Chap. 3r. !xpofltion upon the Took of J o a. Vert. 26. 547 fhined, nor the Moone walking in brighttaeffe. As we muff not at all lookupon the creature as theend ofour adions,or asaym- ing merely at their attairement and enjoyment in what wedoe ; So weefhould not make them over-much our objcd , nor feed our fences too liberallyupon them. Hence Sixthly , Note. The Eye is both a provecation and an inlet to Idolatry as well as to Adultery. In the firft verle ofthis Chapter lob intimates that the Eye is an inlet to Adultery, and here that it is an inlet to Idolatry : That Caution given by Mofes expreffeth it fully ( Deal: 4. 15, 16, 19 ) Takeyee thereforegood heed untoyour felves (foryes taw no unmet. rffimilitude on the day that the Lord flaake unto you tra Horeb Ent of the midi$ of the fire) It f .yee corrupt your [elves , as ti wakeyou agraven image, &c. And left thou life up thine eyes to beaven;and when thoufeefi the San and the Moone and the Starres, even all the hot of heaven, fhouldefit be driven to wcr/bip them, and ferve them, &c. While the Lord forbids them the svotfhip of graven images the worke of mans hand he alto forbids them to woríhip theSunne, Moone, and Starres, the worke of his hands, and for prevention of all loch abominable worfhip, he admonifh- eth themnot to lift up their eyes to heaven (in the fence former- lyopened) left when they behold the Sunne, Moone, and the Starres, they fhould be driven towoe fhip them, that is, left their minds fhould be enfnared by the fight oftheir eyes, and driven by fome Curet impúife upon their hearts to commit that groffe Idolatry ; for as there is a fecret impolfe upon the foule of a Godly man to the doing of good ; as 'Paul faith (z Cor: 5.14 )' The love ofChrifl confiraineth tes ; that is,we are preft in Spirit to layout our felves to the utmoft for Chrift, who layd downe his life for us ;So there is a fecret impulfe upon the foule of a natu- rall man to evill, and that workes molt ftronglywhen'ris Jet a- worke fromwithout, elpecially by thefight of the eye. Behold not the Sunne and Moone,&c. too intentlyfaith 114ofes,left thou, be driven to worfhip them ; thou haft not the Command of thy feite, therefore doe not unneceffarily or willingly venture upon. the occafions ofthat fin, left thou be carryed to it ( upon the matter) whether thou. wilt or no. Bewareof heart-enticingob- jets. Se-
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