The young man's guide through the wilderness of this world to the heavenly Canaan…

These are the ordinary occasions of Lust, and provocations thereunto, which ought carefully to be shunned, and avoided.

5. Another remedy against fleshly lusts, is to busy thy self diligently in thy Calling. By this means the body of man is exercised, and his mind employed, and so kept from idleness, which is a great cause of Lust. Idleness is noted to be one of the causes of Sodom's Uncleanness, Ezek. 16. 49. This also is noted to be the cause of David's committing Adultery, 2 Sam. 11. 2, 3, 4. when men are idle, they have no business but to sin: but when men are busy in their Calling, then they have no leisure to sin.

5. Another remedy against fleshly lusts, is to busie thy self diligently in thy Calling. By this means the body of man is exercised, and his mind imployed, and so kept from idleness, which is a great cause of Lust. Idleness is noted to be one of the causes of Sodom's Uncleanness, Ezek. 16. 49. This also is noted to be the cause of David's committing Adultery, 2 Sam. 11. 2, 3, 4. when men are idle, they have no business but to sin: but when men are busie in their Calling, then they have no leisure to sin.

6. Flee unto God by earnest and hearty Prayer, for power and strength against the power of thy lusts and corruptions. Beg of him that he would be pleased to cast the unclean spirit out of thee, and indue thee with his holy Spirit, which may enable thee to fight against the flesh, and to mortify and subdue all sinful lusts, all inordinate affections, and evil concupiscence. This was the remedy which Paul used in this very case, when he felt the thorn in his flesh, which some Divines interpret to be lustful motions stirring in him: For this, saith he, I besought the Lord thrice,