A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written

Custom is a second nature, an Old habit is not easily forgotten. Natura non •itur repentinas mutations, say Physicians: nature endures no sudden alterations. •herefore for a man Consenescere cum vitiis, to grow old with his errors, is to be •ad to all virtues. And he will find it as hard to become good, as to reenter the •ombe, and be new borne. And Old Dog bites sore, an Old ulcer is hardly cured, •d an old vice within a degree of impossible to be amended. Age therefore hath no •viledge; look back upon^p Shiloh saith God. Shiloh's antiquity could not coun•ance Shiloh's iniquity. Indeed with us, grey hairs require reverence, though axed with some infirmities;^q Thou shalt honour the face of the old man, and fear thy •d. And they are wretched days, when Puer tumul tuabitur in senem; ^rthe child •ll behave himself proudly against the ancient. Yet no wounder, if the children de•e the parents; when the parents despise God. That world might say to the Lord, Esau to Isaac; ^sI am thy first borne. Aetate primus, impietate summus. Like a tree •rew crooked from the first planting, no art could straiten it, therefore the axe •st hew it down. But whether we the younger children, or that world the eldest, […] and Lamech the first borne; all have sinned, and all must have perished, but for […] sufferings of the first begotten of God.

Custome is a second nature, an Old habit is not easely forgotten. Natura non •itur repentinas mutationes, say Physicians: nature endures no suddaine alterations. herefore for a man Consenescere cum vitiis, to grow old with his errors, is to bee ad to all vertues. And he will find it as hard to become good, as to reenter the ombe, and be new borne. And Old Dog bites sore, an Old ulcer is hardly cured, d an old vice within a degree of impossible to be amended. Age therefore hath no viledge; look backe upon