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

How it becomes it such a hart, to have hypocrisy, injustice, fraud, covetousness leen in it? Let these bitter waters live in heathen cisterns. To the master of malediction, & his ungodly imps we leave those vices: our harts are not vessels for such liquor. If we should entertain them, we give a kind of warrant to others imitation. Whiles Polygamy was restrained within^a Lamechs doors, it did but moderate harm: but when it once insinuated into ^bIsaac's family, it got strength, & prevailed with great prejudice. The habits of vices, whiles they dwell in the harts of Belials children, are merely sins: but when they have room given them in the harts of the sons of God, they ⟨p. 22⟩are sins and examples: not simply evil deeds, but warrants to evil deeds.³ Especially with such despisers and despiters of goodness; who, though they love, embrace and resolve to practise evil, yet are glad, they may do it by Patronage, and go to hell by example.

How it becoms it such a hart, to haue hypocrisie, iniustice, fraud, couetousnes leen in it? Let these bitter waters liue in heathen cesterns. To the master of maledictiō, & his vngodly imps we leaue those vices: our harts are not vessels for such liquour. If wee should intertaine thē, we giue a kind of warrāt to others imitatiō. Whiles Polygamie was restrained within^a Lamechs dores, it did but moderate harm: but when it once insinuated into ^bIsaac's family, it got strength, & preuailed with great preiudice. The habites of vices, whiles they dwel in the harts of Belials children, are meerly sins: but when they haue room giuē thē in the harts of the sons of God, they ⟨p. 22⟩are sins and examples: not simply euill deeds, but warrants to euill deedes.³