Com,io. Of Concupáfcence; &i;. Cham:. 527 lency, and a condition to bedefìred by man being chief of the creatures. There being held our, everyone was paufed upon by Eve (faith theScripture) the had refpeftive regard to them all, For the woman feeing that the tree wasgood for meat, and pleafant to the eyes, and a tree to be defired toget knowledge, Jhe took of the fruit thereof, and did eat. Out of which we may obferve that feveral fteps and;de- grecs, whereby lin enters into the foul. I. The fira by S. Paul is called $s oard turning back after Safari; or a Six degrees in turning of use foul back, to look on the obje h. The first entertainingof it, fin. averfio a Deo, a turning of the foul from God, which when one Both, he be- i.The reed_ gins to proftitutehis foul to the Devil. m;ngof the 2. The fecond they call allube centium, when it liketh them well, fo that fain `d' f Tim.s.t5. they wouldhave it.This if it be fudden, Hierom calls it propafonem, anfwering to Gal. 4.9. the Greek aeyartoela, which lignifies, a light motion or paffion upon the first 2.The retain- light ; whereas that which more earneftly impreffed in us, is called nni -,a paf- H rfinMa[d. lion, moreearneft or violent.. Jobcompareth him that bath gone thus far, to Job '20.13. one that bath a tweet poyjon in his mouth,who becaufe of the fweetnefs that he feels, is loth to Epic it out, and would fwallow it ; but yet confidering that it is poy- fon he fpits it out : or if hedo not let it go, nor yet dare fwallow it, but keeps it under his tongue, then ofaPy ase+ it becomes Zníh*z},and this is retentio feminis, the keeping and retaining of the feed, as the first was receptiofeminin, the receiv- log of it: And as in that there was averfioà Deo, 'a turning from God ; fó ïü this there is converfio adcreataram, a turning to the creature. 3. The third is confenfus in deleblationem, a confent to takedelight in it. For 3. The concep- (as before) there is a double confent. i. Confenfur in opios, a confent CO execute nion of fis. or aft the fin ; and this may be forbidden in the other Commandements, and is that which wecalled (when we expounded them) theSuppuration, or inward. fe- ftering of our hereditary wound. And 2. Confenfua in deledationem, a confent in mindonly to take pleafure in it, by often cowling of it inthe heart,whereitt we fo far confent to it, as to delightin the thought of it, though as yet we have no full purpofe to adi it, but only gaze and flare upon it, and this they call coacep James is t5, tionempeccati, the conceiving of fin. 4. The fourth is called Morofa delebfatio, adelayingor lingring in the thought 4. Tb0fotniv2 of it ; fo that when a man bathonce confented fo far as to take pleafure in it,he of the parrs. will abide by it, and dwell in it and this they call articulationemfeun,the fra- mingof all the parts in the wombofthe foul, whereby it becomes perfec`l,when every corner is fought into, and every circumltance weighed and confìdered how the lin may be afted. .Dum papulua morabatxr in Sittim, fornicarna et papillon, Numb:21.1; when the people abode at Sbittirry the people did commit fornication With the daughtersof Moab. S. There is aberratio tordue, the wandringof the foul afterit, that is when prov.i9 s. the thought is gone, and once pall over, yet we refume it and call itback again, q. Theyeicb¿ and make a covenant contrary to that of Jobs, That we will not fuffer our eyes to nengof it. look from it , but will hill behold it; and not only fo, but we alfo imploy thofe Jobaa, t. so,el,nas, aditue phantafmatum, chofe gates and paffages to the phanfie, the fenfes, Gen 6.5. to raife up this delight in us again, that we may continue in it. We read in Genesof ftgmenrum cogirarionum , when there is no real obje l , and yet a man will notwithllanding trame or imagine a falfe objeft to convince the pleafure of a thought. so here is a framing of imaginations to pleafe the foul in filch a finful thought ; when betides occafions offered, a man procures to himfelf occationsoutwardly, or inwardly devifes fancies to delight himfelf ; this is per- rgrinatia in peccato, and is commonly called, the quickning of fin when it begins to air in the womb. 6. The lair they call Nixum, the travel or birth : The Greek Fathers call it 6. The birt% tanxe±pnea, conatum, a layinghold on the occafion offered to a& the fin formerly and travel, refolved upon. It proceedeth upon a fyllogifme thus, Si tanta voluptas incogitan- do,vel animo revolvendo, quidfiporsar ? if there be fo much pleafure in thinking of it, or revolving of it in mymind, what will there be if it be aftually perform- ed ? After thiscomes confenfus ratianis, the full confent of the mind, and then we are out of this Commandement , for there wants nothingbut means and opportunity
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