190 Ier.2.L I.,Ib. & y,3. Efay Hofca 8.7. Hab. 2, 4, S. Inter vizacita- te m & gem. Aug. cont. MI. lib.4. crap. I 4. Anin;a non f - ,zejcit. Seal. de flfb. H %d01 o op:vßú?hs ó(c- (.ta7otor J>é.3>`'s- ,7ri wKJ:4N X.) sós. Anfl;..de rAnim.1. I , c.4 'I be fnfulneffeo.f Sinne. founded for certaine that there was no profit in thy evill way, that thou didd tow nothing but wind , and fioul. deft feape nothing but a whirlewind. Balaams luft was too fwifc for his weary beafl; when the Afle was fright- ed, and durst goe no further, yet the Prophet was as unwearied as at the firft. Lufh is like a furious Rider, never weary of the way, though the powre beat}, which mutt ferve the Riders turne, may quickly be worne out. Woe to him that loadeth bimfelfe with thicfecclay,faith the Prophet, How long ? He mayhave enough to load him, he can wever have enough to weary him'. He may bade his houfe, his memory, his bagger, his wits, his time,his confcience , but he can never fill his Hell. He may quick- ly have enough to ftmke him, but bee can never have enough tofatisfie him: As a fbip may be over-laden with Gold or Silver even unto finking, and yet have compaffe and (Ides enough to hold tenne times more : fo the heart will quickly be loaded unto finking, but never filled unto fatiety. In one word, wee mutt in (inne didinguith be- tweene the AEt,and the L'onsupifcence from whence that At arifeth ; or in the faculties betweene the Life and the Luft of them, betweene their natural/ Strength and aä ivity, and their law of corruption. The livelinefje and Strength of the faculties may quickly be walled,andyet the firang ffí /!. Slime in Ad} bath a concuraence of the powers of the Soule, and fervices of che body, whiLhia their motions may quickly languifh. But yet as the Phi - lofophers fay of tine foule, though it may feeme tyr'd and (pent, and waxen old, becaufe the body in which it re- (Ides grows unfit for its lcrvice,y t the foule indeed itfel fe doth not grow old, but if it had equal} inflruments, would be as vigorous in the old man, as in the youngefl : fo we may fay of fnne, though the body may grow weary of adultery, or the made weary of plodding mifchiefe, or the thoughts weary of contriving deceit, yet concupifcen- ria non f nefcit, Lull it felfe growes never Rld nor weary. Nay,
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