Book IV. W I C K E D ME N COMPARED TO D 0 G S. 789 the holy Name of God, and dare God to damn them ; and for Mifchief, they delight in nothina more, fpoilino- and utterly ddhoymg tlmr 1nnocent Ne1ghbors. JI[. M':td Men are ufu~lly bound, left they fhould proceed too far in their mifchiev– ous 'vVays: So God chains up, or puts wicked Men into Bonds, limits their Power, jeft they fhould go too far in their cruel and mifchievous Deligns againft his People. IV. Mad Men are ufually •Committed to Prifon: So wicked Men are under the curfed Bondage P.ncl Slavery of Satan, who takes them captive at his Will. V. A mad Mon will even fpit in the Face of his dearefl Friend, who with mucl~ AffeCl:ion feeks his Good: So wicked Men clo as ·it were fpit in the very Fa<es of God's faithful Minifters, who in Bowels of render Love and Companion feek thei r Good; and is this any marvel, when they in a bafe J'1anner fpit in the Face of Chrifl: himfelf? VI. Mad Men refufe Cloaths, and will go naked: So wicked Men refufe fpiritu– ally to be cloarhed with the Robe of Chrifl:'s Righteoufnefs; !hey will go naked in God's Sin-ht, or have nothing to cover them but the Rags of their own Righteoufnefs. There ~re many other Properties in mad People, which may aptly be applied to un– aodly Men; but becaufe divers of them agree likev.ife with the Characters of Fools ~r Idiots, we lhall refer you to that concerning Fools, &c. N F E R E N C E. NO marvel if God's People meet with fo much Trouble in this World, and are expofed ro fo many Dangers by .the Wicked: Alas! they are mad: L et us take the lefs Notice of what they do to us; they are out of their right Minds, difl:raCl:ecl, &c. Whar a mad World is this! .How few are there that are come t~ themfdve;' Mofl: Men and Women.are mad, · wIcKED MEN COM!',\RED TO D 0 G s. ·Give 110t tbat whicb is holy to Dogs, Matt. vii. 6. It is not meet to take the Chi!drens Bread, and givt it to Dogs, Alatt. xv. 26. Beware of Dogs, Phi!. iii. 2. lVithout are Dogs, Rev. xxii. 15. A Dog is c1lled in T-Icbrew, Ket:'ib and Lamas, accorl~ing to Mu::jfi:r; in CaldeC', Ka!ba ; in Arabic. ·Kalbe; in Perfian and Saraccn, ·Kep or Kolph; the Grecians, Kuon; the Latins, Canis, &c. In thele, and d.vers other Places of holy Scripture, wicked Men are compored to Dogs. M E T A P H 0 R. P A R A L L E L. I. THERE are divers forts or I. so there are divers fons or WICked Me~, ani! Doge;:, whodiffi'rvery much they difFer exceedingly in their N~wre and in their Nature and Olfpofi[ion, ~lalitit:s? fome ::~r.e naturally of a mild and gen– fome being gentle, anci others more rle Difpofition, others very fierce, pafiionace, and curft and fnorling; yet all are but peevilh; yet all ungodly, and metaphocically n"· Dogs. better than Dogs. IL Dogs are bafe, -ignoble, forI!. So wicked Men generally are vik, ignoble, d~d, and impudent Creatures, very and impudent Pcrfons, though fome more fhame– vJle and btafliy. letS than others, God having given them up to vile AffeCtions, rocommit all UncleanntlS with greedi– nefs. See whot Account rhe holy Apo!lle gives of fame of the Gentiles: Who changed the 'Truth of God into a Lie, and worjhipped and f"rved the Creature more than the Creator, &c. For which Cauft God left them to Jhemftlves, fo tbat their Women did change the natural Uft into that which is againjl Nature: And likewife the Men, /ea·vi11g tbe naturalUfe of the Women, burned in their Lujls ·one towards another, Mm witb Me11 working that which is unfeem!y, and recei·vmg in themftlves that Recompence of their Errof wbich was meet, Rom. i. '2·5· 26, 27. Ill. Dogs are not only filthy and ]!I. So wicked Men are not only vile and filthy, unclean Creatures, but alfo foolilh; but alfo foolifi1, as is fully opened under another 9 P Head.
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