1. As in every man, there is one element, one humour, and ordinarily one passion predominant; so also one hwork of darkness, and way of death. And it is that which his corrupt, and original crookedness, upon the first elective survey, and prospect over the fools Paradise of worldly pleasures, fleshly lusts and vanities of this life, by a secret sensual inclination, and bewitching infusion of Satan, singles out, and makes special choice of, to follow and feed upon, with greatest delight, and predominant sweetness: afterward, by custom and continuance, grows so powerful, and attractive, that it extraordinarily endears, and draws unto it the heat of all his desires, and strongest workings of his heart, with much affectionate impatience, and headlongnesse: and at the height, by an unresistable tyranny, it makes all occasions and occurrences, friends and followers, the deepest reach of policy, and utmost projects of wit, Religion, conscience, credit with the world, the universal possibility of body, soul, outward state, serviceable, and ⟨p. 36⟩contributary unto it, as the Captain, and commanding sin; as to the Devils vice-roy, domineering in the wasted conscience. In some, it is worldliness, wantonness, ambition, opposition to godliness, usury, pride, revenge, or the like: In others, it may be drunkenness, the swaggering vanity of good fellowship, gluttony, pleasures of Play-house haunting, gaming, scurrile jesting, &c. obstinate insatiableness in allowed recreations, idleness, or such like.
1. As in euery man, there is one element, one humour, and ordinarily one passion predominant; so also one hworke of darknesse, and way of death. And it is that which his corrupt, and originall crookednesse, vpon the first electiue suruay, and prospect ouer the fooles Paradise of worldly pleasures, fleshly lusts and vanities of this life, by a secret sensuall inclination, and bewitching infusion of Satan, singles out, and makes speciall choice of, to follow and feede vpon, with greatest delight, and predominant sweetnesse: afterward, by custome and continuance, growes so powerfull, and attractiue, that it extraordinarily endeares, and drawes vnto it the heate of all his desires, and strongest workings of his heart, with much affectionate impatiencie, and headlongnesse: and at the height, by an vnresistable tyranny, it makes all occasions and occurrences, friends and followers, the deepest reach of policie, and vtmost proiects of wit, Religion, conscience, credit with the world, the vniuersall possibilitie of body, soule, outward state, seruiceable, and ⟨p. 36⟩contributarie vnto it, as the Captaine, and commanding sin; as to the Deuils vice-roy, domineering in the wasted conscience. In some, it is worldlinesse, wantonnesse, ambition, opposicion to godlinesse, vsurie, pride, reuenge, or the like: In others, it may bee drunkennesse, the swaggering vanitie of good fellowship, gluttony, pleasures of Play-house hanting, gaming, scurrill iesting, &c. obstinate insatiablenesse in allowed recreations, idlenesse, or such like.
- hQuemadmodum nemo tam perditus, aut flagitiosus inuenitur, quin ab aliquo vitio magis qnam à caeteris, abhorreat: sic nemo tantae sanctitatis est, quin ad unum aliquod peccatum, quàm ad caetera propensior sit, Cartw in Prou. pag. 1262. Much more then in his state of nature. The flesh in every one hath some special darling-sin, wherein she most delight; which is as her right eye, in regard of pleasure▪ or as her righthand, in regard of profit, &c. Dyke, Of repentance▪ chap. 15.Quemadmodum nemo tam perditus, aut flagitiosus inuenitur, quin ab aliquo vitio magis qnam à caeteris, abhorreat: sic nemo tantae sanctitatis est, quin ad vnum aliquod peccatum, quàm ad caetera propensior sit, Cartw in Prou. pag. 1262. Much more then in his state of nature. The flesh in euery one hath some speciall darling-sinne, wherein she most delight; which is as her right eye, in regard of pleasure▪ or as her righthand, in regard of profit, &c. Dyke, Of repentance▪ chap. 15.
