Serin. zz, Wherein are we endangered by lanifull things ? 52 The third thing propounded was, What are the fins that attend the immoderate finfull ufe or abasfe of lawful/ cemforts ? I will confine my felf to the fins in the Text : The fief} fin in their eating and drinking, &c. was fenfuality, and tha t is exprcfEd by the word n'wvov7ss, which as I have (hewed, is properly appli, d co bruits, an eating after a bruitifh manner, and by the agul9s7oti, which notes the vehemency and intention of their fpirits, laid out in their fen - fuall injoyments, men are apt (efpecially in abundance) ro grow fenfuall and bruitt#h, to ufe their comforts without fear, to indulge themfelves very farre, and fo fay to themfelves as the Rich Glutton, Soul take thine eafe, eat, drink and be merry, Luk. i2.í9. a fenfuall bruitifh fpeech, fitter for a fwine than a man ; abundance of the things of this life bath a firange vertue to corrupt a man into a bruit. Deut. 32.15. yeJhstrun waxed fat ,Ind kicked. How is he degenerated to a fat Heifer or Horfe, that kicks and winfeth ? The Lord com- plains' tr. 5.7,8, that when he fed them to the full they committed adul- tery, &c. and were like fed Horfes bruitifh and fenfual : fuch as gratifie their lulls in eating, 6--e. are strong Bulls of Balhan, Pfal. 22.12. the Pfalmia (ayes, he was compaffed about with them who were like Bulls in a tat pafture, weh fed and flrong, and ready to gore and pufh : the great, and rich, and potent ones, are compared co thefe bruits : We are very apt in the trtidit of comforts to grow fenfuall,and before we are aware, as Noah and Let who both were overtaken : Our Lord Chriva Luk. 1.34. exhorts his Difciples againfl thefe, and bids them to beware, the word notes a very diligent and intent fludy and inten- tion of mind to what he laid, leafs their heart fhould be overcharged ; it feems firange that he fhould give the Difciples an exhortation again(} fenfuality and bruitith fins, but that he knew their natures, and though they were moll temperate perfons, yet he bids them beware of furfeting, knowing that if the bell did not watch, they might be over- taken with fenfuality. 2. Pride, cafe and idlenefs ufually go together, the immoderate or inordinate ufe of the creature, this was it which God warned his people of, Deut. 8.11,1 2,11.. take heed when thou art full, &c. left thy heart be lifted up. So Pfal. 123.4. there 'tis faid, his foul was filled with the fcorning of thofe that are at cafe, and with the contempt of the preud: they are put together. When we fall to eating and drinking, the next thing is to take our eaf., Luk 12.19. So the Lord fpeaks I-lof. 13.6. According to their paftures fo were they filled, and their heart was exalted, and they have forgotten me. Xxx Eafe.
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