_ fe/f~inriching ~x11mination. take occafton and advantage to ·heave and hoift us up into the chaireof the fcornfull. ·And .charby · thefe degrees'and afcents; for thus theiafinuative poyfOnof finne doth fieale up~n .us. • ··_ · . J. At the firfr, toan honefi: dtfpofi tton, fearful! · eo offendlandformerly unacquaintedwith-wicked· courks~ and lewd companions; finne feemes ex- / 101 _ rreamly hatefull. difiafi:efull~ and untollerabl~ to , bee borne. Such an one perhapswill bemuch vext / andafioni£hr;) when by the cunning ofSatan:; the confpirade ofhis owne corruptions, and thecoun:. fell of bad company, he is firfr overtaken with · fome foule fim1e-. - . 2. · SecondIy~ After that hebath beene twiceor · thrice againe enfnared in finnes fenfuall pleafures~ by cafting. himfelfe upon t-he occafions , and amongfr lewd. companions; it lofeth fomething of weighr, it doth not pre1fe him fp importably, and intollerably as it didbefure.-Jt -isyet heavje unto him, butnot horrible.He isfomething fad afi:er the commiffionof it, andmelancholike ; but he is not neare fo heavie hearted or wounded in confci– enceashe was before. 3. Thirdly) by ufe, cuftome and continuance in finne J it growes tobe light ; fo that he nevertakes it to heart ; bee futfers not . his confci~nce to checke him .for it -any more; ·btR'CU"rie~~ it away ' fmoothly and eafily, like .:the adulterous woman, Pri1V.30.%0.J~At tltethJ 1111d f'J)ipeth her fiJONih, 111d · faithfoe h~th•ot Jia»etl. · . / . 4· Fourthly~ at'ter hee ·hath' banilhed. .-etl1orte, · and 'brawnedhisconfcience, hee growespafi feel 1 · . ling ~ :::==>
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