Beware of the nail and the hammer!

(William Secker, "The Consistent Christian" 1660)

"Flee from youthful lusts--and pursue righteousness, 
 faith, love, and peace." 2 Timothy 2:22 

Flee from youthful lusts and worldly delights. These 
bees carry honey in their mouths--but they have a 
sting in their tails! When this Jael brings forth her 
milk and her butter--then beware of the nail and 
the hammer! Death is in the pot--while you are 
tasting the soup! 

The world always presents a deadly potion--in the 
gilded cup of worldly pleasure. If the cup is sinful--
do not taste it; reason forbids you to taste known 
poison! The fish is caught upon the hook--by leaping 
at the bait! Sin is like a river, which begins in a quiet 
spring--but ends in a tumultuous sea.