364 Chap. 3 t. An .Proof tion upon the Bock! of J o 3. ye.rf,7, enjoyment of that worldly wealth which was, dayly, prefented to Or within the profpeet of his eye. Fourthly , Theeye enmares the heart to Idolatry ; To pse. vent which the Lord gave that Law to the Ifraelites about ma- king fringes in the border oftheir garment (Numb, t 5. 38, 39.) And it flia11 be u.atoyouforafringe, thatyet may looks upon it, and remember all the Commandements ofthe Lord anddoe them, and that yeefeeke not afteryour crone hearts, andyour owne eyes, after whichyet ufe to gee anchoring God prepared an obje& upon which they fhould fixe, and buíie their eyes, he would have them make a fringe uponwhich Tome memorials of the Law were written (thefe the proud Pharifees did enlarge,Mattb. 23,5,6°) that fo their eyes might be taken up in beholding the will of God, and not feeke after their owne hearts, and eyes,after which they ufed to goe a whoring ( forgetting their vow of loyalty to God ) as footle as they low any vaine thing , an Idol efpeciaily ; as the Lord complaineth of them by his Prophet (Etcl< 6.9. ) And they tit efcape ofyou!ball remember mee among the Nations, whither they (hall becarried Captives, becaufe I aria broken with their who-ifh heart, which bath departed frommee, and with their eyes, which goe a whoring after their Idols ; and they ¡hall loath them(elves for the evills which they have committed in all their abominations. Their eyes are fayd to goe awhoring,becaufe their eyes carried their hearts offfrom the true God ( who had efpou. fed them as his peculiar people) to joyne themfelves with Idols, which was fpirituall whoredome and fornication. The fame Pro- phet gives the reafon of the Lords anger againft that people in the fame termes. (Ezék. 20. 23, 24, 25.) Ilifted sep mine band unto them alfo in the wildernes, that I mould¡carter them among the heathen, anddifperfe them tbroasgb the Countries ; becaufe they had not exrcwted my judgements, brit had deRiifed my flotutes, and had pclutedmy Sabbaths, and theireyes were after theirfathers I. doll. wherefore Igave them alfo f$atutes. that were not good, and judgements whereby they ,Mould not live. Thus their whoring eyes ( which were a provocation to the eyes ofhis glory) were puni- fhed by God in a wonderful manner, even with flatutes which were not good: Not that God did give them any bad Law eyther moral or ceremonial; For all the Lawes ofGod areholy and °uit and good ; yea they are luth, that if they were perfely kept men
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