III. I shall confirm that it is a proper mean to

bring one to carr}^ righth' under it. This will ap- pear, if we consider these four things :
1. It is of great use to divert from the consi- dering and dwelling on these things about the crook, which serve to irritate our corruption. Such are the baulking of our will and wishes, the satis- faction we would have in the matter's going ac- cording to our mind, the instruments of the crook, how injurious they are to us, how unreasonable, liQW obstinate, ?vc. The dwelling on these consi- G2
7S The Crook in the lot.
deraftions is but the blowing of fire within ; but to turn our eyes to it as the work of God, would be a cure by way of diversion, 2 Sam. vi. 9, 10. And such diversion of the thoughts is not only lawful, but expedient and necessary.
2. It has a moral aptitude for producing the good effect. Though our cure is not compassed by the mere force of reason ; yet it is carried on, not by a brutal movement, but in a rational wav, Eph.