146 c Commentary upon the Go9el Chap.S. Verfe 27. Tau have heard that it was lid to themof old, Thou (halt nor. commit adultery.] this they corruptly reftrained to the grolle ad, and made nothing of contemplative filthineffe, hearts Horea full ofharlortry, bot as an oven with fcalding lints, very ftews and brothelhoutes,cagesofunclean birds ; betides eyes full of adul- purcitims Ve- tery, hands defiled with dalliance, tongues taught to talke obfca: nermelitainan pities and ribaldries,&c. But Sencca could fay, Incefla efi, & fine tes, flatpre.9areffuprumCupat, the is a whore, that would be fo, had 174 dsctaìn.zt, the but opportunity : And theRom.nes put to death a veftall Vir- gin, for tinging this verte only, Baa pa'itpr pæ- Falaces nupt e 1 mari2r ni nubereduke eft. no-s pcccanss St Pauls Virgin is holy,not in body only,but in .{pirit a1ß,i Cor.7. lea vo10n1,0. x quia non licuit, nonfacit, ilia facie : e/Indfir the avoiding' Ju em's (t ' `' ofßrnications (in the plurali number, inward burnings as well as yH 4 outward pollutions ) let every man kuvehis own lei,f ; &c. 1 Cor.7 3. Vert fe 28:. But I fay unto you, that *hoeever loot eth ona ä.°o- man to !aft after her.] Lufting is oft the fruit of looking ; as in conjec`t it sum yofephs miftreffe, who let her eyes uponlofepb, and David, who oculor,G s,.zr law Bathfheba bathing: tuft is quicklighced. How much better Non licit Mo fob, whowould not look, left hemould thinke upon amaid ? And Jes, vide[, a s Lair: ßè,1 áic Nat anzen,whohad learned. ( and heglories in it) to keep in his Jul ácttus eyes from roving to wonton prolpec`ts. And the like is reported irapudseus tea. of that heavenly spark, the young L. Harrington : whereas thole r`os. that have eyes full ofadultery, cannot ceafe tofin, faith St Peter. a.ús ómcche Yç And falli crim.ina lumen habet, faith another. Sam ins eyes oavpeyri at. pf y' Naz;a z. were the fit-ft offenders that betrayed him to loft, therefore are they a Pct.z.. 4. -firft pulledout, and he led a blinde captive to Gaza, where before ,uotkahíá a, he had luftfully gazed on his Dalilab. It is true, the blindeneffe of t Ye, athsf his body opened theeyes ofhis minde. But how many thoufands íhe face in the are there that die of the wound in the eye : Phyficians reckon zoo. adulterers eye. difeafes that belong to it : but none like this. For by thefe loop- Propert holes ofluft and windowsof wickednrffe, the devil windeth him- wmt óeÿv z,vt;- fell into the foul. Death entreth in by thefe windows, as the Fa- 7U1 -6 eq' thers apply that text in leremie. The eye is the light of the body, ruemoeritus o faithouSaviour, and yet byourabute, this molt lightfome part of cu1oa fibs eruct, quad moieties the body draweth many times, the whole foul into utter darkneffe. fsneconcupileen. Nothing, I dare fay, fo much enricheth,hell, as beautifuli faces: eta adj]liceee whiles a mans eye-beams, beating upon that beauty, reliedwith a non ip ft. ed new heat upon himfelf. V: vidi,uxperij ? Looking and lusting dif- f feu inGreek but in one letter. When one feemed to pity a one- ; oit goal ). _ e_ yed
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