Remains of that reverend and learned divine, John Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplain in…Remaines of that reverend and learned divine, Iohn Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplaine in…

Now there is a double misery in every sin:

Now there is a double misery in every sinne:

First, that which is inherent, which is the sin itself. The mind can never take contentment till it have the proper object; and every thing taketh pleasure when it is as it should be, otherwise it doth not, but as allege or an arm being out of joint, is full of pain and grief; so when the mind and faculties thereof are distracted, they were as it ⟨p. 14⟩were out of joint, and full of grief. The pleasures of the wicked have sorrow with them, but the sorrows of the godly have joy.

First, that which is inherent, which is the sinne itselfe. The minde can never take contentment till it have the proper object; and every thing taketh pleasure when it is as it should be, otherwise it doth not, but as alegge or an arme being out of joynt, is full of paine and griefe; so when the mind and faculties thereof are distracted, they were as it ⟨p. 14⟩were out of joynt, and full of griefe. The pleasures of the wicked have sorrow with them, but the sorrowes of the godly have joy.

Secondly, as to good actions there is pleasure adjoined, so there are also some wills which follow every sin. Satan he presents before our eyes fair pleasures, when he tempts us to heinous sins; but he never shows us the pain and grief that will follow. Thus did he with our Saviour, when he tempted him, showing him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; but never did he show him the grief. Thus likewise did he when he tempted the Israelites, showing them their fleshpots in Egypt, and their onions, &c. but he never showed them the grievous pain and servitude that there in making bricks they did undergo.