eclef7.x8. z, cm,d.4.a6. I3e PROVERBS. Cháp.L, when hee faide , I finde more bitter than death , the zroman, wholeheart i° tr netsandfnares, and her hands, as bands : He that isgoodbefore God(hall be deliveredfror ì her ,bast thefan_ ner(hall be tal\en by her. Secondly, thegrace of the Spirit fubdeweth luft, and the rage oflibidinous paflìons,in the heartsof thern thatdelight in the law of the Lord . The loueof pur!ryand cleaneneflè cloth caufe them to abhorre fuch loath(òrnc obfcenity, and deteflablefilthines : the fcareofGods wrath, and difhonour Both terrifie them from entcrrayning fuch rebellious defires and motions, which otherwise wouldbe as violent in them, through thecorruption, and deprauation of nature, as they are in the ref{ of4dams children. No natural! facultiesof the minde fufficcto repreticthem, neyther will the`hauing ofpiety proteet any man when he doth not vfeit. S4rnpfon was very ftrong,and able to kill all that fought againft him, though many inmultitude, and yet farre vna- hie to vancluifh his owne vnchafle affcc`fions, and the forces ofthe harlot. Datsid was both wife and valiant,and yet beingat a time vnarrned ofthe delight and confcience of theword, heewas fuddenly furprized, and how deepely bee was woundedby thishorrible Gnnc ofincontinency, the Chriflianworld well knoweth. Thirdly, the Lord in his fauour doth Tooke to them in whole heart his law is, andcaufeth it tofhield them from this beafily vice of impurity, whereas others by his iufliudge- ments are giuen vptovileafTetions, and vncleanenes,euen to defile their owne bodies betweene them.fclues. Inflruelion toobfcrue the reafon why fornicators,and o- ther filthy perlons doe fwarrne almofl inall places, fomany parilhes, townes,and families being defiled, fo thatwe may fay with the Prophet, The land isfull ofadolterers , becaufe there is great ignorance , and (mail vnderflanding :becaufe that ignorance is much affeeted, andvnderflanding is little regarded : becaufe many moe apprehend the letter and fenfe ofthe word, thanparticipate ofthe effeauall power therFe- o!
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