The deceitfulnef ofMans heart. 395 I that alto which is fit for our a ate and calling. And fo that which is but competent for one efiate and calling, and fay a Magiftrare, is fuperfluitie for another, as fay a private man. Well then, let us fee whether k bç fo ufually with our delires , as they pretend , that they confine themfelves within the bounds of mediocrity, , and competency. The Difcovery. tryall will be this, if, when they have that which is competent, they then reft contented.For there are three defires;The delire of-nature, of grace, ofcor- r:rption. Nature will be content with little : Grace with leffe : but corruption is infatiable. If then there be no hoe with our delires, but when they have got that which themfelves, at firft, would let down as a matter ofcompetency,yet they fill are like the cravinghorfe- leaches, that cryGive,give, it is an ar Dffideria xatu gument,it is the defire ofcerrraption, not of arature, ralia fixita flint not of grace. Naturall thirft is difcerned from ®ne guifh by this , that the naturali will be quenched ubt dexattt NM ha- with a draught , but the other is further provoked b.`xr, xutus n. by drinking. So, when men fhall fay, I delire only J s a a fufficiency, if I had but fo much, I fhould be well apaide then, and yet, when they have that, covet more greedily than ever before, this is an Ague, a dropfie, a difeafe; no natural] , no kindely thirft. But here, this deceit of our defires is fo much the harder to be difcove red , in that it is not fo carte ro define in every thing that which is competent. And fo under the cover of competency wee quickly fall into the fnare ofpleafbre and exceffe.This Saint c.dufien excellently defcribes in the defire of meats and drinks, and by like proportion we may apply X is
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