The sinfulnesse of Sin. [ 1757]
THere was a great Prince intending travel into a far Country,* 1.1 left his daugh∣ter to the tuition of a Servant; Him he made chief, and set under him a Contro••••er, and five serviceable Guardians. The Prince no sooner gone, bu•• the Servant falls to lust and riot, forceth the Lady, the Controller, and the Guar∣dians to the like intemperance; which they refusing, he dispoyles her of all her Robes and Jewels, them of their weapons, and turns them out by begger•• or pillage to seek their lives in the wide world. This Servant is Man,* 1.2 God i•• the P••ince, his daughter the Soul, the Controller is Reason, and the five Senses th•• Guardians; Whilest these hinder Man from spoyling his Soul with riot and excesse, he abuseth them, turns Reason to madnesse, and makes all his senses bu•• as so many Instruments of Wickednesse; but woe to that Servant, who when his Lord cometh shall find so doing.