4011 Chap. 31. An Expofition upon the Took of a. Verf. r 1. their wits upon the renters to devife meanes'for the fatisfying of their lairs. The Prophet tier. 29. a 3.) calls it, villany ; Becasfe they have committedvillany in Ifrael and have committed (or, in committing) adultery with their neighbours wives. So the latter branch is exeg titan, fhewing what that villany was which they committed, even Adultery with their neighbours wives, 'Tis allo called folly, lewdnefe, filthinef-le, uncleaneneffe, &c. ,Thefe are the termes and titles put upon Adultery in Scripture to thew the vileneffe ofit. When Abraham through fare denyed his wife, and fo fubjeeted her unto a temptation ( Gen. 2o. 9 ) Abime- lechcame to him and expoftulated the matter with him, Paying, What kaft thou done untows ? Andwhat bave 1(ffended thee, that thou haft brought en me and on my kingdome agreatfinne ? Then haft done deedsunto me that ought not to be done. AndAbimelech fail unto Abraham, What faweft thou that thou haft done this thing ? That is, in denying or at !aft concealing that the was thy wife, and fo expofing her to the danger of adultery. This he . calls agreat finne. And hechargeth Abraham withbringing on bimand on his people a great fin, becaufe he had brought theta in danger of it. When jnofepb was folicited by his wanton Mi- firefTe to adultery, he putsher off, with How then can I doe this great wickedneffe andfinagainft God( Gen. 39.9.) He a young man counted it wickedneffe, and a great wickedneffe, though fome make light ofit, and count it only a tricke of youth. But God 5udgeth not as man judgeth ; Chrift faith ( Luke I6. 15. ) That csbich is highly efteemed among men( as good,yea as a great good) is abomination in the fight of God ; howmuchmore then are thofe things abomination in the fight ofGod , which in the eltimateofungodly men are but a light or a littlefìn.evill. And that Adultery, bow lightly foever any man efleemes the fin ofir, is yet a great -fin, or (as the text calls it) an heinous crime , we may demonfirate feverall wayes. Firft It is a direct breach ofa divine commandement;there's a law againft it by name, Adultery is not a fin againft Scripture- confequences and inferences, but againft the expreffe letter of Scripture, which faith to every man, Thou (halt not commit adul- 1evy. Secondly , Adultery is an heinouscrime, as it is a breach ofa .peciall foletnneCovenant betweenhusband and wife in the day
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