‘To impure Actions, may be subjoin’d such Looks, as are contrary to Chastity, inasmuch, as a Man may be guilty also of Sin in this respect, whether in beholding such Objects, or in reading such Books, as may be apt to beget unlawful Desires. It is an undoubted Truth, that impure Passions are chiefly rais’d and inflam’d by the sight, and that it is impossible to continue Chast without a diligent care to govern the Eyes, and to turn them away from whatsoever might seduce the Heart. Let but any one enquire into the Objects I am speaking of, and the Impressions they are apt to make upon the Mind, and this will presently convince him of the Evil and Danger of suffering his Eyes to dwell upon them: These Objects pollute the Imagination, filling it with lustful Thoughts; and it is only through the Temptation of sensuality, that any can fix their Eyes upon them, or take any manner of pleasure in them. The holy Scriptures sufficiently caution against these undue Liberties; it was by the sight that _David_ was entic’d to commit Iniquity: And _Job_, who liv’d at a time when moral Chastity was less known, than it has been since, had yet learn’d, that the principal Duty of Chastity was to regulate the Sight.’ There are many Things conducive to Chastity, as the pious example of Superiours, a Godly Conversation, Books of Devotion, a firm Resolution, Temperance, _&c._ And at all Seasons, Persons ought to use their utmost Endeavours for overcoming their inclinations to Impurity; but there are some times, and opportunities, wherein it is done far more easily than at others. In matters of Salvation, as well, as in all others, a great deal depends upon a choice of proper Seasons: No-body, but must have found, that he is not always equally well disposed: Upon some occasions a thing will appear almost insuperable, which yet will not be so at another time: Take a Man given to any particular passion, and in the instant, when he is seiz’d and transported with it: All you can say to the contrary, will make no Impression upon him; yet take the same Person out of his passion, when his Blood is cold, and you will see him very different. The Impure have their intervals, and these longer or shorter, and more or less frequent, according as the Habit they have contracted is stronger or weaker; there are some, over whom this passion has so great an Ascendency, that they are almost perpetually employ’d by it; yet such as these have some more favourable Moments, wherein they are capable of reflection, and wherein their Passion allows them some respite without opposition.