144 PROVERBS. Chap. z, Lo r, All adulterers lice in peril!of death and damnation. Their hie is forfeited and likewife their (aluation, fo Toone as they breake the bonds Of wedlocke ; though the Lordof his free mercìe takcth not the aduantage of all, but tpareth Tome few upon whom heconferrcth the grace Trou. 5.3.4.5 of repentance. Though the lippes'ofa orange woman droppe a6 an Hc, y-combe, and her mouth be moreloft than Oyle, yet the end ofher is as bitter as Wormewood, and as fh,grpe as a two-edged/Word. Her feete dowse to death, and herfleps Troto.6, zn.28. take holdof Hell. Can a man takefire in his bofome andhis 29. 34. cloathes net be burnt ? or can a mangoe vpon coales, andhis feete not be 6Hrnt ? So hee that goeth in to his neishbours wife tall not be vnpunifl ed, whoroeuer teucheth her. Flee that com- pnitteth adultery with a woman is deftitude ofvnderflandine. Ht that Both it defiroyeth his ovinefoule. Reade Chap. 7. 2 6, z7, 1 Cor. 6. 9. Gal.. 5.19.21. Rem. 2 .8. and 2 2. z5. .. eafon 1. FirI, the Law of the-Lord charged the Magiffrate with fuch malefa&ors,requiring him to doe iuI}icevpon them, Zerait, s o. w. and to take away their hues, raying; Theman thatcommitted) adultery with another' mans wife, becaufe bee hat 'ï"omrnitted adultery with his neighbours wife, the e..4dúltere 'a'nd theeQ dulterefe ./hall dye thedeath. 2, Secondly, God doth after a fpeciall manner, by a pro: uidence, moue the Magiffrate to inflic4 punilhment vpon many ofthan being there-to prouoked by other their crimes, as thefts, murthers, treafons, and the life, which were all mauled by their adulteries. So that they are form- times executed for that whereof theywere newer indighted, Euen Gentiles and Infidels, Turkes and Pagans are often in this (eruíce, as was the King ofEabell, an Heathenifh er.29a=.22.13. Ruler, according to that threatning , Behold, Iwill delitier ocha6 the Sonne of Kolaiab, and Zedechiah the Senne of MMreiah into the handof Nebuchadnezzar, andbee /hallflay them beforeyour eyes. Andall they ofthe captiuitieof Judah, that are in Babell, fh:alltake vp this curie againfl them,andfay, The Lordmake thee like Zedechiah and like 4lchab, whom the King ofBabell burnt in thefire, becauf e they baste committed villanit
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