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Besides, if we regard God himself, we should take heed that the soul be not thus distempered: for by over much sorrow and grief what a great deal of dishonour do we to God, it proceeding from a mistake of his goodness and providence? And with over much fear and sorrow, there is always joined murmuring and discontent, and a spirit unsubdued to God, and his Spirit. There is a wronging as of his care in providence, so of his graciousness ⟨p. 15⟩in his promises. There is a grieving of his good Spirit, a questioning of his government, as if he did not dispose of things as he should, when we will have it one way, and God will have it another way. There is likewise a great deal of pride in dejections and discontent. The most discontented spirit in the world is the Devil, and none prouder. It argues a great deal of pride, and sullenness to be affectedly sad, and dejected, as if such worthy and excellent persons as we should not be so afflicted: Or there were greater cause for us to be dejected then raised up. Whereas if we balance our grounds of comfort (being Christians) as we should do, they would appear incomparably above the grounds of our discouragements: so it is a wrong to God, and his truth, and his gracious sweet government to yield to a dejected sullen disposition.

Besides, if we regard God himselfe, we should take heed that the soule be not thus distempered: for by over much sorrow and griefe what a great deale of dishonour do we to God, it proceeding from a mistake of his goodnesse and providence? And with over much feare and sorrow, there is alwayes ioyned murmuring and discontent, and a spirit unsubdued to God, and his Spirit. There is a wronging as of his care in providence, so of his gratiousnesse ⟨p. 15⟩in his promises. There is a grieving of his good Spirit, a questioning of his government, as if he did not dispose of things as he should, when we will have it one way, and God will have it another way. There is likewise a great deale of pride in dejections and discontent. The most discontented spirit in the world is the Devill, and none prouder. It argues a great deale of pride, and sullennesse to be affectedly sad, and deiected, as if such worthy and excellent persons as we should not be so afflicted: Or there were greater cause for us to be deiected then raised up. Whereas if we ballance our grounds of comfort (being Christians) as we should do, they would appeare incomparably above the grounds of our discouragements: so it is a wrong to God, and his truth, and his gracious sweet government to yeeld to a dejected sullen disposition.