7.Command. vpon the Commandements. > 3 whit; God bcholdeth oarfecrce thoughts , we feare not at all to hate themfoule , filthy and wicked. O what a God ferue we, that beingable to fet euery thought we thinke vifible in our foreheads in great. etters, that euery one which runneth by might read them yet moll meres.. fully (pareth va,& is content our fecretfhamefbauld not appeare to men. Shall wehall prouoke himfhrllwefiill offend and grieuehim ? Surely then hot will be the wrath arlaft,which fo long his mercy hatI owe, hholden. Wherefore to conclude this matter, euen as we loue the Lordand our one health,let vs feeand weigh how deeply the law egging impure thoughr sis able to charge vs:lecvtcenfderehetanfo, ifwe can fndeit out that driweth vs vfetaly into fact, hidden finite, and hereafter as men touchedwith fomeChrtglan rc morfe, thatfo good 4 Godfhould Hill be ofended,let vs rid oar hearts at we can ofthe Teal; by taking away or at leaf? flop ping in fume mea fore thecourfe ofthe cauf-The meanes and allurements either to theallual offence, or the thought condemned in this commandement , as we hams heard before ,are many anddnsers. Sometimes the eiesdifarderly wander , and being not checked a Chr /1iancon- fciencethat fearethtagise them liberty too bug, they become the o cafoosbothof thoughts and ails, wicked and damnable. Sometimes behauiour vochafl and vofeeme y. Sometime: fpeechwanton and light, Ftir the heart vp to conceive that thing, and the wicked f efh to per - forme itfully , whioh God andnature abhorre a filthy. The dalying tattes oftheft courting cdates,thelafiauiotts fangs made by laofemindes , & thewant on greetings in essay place now *ad, alas what thoughtsprocure they,neuer liked of the Lord,that I may fay no worfe? Bookes Written by vnreformtd heart;,& continually read to thegriefe of Gad, aretheynot occafons to fraile flelh,both in thought and? deed to offend a ainfl this lame?God knaweth,cexperience teacheth flab flutesat taft of Chrifl , that verydearly poifon under a falfe delight , Both this way creep: into vs; An vnchaftlook! makes an vnchaflheart , t á raring toung beyond the lifter ofgodlines ere ester we well know what we doe. So fubtil is the fin that this way creepeth into ourfoules.Apparellis next,a prof? fearefidallureinent to the breach of this commande- ment bath in thought anddeede,if God once inmercywould open our rig's.. So are theft gage plaies and mofl horriblefpettacles, fo is our dancing,which at this day is vfed,fo is *tin ken- ioeffe,gluttany and idlenefe, with a number fach lake; as can wittieffe each one in the world that r,'i/lwesh them Now what carewehaut bad ofchef :thingstbeLordeknoweth,andeo our profiteofwe lift a little we may coafider it. Our eïesO Lord, how doe they offend through our carelef e beg owing of them to their Dune defre? Where is the teflimonie of truth within vs,that we doe ref ruinethemfo foone at euer we percomeany tickling motion artfe by them? Where is the counterpane ofthatbandewe haste taken of them that they /hallnotcaufe vs to ofende ? Iob did it, and yet we weaker than hee tenne thoufande timesthinkeitneedeleffe .Iob3 LT: ' erflts a:ur follie,a /at ourfeceirity. By this meant: ourfoules fuck: to their bane, andyet we care not nor wi//be warned. The Lorde of his mercy ginev s once the grace todefireitwith Dauid , and veryhartiytobei geitthatoureitimaybeeuerturnedawayfrombeholdingpal !i9s vanity. For therafl Which fal low : confider themwell,and let neuer Sathanorfelfeloue fo fhll bewitch vs; that we cannot be brought to feeour finite. In behauiour or f eech haue we neuer offended? Rue eater in them bothfo vfed our felues,ds that neither wear they ahomewedealt withallmay be charged ofmorelaghtneffe,rhan became thepro feffours ofChraftand his word? Haut weneuertranfgrefedinmatter orfourmeof Apparel! ? that we caulkfayit,Butin truth we cannot. For the. contraries abounding in the eat ofall men wouldgiue vs the lie. Light behauiaurand alluring dalliance is emery where accounted comely boulderreffe,andgood Behauieuq bringing vp i difcourfing fpeech to 4 vaine endue count a gtealittecommendable in vs, and Speech. the want of it we efleeme fimplicitie , wherefoeuer we fee it. And there fore by booker to fuck end es fer eut,we endouourto attain: voto it,andbasing once polluted ourfpeech ( for I will neuerrullit poll Pub g ) we are neuer betterthan when we haue company to beflow our tales andgreetings upon. Our apparel/in matter to our power we make fumptuou.e, and in forine Apporre!, kid/ore the tie as march as we can. Ifthii be true,in thename of Chrif let vs betterthink, of it than we haue done. Theft. are allurements to fnfnllluf?,and thislawe óf GOD forbiddeth not onleyboth aiteandt houghs, buteueneuety allurement toesther 'ofthem. what fbould I fpeakeofflageplaies and datencing? Can we fay in truth before themaiefie of GO D that we carefully ablaine from theft rhinos, becaufe they tickle vs vp either more or loge totbe breach ofthiscommandement? Alts are cannot a number ofvs. But WCrHnfletO the on: conti.
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