Some general directions for a comfortable walking with God delivered in the lecture at…Some generall directions for a comfortable walking with God deliuered in the lecture at…

6. It is that, which thou art loathest, and wouldst least be acknowne of. If it were possible, thou couldest be well content, that no John Baptist should ever hear of thy Herodias. And therefore thou bearest thy brains, and improvest thy wit, to devise (if it be capable of daubing) distinctions, evasions, excuses, extenuations, whole cart-loads of fig-leaves, to colour and cloak this soul Fiend, though favourite to thy bewitched soul.

6. It is that, which thou art lothest, and wouldst least be acknowne of. If it were possible, thou couldest be well content, that no Iohn Baptist should euer heare of thy Herodias. And therefore thou bearest thy braines, and improouest thy wit, to deuise (if it be capable of dawbing) distinctions, euasions, excuses, extenuations, whole cart-loades of fig-leaues, to colour and cloke this soule Fiend, though fauourite to thy bewitched soule.

7. That, which thou art in a bodily fear, the Minister will meddle and meet with, when thou art going towards a conscionable, and searching Sermon. For thou thinkest with thy self, If this day he disclose my bosom, I shall both be disgraced amongst my neighbours that know it, and cast also into dumps, and melancholy by his denouncing of terror against it.

7. That, which thou art in a bodily feare, the Minister will meddle and meete with, when thou art going towards a conscionable, and searching Sermon. For thou thinkest with thy selfe, If this day he disclose my bosome, I shall both be disgraced amongst my neighbours that know it, and cast also into dumps, and melancholy by his denouncing of terrour against it.

8. Thoughts, plots, and projects, about it, a thousand to one, ordinarily seize upon thine heart, with first and most acceptable entertainment at thy very first waking; if they have not broken off thy sleep, and troubled thee in thy dreams.