The dejected souls cure tending to support poor drooping sinners. With rules, comforts, and…The dejected soules cure tending to support poor drooping sinners. With rules, comforts, and…

First, Take heed you do not mistake a natural Melancholy, and take that to be a godly sorrow and trouble of mind for sin; many people whose tempers are sad, heavy, and dumpish, they apprehend Melancholy to be a godly sorrow; there is a great difference between natural Melancholy, and between spiritual trouble. First, natural Melancholy hath many apprehensions in the fancy, in the imaginations; but spiritual trouble ariseth from the Conscience, upon the sense of God's wrath, and the frowns of the Almighty, and the greatness of sin, and the evil thereof. Secondly, Melancholy is cured by Physic, Galen is a proper help for a melancholy man; but all the Physic in the world cannot allay the disquiet of a godly man's soul. Thirdly, Melancholy maketh a man sad, but he cannot tell for what; but a man under spiritual trouble saith thus, It is this sin galls my Conscience, and such a failing grieves my soul; which a Melancholy man cannot do, he cannot tell that it is such a corruption I am guilty of. Fourthly, Melancholy is discerned by his natural complexion, a heavy eye, a grizzly look; but spiritual trouble on the Conscience may be in the man that is of a merry, pleasant, amiable Countenance; therefore Divines observe of David, the Scripture telleth you he was a man of a ruddy complexion; the effect thereof is to be merry and pleasant; yet he did grieve and roar under disquietness of soul for sin. Again, Melancholy doth impair the health of the body; but sorrow for sin doth not so. Again, A Melancholy man cannot delight in God nor in duty; whereas a man under trouble of mind, though he be troubled for sin, yet he can rejoice in ⟨p. 218⟩God and delight in duty; Godly sorrow and spiritual joy are no way contradictory each to other, but rather subservient each to other.

First, Take heed you do not mistake a natural Melancholy, and take that to be a godly sorrow and trouble of mind for sin; many people whose tempers are sad, heavy, and dumpish, they apprehend Melancholy to be a godly sorrow; there is a great difference between natural Melancholy, and between spiritual trouble. First, natural Melancholy hath many apprehensions in the fancy, in the imaginations; but spiritual trouble ariseth from the Conscience, upon the sense of God's wrath, and the frowns of the Almighty, and the greatness of sin, and the evil thereof. Secondly, Melancholy is cured by Physick, Gallen is a proper help for a melancholy man; but all the Physick in the world cannot allay the disquiet of a godly man's soul. Thirdly, Melancholy maketh a man sad, but he cannot tell for what; but a man under spiritual trouble saith thus, It is this sin gauls my Conscience, and such a failing grieves my soul; which a Melancholy man cannot do, he cannot tell that it is such a corruption I am guilty of. Fourthly, Melancholy is discerned by his natural complexion, a heavy eye, a grizly look; but spiritual trouble on the Conscience may be in the man that is of a merry, pleasant, amiable Countenance; therefore Divines observe of David, the Scripture telleth you he was a man of a ruddy complexion; the effect thereof is to be merry and pleasant; yet he did grieve and roar under disquietness of soul for sin. Again, Melancholy doth impare the health of the body; but sorrow for sin doth not so. Again, A Melancholy man cannot delight in God nor in duty; whereas a man under trouble of mind, though he be troubled for sin, yet he can rejoyce in