Hath given. I come from the Faculty of the Agent, to the Liberty of the Action: he Gives. He doth not set, nor let, nor sell, nor lend, but Give. The covetous Land-lord sets his tenements, the griping Usurer lets his money, the wasting Prodigal sells his estate, the charitable Neighbour lends his goods; but the most liberal God Gives. Thus doth God, Satan, and man, dispose their things. Deus donat, Diabolus vendit, Homo retribuit, God gives, Satan sells, and man restores. God and Satan have two several warehouses: we come to the Devils warehouse, look on his wares, like them well, they have a fair gloss. The gloss of drunkenness is good fellowship: the gloss of adultery is good affection: the gloss of covetousness is good husbandry: the gloss of murder is good courage: the gloss of sedition is good reformation: the gloss of treason is good religion. To make good this gloss, his shop hath two false lights; mans law, and mans example. First, humane laws; so we shall never be able to prove sin to be sin, unless we have an act of Parliament for it. Next, humane examples; and by that reason we shall never prove sin to be sin, till all great men become good men, and that will not be this two days. Well, men thus liking the warts, they come to the price; that's everlasting torment: dear, very dear! The Devil is no such frank chapman, to sell his commodities for nothing. No, did he not offer Christ kingdoms upon free gift? Matth. 4.9. No, they had a price set on them; Si cadens adoraver is me; it must be a crouch of his knee, he must worship the Devil for it. He makes show of Robin-Hoods pennyworths, and may forbear his debtors until death; but then lays an heavy execution on them, and condemns them to an everlasting prison. Munera magna quidem praebet, sed praebet in hamo; he puts forth large baits, but there be damnable hooks hid in them. A worldling is beset with exigents, he complains his wants, Satan promiseth ready help: Judas shall have money in his purse, Gehezi new suits to his back, Nero a crown on his head: but thus he possesseth their wretched hearts, from whence he is hardly ever untenanted.
Hath given. I come from the Faculty of the Agent, to the Liberty of the Action: he Gives. He doth not set, nor let, nor sell, nor lend, but Give. The covetous Land-lord sets his tenements, the griping Vsurer lets his money, the wasting Prodigall sells his estate, the charitable Neighbour lends his goods; but the most liberall God Gives. Thus doth God, Satan, and man, dispose their things. Deus donat, Diabolus vendit, Homo retribuit, God gives, Satan sels, and man restores. God and Satan have two severall warehouses: we come to the Devils warehouse, looke on his wares, like them well, they have a faire glosse. The glosse of drunkennesse is good fellowship: the glosse of adultery is good affection: the glosse of covetousnesse is good husbandry: the glosse of murder is good courage: the glosse of sedition is good reformation: the glosse of treason is good religion. To make good this glosse, his shop hath two false lights; mans law, and mans example. First, humane lawes; so we shall never be able to prove sinne to be sinne, unlesse we have an act of Parliament for it. Next, humane examples; and by that reason we shall never prove sinne to bee sinne, till all great men become good men, and that will not be this two dayes. Well, men thus liking the warts, they come to the price; that's everlasting torment: deare, very deare! The Devill is no such franke chapman, to sell his commodities for nothing. No, did hee not offer Christ kingdomes upon free gift? Matth. 4.9. No, they had a price set on them; Si cadens adoraver is me; it must be a crouch of his knee, he must worship the Devill for it. He makes shew of Robin-Hoods peniworths, and may forbeare his debters untill death; but then layes an heavie execution on them, and condemnes them to an everlasting prison. Munera magna quidem praebet, sed praebet in hamo; he puts forth large baites, but there be damnable hookes hid in them. A worldling is beset with exigents, he complaines his wants, Satan promiseth ready help: Iudas shall have money in his purse, Gehezi new sutes to his backe, Nero a crowne on his head: but thus he possesseth their wretched hearts, from whence he is hardly ever untenanted.
