THE CONCLVSION. 



looke upon the common face of mankiodej and we (hall fee the moft 

 illaftrioua and noble part , taken with learning, with power, with 

 honour ; and the other part , which maketh fenfe their idole, 

 moveth in a lower and bafer orbe under the others^and ism a fervile 

 degree to them. Since then humane nature is of itfelfe more incli- 

 ned to the contentments of the active minde, then of the dull fenfe; 

 who can doubt bun that the way of thofc pure contentments > murt 

 bee farre fweeter then the grofle and troubled tircames of fenfuall 

 pleafures .* which ific bee, certartnely man in his cwne nature, is 

 'more apt to follow that: and when hce chanceth to wander out of 

 that fmooth and eafie roade, his iteps are painefull and wearifome 

 ones : and if he doe not prefentiy perceive them (uch, it is, because 

 it fareth with him, as with thofe that walke in their fleepe,and ftray 

 into rough and ftony paflages, or among thirties and bryers j whiles 

 pei adventure fome illuding dreame bewitcheth their fanfies 3 and 

 perfwadeth them they are in Come pleafant garden ; till waking, 

 (ifatleaft they wake before they fall into a deadly precipice) 

 they finde their feete all gored , and their bodies all fcratchedand 

 torne. If any fenfuall man mould doubt of this great truth,and find 

 it hard to perfwade himfelfe* that intellectual! pleafures ( which to 

 his depraved tafte, feeme cold and flat ones} mould bee more active 

 and intenfe, then thofe feculent ones> which fo violently tranfport 

 him , let him but c"xercife himfelfe a while in thole entertainements 

 which delight the mind, taking leave during that fpace, of thofe un- 

 ruly ones, which agitate the body and continue doing thus , til! 

 by long praftife , hee hath made them eafic and habitated himfelfe 

 unrothem: and I will engage my word, that hee will finde this 

 change fo advantageous to him , even in contentment and delight , 

 that he will not eafily be brought backe to his former courfe of life. 

 Experience (heweth us, that whatfbever is long cuftomary to us , 

 turneth into our nature ; fomuch, that even difeafesandpoyfons 

 by diuturne u/e, doe mould and temper to themfelves thofe bodies 

 which are habituated to them j in fach fort, that thoie peftesof 

 nature muft be kept on foote, and fed upon for our (ubftance. How 

 much more then muft the moft connaturall exerdfe of men tall plea - 

 fure, turne fo fubftantially incur being, that after fome good pra- 

 ftife in it, we (hall not be able, without great Struggling and iclufta- 

 tion, to live without it. 



The violence of fruition in thofe foule puddles of flefh and blood, 



prefentiy 



