Five sermons preached upon sundry especial occasions Viz. 1 The sinners mourning habitFiue sermons preached vpon sundry especiall occasions Viz. 1 The sinners mourning habit

1. Vain Pleasure; and oh what a world of foolish worshippers flock to this merry Goddess! She hath a Temple in every corner: Ebriety sits in Taverns, burning smoky Incense, and sacrificing drink-offerings to her. So that if a ⟨p. 49⟩man should prophesy of wine and strong drink, ¹he were a Prophet fit for this age: but to preach sobriety, is held but a dry doctrine. We commend wine for the excellency of it; but if it could speak, as it can take away speech, it would complain, that by our abuse, both the excellencies are lost: for the excellent man doth so spoil the excellent wine, until the excellent wine hath spoiled the excellent man. O that a man should take pleasure in that which makes him no man: that he should let a thief in at his mouth, to steal away his wit: that for a little throat-indulgence, he should kill in himself not only the first Adam, his reason; but even the second Adam his regeneration; & so commit two murders at once! In every Brothel this Idol hath her temple; where the bed of uncleanness, is the Altar, the Priest a strumpet, and the sacrifice, a burning flesh offered to Moloch. It is no rare thing for a man to make an Idol of his Mistress, and to spend more time in her courtings, then he doth at his prayers▪ more cost on her body, than upon his own soul. Images were but dead Idols, but painted Popinjays be living Idols. Pleasure hath a larger extent, then I can now stand to survey: this may be called an Idol of the Water; fluid and unsatisfying.

1. Vaine Pleasure; and oh what a world of foolish worshippers flocke to this merry Goddesse! Shee hath a Temple in euery corner: Ebrietie sits in Tauernes, burning smoky Incense, and sacrificing drink-offrings to her. So that if a ⟨p. 49⟩man should prophesie of wine and strong drinke, ¹he were a Prophet fit for this age: but to preach sobrietie, is held but a dry doctrine. We commend wine for the excellency of it; but if it could speak, as it can take away speech, it would complaine, that by our abuse, both the excellencies are lost: for the excellent man doth so spoile the excellent wine, vntill the excellent wine hath spoiled the excellent man. O that a man should take pleasure in that which makes him no man: that he should let a thiefe in at his mouth, to steale away his wit: that for a little throat-indulgence, he should kil in himselfe not onely the first Adam, his reason; but euen the second Adam his regeneration; & so commit two murders at once! In euery Brothell this Idol hath her temple; where the bed of vncleannes, is the Altar, the Priest a strumpet, and the sacrifice, a burning flesh offred to Moloch. It is no rare thing for a man to make an Idol of his Mistres, and to spend more time in her courtings, then he doth at his prayers more cost on her body, thē vpon his own soule. Images were but dead Idols, but painted Popiniayes be liuing Idols. Pleasure hath a larger extent, then I can now stand to suruey: this may be called an Idol of the Water; fluid and vnsatisfying.