Generallreafons todiffwade all men fromfornication. t37 fuch a man as Godhateth.So it is faid,Pr.2 2..14. The mouth pneoffutha oforange women is as adeepepit,bewhom theLord hatethThal manas God falltherein.And contrari wife it is a ligne ofa goodman whó hateth- God loueth, to bee preferucd out of the harlots nets and Prou :z.14, fnares,as the wife man alto telleth vs,Ecclef.7. z8,Ifindmore Ecclf.7.1s. bitter thendeath,thewoman whofeheart is .0 nets andfnares, andherhandsas bands;he that isgoodbefore Godshall be deli- ueredfromher:6ut the'innerfhallbe taken byher. Iftherefore Courtiers and all loyall fubie&s do carefully auoid the do- ing ofthofe things intheir Princes fight, which they are af- fured will prouoke his wrath, and make them odiousvnto him, becaufe the Kingsdisleafsre is as the roringof a Lion; prou 19.rx. 4ndbee thatprouoketh himunto angerfännethagainft his owne & 304. foule : and on the otherfide,vfe all meanes whichmaygiue them affurance ofhis loue, becaufe his fauour is as the dewe vpon the graffe, whichpreferueth him from the fcorching heat ofall inraged enetnies,and caufethhim to grow& f10- rifh in all worldlyhappinetfe : then howmuch more (hould we carefullyauoid the committingofall Pinnes which make the Lordwrathfully difpleafedwithvs,whofe anger & fierce difpleafure is prefent death ofbody and foule, in this world and in the world to corne ? How t{udioufly shouldwe im- bracethofe holy verrues, which will affure vs of his loue, feeinghis fauour is life, yea, the life ofour life, our chiefe comfort whileft we liue onearth, and the principall part of our eternall happineffe in the heauens. Thirdly, these Pinnes ofvncleanneffe are to be auoidedas §.Seit,3. beeing the fruites of the flesh, and the moll Cnfull workers zbird/wee and effeóós of corrupted nature ; and therefore the Apofflé rnuP afdosde .; reckoningvp the workes of the flesh, rangeth them in the whoredome,ae firftranke, as beingmoil ready toaffault and incountet the beeing a f ,te fpirit, and the fruits thereof, Gal,5.19. Yhe,wo, k,es ofrhe °Ft°` Ie(l'` Ga1.5 -19. fof are manifeAwhichare adultery fornication, vncleannes, vantonnes. Thewhich corruptions we are efpecialiv com- manded to mortifie and fubdue,Co1.7,.ç.c.Nortifie therefore Co) 3 s. your métiers whichare vponearth,fornication,vncleannes,the inordinate affellion,andeuillconcupifcence. Aìhd not without great caufe arc wee to imploy our chiefe firength in morti- l,Pct. a.ii T Eying
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