Coisernment oftheeyes. 3 his eares.Butboth of thefewere holy rnen,& wereacquainted with thedialer of the holy Ghoft.It is a rule in policie : To watch onall fides,whereaffault is madeon all fides. And foras much aswe ftandin the midfctobeaffaulted with principalities,andnotoncly with fpirituall wickednellés,butalfo with worldlywickednefle incurry fenfe,and powerof the minde,weeought to defendall ports, and make all thecoMmandementsas *large aswee piste) o; can. Forweeknow that ina citie ifone gatebeopen, it is asgood thatall be open . For at onegateit may be taken. Sothat all the fenfes ought to be kept, but efpeciallythe eye, Simrle; which order is in the commandements. For though in euery commandement God doth but name one finne, yet it is a captaine finne and a generali finne. And furely from the fencescorruptions aredrawne indifferently,yetfrom theeye molt ofall.Takean example, leta man lee a ftrangepunifbment of God for any finne,and lie ismoued : but let relation ofit be madeunto lum,andhalfe theefficacie thereofis loft. But indeede the example of allexamples to make Ihort is this : The ioyesof heauen, which are to be resealed to the v. gnus; children of God,let them be tolde and preached, as they arepreached and taught,ic is a limbos ran- marúeile to feehow foonewee are alleepe,yetthe )raft fightof it fenneof theApoftles did Pdfnh.r 7. drive them into an extafie.Befides,tbis lenfe mouethlb much the more,in that it goethto worke immediatly,butthe caregoeth to werke by meanes,and ftandethvpon credit, or elfe itwillnot beleeue,and this credit ftandeth tobeexamined,andit may light vponfuch an examiner asThomas was. Secondly it is foonegone, though weeheare is neuer fowell, . yetwe defire to feeit. The eye pierced'moft ofall,as we mayfee in:Iacob,for alchotigh hee hadheardof theeftateoflofeph, yetIsis heart wauered : butwhemhee law thechariots it wroughtfomething,and his conclufionwas,I will got downe and ferlofeph. This is the endof allthe fenfes,toend in this'fenfè. 3 Thisisgenerall that the eye is molt forcible tolinne,now let vs thew that itismoft Moredange- forcible tomoue td finne. It is daungerous to heare,but trone times more daungerous roustofee than to fee,for then the meanesbe ftrengthened: and though the meanesbe but finall,yet there libelee est5. isfuck a tinderin our nature that it will Toone take fire, and iftheeye bedarke, a general( Tinder. darkneffe cornmeal oserthe whole bodie. The beginning of this is to befèene, Genef.3. in thetalkebetweenetheSerpentand thewoman. Sheteeth thetree tobe faireandbeau= tifull,the eye hadof ended,bcfore the apple wentdowneher throate . Thereforeoiienfthe Fathers faith,Plucke out thateye : and they notefurther, that becaufe bydie eye came the greatefthurt,therefore God bath placed in the eye thegreateft token of borrow, for.from themcome teares. This maybe feene incouetoufneffe, asin Achab, who lookingthrough Themutest thewindow fawthevineyardofNaboth,andftraight he"wouldhaue liadit,and if hecould eye. haue had it by law,hee wouldhaue bought it. But, becaufeNaboehwould not fell it him, Iezabell would give is him.For adulteric it is tooplainc : for theeye is alwaiésthe broker, The adulterous as wee feeboth inSieben; and'Daniel. This worde, theyfain, carne àlwaiesbetweene this eye' finneand the heart. For idlenesand 'negligence,Ecciel.i is fa id,hethat óbferueth the The eyeofidle- winde,hefhall neuer be good bower,nor good harueft man. For apparell,Ezech.a3.r6. nes. theIfraelites fawan Aflyrian inhispainted apparell, and would necdes hauethe like: fo The ereof that the eye is that which maketh the bargaine. Wee faycommonly, let vs goe fee it, Pride: die fight ofit will doe vs noharme. This is thediuels policie to perfwadevs, that there is nodanger in that whichmaymolt intangle vs : wee fee how itpreuailed inAdam,wheti he wascontent tofee,and that was Satbansmeanes,when hetempted (Thrift to thew him all thekingdomes of the world. Well, we fee whatdaunger there is inthe fenfes,and fpe.: cially in the eye. 4 Thereis incurry man finte Adams fall the diuelspromife fulfilled,that their eyes Mould beopened : and this asit was the firft punifhment,fo itwasnot the lean : andbe- tides this, it is an argument of follie : for Salomon faiths, A fades eyes arein all the corners . of the world; and atrif mans eyes are in his head. I looked into the flreetes, Prouerb.7. and face a young man,&c. Looke wirst chichIsour eyesdoe fee, fuck are our allions,asitis laid ofJacob, fheep looking on the rods,they broughtforth yong colouredlike the rods, simile. not like themfelues: toour allions are liketheobieéls ofoureyes. The eye goeth before, and bringeth the hart after:andasSalomonfaith,he knowethnotthat there is a fitare.And A d what
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