1 That tickling delight, as an evil against the Law of God, is a fruit of original sin, which sin infects all our imaginations, and makes them evil. Gen. 6.5. yea, they are the flowings out of habitual lust, which is now nature •l to us; and if they be a Fruit of that Tree, or a Daughter of that Mother, must th •y not be of the same nature, and so sinful? and that they must flow from Original sin, may thus be made out; That none can imagine such dreams to have been incident to Adam, in the state of Innocency, while all was pure, even though sleep and dreams w •re natural to him: And this may be confirmed •rom that one Maxim of the School-men, that Adam's Innocency was capable of no deception, nor of any thing which might make him sad, •ither slay •ping or waking; but such dreams c •rtainly imply both. It it be said, such dreams may be from an external cause as the Devils objecting such and such things to m •n in sleep: I answer, I g ••nt in part it may be so; but 1. Though he object th •m to us sl ••ping as well as waking, yet it is we that entertain th •se objected Representations, it is we that delight in them, and move by them, though tempted thereto by him: we may say he is Father▪ and as it is, Act. 5.3. he filleth the heart, and furnisheth fuel; but we ⟨p. 22⟩are the Mother (I say it is our corruption) that bringeth forth; and can any say, that if there were no corruption within us, that th •se would be so entertained? 2. Though they come from him as an external cause, yet considering that our nature is inclined to such things, so that Powder or Flax taketh no sooner with Fire cast into them, than our corrupt nature doth with these temptations: Is it possible to imagine that a Dut of temptation should be thrown in, and not at least awake and stir the savour of corruptions? Indeed pure Nature in our blessed Lord (who was without Original sin) was like wat •r, presently to quench all such Fiery Darts. 3. If they come from the D •vil, to what end can he object them to men; it must either be because they are sinful, that being his aim to d file them th •r •by, and draw them to sin, or because th •y are troublesome and heavy to men, he having delight also in mens mis •ry;
1 That tickling delight, as an evil against the Law of God, is a fruit of original sin, which sin infects all our imaginations, and makes them evil. Gen. 6.5. yea, they are the flowings out of habitual lust, which is now natur •l to us; and if they be a Fruit of that Tree, or a Daughter of that Mother, must th •y not be of the same nature, and so sinful? and that they must flow from Original sin, may thus be made out; That none can imagine such dreams to have been incident to Adam, in the state of Innocency, while all was pure, even though sleep and dreams w •re natural to him: And this may be confirmed •rom that one Maxim of the School-men, that Adam's Innocency was capable of no deception, nor of any thing which might make him sad, •ither sle •ping or waking; but such dreams c •rtainly imply both. It it be said, such dreams may be from an external cause as the Devils objecting such and such things to m •n in sleep: I answer, I g ••nt in part it may be so; but 1. Though he object th •m to us sl ••ping as well as waking, yet it is we that entertain th •se objected Representations, it is we that delight in them, and move by them, though tempted thereto by him: we may say he is Father▪ and as it is, Act. 5.3. he filleth the heart, and furnisheth fewel; but we ⟨p. 22⟩are the Mother (I say it is our corruption) that bringeth sorth; and can any say, that if there were no corruption within us, that th •se would be so entertained? 2. Though they come from him as an external cause, yet considering that our nature is inclined to such things, so that Powder or Flax taketh no sooner with Fire cast into them, than our corrupt nature doth with these temptations: Is it possible to imagine that a Dut of temptation should be thrown in, and not at least awake and stir the savour of corruptions? Indeed pure Nature in our blessed Lord (who was without Original sin) was like wat r, presently to quench all such Fiery Darts. 3. If they come from the D vil, to what end can he object them to men; it must either be because they are sinful, that being his aim to d file them th r by, and draw them to sin, or because th y are troublesome and heavy to men, he having delight also in mens mis ry;
