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

1 It makes room for the Devil: all sins break in at the loss of the Sconce or Capitol; Reason: thence the enemy commands the whole Town. The eyes are wanton, the tongue blaspheming, the hands stabbing: all mischiefs. Invadunt urbem somno vinóque sepultum. So were the Trojans conquered: and for this cause, I think, ever since, drunkards are called true Trojans. It is a mare mortuum, no fish can live there, no virtue thrive here. It is the root of all evils, the rot of all goodness: The Devil could find no rest^a in dry places: he loves the low countries, the wet ground; moorish and marish souls. The great Behemoth loveth the^b Fens. Of all reasonless creatures, he chose the drunken Hogs, Mark 5.

1 It makes roome for the Devill: all sinnes breake in at the losse of the Sconce or Capitoll; Reason: thence the enemie commands the whole Towne. The eyes are wanton, the tongue blaspheming, the hands stabbing: all mischiefes. Invadunt urbem somno vinóque sepultum. So were the Trojans conquered: and for this cause, I thinke, ever since, drunkards are called true Trojans. It is a mare mortuum, no fish can live there, no vertue thrive here. It is the root of all evils, the rot of all goodnesse: The Devill could find no rest^a in drie places: he loves the low countries, the wet ground; moorish and marish soules. The great Behemoth loveth the^b Fennes. Of all reasonlesse creatures, he chose the drunken Hogs, Marke 5.

1. aMatt. 12.43.
2. bJob 49.21.Iob 49.21.