Chap. 31. An Expofition upon the Book of J o a. Vert, 7. 303 fin.; Firft, by fence when that is `pleated; Secondly, by D:fire when that is moved ; Thirdly, by the 'will, when that is fully re- folved and determined upon any fin. Itonce fence ftirreup"de fire, it is.niore then probablethat,defire will over-come the will, and fixe it upon the attainement and enjoyment ofthe molt fin- full objeft. The eye is animpórtunate fuiter to the heart And 'cis a great part of our fpirituall wifdome, to know when we ought to give way to, andwhen todeny that which the eye fues for. There arefoute fpeciall fins, to which the eye dutti miflead the heart. Firft Towantonneffe, ofwhich lob fpake in the firft verle. oaaur top Secondly To injuftice ; when the Judge loekes upon the man dNo fear prexi- more then upon the caufe, or upon the gift more then upon peoeamtía right, Juftice is Toone perverted and turned afide. And therefore ]ruiiorefoicerè Juftice is-commonly piâured, hoodwinkt or blind; implying, hoc 1ocopoj3 ocu- that where the perfon is looked upon; the caufe feldome is. 'And /of ambulare this fome will have fpecially intended here. , titer. Brent. Thirdly, Theeye mifleads the heart tocovetoufnef f} and ecn o I feDemo avofaricia vetoes pra&ices. Thus Achan confefed (7oJh.7. z i . faro among the (poyles a goodly Babylonifh garment, and twobun. S2r.a. ¿red fhekels offslver, and a wedge of gold of fifty Jhekels weight, thenI coveted themand toohe them, and behold they are hid in the earth in the mifft of my tent,and thehriver underit. Here we have fins progreffe, Achim, eye provoked him to covet, his covetouf- nefíe provoked him firft to take, and fecondly to ufe the heft meanes he could to keepe thofe forbidden fpoyles. The poftle john (I Ep: z. s6. ) diftinguifheth all that is in the world into three lufts, The lufl oftheflefh (that is, wantonnes or uncleannes ) the hß' ofthe eyes ( that is, Covetoufneffe) thepride of life (that is, Ambition and defire of honour) Covetoufneffe is jur~ly called the luft ofthe.eyes, both becaufe the fight of the eve biowes up covetous defires, as alto becaufeas Solomon faith ( Ecc 1. ç. r 1.) When goods encreafe, they are erocreafed that Bate them, and what ,good is there to the owners tbereof,faving the beholdingof tkem with their eyes. Andiffo, is not Covetoufneffe purely the Intl of the eyes? This (I conceave) was the particular fin for the accotsi- plifhment whereofyobhere protefts, that his heart had not walk- ed after his eye. His foule did not hunger nor haften after the Aaaz en-
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