Thirdly, Original sin is Indefatigable, never weary of warring, of tempting, of raging, of intruding, of bringing forth, o• polluting all we do, because it is unsatisfied, The 1eye is not satisfied with seeing nor the •are with hearing. It is of vast and infinite desires, and the more it is supplied with that in which it seeketh satisfaction, the more greedy it grows; as natural motions the longer they continue the swifter they are. A sinner if he should live for ever, would 2sin for ever, & never say it is enough. Every imagination, every Creature that is shaped & formed in the hart, every purpose, desire, motion, ebullition, is only evil every Day, saith the text; no period, no stint, Evil from the childhood, 3Ex quo excussus est ex utero, from the time of breaking forth out of the womb, as the learned observe from the propriety of the word. Evil comes out of the heart as sparkles do out of the fire, never cease rising while the fire continues. Notably is this insatiableness of lust expressed by the Prophet in two excellent similitudes. First,4 from Drunkenness, which makes a man still more greedy, doth not extinguish but inflame the perverse desire; none call in for wine faster, then they which have had too much before. Secondly, from Hell and the grave, which5 have no stint nor measure. The Cloud which the Prophet showed his servant, was no bigger at first then a hand; after, it grew to cover all the Heavens, and the reason was, it rose out of a Sea: so the sin of man will continually grow and overflow all his life, and the reason is, it hath a Sea of lust continually to supply it. Therefore in the Scripture it is6 called an effusion, a rushing out, an aestus, like the foaming or boiling of the Sea, a strange excess of riot, unto which, saith the Apostle, wicked men run: a Greediness, a covetous improvement of uncleanness, a burning of lust, a fullness of all mischief. Now from this insatiableness of lust must needs follow the indefatigableness of it too. When a thing is out of the place of its own rest, it never leaves moving naturally till it have gotten to it; therefore in as ⟨p. 189⟩much as lust can never carry the hart to any thing which it may rest in, needs must it flutter about, & be always in motion.
Thirdly, Originall sin is Indefatigable, never wearie of warring, of tempting, of raging, of intruding, of bringing forth, o• polluting all we do, because it is unsatisfied, The 1eye is not satisfied with seeing nor the •are with hearing. It is of vast and infinite desires, and the more it is supplied with that in which it seeketh satisfaction, the more greedy it growes; as naturall motions the longer they continue the swifter they are. A sinner if he should live for ever, would 2sin for ever, & never say it is enough. Every imagination, every Creature that is shap'd & form'd in the hart, every purpose, desire, motion, ebullition, is onely evill every Day, saith the text; no period, no stint, Evill from the childhood, 3Ex quo excussus est ex vtero, from the time of breaking forth out of the wombe, as the learned observe from the propriety of the word. Evill comes out of the heart as sparkles do out of the fire, never cease rising while the fire continues. Notably is this insatiablenesse of lust expressed by the Prophet in two excellent similitudes. First,4 from Drunkennesse, which makes a man still more greedy, doth not extinguish but enflame the perverse desire; none cal in for wine faster, then they which have had too much before. Secondly, from Hell and the grave, which5 have no stint nor measure. The Cloud which the Prophet shewed his servant, was no bigger at first then a hand; after, it grew to cover all the Heavens, and the reason was, it rose out of a Sea: so the sin of man will continually grow and overflow all his life, and the reason is, it hath a Sea of lust continually to supply it. Therfore in the Scripture it is6 call'd an effusion, a rushing out, an aestus, like the foaming or boyling of the Sea, a strange excesse of ryot, unto which, saith the Apostle, wicked men runne: a Greedinesse, a covetous improvement of uncleanenesse, a burning of lust, a fulnesse of all mischiefe. Now from this insatiablenesse of lust must needs follow the indefatigablenesse of it too. When a thing is out of the place of its owne rest, it neuer leaves moving naturally till it have gotten to it; therefore in as ⟨p. 189⟩
- 1Eccles. 1. 8.
- 2Omnis peccator peccat in su• aeterno. Greg.
- 3Gen. 8. 21. Amama Antibarb. biblic. l 2 p. 403.
- 4Hab. 2. 5, 6.
- 5Isaiah 5. 14. Prov. 30. 15, 16. 1. King. 18. 43.Esay 5. 14. Prov. 30. 15, 16. 1. King. 18. 43.
- 6[Greek or Hebrew] 1. Pet 4. 4. Jude v. 13. Isaiah 57. 19. [Greek or Hebrew]. Eph. 4. 19. Rom. 1. 27, 29.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 1. Pet 4. 4. Iude v. 13. Esay 57. 19. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Eph. 4. 19. Rom. 1. 27, 29.
