First, Here is denoted a vehement and violent appetite to sin; Thirst if extreme is intolerable some say, worse then hunger; Hence Samson cried out of his thirst, though so strong a man, he was not able to bear it; and Christ himself, while upon the Cross, complained of no pain, only said, I thirst, which denoteth the impetuousness of this appetite; It is usually defined to be appetitus humidi & frigidi, an appetite of that which is moist and cold, as hunger is calidi & sicci, of that which is hot and dry. But the learned Vossius (De Theol. Genili lib. 3. pag. 104.) thinketh this definition, though given by Aristotle, ought to be corrected, because hungry men sometimes desire cold things to eat, and thirsty sometimes hot things to drink; Therefore he thinketh it more exact to define hunger an appetite, humidi pinguis, of that which is moist, but nourishing, and thirst humids aquei, of that which is moist, but merely so. For by satisfying of our thirst, we are not properly nourished, only thereby the meat we eat, is disposed better to nourishment, so that thereby the parts of the body, which were dried, are watered, and the food more easily conveyed to its proper places: yea he will not have hunger or thirst to be an appetite, but a grief or dolour, arising from the sense of feeling, which is in the stomach, though he granteth an appetite to follow this grief. Howsoever this be in Philosophy, yet we see thirst is an appetite, or hath it necessarily following it; There is also a kind of pain and grief, whereby every part that is needy calleth for relief, and thus it is in man by nature, he being destitute of the Image of God, and finding no happiness in him, doth earnestly crave for some relief from the creatures: he thirsteth after the pleasures and profits which are for bidden by Gods Words, and thereupon his whole endeavour and study is to fulfil the lusts of this sinful inclination within him; That which is said of some particular sinners, as to some lusts only, Ephes. 4. 19. They have given themselves to work at uncleanness with greediness; As also Jer. 8. 6. Every one turneth to his course (viz. of wickedness) as the horse rusheth into the battle, is true of all men naturally, in respect of some sin or other.
First, Here is denoted a vehement and violent appetite to sinne; Thirst if extream is intollerable some say, worse then hunger; Hence Samson cried out of his thirst, though so strong a man, he was not able to bear it; and Christ himself, while upon the Crosse, complained of no pain, only said, I thirst, which denoteth the impetuousness of this appetite; It is usually defined to be appetitus humidi & frigidi, an appetite of that which is moist and cold, as hunger is calidi & sicci, of that which is hot and dry. But the learned Vossius (De Theol. Genili lib. 3. pag. 104.) thinketh this definition, though given by Aristrotle, ought to be corrected, because hungry men sometimes desire cold things to eat, and thirstly sometimes hot things to drink; Therefore he thinketh it more exact to define hunger an appetite, humidi pinguis, of that which is moist, but nourishing, and thirst humids aquei, of that which is moist, but meerly so. For by satisfying of our thirst, we are not properly nourished, only thereby the meat we eat, is disposed better to nourishment, so that thereby the parts of the body, which were dried, are watered, and the food more easily conveyed to its proper places: yea he will not have hunger or thirst to be an appetite, but a grief or dolor, arising from the sense of feeling, which is in the stomack, though he granteth an appetite to follow this grief. Howsoever this be in Philosophy, yet we see thirst is an appetite, or hath it necessarily following it; There is also a kind of pain and grief, whereby every part that is needy calleth for relief, and thus it is in man by nature, he being destitute of the Image of God, and finding no happiness in him, doth earnestly crave for some relief from the creatures: he thirsteth after the pleasures and profits which are for bidden by Gods Words, and thereupon his whole endeavour and study is to fulfill the lusts of this sinfull inclination within him; That which is said of some particular sinners, as to some lusts only, Ephes. 4. 19. They have given themselves to work at uncleanesse with greedinesse; As also Jer. 8. 6. Every one turneth to his course (viz. of wickednesse) as the horse rusheth into the battel, is true of all men naturally, in respect of some sinne or other.
