theENV, to theGadattarrt. Chap.Se 425 ned with things indifferent. But the judgement of theChurch was otherwifa: and thisopinionoftheGentiles is confuted by Paul. t.Cor.6. Againe it maybeobicacd, that the Lordcom- manded-the Prophet Ofe to takevntohim an harlot. Ofe I .z. 5 ..4nf.' It wasdone in type or figure : and then the wordesof the LordCarrie this fink , Take unto thee a wife offornication!, that is, prophccie and publifh,that thonart likeone that takes a wifeof fornication. Againe,ifthc thing weredonc indeedc, yet did not the Prophet take an harlot, tohue in fornication so withher,but at Godscommandement, tohue with her actor- + ding to Godsordinance, namely, in marriage. Againe, hence I gather, that there is no warrantfor theTo. leration of fornication. For it is afoule and manifefl worke of the fiefh. Magiftrates may not dee endI, that good may come e 5 thereof Rom.3.8. Whofoeuer loth cuill,muft tcare : becaufc the Magiflrate beares the (wordtopunifh. Rom. t 3.4. And thecommandement ofGodwas, that there muff heno whore in Ifrael. Deut. 23. Therefore the permiflionofthe Stems in Rome is without warrant : and the rather ,'becaufc there the ao prohibition ofmariage(in fundrie orders ofmen)bcares Tway. Oncleannes] the incontinencie againti nature, as inceft, the Gnne ofSodom,and fuch like. Marke, where thefelinnes were knowne, there they are named particularly byPaul, as among theRomanes,Roat1.27,28. and to the Corinthians, i.Cor.6. 51 9,1o. but where they were not knowne , asin Galatia , there they are onely mentioned generally, leaft by the naming o them, he fhould after a fortteach them. Wantonnes] that is , the open profeflion and oflentation of incontinencie, by vnchafl words , wanton geflures , and wan - 3o ton appareil. Hence it appeases, that we arc to deteft all lignes ofincontinencie: andthat we are to be chart not onely indeed, but alto inour words, geflures, and behauiours. Thepunifhment of there finnes is inv.2 t. in there wordes, They which doe thefe things9,411not inherit thekingdome ofGod. 35 And it mull be remcmbred , that this threat or cuufe mutt be applied to cueryone of there finnesparticularly. The vie. There arca number ofmen that line fecretly in there finnes, adulterie, fornication;&c. And bccaufetheypro. feffe Chilli= religion , and fometime come to the Church, and to theLords table, they thinkeall iswell, and they fuppofe Hhh s there w --
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