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2. Avoid all unnecessary solitude, and, as much as may be, keep company with such as truly fear God, especially with those who are wise, full of cheerfulness and joy in the Lord.

3. Forbear all such things as stir up these humours; as, over much study, and musing too much upon any thing, likewise all sudden and violent passions of anger, immoderate grief, &c.

4. Shun idleness, and, according to strength and means, be fully employed in some lawful business.

5. Out of the fit, the party thus affected must not oppress his heart with fear of falling into it again, any otherwise than to quicken him to prayer, and to cause him to cast himself upon God.

6. Out of the fits, and in them also, if the party distempered be capable, spiritual counsel is to be given out of the word, wisely, according as the party is fit for it, whether to humble him, if he has not been sufficiently humbled, or to build him up and comfort him, if he be already humbled.

7. Lastly, Remember always that when the troubled person is himself, he be moved to prayer, and that others then pray much with him, and at all times pray much for him.

When these troubles are mixed, coming partly from natural distemper, and partly from spiritual temptation, then the remedy must be mixed of helps natural and spiritual. What the natural helps are, has been shown, also what the spiritual in general, and shall be shown more particularly, in removing false fears arising from spiritual temptations.

The fears which rise for the most part from distemper of body, may be known from those which for the most part, or only, rise from the spiritual temptation, thus: When the first sort are clearly resolved of their doubts, and brought unto some good degree of cheerfulness and comfort, they will yet, it may be, within a day or two, sometimes within an hour or two, upon every slight occasion and discouragement, return to their old complaints, and will need the same means to recover them again. But those whose