Chap. 31, An Exp?litisn 'Ion the Bock of j j. o a. Verí. I. 291 Eightly, and lailly, He purgeth hirnfelfe from invading or taking lands and pofl'cßìons without a right claime and title made to them yea from ufìng any spans labour upon them, without paying wages, v. 38, 39, 40. If my land c17 afainf me, and the furroN,s likewife thereof complaine ; IfI k ,ove eaten the. fruits thereof without money, or havee.aufed the owners thereofto loofe their life, let thifi Its grow in fitead of wheat, and ccekle in ffead cfbarly. Thus farmof the generall fcope, as allo ofthe fpecisll matters ccntaincd in this Chapter. Verl. t. Imade a Covenant withmice eyes ; why then fbould I thinke upon a maide. The fumureofthis verte is 7E4s cate, yea carefulnes to pre- ferve himfclfe pure from all taints of unchaftity and uncleane- neffe, even to a thought. In it wee more diftinc`tly confider. Firft , The meancs which he ufed for this purpofe , A Cove.. nant. Secondly, The partyes to this Covenant , He and his eyes ; Imade a Covenant withmine eyes. Thirdly , The de fired fucceffe or iffue of this meanes ufed or Covenant made, Wi.y then )(hot; Id I shinikeupon a maide. 1 made a Covenant. The word (Beriek) which we render, a Covenant, comes from r in fallut a mote which lignifies two things ( bothwhich areeonfiderable pif"''" a;-1-12 in the nature and formalities ofa Covenant) Firft to choof ex e` parun meds- attly ar.d judicioufly; becaufca Covenant ( as all elective AFts ) can e,is, is an a offad and. lerious deliberation. All Elections are, or ought tobe made upon the molt rationall turne aid Tway of Judgement, not uponany catch of phancy or hurryof paf socs. Secondly, it lignifies to eate moderatelyor foberly, this elfo re- ferre to the nature and ufe ofa Covenant, which is to draw feve- rail part} es intoa friendly.eommunion and correfpontence one with another. Hence it bath been accultomed upon the making ofCovenants, for the partyes covenanting to feats temperately together, Gen. 29.3 0: ACovenant ftrit`kly taken is more then a promtre ; A er,ÿe -` F p 2 riant
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