;ba Chap. 3 r, ffn Expofrtion upon the Book! ®f J o a. Verf.7, as the heart bath a way, fo'tis ufually led into that way by the eyes. Ifmineheart kath wdlkedafter mine eyes, faith70b. His fuppofition may be refolved into thefe negations; Í have not acted according to fence, but according to rule, or I have not acted according to fence, but according to reafon, yea according to faith. The heart (as was tcucht before) followeth she eyes; firft,whën we choofe thofe things which have a fayre though a perifhing appearance ; when we doe what is before us, whether it be right or wrong, jab or unuít. Laftly, the heart walkes after the "eyes, when we would get all we fee, and have as much in our bands, as we have in our eyes ; we fay, stie better filling a mans belly then kit eye, yet that which filleth a mans eye, cannot fill his heart , how long foever his heart walketh after his eyes. And therefore jobdid wifely as well as holyly, when if his eyes did wander and. rove unduely at any time, or when he occafionally and inevioably law that which had matter oftemptation in it, yet he did not, fuffer his heart to wander after it, much leffe to clo'e with it, and feedupon it. When his eye was enfnared and caught by any unlawfull oboe&, yet he flopt it at his heart, his fouleop- poled it. It is fayd in Nature, that an error in the first concoEticn is feldomchelpedby Ikefeccnd; and anerror in the eye is feldome rehtified at the heart ; but 74 did it, though his eye were extra- vagant, .yet he kept his heart at,home. If my kart filth walked after mine eyes. Hence obferl'e. Fi fl The eye lothoften mijioadthe hurt. The eye ufually falls a tufting upon any delightfull obeft ; we fc !dome feeany creature ofGod that is beautiful', and fayre, but we draw it toan oc afion offinning againft God arvd fo defile the beauty ofpur own foules. Our beholding that which is good in it felfe, endangers us to evil!; If we are not very careful' to watch over and keepeour hearts, our eyes will feduce and matter them. The lookes and cabs of the eyeNike fire upon the heart, and that like tinder is quickly fet on fire.The eye is no !boner af- fec4ed, but the heart is enflamed, and then prefently fin is per- faded, unleffe grace prevent, There are three Reps or degrees of fins,
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