Quic. Point. 2 Consider and throughly weigh the circumstances of all thy sins, of thy unregeneration, at what time, in what place, with what scandal, &c. As Austin saith of himself, he did wonderfully weep in reading the fourth book of Virgil when Dido was killed; what a damned soul had I (quoth ⟨p. 49⟩he) that could weep for her misery, and not for my own? so when he listened to music, and to the tune in singing of a Psalm in the Church, rather then kept his heart to go along with the matter: and for being much addicted to stage-plays, and many more, but especially for robbing an ⟨p. 50⟩orchard, which he aggravates by many circumstances; that great renowned Father left this example to all posterity; whereas if a young man now adays should but cry out of robbing an orchard, he would be thought simple and too precise. Look the second book of his Confessions,1 where see his sin ⟨p. 51⟩aggravated, by these ten circumstances.
Quic. Point. 2 Consider and throughly weigh the circumstances of all thy sinnes, of thy vnregeneration, at what time, in what place, with what scandall, &c. As Austin sayth of himselfe, hee did wonderfully weepe in reading the fourth booke of Virgill when Dido was killed; what a damn'd soule had I (quoth ⟨p. 49⟩hee) that could weepe for her misery, and not for my owne? so when hee listned to musicke, and to the tune in singing of a Psalme in the Church, rather then kept his heart to goe along with the matter: and for being much addicted to stage-playes, and many more, but especially for robbing an ⟨p. 50⟩orchard, which hee aggravates by many circumstances; that great renowned Father left this example to all posterity; whereas if a young man now adayes should but crye out of robbing an orchard, hee would be thought simple and too precise. Looke the second booke of his Confessions,1 where see his sinne ⟨p. 51⟩aggravated, by these ten circumstances.
- 1Cap. 4.
