Epißleof S. Paulto Titus. CiHAP.I. Ii. thieof ir, becaufe they rather refemble the bruit beatls,f irowdingma- 249 ny brnitifh qualities vnder the (nape of men. The Scripture fpeaketh ex- The Scripture tancrh V'. uitifh preffeiy that man beeinginhonour ,became like thebruitbeafis whichlrerini, menhyitce PfaI.49.20. name ufbealì: But wherein (landeth this refemblance ? Anfw, By looking into the why. word of God, we (hall tinde it to hand efpecially in three things. i. In becommingwithout vndertlandiug, and in all the things ofGod,byna- ture ( which holy David in one cafeconfeffed) as ignorant as the verse t'fat.ic.tt. bruit beat : fo Ieremie r 0.14. affirmeth, that now euery man is a beaff in his (wore knowledge : andProu.ao,a4. Howcan aman vnderffand hisswne way ? Now hereby who leech not, chat hereby men Ionic the very thing sptrims tandva which rnakerh themmen, andditlin;gu.f s them from the bruits with- via* nomen en mre crilwie out vuder(landïng? and that is the minde it felfe, whereby onely quirnamrein man was enabled both to fee, andconfider of the things ,he leech : and =b' rlieer eon erzua (cc:e. Peeing the mind without vnderflanding is as anele without fight, there- fore e may he that is deflituteof vpdertlanding be as rrucly laid to want his minde, as he which lacketh his fight, is truely Paid to hauc lot} his eyes. 2. By gluing vp rhemfelues to be leadwith fenfnalitie as bruit beaffs : t and this propercie the Apo1?1c Peter afcribeth to natural( and vngod- -.Pectat. ly men. Neither can it be that this fhould not rife ssf the former: for whenmen arc depriuedof vnderflanding, judgement, reafon, as euerie natural( man is in the things of God, they mull needs be lead byother rn pendaodi guides, of lulls, appetite, fenfe and fight, euenasthe beat, rare. For i Iuaeb;eRa.- when thenoble part of the minde ( which fhould fubieél the inferiour powers of the foule veto it (elfe, and allo guide themotions and aClions of men by deliberation,ceunlel, iudgmenr,and cle&ion)is deposed from his regencie; the fenfitiue appetite which is common to man and beat(, like a rebellious commons taketh the wholecommand, and carrieth the foule by ablind forcevoto any bruitifh lull , and to what foeuer isdele- &able to the fenfes. Notably doth theProphet expreffe this property in the wicked lewes, fay ing,thatlikefedherfes ,eueryofthem neighed after his Ier.5.6; neighbours wife. 3. By the pra6tife of many beafllyand bruitifhproperties. For what ; properties haue vnrgeneratemen, whichare not more befeeming cuill aruie:n,quai. and hurtful( beafls then men? r. If we confider the refpeél betwecne God andhim, his heart knoweth no fubie6lion; but as was laid once of Ifrael, he is as an vnrreyheifer, tie knoweth no yoke; acknowledged) no ! rtoih.y.s. Maher, liftethvphis heeleagain(} his feeder,and careth net for theow- ner ofhis fat paf}ure. a. If we confider naturali men in themfelues , no 2 beat} is fo ynclean. and foule as they, whole fihhie hearts are fit for no 1t Q-4 thing,
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