¡yet this handmaid beginneth to perke above her Miffreffe, and to incroach and ufurp upon the chic - fetfplace. Aufien fhewes this deceit in himfelfe , in his fenfuall delighting in finging of PCalmes, in re- gard of the fweecnefFe of the found and content- ment ofhis earestherein. Of which he thus wri :eth. gut oftentimes th delight o f my eare deceiveth mee , whiles fenfe doer not fo follow rea fox, that it can pati- entlyendure to come behinde it, but having gotten to be reeeivedonely becaife ofit, would therefore goe be- fore and bave the chiefety. So 1 film in tbefe things, not perceiving it : but afterward, I perceive it. The naturali delight in finging of PCalmes is lawful!, ifit be fubordinace, and fubfervient to the fpirituall de- light in the matter it felfe. But here was AWens de- ceir, that the naturalidelight in the fosinat,lid over- top the fpirituall delight in the fubfiance of the Plalme. So it is lawful! to delight in the witty Spee- ches that are in Sermons; fo we ufe this our delight in the reit,to confirme our d lightin the grace of the fame fpeeches : ßuc here is the deceirfulneffe of our hearts,that our affeetion to the wit is farre more in fenfe than to the grace, and that in affehing the wir of a Sermon, wee feele our affetion to the grace lornething flaked and cooled. This is as if one who is welcome to a place , onely becaufe bee is in my company , and comes as my fhadow, fliould yet, after he were received into the horde for my fake caule my friend to thrut} me out of the dores, chat he may have all the welcome,and kinde entertaine- ment alone. ,V 2 CHAP. The dreeit firlrte.,óe of Marrs heart. 279, confc¡: TO. 34; Sed deleaatis tarns mes jape me fallfit, dun rationem fen. dis nen its co. mitatur, ut ra- tienter poftet_ or fit, led tan. turn quia prop - ter illam, merar. it admitti, am precurrere at dauere conic tur. rta in his nun (miens, &c.
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