_o distress_v he_o be_v not_o simple_o the_o fear_n of_o death_n we_o can_v imagine_v so_o pious_a a_o person_n will_v so_o very_o much_o disquiet_v himself_o upon_o that_o single_a account_n but_o by_o the_o expression_n which_o he_o let_v fall_v in_o his_o complain_n we_o may_v understand_v that_o some_o such_o thought_n as_o these_o do_v shake_v he_o that_o he_o apprehend_v god_n be_v angry_a with_o he_o that_o the_o present_a stroke_n signify_v so_o much_o to_o he_o 〈◊〉_d all_o circumstance_n consider_v for_o he_o be_v yet_o in_o his_o strength_n and_o jerusalem_n in_o great_a distress_n be_v at_o that_o time_n besiege_v by_o sennacherib_n army_n and_o for_o he_o to_o be_v doom_v to_o death_n by_o a_o sudden_a message_n at_o such_o a_o time_n seem_v to_o carry_v much_o in_o it_o and_o that_o sure_o there_o be_v great_a provocation_n on_o his_o part_n and_o it_o seem_v upon_o search_n he_o charge_v himself_o so_o deep_o with_o his_o sinfulness_n that_o his_o apprehension_n be_v no_o less_o than_o that_o if_o god_n shall_v restore_v he_o yet_o in_o the_o sense_n of_o his_o vileness_n he_o shall_v never_o be_v able_a to_o look_v up_o i_o shall_v go_v soft_o all_o my_o year_n in_o the_o bitterness_n of_o my_o soul_n ver_fw-la 15._o which_o expression_n imply_v a_o supposition_n of_o his_o recovery_n and_o a_o deep_a sense_n of_o iniquity_n and_o according_o when_o he_o be_v recover_v he_o take_v notice_n chief_o of_o god_n love_n to_o his_o soul_n and_o the_o pardon_n of_o his_o sin_n which_o evident_o discover_v where_o the_o trouble_n pinch_v he_o thou_o have_v in_o love_n to_o my_o soul_n deliver_v it_o from_o the_o pit_n of_o corruption_n for_o thou_o have_v cast_v all_o my_o sin_n behind_o thy_o back_n vers_n 17._o
and_o damnation_n that_o they_o have_v at_o last_o proceed_v to_o curse_n and_o blaspheme_n god_n in_o a_o most_o dreadful_a manner_n so_o that_o they_o have_v be_v a_o terror_n to_o all_o their_o friend_n and_o acquaintance_n and_o though_o sometime_o they_o will_v fall_v into_o fit_n of_o obstinate_a silence_n yet_o be_v urge_v to_o speak_v they_o will_v amaze_v all_o that_o be_v about_o they_o with_o the_o confident_a averment_n of_o their_o damnation_n with_o horrible_a outcries_a of_o their_o suppose_a misery_n and_o torment_n and_o with_o terrible_a rage_n against_o heaven_n some_o in_o this_o distemper_n will_v fancy_v themselves_o to_o be_v in_o hell_n already_o and_o will_v discourse_v as_o if_o they_o see_v the_o devil_n about_o they_o and_o feel_v their_o torture_n such_o as_o these_o give_v plain_a discovery_n by_o their_o whole_a carriage_n under_o their_o trouble_n and_o some_o concomitant_a false_a imagination_n about_o other_o thing_n as_o when_o they_o fancy_v themselves_o to_o be_v in_o prison_n or_o sentence_v to_o death_n and_o that_o torment_n or_o fire_n be_v provide_v for_o they_o by_o the_o magistrate_n etc._n etc._n that_o it_o be_v only_a melancholy_n pervert_v their_o understanding_n that_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o their_o sorrow_n other_o there_o be_v who_o be_v not_o altogether_o irrational_a because_o in_o most_o other_o thing_n their_o understanding_n be_v right_a yet_o be_v drive_v into_o melancholy_n upon_o the_o occasion_n of_o cross_n or_o other_o outward_a affliction_n they_o at_o last_o six_o all_o their_o thought_n upon_o their_o soul_n and_o now_o their_o fancy_n become_v irregular_a in_o part_n the_o whole_a of_o the_o irregularity_n appear_v only_o in_o that_o wherein_o they_o chief_o concern_v themselves_o hence_o they_o misjudg_v themselves_o and_o condemn_v themselves_o to_o everlasting_a destruction_n sometime_o without_o any_o apparent_a cause_n and_o sometime_o they_o accuse_v themselves_o of_o such_o thing_n as_o they_o never_o do_v they_o fear_v and_o cry_v out_o they_o be_v damn_v but_o they_o can_v give_v a_o particular_a reason_n why_o they_o shall_v entertain_v these_o fear_n neither_o can_v they_o show_v any_o cause_n why_o they_o shall_v refuse_v the_o comfort_n of_o the_o promise_n that_o be_v offer_v but_o they_o say_v they_o know_v or_o be_v persuade_v it_o be_v so_o upon_o no_o better_a account_n than_o this_o it_o be_v so_o because_o it_o be_v so_o or_o if_o they_o give_v reason_n of_o their_o imagination_n they_o be_v common_o either_o feign_v or_o frivolous_a and_o yet_o in_o all_o other_o matter_n they_o be_v rational_a and_o speak_v or_o act_v like_o man_n in_o their_o right_a mind_n of_o both_o these_o kind_n of_o desperation_n i_o shall_v speak_v nothing_o further_a it_o be_v enough_o to_o have_v note_v that_o such_o there_o be_v because_o the_o cure_n of_o the_o former_a be_v impossible_a and_o the_o cure_n of_o the_o latter_a do_v whole_o depend_v upon_o physic_n some_o may_v possible_o question_v quest_n whether_o all_o extraordinary_a agony_n of_o soul_n upon_o the_o apprehension_n of_o eternal_a damnation_n be_v not_o the_o fruit_n of_o melancholy_a and_o if_o not_o then_o what_o may_v the_o difference_n be_v betwixt_o those_o that_o proceed_v from_o melancholy_a and_o those_o that_o be_v proper_o the_o terror_n of_o conscience_n as_o to_o the_o first_o part_n of_o the_o question_n answ_n i_o answer_v 1._o that_o all_o spiritual_a distress_n be_v not_o to_o be_v ascribe_v to_o melancholy_a for_o 1._o there_o be_v some_o melancholy_a person_n who_o be_v never_o more_o free_a from_o spiritual_a trouble_n though_o frequent_o accustom_v to_o they_o at_o other_o time_n than_o when_o upon_o the_o occasion_n of_o some_o special_a trouble_n or_o sickness_n threaten_v death_n there_o be_v great_a cause_n to_o fear_v such_o onset_n upon_o the_o increase_n of_o melancholy_a some_o such_o i_o have_v know_v 2._o sometime_o these_o distress_n 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