58z, Chap. 24. 4n expofrtion upon the BeokofJ O B Verf er and the Adulterer are alike defierous ofprivacy. They both lovedarkneffe rather then light, or that which is neither, Trri- Dcu!ut Adult light.7ob feemes to'fpeake ofa man, that is no novice,but ofone i..e. ipfe A., long vent and praéticed in this'wayof wickedneff:. The eye al e aalter. of the adulterer waitetio, that is, the adulterer himfefe wairetb. lob cloth not fay,the Adulterer waiteth, but the eye of the Adulte- rer waitetie, becaufe the eye is much in adultery ; The eye hath fo In re lend- great scull font a (bare in that fin, that the whole fin is herecharged upon nes,prtma am,- the eye. The Apoftle Peter (z Ter. 2. 14. ) fpeakes ofa gene - ri: via.Lucihn rationofevil) men, having their eyesfull ofadultery, er (as the A7107i1 'princi° Greek ©riginall hath it with much Emphafis ) fed of an Adulte-' ilÁ;norium ir í'14táfe. reie. As if hehad Paid ; they are perlons fo given up to un- der, Philoftr: cleaneffe,that they have no delire to fee any body with their eyes. Níhi1 rn oácalis but anAdwltereffe, nor is any thingelfe to be teen in their eyes e>rf mod non fit but Adultery. They are as impudent as the are uncleane, letting lafciv,rn out the Adulterywhich is in their hearts at their eyes, not.caring ocularura/pupil- who lees it. Adultery is feared in the heart, there's the fountaine la in effe dica:, ofit ( Math. 15. 19. ) Out of the heart proceed evill thought:, gum anveam, murtheri, adulteries,fornication:, tbefts,falfe witnef:, blafpbemy tom poriri non Adultery comes out of the heart, but 'tis firi feene in the eye, felre n yea the eye often gives the fir occafion of it to the heart, cn:J; ?effe fe fa- Y y g xiunt. ( Math. 5. 28.) whefoever loo(ethupon awoman to lufis after her, katbcommittedadulterywith her already in his beart.Wanton love ufually afcends by thefe five Reps:Firft,the eye feesfecondly,the heart defres ; thirdly,the thoughts are plotting and contriving how toattain what is defired-; fourthly, there is hope to attain what is plotted; and,fifchly, there is joy and delight in the attain- ment ofwhat was hoped.Thus ufually the eye gives the occafion °tnrsrrhar Mo.. e and leads the dance in all themeetings ofvanity.The ancient c feranuminis ralift (in his booke ofthe long coming revenge: of God) makes viodifla report that one Ape/helots, being in a dream law his own skin pull'd offbya barbarous Scythian, who then presently threwhim into a chaldronof boiling water,where being tormented his heart whifpered to him, Iam the caufe of all tbo.The heart is the caufe ofpunifhment andmifery,remotely, becaufe nextly it is thecaufe of fn,efpeciallyof this fin of adultery; yet as the heart doth lon1. times let the eye on work to find out objec`i`s, fo theeye meeting with objects lets the heart aworke, yea it lets the heart a fire; or al in a flame with vainedelires and adulterous itittings. The eyes of
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