Eplflle ofS. Paul toTitus. CHAP.2.; i theefe may be accepted of the owtt'er,or if hecannot fatisñe with all the fubflance ofhis bode, yet his necefftcìe may plead for hint , and het ob- taine pitie: but here,as no fatisfa&ìon can be niade,fo ifit could,it could neuer be accepted ; the owner, that is the husband is enraged , he will not (pare, he will not locate the fight of any ranfome, although the gifts be augmented. Secondly, if we confider how vile and odious the (Moe is : T. 'tti re- gardof humane foeíetie. 2. of the parties offending. 3. of Godscurie vpon the offence, r. For the frft, this is a íinucdiretlly corrupting the fountaine of homefh, ciuill, and godly life, which is the inviolable pre.- feruationof Gods ordinanceof marriage, wherebyalone he intended to raite vp to himfelfean holy feed : and for the three focieties , what an infamie is it to the Church, tobe thought an affembly of harlots, which ought to beehe Lords holy ones, the undefiled doues of IefusChrifi t what a con fufion bringeth it in the Cemmí+wealth,to bauebaflard broods inheriting? whereas the Lord would not baue them comewithin his congregation to the tenth generation : whit anrniurie to the Family; to bring in vnlawfull and vfurping heires? Secondly, for theparties offending. t. Whereas all other finnes are without thebodie,this is ¡gainfd thebodie : the&odic is not onely an infteu- ment as in other finnes, but the obiea againft which the fnne is done, and not any one part of it, but thewhole is viotenced. z. Whereas all other fumes may be perpetrated and done by oneparty, this windeth two into the finne; and thereforebe it that oneof them heartily repent of it, yet cannot that partiebe anted of the true repentance of the o- ther, whome he drewe withhim into the fame: fo is cannot but lie for e- wer as a heauy load upon the confcicnce, both in that refpe&&; as alfo that hebathbeene fo exceeding feruiceable to the deuill, not commingr- lone,but bringingcompanie withhim to hell , -out of the cafeof vn'' ned repentance. 3. There is anhigh fruneagainff the price of Chri blood, wherewith thofebodies wertboughttò beMembers of Chr,,i, which now are become the members of an harlot; and"hot`ribi'e facri- ledge, by whichChr?ls owne is taken out of his hands,at,d given vp to the feruice of the deuill : and that bodie whichwas made tòglorifie God vpon earth, and after death (hall rife out of the grasse, and be prefented before Chrif} to judgement, bath difhónotired God, cli(hottovred it felfe,andprepared ir'felfe co receiue according to the vncleane worker of it,tbefentr nce wk icthTall he pronounced againf# the veffels prepa- red tèidear 6lion. Trrìirdly, the eumf'e ofGod fóllowctii this Pone : a. in the foule of the ftntict',,Hebr. 1'3. whooremu»iers audd pdiliereri Gad srilljudge: hint 387 IF e to ,.cors.ts. 3 Bb 1 that!
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