A Continuation of morning-exercise questions and cases of conscience practically resolvedA Continuation of morning-exercise questions and cases of conscience practicaly resolved

XXXI. A delight in God and goodness, and a joyful praising frame of soul, from the belief of the love of God through Christ, is far more to be desired than grief and tears, which do but sweep away some dirt that love, joy and thankfulness may enter, which are the true Evangelical Christian temper, and likest to the heavenly state.

Digest these Truths and they will cure you.

III. But if Melancholy have got head already, there must be besides what is said, some other and Proper remedies used, and the difficulty is great, because the disease makes them self-conceited, unreasonable, wilful and unruly, and they will hardly be persuaded that the disease is in their bodies, but only in the souls, and will not believe but they have reason for all what they think and do, or if they confess the contrary, they plead disability, and say, we can think and do no otherwise then we do.

III. But if Melancholly have got head already, there must be besides what is said, some other and Proper remedies used, and the difficulty is great, because the disease makes them self-conceited, unreasonable, wilful and unruly, and they will hardly be perswaded that the disease is in their bodies, but only in the souls, and will not believe but they have reason for all what they think and do, or if they confess the contrary, they plead disability, and say, we can think and do no othe•w•se then we do.