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SECTION XIII.

CLASSIFICATION OF EVILS, AND SOME DEPRECATION THEREOF.

When the mind is relieved from any apprehension through "the exceeding sinfulness of sin," the evil of the world will resolve itself to pain and that which produces it; and good will resolve itself to joy and its efficients, all time being considered.—Before we can well understand how these evils are of use to us, and in harmony with the necessary nature of man, it will be necessary for us to separate and classify them, and observe briefly their secondary causes.

Firstly, there are evils of malice or depravity, evils we do ourselves and others, and evils which others do themselves and us; evils of violence, excess, and carelessness, from which come also hereditary diseases, constitutional prostrations, fear, melancholy, and other personal discontents.

Secondly, there are evils of ignorance, from which come accidents, sundry fears and diseases, pestilence, witchcraft, superstition, together with straits and forced circumstances, out of which come misunderstandings, disputes, blows, calumnies, and strife.

Thirdly, there are evils called providences, as lightning, storm, earthquake, famine, and pestilence perhaps, with other occasions of sudden suffering and death.

Fourthly, there is the evil of Jabor by necessity, in order to health, spirit, and sustenance.

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