Exceeding Sinfaslnefl of Sin. 371 world as a dog or a fwine, with the mind ofa man : Now this Heathen faith, Aman had ra- ther die than be fo ; then how great an evil (faithhe) is it for a man to have the foul of a man turned into the fafhionof a béàff, though his body continue íh11 in the formof a man, this a heathen could fay. By this it appeareth Thoughwe feenot God work fuck miracles, as to turn thebodies of men and women', by his judgements, into thefafhion of (wine, or dogs, or fuch Creatures as hemight do if he pleafed ; but thiswe fee ordinary that the fouls of men' andwomen, be turned uft into thevery fafhion' and fhape (as I may fo (peak) of the fenfitive fouls of bruit beafis ; as a drunkard, or a glut- ton,his foul is jufllike'to the fenfitive foul ofthe;¡ (wine. And thofe that dorail againfi Religion, `. their fouls be turned juil like the fenfitive foul of abarking dog, and theydobark like (nay, agreat deal worfe than) adog. And thofe that are wickedly fubtile,theyare like toFcnies. And the Scripture (peaks of men cruel, like to Wolves theirfins do turntheirfouls tobe like thevery fpirit and fenfitive fouls of the bruit beafis.So that they are in a worfe condition than if their bodies were turned,into the fhape' of bruit beafis. But when theirfouls betur#ed to be like theDevil, this is worfe ,a. great deal than ifthey were like bruit beafts. 1his is the Firf._ CHAP.:
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