ATreat¿Te of the Affections.. brow of a high cliff ; though the ground thou goell on be lure, yet thy going is not fine : how loon mayft thou flip with thy foot ? how loon may a giddinefs in the head come upon thee, and then thou break thy neck? Perhaps thou mayft go Ready, yea, but perhaps not, but topple down on a fudden and be dafhed to peeces. It was lawful for Di- nah to go forth, and to fee the daughters of the land, but thus the fell to be ravifht and ufed like a whore, Gen, 34.I . It was lawful for IehoJheephat to vifit,King Ahab, but his Wing this lawful vifitation drew him to partake in fome meafure of his fins. It was lawful for Daniel to eat the por- tion of meat that the King gave him, but he would not, Dan.i.8. That very lawful thing if he had ufed it, it would have defiled him. All thefe things are lawful for me, fayh thou, yea, but all thefe things are not expedient ; becaufe if thou takelt thy liberty in all things that are lawful, thou wilt quickly be a llave to thy lulls, and under the power of inordinate afefions. All things are lawful for me, faies the Corinthian, yea, but I will not be brought under the power of any, fayes S. Paul, a Cor.6. r 2. As if he had laid, all things of this nature are lawful, but I count it not ex- pedient to ufe them forall that : why ? becaufe if I fhould take liberty in this kiade, I fhould be brought under the power of my finful affections. Cavendi font affeflue, ne illis nos ipfos fnbjiciamusAyes Peter Martyr ,Take heed of thine affections, they will inflantly inflave thee. Follow not thy pleafure fo much as thou mayft, nor thy profits and earthly employments fo much as thou mayft; drink not, and fleep not, and jell not fo much as thou mayft, for if thou doll, thine affefions will be caught or ere thou art aware Many men and women, they will be enquiring and queflioning, what ? is not this lawful ? and is not this lawful ? Is it not lawful to have a little recreation every day ? Is it not law- ful to be merry, and to tell a merry tale, and to break a jell now and then ? Is it not lawful to fell Ale, and keep a viftu- ailing houle ? Is it not lawful to,wear fuch á geegaw ? or to M plat Pet,dlart,
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