444 ob[trv. 2· VER s.4. An Expojition, With NtJtes -· ... C~A: p· . .f. And fhall I t4~ the members ofChrifl, and ma.k! t-hem 'th~ mem– hers ~fanHarlot? God forbid. This love is Chrifis; thefe ad– miring thoughts, theft= pains, time, care, earnefinefs, they are all Chrifis;. and lhall I give that which is Chrifis to the world ? God hath fenced us againfi outward adultery by ferzr andfoame: Some Countries punilh it with 'Whipping, others with dMth. There is bafen~fs and ~anger alfo in fpiritual adultery. There is bafenej}; afi:ecltons are tmpure, fo far as they are let out upon other things ra– ther then God : Shall I be .an Adulterer or an Adulterefs to God ? How will this expofe me to the fcorn of men and Angels ? At the lafr day the:y will come pointing, as in Pfal. 5z, 7· This is the 'IJ'fan that made not God his jlrength, but trufled in the abundance of his riches! This is aGadaren, that loved his fwine more then Chrifl: ! that preferred agame at Cards before communion with God ! a · cup, a drunken meeting, before the Houfe of Gocl ! &c. ~piritual Harlots .will not be able to look g~md men· and Angels in the face. There is danger in it too;. God is a jealous God: Whoring under the Law was punilhed with death; Ever) one that goeth an Who– ring from thee, wilt thou deflroy. There is nothing provoketh the Lord fo much as this, tha_t bafe things fhould be preferred before him. . . .. 1 · 2. From that [and Adulttref{es,] The Syriac.Tt~anOation hath not this word, theVulgar hath onlyadult cri, yet th€·Greek Copies have it : 'Ti~ not ufual in Scriptures to fpeak to women; rhe fpee– ches of the Apofl:les in their Epifi:les ·are ufually direCl:ed to men, therdore 'cis the.more notable: The Not€ is, 'li'J;at ·U'or.J?en have jpecilll need to tak.,e heed ofWorl~IJ plcafitris and lu.fts'~ .Yot-t Adul– ters a-nd Adulteref[es. Whore IS aname of reproach, you cannot endure it ; ah be not whores fpiritually, doting too much upon out– -ward pleafure and l'omp : You are loyal to your e::\rthly_husbands, ah be fo to. Jefus Cl~rifi. Mens hearts are more ufLially tliftra-Cted with worldly cares, .but ·Y«1>UI's ar.e apt to be b.efone'd:with wod~ly pleafures; we ufually call it fof cnefSand effeminacy. · T-he _!lpof~le , fpeaksof fame women, that Wax .\\?anton againft Chrift, 1 Tim.r • . I r. that is~ when they begin to renounce the inward mortifica~ion of flefhly lulls. -, Remembex you have an h.~avenly H!.lshaod ; let net ' foft delicacy fo corrup~ your niinds-; as·to make you foqget your du– ty .to him: Yoil, have agreat·many:inares-,:: your tet.!dernefs, ,others examples; &c; .': .· ·
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