Mystical bedlam, or the world of mad-men. By ThoMystical bedlam, or the vvorld of mad-men. By Tho

3. Refractary and perverse Affections

3. Refractary and peruerse Affections

Make the possessed frantic. This is a speeding ⟨p. 45⟩cause, and fails not to distemper the soul, whereof it hath gotten mastery. There may be first, a sober knowledge, that the Patient may say, Video meliora, I see better things: and secondly, a faith, (but such as is incident to devils) proboque, I allow of them: but thirdly, where the whole man is tyrannized over by the Regent-house of irrefragable affects, deterior a sequor, he concludes his course with, I follow the worse. Observe the Philistines crying,¹ 1. Sam. 47. God is come into the Camp; woe unto us, &c. Yet they settle, hearten, harden themselves to fight against him. Ver. 8. Woe unto us: who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? yet verse 9. Be strong and quit your selves like men, O ye Philistines: quit your selves like men, and fight. Twice they behold their Dagon fallen down before the Ark: ²yet Dagon must be their God still, and the Ark is only reverenced for a ne noceat.

Make the possessed franticke. This is a speeding ⟨p. 45⟩cause, and failes not to distemper the soule, whereof it hath gotten mastery. There may bee first, a sober knowledge, that the Patient may say, Video meliora, I see better things: and secondly, a faith, (but such as is incident to deuils) proboque, I allow of them: but thirdly, where the whole man is tyrannized ouer by the Regent-house of irrefragable affects, deterior a sequor, hee concludes his course with, I follow the worse. Obserue the Philistines crying,¹