Mercy magnified on a penitent prodigal, or, A brief discourse

2. There are many lusts in the heart of every unregenerate man to which he is enslaved man, by seeking an unbounded liberty, had ⟨p. 47⟩changed one good Lord, for many tyrannical ones, that have usurped the Dominion over his soul, Tit. 3. 3. Serving divers lust and pleasures: The word intimates one that is addicted unto, or wholly at the devotion of another, and is used to express our serving of God: Mens lusts rule them, their work and business is to gratify them, and it is not one single lust, but there are many of them, and he is at the command of them all; each claims an empire over the soul, and sets him on work to make provision for it, there is the lust of the flesh, or carnal concupiscence, the lust of the eye, or covetousness, the pride of the life, or ambition, these must all be obeyed.

2. There are many lusts in the heart of every unregenerate man to which he is enslaved man, by seeking an unbounded liberty, had ⟨p. 47⟩changed one good Lord, for many tyrannical ones, that have usurped the Dominion over his soul, Tit. 3. 3. Serving divers lust and pleasures: The word intimates one that is addicted unto, or wholly at the devotion of another, and is used to express our serving of God: Mens lusts rule them, their work and business is to gratifie them, and it is not one single lust, but there are many of them, and he is at the command of them all; each claims an empire over the soul, and sets him on work to make provision for it, there is the lust of the flesh, or carnal concupiscence, the lust of the eye, or covetousness, the pride of the life, or ambition, these must all be obeyed.

3. The lusts of an unregenerate man are insatiable: Like the horse-leeches two daughters, or like the barren womb, they never say they have enough, or like the grave, which is still gaping after more, hence so compared,