offended, and at last hee sweares and curseth, he neuer knew the man, all which will shew vs, how farre wee shall goe in a course of wickednesse, if God doe not stay vs.
Sinne will begin to possesse that man, that doth not resist it, and break it of in time, for it enters in three waies, as one of the learned obserues.
1. Blandiendo, first,
it smiles vpon vs like the strumpet, Prou. 7.
2. Delectando, Secondly, it takes away our hearts, as Absolom would steale away the hearts of the people: 2. Samuel.
3. Regnando, Thirdly, it takes pos∣session like the strong man
: then whose are we vntill a stronger come, and cast him out: thus the wicked they decline sinne per omnes casus.
Innominatino per superbiam, in geniti∣uoper luxuriam, in datiuo per Symoniam, in accusatiuo per detractationem, in voca∣t••to per adulationem, in ablatiuoper rapi∣nam, and yet for all these, Iezabel and her crew are certainely perswaded, that they can sinne, and not be seene.