That thefornicatorgrieuouf ly/i,anethagainfi himfelfe. is tt liar and extraordinary manner; and arc alto particularlyop- pored to fandificatiou and holinelfe , as beeing the finnea whereby they are moll; {tabled and defiroied.So z.Thef.4.3. s.Tlref»4 ad; This is the will of god, (No:yourfanElifacation,hand that.yee Amid abfainefrom fornication. 4. That euery one ofyou fhould%now how topoffeffe his veffellinholineffeandhonor, 5, Andnot in theiuf ofconcupifcence. Where the Apoflle fhew- eth,thac fanifica i and fornication; holinetfeand honor, and the lulls ofconcupifcence, cannotpofíibly dwell toge- ther,as beilagcontraries without meane, and enemies which arevttcrly vnreconciliable. Thirdly it difablethand weakc- neth the body,turning health into fìcknelfe,and many loth Lomeand pernicious difcafes , and firength into impotency and Iar.guifhing faintnelfe; for the flame of luit deuoureth and Cpendeththe vitallmoi{lure, and the vnnaturall fire of burning concupilcence, confumeth and extinguifheth the natural'heat,which is thenurfeof tlrength, and fcunraine oflife.So the wifeman who was moli befotted with this fol- ly,faith,thathe who is addieted to this finneofvncleannetre giuethhisftrength vnto women, Prou. 31;3. and that hereby pro.-3 L-3; hcconíumeth hisfiefhand his body, Pro.'.rz. Andin this Pro.S.t4 refpea our countrimanBeda talleth it, Dulcevenenum,i Fortuna lues,perniciofa patio, quæ humanumcorpus debilitrkt, virilis animi rober eneruat: A fweet poyfon,an vnfeafona- ble confumption,a perniciouspotion,which difableth mans body,andweakeneth the firength olamanly courage. So allo hee finneth grieuoufly againfi his owne foule; for §.Se3'f.2. firlt he fubiez eth thefe facultiesof thefoule , the realonand The fornicator vnderfianding, vnto thebale and inferior faculties,the filthy linnet againA lulls and vncleane afFeuions; he vtterly infatuate th the vn- buf °ate. derflanding,and befotteth the iudgement,fo that theyalto- gether l'aile ,notonely in 1pirituall wifdo>ne,but allo in the vfeof natural reafon and common fenfe.So the Prophet Ho- Hof. x:. fea faith,that whoredome anddrunkenaetfe [leale away the 4. heart tHof.4.iz. And the wifepianaffirmeth, that hee that camrnitteth whordom witha woman,is de.ftituteofvnderf an- dtng,or as the words fignifie, without an heart.Pro.6.3 a.and Pro.d,32,, 7.7., Fur theywho haue fulfred their minds tobee blindfol- and 7.7, dc ..
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