A treatise of mans imaginations Showing his natural evil thoughtsA treatise of mans imaginations Shewing his naturall euill thoughts

The first evil thought is a thought of disgrace, which some way tendeth to the reproach, and debasing of our neighbours good name; as when a thing is well done, to think & judge it to be ill done, or when a thing is a miss to judge it ⟨p. 113⟩worse then it is: Thus Ely thought disgracefully of Hannah deeming her to be drunk, saying,^q put away thy drunkenness, when she prayed devoutly from a^r troubled soul to the Lord; Thus Eliab Davids eldest brother thought disgracefully of David, when he showed himself willing to encounter with Goliath that reviled the host of the living God saying; ^sI know the pride and malice of thine heart that thou art come to see the Battle, when as indeed the spirit of God put that motion into his heart to take away the shame from Israel, as the happy event declared plainly. So when our saviour Christ spake most comfortably to the sick of the Palsy, saying,^t be of good ⟨p. 114⟩comfort thy sins are forgiven thee; then the cursed hearts of the wicked Pharisees thought thus in themselves, u this man blasphemeth. ⁵And when the gift of the holy Ghost, was sent upon the Apostles, causing them to speak strange tongues to the great admiration of men of divers nations, then some of the malicious Jews thought they were drunk, saying scoffingly, they were full of new wine. ^vAnd this thought of disgrace is in every man naturally bringing forth continually the fruits of disgrace, as Envy, Strife, Emulations, Dissentions, and Debates: for love thinketh not evil; but naturally true love is wanting in all men: and therefore they cannot but think evil of others.

The first euill thought is a thought of disgrace, which some way tendeth to the reproach, and debasing of our neighbours good name; as when a thing is well done, to thinke & iudge it to bee ill done, or when a thing is a misse to iudge it