Mystical bedlam, or the world of mad-men. By ThoMystical bedlam, or the vvorld of mad-men. By Tho

3. The Liquor this vessel holds, is evil.

3. The Liquor this vessel holds, is euill.

Evil is double, either of Sin, or of Punishment: the deserving and retribution: the one of mans own affecting, the other of Gods just inflicting. The former is simpliciter malum, simply evil of it own nature: the latter but secundum quid, in respect of the sufferer, being good in regard of Gods glory, as an act of his Justice. For the Evils of our sufferings, as not intended here, I pretermit. Only, when they come, we learn hence how to entertain them; in our opinion, as our due rewards: in our patience,¹ as men, as Saints: that tribulation may as well produce patience, as sin hath procured tribulation. Non sentire mala sua non est hominis, & non ferre non est viri: ²He that feels not his miseries sensibly, is not a man: and he that bears them not courageously, is not a Christian.

Euill is double, eyther of Sinne, or of Punishment: the deseruing and retribution: the one of mans owne affecting, the other of Gods iust inflicting. The former is simpliciter malum, simply euill of it owne nature: the latter but secundum quid, in respect of the sufferer, being good in regard of Gods glory, as an act of his Iustice. For the Euils of our sufferings, as not intended here, I pretermit. Onely, when they come, we learne hence how to intertaine them; in our opinion, as our due rewards: in our patience,¹ as men, as Saints: that tribulation may as well produce patience, as sinne hath procured tribulation. Non sentire mala sua non est hominis, & non ferre non est viri: ²He that feeles not his miseries sensibly, is not a man: and he that beares them not couragiously, is not a Christian.