J:.Vfans naturalllmaginations; tj-69 lnCighbour,ISthe thought of A.lalterJi"'htCh A an[emmerismindcs,but then only_when ocr stile thought with coo(cnt to anyvncha~t· callo~ IS g11;1CD: ~or mans: heart IS ~1kt rmdo:r tie, Such atbou' ht had Ju.J•h concermng ordrtewood,whtchburnesnotofttfclfc,but T.t11J.u-hisdaugh~rinl.tw1 whenh.-i~Jgedher f~fooneas fire is pur toir, then prefcmdyit ••,.bor.;•••ld'{l"dJO.r,, with h.r,Gen.J8.ts, kindleth: When you cometotalkcwitha na· 16". And with-fuch thoughts 1vas Ammonr turallJlun,ttmaybeforthcprefent,hcthmheart!ovcxod, tlw he fclllicke for his fi~er keth not to liej butgiuc him occalionto lie, T•"'"·'·Sam.tJ.1. This makes a man an Aand then he foone bethirikes htmfelfetheredulccrer in heart before God,though~audof,and wil not fparc to vtter it,ifit may make ly hecom•>utnorrhe faa,Mus.• ~. for his aduanu5c. And the ltkewemay fay The fourth is the thou~htof Theft,which of Malicc,Auulrery,Thcft,Difgrace,orany is the thpught with confcnt of beguiling or other finne ag~infrour neighbour: Doe but wronging another in his goods or fubllance. mmiLler occahon thereabout to thenatural! Thi• ts rhat lnugini•• ofiniquiry,•ndworkjngof heartofman, and he thinketh of them, and wsc£:!dnuvpo'lf thm· b~df,in coueti~goffiddt--awithout Gods grace reClrainiog, or rcnuing g•inft which M•c•h pronouncerh a"'"· Mic. B him,will bring forth thefame in atlion. . z.t. Andthi• thoughralfopolfelferhtheir . The (mndpoint, Inwhomeareallthefe•· hearrs,that with the wicked Ifraelites wdh the ulll thouglus! Anfrm·, In all m<n naturally time were come, wherein theymight m•k.; th: wtthout exception, till they bee renewed by eph•fmJ!I,&th' Sh'~'Hgre•t.Amos 8,s.that Godsfpeciall grace: Yea the truth is;rhefe ts,lelfen the meafure, and inhance the price, thoughts doe euery where abound;lorlooke •n:i f•l!i(inh• w6ghrr bJ deceit. . what men doepraClife, that firll of all they The fifth euill thought, is • thought •fdt{- thtOke, forthe thought is the begimvng of ~.n:~c~::vhicbforn~ wAy unJerh tHhereprQch,and cu~ry aCbon j But in the \V~rJd aJl Hnncs a• drbAjing of ortrneighbourrgoodn•m,, as when a gacnf! the fecmjd Table doeabound, as the thing is well done,to thinke and iudge it to be praCltfe of Ddhonour, of Muriher,Adulreill done, or when a thing is amilfe, to iudge it ry,Thefrs,and~ifgraces: and therfore rhefe worfe then it is:·Thus E/i thought difgraceeutll thoughrs from whence thefc aClions fully ofH••••h.deeming herrobedrunk_.faycome;mult needcs be common. ing,t.S1m.r .r3,t4.Pur •w•;tbTdrun~'nn'Jl'• !/f'- By thl•we may feewhata huge malfc when !he• prayed deuoutly from a troubled C of corruption the naturall heart of man is, Joule rotb' Lord,v.I $. Thuseliab' D••iJr elwithout Gods fpeciall grace; for thoughts de~brother, thoght dif.oracefully of Dauid, of dllbonour make a mans heart a pallaco when he fl1ewed himfelfewilhng to encounof pnde, like the•tablcof Adonibezek: Alter wirh G•liah that reuiled the hoall of fa thoughts of cruelty make mans heart a . theliuingGod,faying,t.Sam. 17.>8. Ib_nm flaughter-houfe: Thoughts of Adulterie theprid-.nd .,alic'ofthine luart, thAt thou Arl make it a m<>llfilthy I!ewes: Thoughts of · cam' to(" th,barteU:when a•indecde the Spi· Theft make ir to becomeaden of theeues, ritofGod pur that motion into his heart, to wherein all manner of fraud,and badde dearake away the lhame from lfrael, as the hapling is plotted& demfed: and lallly,rhoughrs py euent declared plamely. So when ourSaof Dtfgrace make lt a fountaine ofbackbiuiour Chrill fpake moll comfortably ro the ting,debate,flander,and reuiling:And there· lickcofrhe palfie, faying,Mat-9.•-B-.fg..J fore howfoeuer theomward lifemaybee orcomfbrt~thy(innes~trtforgiucnthec;then thecur· dercd ~miJJy,. yetwithout Godsgtace mans fed beam of the wicked Phariues thought hean rs moll vile 1 And thofc that pleade thus mtherufclues, Th.- mMbl•ffrh"""h,v-4their good naturo, and good meaning are And when thegtft ofthe holyGholl was fent hereconfuted, for naturally the heart ihlnks vpon the Apoflle, caufing them to [pcake D all eutllasainll hitneighbour. llrange tongues to the great admiration of men ofdiucrs n·ations,then Come o(the mAli– dotu [ewes thought thqweredrunk._,fayingfcof– ti!lgly,Atl. z. r;. Therwere jHO of new 'n'ine, And thts thought ofdifgrace isin euery man naturally, bringing forrh continually the fruits of dtfgrace, asCmtie.Strife, Emulation!, '1Ji{fo11tio11t,a,d Dt6AteJ: for iouetbinf.:.!th note~ ui&; but narurallyttucloue iswantjng in all men : and therefore they cannot but thinke cuill ofothers. vV ce fee rhe 6uc euill thoughts of mans naturall hearc-aga111R his neighbour i touchl ingwhich two things are yet further to bee skanncd,towit,when thefc euillthoughts do ;mCe in themindc;and in whom they.arc:For the firll:!t is rrue,tharthcydo not at all tunes .. CHAP. V. Ofm<nrnA<ur•Uthoughtrconmning him(t!ft, Sed. i; M<nr pro11dthoughtraf hiurwne tXctNencit. THe thitd kinde of matis natural! euill thoughts,are fuch asconcetnehim[elfe, ano they are principally foure. Thelitl! may be fitly tearmeda thought •! prsde, wherebycueryman naturally thinkes )11mfdfe mort excellent,and farrc to cxccede Rr all
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