XIII. And, because it is not given to everyone to speak

a word in season to a wearied or distressed conscience, it is expedient, that a person (in that case) finding no ease, after the use of all ordinary means, private and publick, have their address to their own pastor, or some ex- perienced Christian: but if the person troubled in con- science be of that condition, or of that sex, that discretion, modesty, or fear of scandal, requireth a godly, grave, and secret friend to be present with them in their said address^ it is expedient that such a friend be present.