Coil. 7, Ofincentives and allurements to uncleannèfi. Chap. 5. 44 men, who are rather to be tolerated hereinthan men, becaufe it is mundusmulie- brit, the adorningofwomen. Saint Gregory faith,what a deformity is it in men when r Tin'. 2. 9 it is found fault with in women. The places beforequoted condemn fuch as ufed, in 1 pet. 3.3 a wanton lafcivious manner, and for unchaft ends, r. The platting and wreathingof the hair. 2. The adding of Gold and filver to adorn them. 3. Rare and ftrange, or coltly apparel ; fuch as our Saviour implicitely taxes in the rich glutton, whowas clothed with purple and fine linnen. This affectation of Luc. 16.19 fuch vanity and colt inapparel, with fo much induftry and care, while the adorning of the inner man is neglected, is here forbidden. For of this we may fay, memo ex- iflimet inffudio ve(tiumpeccatumdeep; let no man conèeiveor perfwadehimfelf that he can be free from fin, that takes too much care about apparel. As for vejtituspere- grines, ftrange apparel, God by the Prophet threatens topunifh filch as are clothedTeph, I. 18 with drange apparel. Saint Paul's reafon againtl fuchcare to adorn the body is, be- canfe it becomes not thof thatprofefs the fear of God. AndSaint Peter bath two i pet, 3.4 reafons againtl it s. Becau fe the chiefcare fhould beabout the hidden manofthe heart : for as Cato once faid , ubi magna corporir curia ibi magnamentis incuria, where there is great care of the body, there is ufually greateli negleé}of the mind í therefore not the outward, but the inward man is to be adorned. 2: The Saints in oldtime did not thus apparel themfelves, not S,arab, es-c. Therefore follow their examples. 3. Another allurement is,the gefiure t a proud alluring gate. God threatens that he will devife evil againfi fuchas go haughtily. Way dcfcribes the particulars, and Mic. z. 3 tellsus the manner of their proudwalking. i. They are haughty, going ontiptoes. Era. 3. They have ereumgutter, tiretched out necks. 3. Theyhave nutanter ocular, cowling and wanton eyes, lookingwantonly. 4. minutospaßus, a mincing or tripping gate : they go as if they were compediti (hackled. And the Prophet for thefe thun- dereth againti the daughters ofSon,but much more would he have done agaitsft the Ambro foils of Sion , geftum natura desist fed,gratia emendat. There is a generation,faith A- gur,whole eyes are haughty,fomëhaveproud gatesnaturally, but though nature bath prov, 3o. 13 given it, yet grace can amend it. Nowwe come to the watering of our lull by thofe provocations and incentives The incent which are without us. ves without a. The kingly Prophet tells us of fome which have confartium cum adulterio, pral;so. 18 arepartakers, or keep company with adulterers. The wife man (fpeaking of a youngman that had entered into the company and communication with an harlot) faith , he goeth after her , as an oxe to the daughter or a fool to the flocks , or a bird to the pitfall , and feels it not , till the dart firikc through his. Pr0v.7, 22 liver. And indeed lewd company isvery dangerous for this fin, as we fee by that the A- pofile tells us, modicumfermenti corrumpit totam maf fm, a little leaven leaveneth the nihole lump. Which though it may be applied to anyvice, yet St.Paul there applieth i Cor, 5. a it particularly to this ; thewing that this vice bathan efpecial quality in it to infefi and leaven others. The holy Ghoft bids usbeware ofevil company : and not only of thofe that are notorioufly evil, but of fufpicious company, and fufpicious times. Theyoung man (in the Proverbs) went to a fufpe&edhoofe , and at a fufpe&ed pros,. y, 8,9 time, in the twilight when it wasnow dark : and thefe two difpofed to this vice. s. Haunting fufpicious places. 2. At fufpicious times. We are not only to refrain from evil but from thethewofevil ; and we mutt provide for things honeff,noton- r Their. S. z2 ly coram Deo, before God, but alto corambominibus,before men, as the Apoffle ex- 2 Cor.9. 2r borts. Under bad company come bad books, that fpeak broadly offilthy and obfcene matters. Theheathen man called his books camites, his companions. Though he were folus alone, yet as long as he had his books to bear him company, he was nun- quam minusfolur, quäm cumfilm, never lefs alone, than whenhe was alone. Evil books containmany evil words, and evil wotds corrupt good manners, as the A- Cior r.33 Faille tells out of Menander, fpeakingof the fayings of the Epicures ; and evil words prov y 1 are like ffolenwaters which are fweet, and as breadeaten in ferret which is plea- 7 tg taut. 2 , To
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