io Command. vpon the C omrll>anderne:llts. I15 moiflure,St fo foouh.2ua vigilantes cogitaximui,ea folent pofleadormienribus obferuari ( faith one ) That is; Sods things aiwaktngweeternefly thought of ,mix fuchthingsoften we fleeping dreamt' of. Aucupidow volxcres axrigafomnia curriu: The fouler dreamer, that birds hetak:s, And carters cart his vrfion madames. Therefore there things thus knowne and weighed, if wedreameWickedly, (tò name no particulars ) let euery one confider well what occajon in bin-delft he can finde of the fame , and if his owne difordcr tither in diet, or fpccch, or tneditatioi, of anyway hath done it , then needethhe none totcl him , his confcienceisathoufand witnelfes he hath offended. Thus anfwered Gregory Bill-lop of Rome; when he was writ veto for his judgement of this inattcr,& if 1 can finde in my !cite none ofall thcfe to procure it in me , yctknowifitbecui llitisa fruit of corruption , and weigh wellLcuit.i the law of the Lord in this bchalfc laid downer Plutarch faith, Honer dreamcs are an De vise. argument ofvertue in a man , and then we thinkc in reafon à contrary efffââ fhould viii Pluiae. hewray a contrary caufe. The fame man faith, l'erxerforum fomnia femper rurbata. earn mots dreamt: are commonly troxblefome. But I referee you for more of this to others. And this oncly I fay againe,the body well ordered, and the miedc NVrll occu. pied,hardly (hall our dreame feare vs for cuill weft. what nowe then might bte the affirmatiuc part of this commandtonen:? Actfw. If thus we fee all wandring waits from vpright integrity be they but crier' in thought, and that alto in the leaff degree without any confent, to be by this lawe condemned as impuie,what fhould we fee on the contrary part to be commanded,but cum full , perfc l,and abfolute conformity,both of minde,will, appetite, and what - foeucr is in man to the lawe of God? That which Mofes in thefe wordes defcribeth. Dtilt6. f. Oat fha/ e lose the LordethyGodwith all thy heart , andwithalltbyfoule, and with all thy might, and our fauiour thrift doth tickle vino it forplainnelcffe fake , with all thy Luk.soai. thought: That ttlfo which Saint Pauldefcrïbeth thus: This is the will of God, euen your fanllifecatton, and that yefhouldabflaine from fornication, that entry one ofyoudboxld jibe(47. &moue horse to poffeffehis veldt in holineffe and honour, and not *the hilt of concupifcence, and fo foorth. From whichexaflperfeaion looke how farce our confciencetruely awaked doth tel vs we arewanting,eucn fo farre accurfed hand we before the Lord; for not fulfilling all, if we had not a Sauiour. ,weft. Is there anypouit(hment outwurde appointed to this Lave ? Alfa,. No, and that becaufe man cannot iudge the guilt of hidden heart. But it fufñceth to fcate any man that feareth anie thing, to confider that the. fpirituall pu- nifhmcn allotted vnto it as;to the reff is eternal! death,& endlefle torture both.ofbo_ dy and foule for euermore in flame oflatting fire. tingly tine fiòry, that I remember, there is recorded of fome outward execution vpon an inward thòught , and that is of Glaueua King ofSparta, who foreonceiuing but a thought to retaine Milefttts his Herodotus. pledge committed to his keeping,yet not doing it, was vtterly deftroyed both he and his,and fo foretold by the Oracle whereat he asked counfell, The
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