Man is full of contradictions: time was when the mind commanded the body, but now this servant rides on horseback, while that prince walks on foot. Man is inverted: his soul is become a prisoner to the body, rather free man, far too often. The beast is too hard for the man, and the horse rides the rider. ~Ralph Venning, The Sinfulness of Sin

Sin's corruption of worship

Sin has made men worship either (1) a false God, which is idolatry; or (2) God falsely which is superstition. Man has become such a fool that his worship, till enlightened and converted, is either a breach of the First or Second Commandment. He fails as to the object or the manner of worship, and both speak to man’s folly, that is his religion is either idolatry or superstition. ~Ralph Venning