Y 2 How to rortfie Fornication. it is a mod grievous finne. Furthermore, thegreatnfl"eof this finne appeares, in that it is commonly apunifhrnent ofother limes nom.¿ 3r,24. accordingto that of the Apoftle, 21. and 24. compared together, where he faith, Becaufe that when they knewGod,theyglorifiedhim not as God, neither were thankefull,but betaee vane in their imaginations, &c. wherefore. Godalpgave them 1.p to lncica,nnejfi, through the heftsof;heir owrehearts,to dilhonor their ow,se bodies between themfeIves. To thefame purpofe is that of Eccicç 7.:6. the Preacher, Eccler..26. where fpeakingofthe enti fi rigwoman, whofeheart is fnares andnets,&c, hee faith, Whofo pleafitbGadjhall cffape fromher, but the firmer ¡hall be takenby her : that is, whofoever committeth finne fhall in this be puniflted, that hee (hall be intrap- pedand enfnared by the fubtle enticements of thedif- P. :ov,zi,r.¢, hlon tt woman. So alto, Nov. 22. 14. The moth of rane.ewomen is a deepe pit, he that isabha+rred of theLord ihalifill therein.: Now all fine ofthis kind, and con- fequently (inners, areabhorred ofthe Lord, and Cher- forehee will punifh them in letting them fun-foie into this deepe pit of ftrange women here; and hereafter without repentance into the bottomleffe pit ofever- lifting deftrwaion: As long as the Lord looks for any fruit ofany man, bee keepes him from this pig ,- but fuch as notwithítandingall his wac - ring,pruning, and dreiring, will briug forth no fruit, with thofethe Lord is angry, they (hall fall intoir. Now as in a lad- der, orany thingthatbath fkeps to a(tend a ld.defcend by,that Brayer unto which another leads, rnoft needs behigher than the re't ; fo in finite, that finne unto which other lead, as to a punifhment, n ufl needs bee greater,
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