IIZ 1 BDn~ fZ retiam rationt (tquun- , Jur,m.zf~Jie:rorbitant. 6tufts tif Mel«ncbo{J. Memb.3.SubC ' '· SuBsEcT. 1r. Concupifcihle Appetite, ,a Defires, &mbitim, can(es. ~~~~Hefe Concupifcible and Irafcible Appetites are as the two twills ofa rope, mutually mixt one with the other, and both twining ~bout the Heart: both good,as Artj/in holds lib., 4 . c. '. 9.de civ.Dei : I ifth<y he moderate: both pcrnicioru if they be e,orbitant. This Concupifcible appetite, howfoever it may feeme to carry with ita lhew ofpleafureand delight,and ourconcupifcences molt part affe& us with content and aplealing objecr, yet if they be in extreames, they rack and wring us on the other fide. A true faying it is, Dtflre m Tho. Euovi<. hath noreft: is infinite in it fe!fe, endlelfe : and as m one calls it, a perpetualt ~';;;!;"· •fi""- rack, nor horfc mill,according to Au.flin,ltitt going round as in a ring. They riam. are not f0 continuall,as divers,facilius atamos denumtrare pofTem, faith • Ber. ~;:~~:dtinttr. nard,quammotru cordis, nu"c hu,nunc ilia .cogito: you may as well reckon up pcir" quiililtt the motes 10 the Sun,as them. PIt extends ttftlft to tvery thtng, as Gmanerim rem m•ndlb.c will have it,that is{uptrfluorifly fought after :or to any •fervtnt defire, as Ftr1'/'fo fori pDtefi, neliru interprets it ; he u in what kind foever ,it tortures 1f immoderate,and is g~fi,rerft~~~di- ( d I d h ~ 11 r f I I ~<gaM.Tra£1. accor .ing to' Pater an ot ers)ane.pecia cau1e o Me ancho y.Mt~ltttojit •1·"'·'7· concupi[cmtiis dil•niantur cogitationes me.e, I Auflin confelfcd, that he was J.Jf:::.~ tome a pieces with his manifold delires : and fo doth r Bernard complaine, rt•pTimu m:a that hec1uldnot rejlf~r them aminute ofan houre: thiJ I w~uld havt,~<ndthllt, • AOPtt~ru.&-c. and then I dtjiretDbt {uchand fuch. 'Tisa hard matter therefore to confine !/.~'//:',.':;':· · them,?eingthey are fo various and ~any,unpotlibleto appreh~nd all. I ~ill r Per diver[•;,.. oneiy mlilt upon fome few ofthe chtefe, amd molt noxtous m thm kmd, ;:;:;r:;,·:O:,,... as thatexorbitant Appetite and J?dire.of Honour, which we commonly call toquiifl•,"""" v1mhtttON; Love of money,wh1ch IS Covetoufoeffi, and that greedy delire t•liseJrt.c~pio, of gaine :(elf l~ve, pride, and inordinate delire of Vaine·gl•ry or applauf~, . ~:/ ':1;{,:;,:. Live 1fjiudy in cxcelfe: Lovesfwomen, (which will require a jult volume of " itfelfe) of the othed will bridly fpeak,and in their order. Amhition,a.proud covetoufnelfe,or adry thirlt of Honour, agreat torture u Amlmflih. 3 • ofthe miode,compofecj of·envy,pride,and covetoufnelfe, a gallant madnes, Jnper LucaJn. one • defines it, a pleafant poyfon, <.Ambrofe, a canl:tr oftheJOule, an hiddm ~~t;,;"/',~:;.., plague : • Bernard, a ftcret poyfon, the father oflivor, and mother ofhypocrifte, cmi<t,iUbil th•motb •fholint{/t, and cat'.[i •fmAdlltjfe, crucifying and difquitting all ;hat. it moltfliils i>tq•i- takes h~ld of. r Sene.<ll .eais it,remfolicitam, timidam, vanam, ventofitm, a win- ~~J:fJ:S':c. dy thing, a vaine, folicitous, and fea~full thing. For commonly they that ,,.,.,&o •Pifl· like Syftphru , ·rolethis rdtle(fe fl:one ofAmbition, are in a pet.pcrualt agony, ·~""' ·'-' .., " fiil1 z petpkx~d,frmptr taclti, trifttf#,'recedunt, {Lucrettru). doubtful!, timo- ~ ~~~;,fr; .. • !o.U6, fufpiti?us, !oat~ co;c>lf~nd.in wor1 or deed, lttll c?ggtng a~d col.lo~ueritu bh, q"""'"' nrg, embrac1hg, cappmg, cnngmg, applaudmg, flattenng, fleenng, vtlinng, ij;ff,'::f.;~::;:. wllyting at mens door~s with al.t affa~ility ,caunterfeit honclty an~ humility. '"' ""''"' Iftbatwillnot ferve tfoncetbJshumour(as•Cypr~andefcnbesJt) polfe(fe ~"'nt•fo.a;,},,._ his thir(ly foule, am1itimiJ jAI{i1go ubi bibulam animam pofidet, by hooke tio,md/a iUu lt . • , . . . . . . .. . moltjliisw"ta bore. a Stmptr attDlitU4,ftmptr pavidPJ, qiRd dit~t,[cl~vt: nt. dij}/ictat bH~ibt~lttn ftn:ullfl, bclllpatem 11'~/~d
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