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, thus, Men naturally hath a strong appetite or desire to sin, Mans natural desire is to nothing else but sin. Drinking implies appetite; a man doth not drink (ordinarily) till he is thirsty: And though Drunkards have sometimes no thirst, yet they have always a strong desire to drink. Sinful man is a thirst for, and desires the drafts of sin (Ephes. 4.19.) He commits iniquity with greediness, which is a Metaphor taken from eating and drinking: And because man hath not a greater desire after any thing then to drink, therefore it is gone to a Proverb among us, when we would show our willingness to do a thing, we say, We will do it as willingly as to drink when we are a thirst. Such is the bent of man to sin, that he hath no more reluctance to commit it, then the thirsty man hath to drink: He thirsteth after it as vehemently, as David did after God (Psal. 42.2.) My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God; as the Hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee O God. Or again, the heart of man thirsteth after the waters of iniquity, as David thirsted after the waters of the well of Bethlehem, who will give me to drink of the waters of the Well of Bethlehem. At which word, some of his mighty men brake through the whole Host of the Enemy, to fetch that water. When man thirsts for this water of iniquity, his ⟨p. 71⟩own heart or hand will break through all oppositions, through Law, through conscience, through counsel, through an host of threatenings armed against him, through judgements inflicted on him, he will break through all these, that he may have a draught of his beloved iniquity-water.

First, thus, Men naturally hath a strong appetite or desire to sin, Mans naturall desire is to nothing else but sin. Drinking implyes appetite; a man doth not drink (ordinarily) till he is thirsty: And though Drunkards have sometimes no thirst, yet they have alwayes a strong desire to drink. Sinfull man is a thirst for, and desires the drafts of sin (Ephes. 4.19.) He commits iniquity with greedinesse, which is a Metaphor taken from eating and drinking: And because man hath not a greater desire after any thing then to drinke, therefore it is gone to a Proverbe among us, when we would shew our willingnesse to doe a thing, we say, We will doe it as willingly as to drink when we are a thirst. Such is the bent of man to sin, that he hath no more reluctance to commit it, then the thirsty man hath to drink: He thirsteth after it as vehemently, as David did after God (