The Life ofFaith. 423, trades and worldlyintereJt, do moil and conflantly tctnpr us to. Every man bath a carnal intereft,which is his great temptation; and every wife man will know it, and there let a double watch.. The carnal interefl of a Preacher, is applaufeor pre- ferment : The carnal inter,tl of Rulers and great men, I Ih.11 pa=s by but they mull not pats it by themfilves. The carnal inrcrtfi of Lawyers and Tradefincn, is their gain, &c. Here we mull keep a contlant watch. 6. We are much-in danger of thofe fins, the matter of which is fomcwhat goodor lawful, and the danger lyeth only in the manner, circumlfances or degree. For there the l wful- neffof the matter, occafioneth men to forget the accidental evil, The whole Kingdom fecleth the mil-chiefof this, in in- fiances which I will nowpats by.. If eating fuck or fuck a meat were not lawful it felf,,men would not be foeafily drawn to gluttony. If drinking wine were not a lawful thing, the pairage to drunkennefs were not fo open : The apprchenfion that a lufory lot is a lawful thing (as Cards, D.ce, &c.) Both occafion the heinous fin of time wailing, and elate- wailing gamefters. If apparel were not lawful, excels would not be to eafily endured -. Yea the goodncfs of Gods own Worfhip, ga'teterh many in its great abufe. 7. We are muchm danger ofchoke fins, which are not in any great difgrace among thofe perlons wnom we moff ba ;our and eftcem. It is a great mercy to have fin lie under a com- mon odium and °difgrace : As fweariug and drunizenn:fs, and curling, and fornication, and PopiJb errors, and jup.rfli;ion, is now amongfl the forwardefl Profeffors in England: For here confcience is moil arto ned, and'hclp,_d by the opinion ofmen; or If there be Come carnal refpeé} to our reputation in it fometimes, yet it tendeth tofupprefs thefin : And it is a great plagne to live where any great fin is in little difgrace (as the prophanation of the Lords day in moil of the Reformed Churches beyond Seú; and they fày, tipling, if not drunken- rids in Germany; and as bac*itirg and evil [peaking againfl thofe that differ from thcm,i,s among theProf.-fïors in England, for too great a part; and alto many fupetílitions of their own ; and dividingp;incipis and ptadices.) 8, But efpccially if the greater number of godly people live in fucha fin, then is the temptation great indeed ; and it is but few
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