The deceitf,rine.[frof MAU heart. 193 all this,fo I doe no more,fo I break nor out into th outward a6ts of uncleanneffe ? No more, O look How canft thou chufe but do more ? Thinkeft thou a dog will mane away from thee, as long as thou cafteft him bread ? or that flax will not receive flame, when thou putreft fire thereto i or that thou canft carry burning coales in thy bolome, and not be burn t?No,nc.If once thou haft let loofe the rein; of thefe mad horfes , thou maift not look to flay them when thou wouldeft.Ifonce thou giveilleave to thy corrupt affeaions to begin to play their parts , thou fhalt hardly make them give over. Though at firft they bee but weak, yet afrerward they raife up their fpirirs , and get ftrength in going. Eater it is to keep them our;than to thruft themour, Heare not then thofe cunning infinuations of thy heart, oh but a little idlenefs, but a little wantonnefs, a little foolifhneffè, and then we have done : oh but this little ftretches it felfe farm; ! hi;faaÑ, hat a great way, and will not flay where we would. The Proverb is falle here, Modicum non nocet :A little hurts not. Yes, a little hurts a great deale. Little fins ufher great ones, and bring them into the clofers of our hearts. And here behold a notable peece of cunning fraud in thefe crafty hearts of ours. In per - (wading and.inveagling us to finne , they urge hard that it is but a little they crave : what? will you flick with us for fo little ?but when this little is once yeel ded them, then they tell us, that having done fo mach* makes no great matter, if now we goe a lit - tle further : We cannot be much worfe, then wee are e.. _ _ Tpent fore part of the day O in e No oVnebis ut definant,f incipere perms. fens. Imbecilli ell promo, &c. vires duns pro cedit, parat ; ex- cluditur facili. us pain expel - litter , facilius non recipiuntur pans Fxeunt. Sen. Epift. u6. Aliquatenus inquis timer e, aliquatenus dolere permitte. Sed Mad ali. quatenus long producitur,nec ubi vis finem, accipit. lbid
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