54 I)e atIUOt WOf ttcMineZttttbnteo, Chap. N. favourable to that which delights the Senfe, if he can- l.l r1.J not efcape its internal condemnation, the next method is by a Prongdiverfion to leffen the trouble. 2. When the carnal Mind fees nothing within but what torments, and finds an intolerable pain in con- verting with it Pelf, it runs abroad, and .ufes all the arts of oblivion to lofe the remembrance of its true fate. As Cain, to drown the voice of Confcience, fell a building Cities; and Saul, to difpel his Melan- choly, call'd for .Mufick : The bufinefs and pleafures of this life are dangerous amufements to divert the Soul, by the reprefintation ofwhat is profitable or pleafant, from contidering the moral qualities of good and evil. Thus Confcience, like an intermitting Pulfe, ceafes for a while. Miferable confolation! which doth not re- move, but conceal the evil till it be pal remedy. But if Confcience, notwithfanding all there evafions, fill purfues a Sinner, and at times fomething difurbs his reafon, and his ref, yet he will not part with carnal Pleafures. For beingonly acquainted with thole things that afal the Senfes, and having no relith of that Happinefs which is fublime and fupernatural , if he parts with them he is deprived of all delight, which is to him a fatemore intolerable thanthat wherein there is a mixture of delight and torment. From hence it appears that the interpofition of Confcience, though with aflaming Sword between Man carnal, and his be- loved objeas, is not effe&ual to refirain him. 2. All worldly things are unfatisfying to the Afe&i- ons. There are threeConfiderations which depreciate and leflen the value of any good. F. The ihortnefs of its duration. 2. If it brings only a flight pleafure. 3. If that pleafure be attended with torments. All which are contrary to the effential properties of the
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