1 5 2 C|)e of 'Brutes ; or > 
covetous men> though they enjoy all this worlds 
good, never look up to God who is the tree of life, 
who is the Authour and Giver of them. Phyfni- 
ans fay , that thofe who have fmall foreheads have 
no more learning in them than a Hog; and that 
they who have a thick nofe and flat at the end,arc 
foolifh; and if ttey have a thick neck» then they 
are cholerick : alAuthors compare thofe men that 
are given to lufl to Swine; thus Chrifi^ Mat.'j.C. 
Foroiddeth us XOcafi Pearls before Dogs Swine, 
not to dogs, i. e. tojfurious perfecutors; not to 
Swine, i. e. to unclean perfons, who contrary to 
their confciences wallow in their fins, and that men 
Ihould not be deterred from preaching the Gofpel 
by the ingratitude of their hearers, Chrift com- 
mandeth them to preach to thofe who are more 
willing and obedient} tluis we find Epicures and 
Drun^rds are compared to Swine, 2 Pet. 2. 22. 
for firft, as the Hog is a moft dull flupid creature, 
having not fo much reafon as to diitinguifli good 
from bad; nor can he be made fit for any fervice; 
thus wicked men will not underttand the things of 
God , not being at all moved at any Sermon, 
but doe defpife even wifdom itfelf. The fame 
Chrifl telleth us,in another place, that the cares of 
this world is one great hinderance of our profiting 
by the word. 2. Swine are led only by their ap- 
petite, aivvayes living an intemperate gluttonous 
life, Jeremiah, cap. t 2. 3. faith, that wicked men 
who flourifti in this life, and enjoy all the world 
can afford them, fatted for the Jlaughterl and as 
Swine doe devour any thing that cometh next to 
their 
