Chap. 35. An Expofttios upon the Boeke of J o a,. Vert. t 2, 417 cometh forth ; efpecially the increafe of the earth or of cartel!, re, e Yeti ( Lev. 23.29.) Hence we may expoúnd it in this largeft fence ; cte firer et "n d i As if lob had fayd, This fin of Adultery would have utterly ea I » °tZrr gr ruin'd and undone me. &c. Hence obferve. Firft As adultery fie a foulefin in the nature of it , fo it is a dangerous fin in the sjíl1s andconfeguents ofit. It is a fire, or it ftirres up a fire,ic provokes the wrath ofGod, and that wrath of God fends fire to confume all. How mane have felt the wofull confumptions and deflruáions which this fin hath made ? howmany have been confumed to deftrudion by it ? Adultery confumes All. Firft , It confumes Riches, and is a moth in a mans outward date, many have been begger'd by it. The Hebrew proverb is, scortum viro As the Palmer-worme to the hub of the Pomegranates, fo is a bar- ficut eroca s- lot to a man. And Solomon, fpeciall proverb faith as much (Pro.6. "no. t'rovrb 26. ) By meanes ofa whoriibwoman a man is peice to brought o g f Qmnìa hwjuf bread, &'c. Beggery attends at the Adulterersdoore; And wan- feculi bona cif. tonnefe is payd with want. Great and Noble familyes, large and gm vorat per- fayre revenues have been eaten up, and brought to nothing by ir. jeÿrue 4ümPe Uncleaneneffe is a cooly fin ; for bifides incident expences which lerta dic% ur on. are many, (and expenceof time which is moil) harlots and who- [t pfi Zro. rifh women oftendemand Great bribes of their adulterous lo- vers ; Hilfory tells us ofone profe;fing that curfed Trade, who demandedfo high, that her lover was wife enough to anfwer I will not buy repentancefa deare. Secondly,This fire confumeth(which is better then wealth,yea then precious oyntment) a mans honour andgood name, among all rhofe whofe names are truly honorable. Adultery expoferh to obloquie ; Solomon tells us, it leaves an indelibleblot of dit- grace upon the Adulterer ( Pro 6. 33.) A wound and di¡honour fhall heget (thtt'c is, a wound in his honour) and big reproach ¡ball not be wiped away.Some men get honour while they get wounds ; fo doe valiant Souldiers in lawful! warres; And fo doe Noble Martyrs in faithful! fufferings, or fufferings for the faith. There get honour while they get wounds, and Ri!l the morewounds the more honour. Butcertainly the Adulterer can never get ho- nour by anywounds be gets, and he gets many ,in that bate and H h h ignoble
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