56 ¢ oarrump of ím¢ zívín¢ Iftttd3Uí¢ , Chap. IV. vexation h t added to becaufe thevehement delights of sen e corrupt the temperament of theBody in which the vi- tal complexion confifts, and expofe it to thole (harp Difeafes, that it may be laid without an Hyperbole, That a thoufand Pleafures are not equal to one Hours pain that attends them: or, becaufe of the inward tor- ture of the Mind, arifing from the fence of Guilt and Folly, which is the anticipationof Hell it Pelf, the be- ginning of eternal Sorrows. Now thefe things are not obfcure Articles of Faith, nor abflralled Doílrines, to be conuder'd only by re- fined Reafon, but are manifef} and clear as the Light, and verified by continual Experience : 'Tis therefore f}range to amazement , that Man fhould fearch after Happiness in there things where he knows 'tis not to be found, and court real Infelicity under a deceitful ap- pearance, when the Fallacy is tranCparent. Who from aprinciple of Reafonwould choofe for his Happinefs a real Good, which after a little time he fhould be de- priv'd offor ever ? or a flight good for ever? as the fight of a Pilure, or the hearing ofMufick. Yet thus unreafonable is Man in his corrupt flare, whole Soul is truly immortal, and capable of infinite Bleffednefs, yet he choofes thofe delights which are neither fatisfy- ing nor 'ailing. And becaufe the Humane Under- flanding from time to time is convinc'd of the vanity of ál1 fùblunary things, therefore to leffen the vexa- tion which ariCes from'Difappointment, and that the Appetite may not be taken off from them, corrupted Man tries; i. Byvariety of objects to preferve uniformity in Delight. The moft pleafing ifconfin'd to them grow naufeous and infipid, after the expiring of a few mo- ments there reniains nothingbut fatiety and fickly re- fentments:
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