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Mystical bedlam, or the world of mad-men. By ThoMystical bedlam, or the vvorld of mad-men. By Tho
Mystical bedlam, or the world of mad-men. By Tho: AdamsMystical bedlam, or the vvorld of mad-men. By Tho: Adams
London: printed by George Purslowe for Clement Knight, 1615
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The juice in the heart of the sons of men is evil, all have corrupted their ways. Solomon speaks not here in ⟨p. 16⟩individuo, this or that son of man: but generally, with an universal extent, the sons of men. And leaving the plural with the Possessors, by a significant solecism, he names the vessel in the singular; the heart, not hearts: as if all mankind had cor unum in unitate malitiae: one heart in the unity of sin: the matter of the vessel being of one polluted lump; that every man, that hath an hart, hath naturally an evil heart. Adam had no sooner by his one sin slain his posterity, but he begot a son, that slew his brother. Adam was planted by God a good Vine, but his Apostasy made all his children sour grapes. Our nature was sown good, behold, we are come up evil. Through whose default ariseth this badness?
The iuyce in the heart of the sonnes of men is euill, all haue corrupted their wayes. Solomon speakes not here in ⟨p. 16⟩indiuiduo, this or that sonne of man: but generally, with an vniuersall extent, the sonnes of men. And leauing the plurall with the Possessors, by a significant salaecisme, he names the vessell in the singular; the heart, not hearts: as if all mankind had cor vnum in vnitate malitiae: one heart in the vnity of sinne: the matter of the vessell being of one polluted lumpe; that euery man, that hath an hart, hath naturally an euill heart. Adam had no sooner by his one sinne slaine his posterity, but hee begote a sonne, that slew his brother. Adam was planted by God a good Vine, but his Apostasie made all his children sowre grapes. Our nature was sowne good, behold, wee are come vp euill. Through whose default ariseth this badnesse?
God created this vessel good; man poisoned it in the seasoning. And being thus distained in the tender newness, seruat odorem testa diu: it smells of the old infection, till a new juice be put into it, or rather it self made new. As David prays: Create in me, oh Lord, a clean heart, 1