our euills. The very Temple, that holy place, hath beene defiled with our obliquities. Our chambers, our beds, our boords, the ground we tread, the ayre wee breath, can tell our follies. There is no occasion, which, if it doe not testifie what euill we haue done, yet can say, what good we should, and haue not done.
If all this do not humble vs, looke we vp (with Iob heere) to the Maiestie which we haue offen∣d••d. To spoile the Armes of a common Sub¦iect, or to counterfeit his Seale, is no such hay∣nous or capitall crime. But to deface the Armes of the King, to counterfeit his Broad Seale, or priuy Signet, is no lesse then Treason: be∣cause the disgrace redounds vpon the person of the King. Euery sinne dishonors God, & offers to sticke ignominy vpon that infinite Maiestie; therefore deserues an infinite penaltie. Against thee, O Lord, against thee haue I sinned. I, thy crea∣ture; against Thee, my Maker: heere is a trans∣cendencie, which when a man considers, hee is worthie to bee abhorred of all men, that does not abhorre himselfe.
Yet when God, and our owne selues, stand in competition, which do we most respect? Temp∣tation is on our left hand, in a beautifull resem∣blance, to seduce vs. The will, the glory, the Iudgement of God, is on our right hand, to di∣rect vs: doe we now abhorre our selues? Com∣moditie sets off inquitie, & wooes vs to be rich, though sinners: Christ bids vs first s••ek thee king∣dome of Heauen, and tells vs that other things