The danger of prosperity discovered in several sermons upon Prov. I. 27 /

2. Plentiful Prosperity affords variety of Temptations, which he makes use of to prevent the satiety and dislike that the same repeated Temptations would cause. Since Man was divided from God, the true Centre of the Soul, he breaks into a thousand irregular Desires; and in the Apostle's phrase, serves divers Lusts and Pleasures: and the Vanities of the World do rather cloy than satisfy; that which brings transporting ⟨p. 46⟩Joy at first, by continuance becomes nauseous and insipid. Now the Tempter, with the abundance of Prosperity, so orders his temptations, as to take off the weariness of one pleasure by another, and keeps his Slaves in the Magical Circle of Variety. As a rich Epicure provides a Universe of Luxury, commands the four Elements to make a show, ^*the Earth, the Air, the Water, of their Treasures, and the Fire of its Art to dress them, thereby to excite the languishing Appetite, to give a relish to Intemperance, and satisfy the greedy Eye, as well as the blind Belly. Thus Satan, the Architect of Pleasure, brings out of his Storehouse several kinds of delightful Temptations, to reinflame the Carnal Appetite when sated: without variety desire often ⟨p. 47⟩fails the Man, and Pleasure fails the Desire. Voluptuaries are dissolved in the changing streams of Pleasure.

2. Plentiful Prosperity affords variety of Temptations, which he makes use of to prevent the satiety and dislike that the same repeated Temptations would cause. Since Man was divided from God, the true Center of the Soul, he breaks into a thousand irregular Desires; and in the Apostle's phrase, serves divers Lusts and Pleasures: and the Vanities of the World do rather cloy than satisfy; that which brings transporting ⟨p. 46⟩Joy at first, by continuance becomes nauseous and insipid. Now the Tempter, with the abundance of Prosperity, so orders his temptations, as to take off the weariness of one pleasure by another, and keeps his Slaves in the Magical Circle of Variety. As a rich Epicure provides a Universe of Luxury, commands the four Elements to make a show, ^*