An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…

First, Pleasure in sin, our own, or others: The worst that was said of the wicked Gentiles was this, They not only do such things, but take pleasure in them that do them (Rom. 1.32.)

First, Pleasure in sin, our owne, or others: The worst that was sayd of the wicked Gentiles was this, They not onely doe such things, but take pleasure in them that doe them (Rom. 1.32.)

Secondly, Pleasure in the sufferings and sorrows of others; some do not only put others to the suffering of sorrow, but take pleasure in the sorrow which they suffer; they make their tears as Wine, their ashes as Bread; and until they see ⟨p. 277⟩them weeping and feeding on ashes, their own Wine is as tears, and their Bread as ashes to them. Haman came full from the Queens Banquet, and he was invited by her to a second Banquet the next day, yet still he was hungry, and said (Hest. 5.13.) All this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the Kings gate: 'Tis like, Haman had eaten and drunk freely, yet the Banquet had not filled his belly: All this availeth me nothing. More then forty of the Jews bound themselves under a curse, that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul (Acts 23.12, 13.) It would have been better to Haman then meat and drink to have killed Mordecai, and all the Jews.

Secondly, Pleasure in the sufferings and sorrows of others; some doe not onely put others to the suffering of sorrow, but take pleasure in the sorrow which they suffer; they make their teares as Wine, their ashes as Bread; and untill they see ⟨p. 277⟩