CaAP.z.g. 386 3 4 Deut.31.11. Proud.tó. expounded. _ 4Co nmentarie vponthe ofherjouth,forgetteth theeouenant ofher God,that i s,ofmaniage,ofwhich God is the author,and whole name'wasor ought to haue been inuoca- ted in the match making. 3. Iu chat the Lordprofeffeth that he narrowly watcheth, and clear- ly feeth when this couenant is broken,that although the fa& be done in the darke,and neuer focharily and cauteloufly , yet day and darknes are alike vntohim. Ifthe husband fee it not, nor any eie of flefh , yet the Lords eie findeth it out,and will let it in the cleare light before men and angels.This is made a reafonof theprecept,Prou.5.15.1 7.20.2 t . for the waits ofmanarebefore theeier ofthe Lord. Iofeph might haue finned fe- cretly enout'h,but that his eie was happily lifted vp toward this pure eie of God,whichcannot abide to behold fuch iniquitie. 4. In that he declareth that he watcheth the firmer of this kinde to bring deflru&ion vponhis body and foule, to (hut hin, out of heauen, and to torte him as a loathfome weede out ofthe earth. Theformer ap- peareth, Prou.5.2z. the finner of this fuite de/froyethhi atone foule: 1. Cor. 6. no fornicatorfhallinheritthe kingdom' of heauen: Reuel.ai. no vncleane thing fhall enter within the gates of the citie,but (hall bee kept without with dogges, enchanters , and lyers. The hrtter, Peeing the law ofGod is, that the adulterer, and adultreffelhoulddie, both be- caufe he would not haue the lauddefi led nor the guiltie perlon tohue as an eyefore vnto the innocent : nay more, if a manwere deceiued in the qualitie ofthe perfon, -bath taken to wife, thinking to find her a maid, but he findeth her vira;nitie bruited , andanother man bath hum- bled her, it is lawful! for him to put her away,and the Magillrate to put her to death,as an adultreffe. Further, how Rri&ly the Lord watched o- ver this finne,appeareth by that law, Numb.5. 21. If the husband were but ielous , whether iuflly or vniufily, himfelfe was accounted guiltie,if :e did not bring her to trial! ; and this trial! was not ro be made by man, at was Gods owne trial! by the bitter curled water, by which himfelfe (tom heauen, would reuenge fo greiuous finne , againfl fo holy an im fitution as marriage is. And in comparifon the wordof God, accoun- teth this finne farre more wicked, then fomeof tholewhich mess lawes punifhwith death : we thinke theft a gr:at finne, becaufe it briageth malefa&ors to the gallowes, and f is,but not comparable to this:for Salomonhimfelfe by comparing thefe two f,nnes , putteth them alnaofì out of comparifon; a theefe (bales for hunger to faue his life,but he that committeth adulterie (inneth againfi his owne life : the former is not alwaies tobe defpifed , but this is neuer to be fpared : the former may make fatisfa&ion,by reflitutionof the thing and foure fold for the finne, the latter canmake no re$itution at all : the fatisfattkion of the theefe
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