A Body of Practical Divinity

2. If we love our Pleasures more than God, we make a God of Pleasure, 2 Tim. 3.4. [Greek or Hebrew]. Lovers of Pleasure more than Lovers of God. Many let loose the Reins, and give themselves up to all manner of sensual Delights, they idolize Pleasure, Job 21.12, 13. They take the Timbrel and the Harp, and rejoice at the sound of the Organ. They spend their days in mirth. I have read of a place in Africa, where the People spend all their time in Dancing, and making Merry: And have not we many, who make a God of Pleasure; who spend their time in going to Plays, and visiting Stews, as if God had made them like the ⟨p. 278⟩Leviathan to play in the Water, Psal. 104.26. In the Country of Sardinia there is an Herb like Balm, that if one eat too much of it, he well die laughing. Such an Herb is Pleasure; if one seeds immoderately on it, he will go laughing to Hell. Such as make a God of Pleasure, let them read but two Scriptures, Eccl. 7.4. The Heart of Fools is in the House of Mirth. And Rev. 18.7. How much she hath lived Deliciously, so much Torment give her. Sugar laid in a damp p•ace turns to Water: So all the sugared Joys and Pleasures of Sinners, will turn to the Water of Tears at last.

2. If we love our Pleasures more than God, we make a God of Pleasure, 2 Tim. 3.4. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Lovers of Pleasure more than Lovers of God. Many let loose the Reins, and give themselves up to all manner of sensual Delights, they idolize Pleasure, Iob 21.12, 13. They take the Timbrel and the Harp, and rejoyce at the sound of the Organ. They spend their days in mirth. I have read of a place in Africa, where the People spend all their time in Dancing, and making Merry: And have not we many, who make a God of Pleasure; who spend their time in going to Plays, and visiting Stews, as if God had made them like the