upon the Epiflle of JAM !i s. not.do ; but the evil thPit I ~ould?ot, that I do. Though they do not refolve and harden theirfaces maway of fin, yet they may be difcouraged in aWay ofgrace. So qa/.').17.Ye cannot do the things that ye would: Their refolutions are broken by this violence, and potent oppofition. · Secondly, Obferve, The next way of lufi u by flattery, Js;.M ..- ~b~@-, intifed, it cometh lapt up in the bait ofpleafure, and that mightily prevaileth with men; Titm 3• 3· Serving divers lufts andpleafures; That's one of the impediments of converfion, lufi promifeth delight and pleafure. So Job zo, I 2. Wick.!d~efs u fweet in hu mouth, and he hideth it under hu tongue : Tis an alluGon to children, that hide a fweet morfel under their tongues, lefi they lbould let it go too foon : Neither is this only meant of fenfual . wickednefs, fuch as is cot1Verfant, about meats, drinks, and carnal comforts; but fpiritual, as envy, malice, griping plots to undo and opprefs others; Prov.'l. I4.They rejoyce to do evil, and delight in the frowardnefr of the Wick.§d: Revenge is fweet, oppreffion is fweet, to a carnal heart. So Prov. I o. 2.3 ;Tu ajporno a fool t,o do mifchief; they are intifed with a kind of pJeafure of that which is mifchievous to another. Well then, I. Leam to fufped things that are too delightful : Carnal ob– jetl:s tickle much, and beget an evil delight, and fo fafien upon the foul. 'Tis time to put a k_nife to the throat, when you begin to be tickled with the fweets of the world: Your foot ir; in the fnare, when the ·world cometh in upon you with too much delight; that Ill ) which you lhould look after in the creatures, is their ufefu!.nefs, not their pleafantnefs; that's the bait of lufi. * The Philofopher "'Aris1. Ethic, . could fay,That natural deftres are properly ?T~6~ Tr1 dvd,yYvitd. to -what lib 7· cap. 6. u necejJary. Sr;lomon faith, Prov. 23. 3 I. Loo/z.not upon the wine \"\?hen it u red, When it givetl1 its colour in the cup, 'When it moveth it[elfright. You need not create allurements to your fancy, and by the eye invite the tafle. There are .fiories of heathens, that would not look upon excellent beauties,lefi they fuould be infnared: Plea{ures are but inticements, baits that have hook!. under them: The Harlots lips drop honey in thegreeting, and Wormwood in the ~ p11rting, Provq. like 'fohns book, 1 Honey in the mouth, and Worm– Wo()d in the bowels. God hath made man of fuch a nature, tpat all carnal delights leave impreffions of forrow at their departure. . 2., Learn what need there is of great care : pleafure is one of the · - -··· · · · · baits
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