I U D A S repentance. ing. Doth he intice thee to drunkenneffe, fay with thy felfe, had Xabal peace, who died not for his churlifhneffe, but for his drunkenneffe ; fo for any fia in generall,doth he intice thee to it, looke to the plaine words of the Scripture ; for there is no fin without bitterneffe. But now to the intent we may the better be able to avoide his baits, let us confider the deceits and glares which he ufeth to put before us : which are tiefe. His firft deceit is, that he feldome tempts one to sans deceits. the committing of one of the left fins,but he promi- r. feth either profit,pleafure, or fome reward. Now to this I anfwer,firft, Here confider,ifthou AO.* 2, doeft not deprive thy felfe of a greater pleafure, e- ven of the pleafure ofa good confcience,furely that will bring more joy and comfort than any earthly thingcan,yea,and at the laft,more advantage in out- ward things than fin. Secondly,whenhe tels thee of his profit and plea í.44w.2. fure;tell him that he cannot beas good as his word, for the pleafures of fin are but for a.feafon, and in the midft of thefe pleafures there is griefe. Now there is a.double mifery inevery fin: Firft, that which is inherent, which is the fin it felfe. The minde can never take contentment till it have the proper objet ; and every thing taketh pleafure when it is as it fhould be, otherwife it doth` nor, but as a legge or an arnie being out of joyny, is full of paine and griefe; fo when the mind an acultiesthereof are diitra&ed, they were as it D were 13
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