3So The d eceit i ii ne/eo f Mans h eart. Iob zo,ss..t;. 14. 15. cxp'aì- ncd and he hid it under his torgne, and kept it dye in hi, mouth, rolling is about,as apiece ofSugar. But what? was it fo fweet in his belly too ? No his meat in hit vowels was turned, it became the gall of Afpes in the middefi of him: He hath devoured fzahfiance,andhe /teal vomit it . Gogall draw it out of his belly : And thus in the G ofpel are pleafures well called tifo,ries, not only for chocking the word, but aft) for .pricking and wounding the confcience with true forrow, in Read of that falfe and flattering delight which wee expe&ed. As it is thus in covetoufneffe, fo in am- bition, and all other fumes. Did not Adam and Eve promife unto themfelvesin the eating ofthe forbid- den tree the glory of the God -head? For what elfe meaneth that bitter fcoffe, and fait farcafine of the Lord, Behold, man is become like one of ur? But what was the iffue? Mofes tels us : Then were their eyes o. ened,arid they fair their na4edves;they faw how they were mocked; how for the Mines of gold they had met with cole-pits,nay,fcr heaven, with hell; for a throne ofglo:y, with the dunghill of ignominy. In this regard the Apofile faith,that firme deceived him, becaufe of this deceitful) promife of his heart, con- cerning fanne : And for the fame reafon he calleth the lufts of the flcfh , the deceivable lofts of old A dam: in the fame fenfe that so/mot/calls the Rulers meat, a deceivable meat : Becaufe we promife fuc1 great matters ofjoy and delight to our felves in our, finnes, the contrary whereof afterward our owr wofull experience reacheth us : For fanne imbraces us indeed , but it is like the Serpent ; together with the imbrace it mortally fiiugs us. Believe wee not then Gen. 3.zz Pro T JejaYB \Caráones. ZOn.7 t. ,r sz. Prov. a3. 3.
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