$ ti e T. IX. of Converften, arTrrningunte God but thenature of things is not changed becaufe the palate is changed ; and thus it is here, by reafonof that corrupt frame of heart in thee, thou *get, finpleafant; noordinances,no godlyobjeashave any favouror delightin them: but tilde do greatly affeh thee ; know all this is a difeafe, a ficknefs upon thy heart, as foine difeafes make the lick parties tat black coals, and fuch loathfom trath: This is a difeafe. The word ofGod, which onely revealeth true wifdomi fpeaketh otherwife : Oh then ! call no more thy lullsfweet, thy fins pleafanr, its a difeafe on theemakes thee think fo, if thy palate,andcafte were fpiritual, thou wouldft withdiflike, rejeet every temptation of fin, as Chrift did the vinegar they gave him todrink. Paul told Etyma, ReW & in theflare ofgall andbitter, nefs, Ads 8.2 ;. Elymas did not think fo, nor feel fo: And thus is everywicked. man, inaconditionof gall and mifery; if his heart were trulyqualified, he would cry out of the birternefsof thofe fins, which he now faith are tweet: Judgethen righteous judgement about thy iniquities, and thou wilt quickly forfake them. Secondly, Grant thy fins have pleafureand delight in them, yet theyare pled- Ant only to the bruitifh and fenfual part of a man; the eyes, theears, the body, the imagination, ihefe for themoft part are pleated in the allings of fan: Nowwhat an unworthy and irrational thing is it for thee, topurfue thofe pleafures; which arecommon to thee , with beans? Sin haply may bring bodily pleafures,, bo- dily delight; but how low fhould thefe things. be to thee that haft a foul, whofetrue goodand happinefs lyeth,in godly aetions, and enjoying of God ?. Did not the rich man in the Gofpel; (hew himfelf like a beaft, when fpeakirígof bis barns full, he Laid, Soul, takeshjeafe, for thou haft machgood laidupfor thee; Luke rz.ip. Soul 1 0 brutifh expreflion, what were thefe good things to his foul? he might have faid, Body, take thycafe, but Soul he could not: When therefore the pleafures of fin, have painted themfelves, likeyezebeli tointice and deceive thee, reich them with difdain: Thefe. are not pleafures for an. immaterial, immortal foul; thefe are nota proper delight, for the chief and molt noble partofme; If were onely a body, andno: a foul; then there mightbe greater reafon toadmit them. Thirdly, Grant further, that fin hath pleafure with it, ,yet itsfaha pleafure; that caufeth death, a pleafure that brings damnation withit ; like force deadlyand mortal herbs, that they lay, will put a man into laughing till he dyeth ; Plea- fantdelightful, things , do fooner :caufe difeafes_, then bitter : Much honey¡ quickly turneth intomuch choler; fo that fins imbracement of thee, is like that of the Ivy, which fecrerly devoureth the thing it cleaveth to; Confider what the Wifeman, that hadgotthe true experienceof all things,a(fìrmethi I laidof laughter, It Was madnefs,Ecclef. z. z. and, Itù better togo to theboufe ofmourning; then of mirth, Ecclef7.2. donot then like thy fins the better, becaufe fweet and delightful. Poyfon that kills prefently, may bemade fweet ; and fo thofe fweet tufts, and thofe fweet fports of fin, convey death and hell in their pleafure. Fourthly, Let it be fill granted, that fin bathpleafure in it, yet. it is butfor amoment, its but lik theblazing oftomecrackling thorns in thefire: That which the Scripture fpeaks about a mans vanity of life; its but aVapor,. a Shadow, a Bubble, is trueofall thepleafures offn ; they pats away in the enjoyingof them : Thegodly comfort themfelves in this, That thefe prefent ajjîillións are, but lighé andnoomentany, in refpelI of that eternal weight of glory, a Cor.4.7. and thecon- trarya wicked man may fay, That thefe prefent momentany pleafures¡ are no- thing to that eternal weight oftorment : Thus the grace of Molesis commend- ed, That he choferather toendure the reproaches of Chrifi, then to enjoy thepleafures of finforafeafon, Heb. t r. Theyare but pleafures for à feafon; O then 1 when thou art but a mortal tanner, and thy joy a mortal joy, all is fading; why then art thou fo importunate after theft (hadows? Fifthly, Although fins may have /weetnefi for the prefent¡ yet they havea tor- 11102 anent 427 ?;
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