How the fornicatorfsnnethagainff God. z 3 9 it is not only in it felfe a grieuous fin, but alfo like a wicked mother oncly fruitfull in wicked and monflrous births, it bringeth foorthmanyotherkindes ofwickedueffe, which refemble theparent in their malignant nature& quality, fo as theymay be eafilyknown tobe of her ofipring and pro- geny. The grieuoufncfleof this fin being (imply confidered in it felfe is heereby manifeU, in thatwhereas there is but a threefold relationof finne,either as it is committed againft God, our neighbor, or our felues,íithis finnealone compre- hendeth them all,and that inmany andalmoR innumerable refpe&s. FirE+, the fornicator grieuoufly finneth againíl God, di- §,Seet.a,. re&ly and immediatly, when as profeffing himfelfe a Chri- The fornicator flian,and confequently one of Godsfamily ,he bypolluting fnuftyhagdifho- ai4f and defiling hisbody, difhonours his Lordand father : for Godh if mortali menwhoRand vpon their credit, doe count it a n"riq bias. great iniury and difgrace to themfelues, when as a feruant oftheirfamily is defiled, and much more when their owne daughters are polluted with filthy whoredome ; thenhow much moredoth the Lord deteR this vncleanneffe, which redoundeth to the difhonour ofhis holyname when as it is committednot only by a common fubie6t vnder his domi- nion, butbya fpeciali feruant of his family, yea byfuch as wouldbe reputed in the number of his children ? And this was aprincipallargument which aggrauated the filthineffe ofSichennandAmmon,becaufe they committed i his villany Gen.34,7, orfolly in Ifrael, that is, in the Churchand familyofGod, ÌZ n. 13- which in apeculiar manerhehad chofen and fanólifiedvn- 3' tohimfelfe : and this alfo made Dauids grieuous fin much more hainous, becaufebeeingcommitted by himwho had profeffed and approuedhimfelfe tobee the feruant & forme of God, it greatly tended toGods di(honor,in that it cau- fed the enemies ofhis truth toblafpheme, as appeareth, a. 1.$22t tz.r4. Sam. t 2.14. §.Se.3. Secondly, the fornicator finneth grieuoufly again(}God Seeondly,tie by refifting his reuealed andknowne will ; for the Lordsf °rnicaror of willis,that being faneifiedwe fhould ab aine rom ornica- by rethp, $ .f f by regip:, his tion, andrhat emeryone fhould knw how topo ffef fehis veffell in mill. T a halineffe
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