Chap. 3s , gn Expofition upon the Book of j o e. Vero. c. 299 Would they avoyd fin who prefent themfelves to the opportu- nities of it ? and bring their corruptions and temptations as it were to an interview ; I (faith lob) havemade a Covenant wish mine eyes; Why then, fhouldI thinkeupon a maide ? Some read, How then, &c. eyther reading amines the fame fence .: as if he had fayd ; Seeing I have made acovenant with mine eyes, why fhould 1 thinke upon a maide, and fo hreake my covenant,and my confcience together, or as fofeph fpake in a like cafe (gen.,39. 9.) How then can I dce this great mitt.ednes and f» apinft god ? why then fbould I thinke upon a maide .? He dothnot fay, Why then fhould I looke, but, why then %hsuld I thinke upon a maide ? He madehis covenant with his eyes, and the aft or worke ofthe eyes is to fee or Tooke, not to thinke ; Thinking is anat of the underftanding,not of fence ; yet becaufe many thoughts are occafion'd by the fight of the eyes, therefore it is not unufuall in Scripture to attribute thole a is which imply thinking to the eyes. Thus faith Sdomon (Eccl. 2. to. ) What foever mine eyes defired ( or asked of me ) 1 kept not from :him.. )17NtL7 pofiu. De fires are thoughts working after and longing for enjoyment. lazcrnnr. The content ofthe heart andof the eyes is fo great, that we may wel enough be laid to fee with our hearts add to thinke with our eyes. But why doth ?ab thus ftrongly difowne, thinking upon a miade ? Sure?y it is not unlawful) eyther to looke or rhinke upon a maide. I grant it is not. And therefore, we are not to under- ftanl 74of bare thinking upon amaide ; but of thinking to fuch an end,or with fuch an evil) purpofe as he diftlaimes in the whole tendency of this teas. The Conjugation of the Hebrew verbe d71í2d which we render ' to Thinks fignifies a very fixed and felled i:iop'ie or me. w u inretsge- orke of the tsiind in thinking. iks if lob had fayd , I have made ; re pl oum r expense, fueh a covenant with mine eyes, that now I cannot hand gazing re feci, fir or poring upon the beauty ofa maide, till my heart be cnfiamed, afrdlum CUM orIentertaine lafsivious a .d unchaft thoughts about her. xa.cowastcne But why loth yobfay, whyythenfhould I thinke np'namaide Should he not rather have fayd, Why then fhould i thinke upon a woman, or upon any woman-kind? Did his covenant reftraine Q,q Z him
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