Secandly,tlie fornicator Vin netb againf# chrif as be is nur husband and head. t.Cnr.6, i S. §.Self.8. 7'befornicato fiunetb againft God the bol, Gbafl. r.T ef.4.7. I4 . Plow the fornicatorfinnetb againfi Gad, & as he is our head : as he is our husband they exceedingly difgrace and difhonourhim, by defiling their bodies with whoremongers,and preferring theirloue before the loue of Chrift.Thewhich ifit be a foule& abominable fa& ina wife towards an earthly husband, theta how much morewicked and intollerable towards our Lord&husbandIefus Chrifi, who is moll louely,being infinite in all perfe&ion,and hath moíi dearely louedvs, who are moil vnworthyof the lean glimpfeofthat fauor which hecaufeth to íhine vpôvs with full raies ? So alfo they moll fhantefully difhonorand de- fpight ourSauiour Iefus Chrifi, whilefi profeffing him to be their headandthemfelues members of his body,they ioine their bodies in fornication with filthyharlots; whereby ei- ther they draw as muchas in them lieth,ourSauiour,who is molt holy, pure andvndefiled,into the communion oftheir fin ; or elfe rent thentfelues fromhis ble{Tedbody, whereof they were profeffed members, and make their bodiesmem- bers of the harlot, withwhich they are conjoined : for as they who are ioyned in lawful! marriage byvertue of this coniun6lionbecomeone flefh ; fo they whoarevnlawfully ioyned in fornication,become onewith the harlot,as the A-. pofllc teachethvs, x.Cor.6. i s.Knowyou not thatyour bodies are themembers of Chrift ? fhallI then take themembers of Chrift,andmake them themembers ofan harlot ? Godforbid, 16. Doeyee not kZnow,thathe which couplethhi»ifelfe withan harlot is onebody ?for two, faith he, fhatlbeoneflefh. Thirdly, they fin againfl God the holy Ghofl, eitherby r refilling his calling whereby they are called, not untovn- cleannes,but untoholines, as the Apofile fpeaketh, t .Thef..al. 7. or being called andwafbedwith thebloudof Chrifl,and with the water of the fpirit from their filthineffe, they fru- firatehis holywork, by defiling themfelues againe, like the hogge, whichbeingwaihed returneth towallow in the fil- thy puddle. Againe, they commit againfl him fearefull fa- criledge,in that theymake their bodies, which are by right his temples,to become habitations for vncleane fpirits,and turne theholy houle of God into a filthybrothell or com- monflows ; whereby theyvex & grieue the holy fpirit,and make i.Pet.:.at.
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