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FOurthly, These affections are not subject to the more noble guiding parts of the soul, in respect of the continuance or duration of them. We are commanded not to let the Sunne go down upon our wrath, and this holdeth true also in any other affection when immoderate, we are not to let it continue burning, lest at last it consume; The Church indeed doth often complain of the continuance of Gods anger, Will the Lord be angry for ever? and will he shew mercy no more? But Gods anger, though never so continuing, though lasting to eternity it self, yet it is just and holy, but we have a time prefixed to our affections, hitherto, and thus farre they must go and no further. Thus you see how unspeakable our thraldome is by reason of pollution in our affections, that we can neither command them in the rise, degree or duration of them; we have power over the members of our body, we bid them move, and they move; we command them to cease from motion, and they cease; but now when we speak to these affections to lie still and be quiet, it is as ridiculous, as when Xerxes threatned the Sea to come no higher, or com∣manded Mount Athos to remove.