accuse and terrifie vs; Satan with his tentations will affright and beate vs downe, and outward troubles, ioyned with those inward discouragements which we finde in our selues, will so vexe and disquiet vs, that either wee shall desist in the wayes of godlinesse, as despairing to ouercome all these difficulties, or else proceed slowly, and vnsettledly with much vnconstan∣cy and discomfort. The second cause of this inward peace and tranquilli∣ty of mind, is the subduing and mortifying of our carnall lusts and tu∣multuous passions, as worldly loue, fleshly feare, rash anger, and the rest; and the right ordering of all our affections when they are sanctified. For where those vnruly passions doe still liue and beare sway, they blind the mind, that it cannot discerne the right way; corrupt and ouer-rule the will, that it cannot chuse, euen that which the iudgement approueth, and so vnsettle vs in all good courses, that we can keepe no constant tenour in them, but vpon euery slight occasion, all our good resolutions are ouer∣throwne, and we quite turned out of the right way. Whereas if these bee subdued and kept (as it were) vnder hatches, the mind being quiet, is able to iudge vprightly, and the will to imbrace that which holy reason com∣mendeth to its choyce, and the worke of piety prospereth and procee∣deth without any disturbance. And as we are thus to mortifie our carnall lusts; so we must rightly order our affections and passions, euen after they are sanctified; that they may performe their duties in due time and place, and like seruants, attend vpon holy reason, that they may assist it, and not as commanders and chiefe agents, goe before it. For as when a right and due order is obserued in the performing Christian duties, reason being inlightened by Gods Word and Spirit first approuing them, the will, vpon the commendation of reason chusing them, and the affections and passions subiecting themselues to the seruice of them both, affect and desire them, and oppose, with all their strength, all impediments which hinder their producing into act; out of this orderly proceeding (as in a well gouerned state) wee become constant in all good courses: contrariwise, when affections beare chiefest sway, and are the first mouers vnto Christian duties, reason being thrust from his throne, and will from the councell table, though we may by fits and flashes performe them, yet doing them in a disorderly manner, not out of sound iudgement rightly informed, but out of sudden and vngrounded passions, wee can neuer bee constant in any good course, but hot and zealous whilest the heat of pas∣sion lasteth, remisse and indifferent when this feruour abateth, and stone∣cold when it ceaseth. And this is the true cause why so many, who haue beene zealous professours in their youth, become luke-warme when they come to riper yeeres, and wholly cold and negligent, worldly and pro∣fane in their old age; because their Religion and deuotion was but a flash of youthfull passion, and not well-grounded vpon sanctified reason, and a sound and settled iudgement, conuinced by the euidence of truth, and rightly informed by the Word of God. And therefore seeing the first be∣ginnings were disorderly and confused, it is no maruell if the procee∣dings be vnsettled and vnconstant; and hauing laid so vnstable and vnsure a foundation, it is no great wonder, if the whole building, in short time, become ruinous.