And this is the whole progress of sin, he groweth from a liar to a thief, from a thief to a murderer, and never leaveth until he have searched all the rooms in hell, and yet he is never satisfied, the more he sinneth, the more he searcheth to sin: when he hath deceived, nay he hath not deceived thee: as soon as he hath that he desireth, he hath not that he desireth: when he hath left fighting, he goeth to fighting again: yet a little and a little more, and so we flit from one sin to another. While I preach, you hear iniquity engender within you, and will break forth as soon as you are gone. So Christ wept, Jerusalem laughed: Adam brake one, and we break ten, like children which laugh and cry, so as if we kept a shop of vices, now this sin, and then that, from one sin to another. O Remember thy end saith Solomon, & that thou must come to judgement. What shall become of them that have tried them most? be condemned most: Rejoice O young man in thy youth. But if thou mark Solomon, he harps upon one string, he doubles it again and again, to show us things of his own experience, because we are so forgetful thereof in our selves, like the dreamer, that forgetteth his dream, and the swearer his swearing. So we beg of every unclean spirit, until we have bumbasted our selves up to the throat, filling every corner of our hearts with all uncleanness, and then we are like the dog that cometh out of the sink, and maketh every one as foul as himself: therefore saith Solomon, If any one will learn the way to hell, let him take his pleasure. Methinke I see the dialogue between the flesh and the spirit, the worst speaketh first, and the flesh saith, Soul, take thine ease, eat, drink, and go brave, lye soft, what else should you do but take your pleasure, thou knowest what a pleasant fellow I have been unto thee, thou ⟨image 4⟩knowest what delight thou hast had by my means: but the soul cometh in, burdened with that which hath been spoken before, and saith, I pray thee remember judgement, thou must give account for all these things, for unless you repent, you shall surely perish:
And this is the whole progresse of sinne, he groweth from a lyar to a theefe, from a theefe to a murtherer, and neuer leaueth vntill hee haue searched all the roomes in hell, and yet hee is neuer satisfied, the more hee sinneth, the more hee searcheth to sinne: when he hath deceiued, nay he hath not deceiued thee: assoone as he hath that he desireth, he hath not that he desireth: when he hath left fighting, hee goeth to fighting agayne: yet a little and a little more, and so wee flit from one sinne to another. While I preach, you heare iniquitie ingender within you, and will breake forth as soone as you are gone. So Christ wept, Ierusalem laughed: Adam brake one, and we breake ten, like children which laugh and crye, so as if wee kept a shop of vices, now this sinne, and then that, from one sinne to another. O Remember thy end sayth Salomon, & that thou must come to iudgement. What shall become of them that haue tried them most? be condemned most: Reioice O young man in thy youth. But if thou marke Salomon, he harpes vpon one string, he doubles it againe and againe, to shewe vs thinges of his owne experience, because we are so forgetfull thereof in our selues, like the dreamer, that forgetteth his dreame, and the swearer his swearing. So we begge of euerie vncleane spirit, vntill wee haue bumbasted our selues vp to the throat, filling euerie corner of our hartes with all vncleannes, and then wee are like the dogge that commeth out of the sinke, and maketh euerie one as foule as himselfe: therefore saith Salomon, If any one will learne the way to hell, let him take his pleasure. Methinke I see the dialogue betweene the flesh and the spirit, the worst speaketh first, and the flesh saith, Soule, take thine ease, eate, drinke, and goe braue, lye soft, what else should you doe but take your pleasure, thou knowest what a pleasant fellow I haue beene vnto thee, thou ⟨image 4⟩knowest what delight thou hast had by my meanes: but the soule commeth in, burdened with that which hath been spoken before, and saith, I pray thee remember iudgement, thou must giue account for all these thinges, for vnlesse you repent, you shall surely perish:
