The ages of sin, or Sinnes birth & groweth With the stepps, and degrees of sin, from thought to finall impenitencie. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A46819 of text R213543 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing J661A). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 10 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A46819 Wing J661A ESTC R213543 99825899 99825899 30290 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A46819) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 30290) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1795:33) The ages of sin, or Sinnes birth & groweth With the stepps, and degrees of sin, from thought to finall impenitencie. Jenner, Thomas, fl. 1631-1656, attributed name. Langeren, Jacob van, engraver. 9 leaves : ill. (metal cuts) s.n., [S.l. : 1655] Sometimes attributed to Thomas Jenner. An emblem book. The last plate is signed: Ja. v. L. fecit, i.e. Jacob van Langeren. Caption title. Imprint from Wing. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Sin -- Early works to 1800. Emblem books, English -- Early works to 1800. A46819 R213543 (Wing J661A). civilwar no The ages of sin, or Sinnes birth & groweth. With the stepps, and degrees of sin, from thought to finall impenitencie. [no entry] 1655 571 5 0 0 0 0 0 88 D The rate of 88 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2000-00 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2001-11 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2001-12 TCP Staff (Michigan) Sampled and proofread 2001-12 TCP Staff (Michigan) Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-01 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion THE Ages of Sin , or Sinnes Birth & groweth . With the Stepps , and Degrees of Sin , from thought to finall Impenitencie . Suggestion . Originall-Concupiscence Doth make Our Nature like a foule great-Bellyed Snake : For , wer not Sathan apt to tempt to Sin ; Yett , Lustfull-Thoughts would breed & brood , Within : But , happie , Hee , that takes These Little-Ones , To Dash their Braines ( Soone ) 'gainst repentant-St●nes . Rumination When lust hath ( thus ) Conceiu'd It brings forth Sin , And Ruminating-thoughts Its Shape begin . Like as the Beares oft-licking of her whelps . That foule deformed Creatures Shape much helps . The dangers great , our Sinfull thoughts to Cherish , Stop thire growth , or thy poore Soule will perish . DELECTATION . If , Sinfull Thoughts ( once ) nestle in mans heart , The Sluce is ope , Delight ( then ) playes its part : Then , like the old-Ape hugging in his armes , His Apish-young-One ; Sin , the Soule becharmes And , when our Apish impious-Thoughts delight us Oh , then , ( alas ) most mortally They bite us . CONSENT . For , where Sin workes Content , Consent will follow ; And , This , the Soule , into Sins Gulfe , doth swollow . For , as two ravning Wolves ( for , t is theire kinde ) To suck Lambs-blood , doe hunt with equall-minde : Even so , the Soule & Sin Consent , in One , Till , Soule & Body be quite overthrowne . Act . Sin and the Soule●●us , ha●ing stricken Hands , The Sinner ( now ) for Action ready stands ; And Tyger-like , swollowes-up , at One-bitt , What euer impious Prey his H●●●● doth fitt Committing Sin , with eager 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Selling his Soule 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Iteration . From eager-Acting Sin , comes Iteration , Or , frequent Custome of Sins perpetration ; Which , like great Flesh-Flies liting on ra●●-Flesh , Though oft beat-off , ( if not kild ) come afresh : Hence , Be'lzebub is term'd Prince of fflesh-fflies , 'Cause Sin , still , Acts , vntill ( by Grace ) It Dies . GLORIATION . Custome in Sin takes Sense of Sin away , This makes All-Sin seeme but a Sport , a play : Yea , like a rampant-Lyon , proud and Stout , Insulting , o're his Prey , staulking about , The Saucy-Sinner boasts & braggs of Sinne , As One ( oh woe ) that doth a Citty winne ... Obduration . When Sinne brings Sinners to this fearefull pass , What followes , but a hard Heart-Brow of brass ? A Heart ( I say ) more hard then Tortess-back , Which , nether Sworde nor Axe can hew or hack ; Iudgements nor Mercies , Treats nor threats can cause To leave-off Sin , To Love or feare Gods Lawes . FINALL-IMPENITENCY . And ( now , alas ) what is Sins last Extent ? A hard-Heart makes a Heart Impenitent . For , can a Leopard change his Spotted Skin ? No Nor a Heart accustom'd ( thus ) , his Sin . Then , Conscience , headlong , casts Impenitence . With horrid ffrights of Hellish Recompence .