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mean_n of_o our_o safety_n sect._n 4_o in_o order_n then_o to_o the_o take_v a_o full_a and_o impartial_a view_n of_o the_o common_a and_o more_o frequent_a hindrance_n of_o devotion_n and_o divine_a worship_n though_o to_o each_o particular_a man_n his_o own_o conscience_n be_v the_o best_a guide_n and_o the_o search_n and_o examination_n of_o that_o the_o sure_a mean_n to_o find_v out_o his_o peculiar_a plague_n in_o this_o case_n yet_o to_o we_o who_o must_v search_v as_o near_o as_o we_o can_v for_o all_o it_o seem_v likely_a to_o be_v the_o most_o successful_a and_o comprehensive_a method_n to_o inquire_v what_o each_o of_o our_o spiritual_a enemy_n contribute_v to_o keep_v we_o off_o or_o divert_v we_o from_o our_o duty_n in_o this_o behalf_n and_o according_a to_o the_o discovery_n we_o can_v make_v of_o any_o particular_a evil_n we_o shall_v forthwith_o endeavour_v to_o apply_v its_o cure_n or_o proper_a redress_n chap._n ii_o §_o 1._o the_o devil_n one_o author_n of_o the_o 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such_o person_n to_o consider_v how_o miserable_o behind_o hand_n they_o be_v in_o the_o matter_n of_o great_a necessity_n and_o of_o true_a concernment_n to_o themselves_o of_o any_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n how_o many_o sin_n have_v they_o which_o lie_v unrepented_a of_o who_o never_o yet_o serious_o think_v of_o repent_v any_o how_o many_o lust_n to_o be_v mortify_v who_o never_o yet_o heed_v that_o they_o wear_v any_o such_o thing_n and_o what_o a_o world_n of_o work_n have_v they_o to_o do_v who_o never_o yet_o so_o much_o as_o attempt_v any_o thing_n of_o the_o serious_a work_n of_o life_n in_o a_o word_n therefore_o i_o beseech_v they_o to_o peruse_v and_o consider_v what_o have_v be_v abovesaid_a to_o the_o idle_a man_n the_o case_n of_o both_o be_v alike_o and_o the_o same_o consideration_n and_o remedy_n be_v most_o pertinent_a and_o applicable_a unto_o both_o and_o will_v i_o doubt_v not_o where_o close_o lay_v to_o heart_n bring_v the_o vain_a spirit_n to_o the_o serious_a practice_n of_o devotion_n which_o we_o have_v elsewhere_o lay_v down_o and_o by_o that_o to_o true_a and_o endless_a beatitude_n sect._n 7_o the_o last_o sort_n of_o impediment_n in_o sacred_a thing_n arise_v from_o ourselves_o be_v passion_n and_o inordinate_a affection_n the_o violent_a and_o last_a disturbance_n whereof_o put_v many_o beside_o not_o only_o their_o holy_a but_o common_a duty_n leave_v in_o they_o little_a of_o man_n but_o the_o shape_n and_o that_o to_o sometime_o strange_o disguise_v those_o passion_n which_o more_o common_o thus_o tyrannize_v over_o the_o soul_n be_v love_n and_o anger_n and_o grief_n i_o be_o content_a to_o distinguish_v love_n from_o lust_n and_o to_o take_v it_o for_o the_o affect_v a_o single_a person_n in_o order_n to_o a_o honest_a marriage_n where_o it_o be_v otherwise_o it_o be_v most_o extravagant_o inordinate_a but_o even_o this_o in_o many_o young_a person_n obtain_v a_o strange_a dominion_n over_o the_o soul_n usurp_v their_o thought_n and_o time_n and_o employ_v they_o whole_o in_o visit_n rhimings_n apparel_v little_a purveyance_n for_o gratification_n of_o the_o paramour_n fear_n hope_n complaint_n and_o innumerable_a like_o phantastic_o to_o all_o which_o not_o only_a devotion_n but_o even_o sleep_v and_o food_n many_o time_n give_v place_n in_o like_a manner_n the_o angry_a man_n meditate_v only_a revenge_n roll_z in_o his_o mind_n the_o circumstance_n of_o the_o affront_n neglect_n or_o injury_n he_o have_v suffer_v inveigh_v rail_n perhaps_o curse_v rage_v and_o indulge_v the_o turbulent_a quest_n of_o wrath_n till_o it_o commence_v malice_n or_o a_o settle_a hate_n and_o then_o as_o it_o shall_v at_o any_o time_n by_o fit_n revive_v it_o will_v be_v able_a to_o command_v both_o thought_n and_o time_n and_o all_o his_o power_n in_o many_o be_v grief_n no_o less_o tumultuous_a especial_o that_o conceive_v for_o loss_n of_o friend_n we_o may_v frequent_o observe_v bereave_v once_o strange_o transport_v into_o a_o heedlessness_n both_o of_o god_n and_o themselves_o think_v of_o little_a but_o the_o action_n or_o person_n of_o their_o decease_a belove_n impatient_a of_o any_o other_o discourse_n and_o besot_v themselves_o with_o continue_a moan_n and_o tear_n and_o so_o both_o divert_v from_o and_o indispose_v for_o sacred_a employment_n now_o as_o to_o all_o these_o or_o any_o other_o affection_n we_o be_v to_o esteem_v they_o inordinate_a first_o when_o they_o disturb_v and_o blind_a reason_n and_o man_n practical_a judgement_n whether_o they_o do_v that_o by_o tamer_n prejudices_fw-la inject_v or_o by_o more_o boisterous_a commotion_n or_o second_o when_o though_o they_o have_v not_o prevail_v to_o blind_a reason_n and_o conscience_n in_o its_o process_n yet_o they_o overbear_v all_o its_o genuine_a dictate_v usurp_v its_o power_n and_o command_v the_o headlong_a man_n by_o they_o become_v a_o demy-brute_n into_o what_o ever_o they_o suggest_v sect._n 8_o the_o cure_n of_o this_o evil_n must_v be_v by_o mortify_v and_o master_v the_o usurper_n which_o that_o we_o may_v the_o sure_a do_v we_o must_v first_o consider_v his_o power_n the_o short_a his_o reign_n have_v be_v the_o more_o easy_o will_v he_o be_v depose_v first_o if_o we_o remember_v ourselves_o only_o to_o have_v be_v now_o and_o then_o in_o a_o passionate_a fit_n our_o business_n will_v be_v only_o to_o prevent_v that_o passion_n recur_v but_o second_o if_o the_o inordinacy_n of_o passion_n be_v become_v customary_a and_o habituate_v not_o only_o preventive_a mean_n must_v be_v use_v but_o extirpatory_n in_o the_o former_a case_n i_o say_v we_o be_v chief_o to_o take_v care_n for_o the_o prevent_a inordinacy_n of_o the_o return_a passion_n which_o we_o find_v to_o have_v infest_a we_o and_o that_o will_v be_v do_v first_o by_o study_v the_o particular_a occasion_n which_o have_v raise_v passion_n to_o such_o excess_n and_o either_o avoid_n as_o far_o as_o may_v be_v the_o thing_n themselves_o which_o have_v be_v so_o unhappy_o instrumental_a or_o arm_v ourselves_o and_o provide_v if_o they_o can_v be_v convenient_o avoid_v which_o till_o we_o have_v a_o little_a mastery_n of_o ourselves_o be_v safe_a to_o manage_v they_o with_o temper_n and_o calmness_n we_o must_v resolve_v it_o shall_v not_o be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o each_o child_n and_o trifle_n to_o disturb_v our_o quiet_a and_o reason_n to_o this_o purpose_n we_o be_v to_o consider_v what_o it_o be_v in_o we_o which_o hinder_v such_o temperate_a management_n possible_o some_o other_o lust_n whence_o come_v war_n and_o fight_n among_o you_o but_o from_o your_o lust_n etc._n etc._n and_o then_o care_n must_v be_v take_v for_o the_o remove_n and_o mortify_v that_o for_o instance_n in_o the_o case_n of_o anger_n reflect_v on_o myself_o possible_o i_o find_v i_o have_v or_o too_o ordinary_o do_v betray_v a_o pitiful_a and_o impotent_a spirit_n
their_o religion_n true_a must_v because_o it_o be_v the_o substance_n of_o what_o be_v contain_v in_o scripture_n acknowledge_v the_o great_a thing_n which_o scripture_n contain_v to_o be_v true_a that_o be_v reveal_v or_o prescribe_v from_o above_o it_o remain_v then_o now_o only_o to_o prove_v that_o the_o christian_n be_v the_o true_a religion_n which_o be_v very_o needless_a do_v we_o intend_v to_o be_v large_a it_o have_v be_v infinite_o better_a do_v by_o many_o hand_n than_o we_o can_v pretend_v to_o but_o in_o regard_n what_o we_o design_v be_v brief_a and_o we_o trust_v may_v be_v satisfactory_a such_o a_o proof_n will_v not_o be_v needless_a to_o such_o who_o it_o may_v be_v have_v not_o or_o can_v peruse_v large_a and_o more_o elaborate_a work_n sect._n 2_o i_o say_v then_o that_o the_o mere_a frame_n of_o the_o history_n of_o christian_a religion_n lie_v so_o that_o no_o man_n can_v rational_o disbelieve_v that_o that_o religion_n come_v from_o god_n that_o be_v be_v the_o true_a religion_n and_o this_o will_v distinct_o appear_v if_o we_o consider_v what_o of_o history_n be_v extant_a touch_v christian_a religion_n before_o the_o time_n that_o christ_n be_v bear_v and_o then_o what_o the_o state_n of_o this_o religion_n be_v under_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n and_o last_o what_o its_o progress_n and_o state_n have_v be_v in_o the_o world_n ever_o since_o within_o each_o and_o much_o more_o within_o all_o of_o these_o several_a period_n there_o be_v so_o much_o of_o sacred_a story_n certain_a and_o undeniable_a as_o will_n beyond_o controversy_n evince_v the_o divine_a original_n of_o christian_a religion_n sect._n 3_o first_o as_o to_o what_o of_o the_o history_n of_o christian_a religion_n be_v extant_a in_o the_o world_n before_o christ_n come_n thereinto_o it_o may_v possible_o seem_v improper_a language_n to_o talk_v of_o the_o history_n of_o any_o thing_n not_o yet_o suppose_v in_o be_v such_o as_o christian_a religion_n which_o take_v its_o rise_n as_o well_o as_o denomination_n from_o christ_n must_v be_v confess_v to_o be_v before_o christ_n come_v but_o if_o we_o consider_v that_o christianity_n suppose_v judaisme_n once_o to_o have_v be_v the_o true_a religion_n and_o build_v upon_o and_o perfect_v it_o it_o can_v be_v say_v but_o judaisme_n be_v long_o before_o extant_a a_o great_a part_n of_o christianity_n be_v so_o also_o the_o moral_a part_n of_o the_o jewish_a law_n christianity_n only_o advance_v and_o reinforce_v it_o add_v haply_o somewhat_o to_o it_o it_o disannul_v nothing_o at_o all_o of_o the_o ceremonial_a part_n of_o the_o jewish_a law_n make_v up_o of_o certain_a typical_a observation_n and_o office_n christianity_n exhibit_v the_o real_a substance_n that_o be_v whatsoever_o truth_n be_v deliver_v of_o old_a to_o the_o jew_n under_o shadow_n the_o gospel_n plain_o speak_v out_o so_o that_o even_o many_o of_o the_o christian_a truth_n or_o doctrinal_n may_v have_v be_v say_v extant_a before_o christ_n though_o in_o a_o different_a manner_n from_o that_o wherein_o they_o be_v now_o know_v these_o thing_n therefore_o consider_v it_o be_v not_o unreasonable_a to_o speak_v somewhat_o of_o the_o history_n of_o christianity_n extant_a before_o christ_n now_o that_o i_o say_v whatever_o it_o be_v deliver_v so_o much_o as_o make_v up_o a_o undeniable_a evidence_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o christian_a religion_n i_o mean_v of_o its_o divine_a original_n first_o it_o can_v by_o any_o man_n of_o reason_n be_v deny_v but_o as_o there_o be_v at_o present_a a_o scatter_a race_n of_o man_n which_o call_v and_o profess_v themselves_o jew_n so_o the_o forefather_n of_o these_o be_v a_o very_a ancient_a people_n and_o that_o both_o these_o and_o they_o have_v or_o have_v many_o odd_a custom_n and_o usage_n of_o live_v different_a from_o other_o nation_n all_o which_o they_o have_v observe_v and_o in_o part_n still_o do_v with_o most_o religious_a veneration_n as_o pretend_v that_o they_o be_v enact_v by_o a_o law_n deliver_v from_o heaven_n and_o consign_v in_o certain_a book_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o moses_n their_o lawgiver_n by_o divine_a direction_n it_o can_v second_o be_v deny_v that_o such_o a_o man_n as_o moses_n a_o very_a long_a time_n ago_o do_v live_v and_o that_o among_o the_o first_o and_o most_o ancient_a monument_n of_o all_o learning_n or_o letter_n be_v that_o arcane_a volume_n wherein_o moses_n comprise_v that_o law_n for_o beside_o that_o we_o have_v the_o book_n in_o our_o hand_n and_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o jew_n live_v in_o multitude_n of_o book_n which_o we_o credit_v in_o other_o thing_n we_o have_v mention_n of_o moses_n and_o of_o his_o law_n and_o the_o ancient_a state_n and_o custom_n of_o the_o jew_n yea_o we_o find_v moses_n law_n translate_v into_o other_o tongue_n some_o hundred_o of_o year_n before_o the_o birth_n of_o christ_n all_o which_o be_v argument_n beyond_o contradiction_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o its_o be_v before_o extant_a nor_o three_o can_v it_o be_v deny_v that_o beside_o the_o book_n of_o moses_n the_o jew_n have_v long_o before_o christ_n time_n certain_a other_o book_n which_o they_o do_v and_o their_o posterity_n still_o do_v believe_v to_o have_v be_v write_v by_o man_n commission_v and_o inspire_v by_o god_n to_o expound_v that_o law_n to_o they_o and_o acquaint_v they_o of_o other_o mystery_n i_o mean_v they_o have_v the_o book_n of_o the_o prophet_n particular_o of_o isaiah_n jeremiah_n daniel_n the_o psalm_n and_o the_o rest_n he_o that_o believe_v any_o thing_n of_o history_n that_o he_o read_v can_v disbelieve_v this_o now_o these_o thing_n be_v grant_v if_o we_o compare_v christianity_n the_o truth_n and_o doctrine_n of_o it_o with_o what_o be_v extant_a in_o those_o book_n we_o must_v needs_o acknowledge_v what_o be_v contend_v for_o it_o be_v certain_a the_o book_n of_o moses_n do_v foretell_v that_o a_o prophet_n god_n shall_v raise_v a_o man_n as_o moses_n be_v who_o shall_v come_v with_o 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